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Quick Survey for Those Holding 10+ Gyms

Which mons (and how many of each) do you currently have defending gyms? And if you're in 15+, why?

My current defenders are:
Rhydon (3)
Gyarados (2)
Vaporeon (10)
Exeggutor (2)
Golem (1)
Total = 18

I went over 15 recently in order to secure a few spots in gyms that I know to be stable, in case I didn't have another opportunity to get in them for months. I try to stay above 12, and it's hard to imagine that I'll ever bother to join more than 20.

Note: I know that my defending lineup is unexciting, mainly tier 2.5 - 3, and represents everything that is boring about the current system, but they've been very effective for me.

Asked by haltsy6 years 10 months ago
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interesting that you have so many vapes, i guess eevee must be really common for you. i currently am holding 12:

-6 Blissey
-1 Gyarados
-3 Dragonite
-1 Rhydon
-1 Donphan

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It's true. I've caught/hatched 25 Dratini, 4 Chansey, and 1224 Eevee.

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wow, thats a lot of eevee. i havent managed to get a really good (combo of moves and stats) eeveelution after all this time and i mostly rely on wild l30s to get my eevee attackers.

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My data point: I have 691 Eevee catches out of 7860 catches. I usually catch an Eevee when one shows up... maybe 80% of the time.

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Dragonite (3)
Snorlax (5)
T-Tar (1)
Gyarados (1)
Blissey (2)

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by JHVS 6 years 10 months ago

I have only one mon that stays in gyms. It's a 29XX ZH/HB Blissey. I put it at an out of the way gym near our beach house. It's been there for 2 months.

All of my local gyms are cleared every 2 hours or so.

If I could place them I have 6 Snorlax and 4 Blisseys ranging from 2900 to 3100.

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That is messed up. Ridiculous.

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I take down about 3 gyms a day. Most are level 10. All are back down within at most 2 hours. Worse, since I'm the one taking them down I cannot place these best attackers of mine most of the time. I have to place something that can be prestiged.

That said I love destroying enemy gyms so I'm fine with it. I would rather have enemies to crush than a stagnant gym scene with nothing yo do but collect my $1 a day.

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In 12 gyms now, most I've ever been was 15. Current defenders are:

Snorlax 7
Gyarados 1
Vaporeon 3
Dragonite 1

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by Jayem 6 years 10 months ago

Rhydon (1)
Gyarados (4)
Vaporeon (1)
Exeggutor (0)
Golem (0)
Dragonite (4)
Tyranitar (4)
Blissey (4)

Total = 18

i am in over 15 because must not let the pesty valor and mystic to take all over

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Been pretty steady over the last couple of weeks with the following 11:
Dragonite (2)
Gyarados (2)
Rhydon (3)
Espeon (1)
Exeggutor(1)
Vaporeon (1)
Snorlax(1)

I have a 2947 Blissey but she seems to attract people to take down whatever gym I put her in so she rarely stays in more than a day or 2 and I don't like to put her in a gym I think will be a keeper.

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At this point I am on 11 gyms and I am not investing on more mon just because they are quite stable since a month ago and I am saving tons of dust for gym rework.

This are my defenders (or attackers placed on gyms just because of their cp, as almost everyone...)
3xDragonite
3xGyarados
1xSnorlax
1xBlissey
2xVaporeon
1xExeggutor

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by PFP1 6 years 10 months ago

13 gyms:
- 6 Rhydon
- 2 Dragonite
- 2 Gyarados
- 1 Tyranitar
- 1 Blissey
- 1 Vaporeon

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When i got the time, i try to get into gyms. If i am lucky it lasts for some weeks. Down from 26 to 15 after 12 days...

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Why so many? I'm curious, and imagine that those who have 15+ do so for different reasons.

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I try to get in, when i got the chance and some time to spend... i hope that 10+ will last at least 2 more weeks, busy atm

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Currently holding 14 gyms:

Exxegutor x 3
Blissey x 1
Gyarados x 1
Snorlax x 1
Slowbro x 1
Rhydon x 2
Arcanine x 1
Vaporeon x 2
Espeon x 2

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4 Vap
2 Rhydon
2 Gyarados
1 Exeggutor
1 Flareon

I have 3 Blisseys, just not a good application for them yet.

Also 3 Snorlax that I don't like to depart with for too long.

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by Deco74 6 years 10 months ago

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Lost 4 defenders today, but here is my group

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Looks like the most enjoyable batch for variety. Have fun reconquering your territory.

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Thanks. I tried to have a diverse team rather than just pokemon with the highest cps. Took a lot of damage this weekend, and I worked so I couldn't get out there. I need to rebuild and destroy some stuff.

