How are people doing with their Smeargle search?
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It actually became much easier once I figured the rules to the game.
1. Smeargle only appears on the first photo of a series. So there's no point in spamming photos. Select a Pokemon, take a picture and check. No Smeargle, repeat.
2. You can tell if Smeargle has photobombed by looking at the small thumbnail on the right lower corner. It will also appear for a few frames after the photo was taken. And finally, the thumbnail circle will pulsate 3 times if it appeared.
3. You can deny storage access for the app on Android and Smeargle will still appear. No need to delete a thousand photos after each attempt every day.
First day I spammed like a troglodyte and it took me 2k photos. Yesterday and today I got it in the fourth and sixth attempts respectively.
Currently 3/3. They pop up quickly, and after reading that they usually only show up within the first couple of photos of each session it hasn't taken me long to get them.
I took some advice and sunk a bunch of FTM's into one for a varied moveset before they take away the ability to do so. Managed to snag a Fury Cutter/Hydro Cannon combo. I might do the same with a Meteor Mash or Frenzy Plant one depending on if my remaining FTM's allow it.