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My defending pokemon.
Rhy.2
Gya.2
Snorx2
Vapo2
Exegutor.3
Espeaon.1

Im dont have blissey.
Only hatch 1cansey with 78iv and 66 candy.
Im hope for hatching good iv cansey.

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I'd love to know where you people live. In NYC it gets cleared out within hours. If you're lucky, it will be there for a day or two tops.

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I'm in a top 20 U.S. city, living a few miles outside the downtown core in a relatively quiet residential area. Gyms in the busier and more traveled areas of the city change very frequently.

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CP is king in my local area. 3k is a must.
I don't have a tyranitar yet, I finally do have the 125 candy but I don't want to pull the trigger until I can at least bring it up to lvl 30.

Dragonite (5)
Gyarados (6)
Snorlax (2)
Blissey (1)

Just finished my gym run, a few of these won't last through the night.

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It's hard for me to get why do people use Pokemon that have a double weakness against some particular attack moves. It takes a split seconds for me to grind those down into a pile of flour. All the Pokemon on your list, excepting for a VPRN, are in fact, shitty defenders. I mean no offense. I have a two BLSS maxed out to 3141/3161, which I consider being more or less good def warriors. Besides that, I got another 7 CHNS hatched. Which means I just need to get somewhere 1867pcs.of candies in total, to get them lvl 39 to be eventually nice and sexy. When I multiply this number by 5 km, it comes out I have to drag my ass walking for another 9380 km. A piece of cake! Only like 2.5/3 years of everyday walking like a damn idiot, to get it in full. Here, where I start to cry.
This is my gift. My curse.©

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Simply because of the high CP.
Where I live, every level 10 gym is above 3k, some above 3,2k at the bottom. Blissey may be the best defender, but it'l seat in the bottom of these gyms an will get shaved in a day or two while the Rhydons, Gyarados and Dragonites will remain.

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There is also extensive analysis done in this site that those defenders (gyarados, dragonite, tyranitar, rhydon) are the best defenders in the game in terms of most time to defeat and other measures (aside from snorlax and blissey). Despite the double weaknesses, they are still among the best defenders. Vaporeon is also as good as they are at being hard to kill, but water gun is a pathetic defensive quick move.

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by Mandos 6 years 10 months ago

Dragonite - 4
Gyarados - 3
Tyranitar - 2
Snorlax - 2
Rhydon - 2
Blissey - 2
Vaporeon - 1
Unown - 1

I took down 3 gyms today, all of them in high turnover places like malls, in this case I put different stuff and that's why I have an Unown in a gym. The others are on level 10 gyms, some for months.

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by haltsy 6 years 10 months ago

I expect that no one will see this old thread, but just in case, here's the combined data from the fifteen 10+ gym respondents:

Vaporeon: 38 (18%)
Dragonite: 29 (14%)
Snorlax: 27 (13%)
Rhydon: 26 (13%)
Gyarados: 26 (13%)
Blissey: 21 (10%)
Exeggutor: 15 (7%)
Tyranitar: 9 (4%)
Espeon: 5 (2%)
Other: 11 (5%)
Total = 207

The 'Other' category was comprised of:
2: Donphan, Golem, Flareon
1: Arcanine, Jolteon, Muk, Slowbro, Unown

Of the total, 176 (85%) were from the "Big 7"

Thanks for the replies!

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For the first time I can participate in this survey (10 gyms!) after a good "workout" this morning:

Snorlax (4)
Shiny gyarados (2)
Dragonite
Blissey
Vaporeon
Typhlosion

7 of those gyms appear stable, the other 3 need reinforcements (my snorlaxes are the lone defenders).

P.S. I just noticed I was too late, but I'll leave my reply in case you want to update the totals.

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by haltsy 6 years 10 months ago

Update: combined data from the sixteen 10+ gym respondents:

Vaporeon: 39 (18%)
Snorlax: 31 (14%)
Dragonite: 30 (14%)
Gyarados: 28 (13%)
Rhydon: 26 (12%)
Blissey: 22 (10%)
Exeggutor: 15 (7%)
Tyranitar: 9 (4%)
Espeon: 5 (2%)
Other: 12 (6%)
Total = 217

The 'Other' category was comprised of:
2: Donphan, Golem, Flareon
1: Arcanine, Jolteon, Muk, Typhlosion, Slowbro, Unown

Of the total, 185 (85%) were from the "Big 7"

I don't know if I'll keep up with this thread for much longer, but thanks for the additional reply (and any further ones)!

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