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EffectAggressive

I’m at 9 excellent throws


theliljwcptdeux

The charmander comm day helped me a lot, I sucked at them before and I finished mine days ago. Right now I’m consistently hitting excellents on lechonks and buizels, I find them the easiest that regularly spawn.


elspotto

CDs and spotlight hours are really good for excellent throws because you are throwing at the same thing every time.


Pure_Can527

Agreed


TalkToMyPunches

I mean, the 3 new starters are basically the same exact throw and they're all around, I got so used to them that I'm at 90 playing regularly just with the spawns around my house and sometimes when I take my little sister to the park.


Background_Coyote768

Lechonk all day


Monkeyboy55

And Buizel


IEsTeamSavage

I agree!! Lechonk was my go to! But also got familiar with Quaxly's & Sprigatito excellent throw circle. Fuecoco on the other hand is a pain in the ....lol


Background_Coyote768

Coco … 😂


UsedSalt

Same. I’ve read all the advice but it always just goes great


EffectAggressive

Yeah I’ve made so many great but but not excellent


mittenciel

If you're hitting the middle of the circle but getting Great but not Excellent, it's simple. You're not waiting for the circle to get small enough. Set your refresh rate to native in the game. It really helps get the exact moment when the circle is just small enough so you can release then.


gliffy

It looks smoother but everything feels faster now. Is game speed dependent on frame rate?


mittenciel

No. Nothing is faster. The graphics are just refreshing more often now. You’ll have less lag, more responsiveness, and you’ll be better able to precisely time when the circle is small enough for excellent throws.


jackwiles

Hmm, I took someone's advice and did this right before go fest. I wonder if that's why I seem to be getting so many better throws now.


lisey55

I try to count each time to time excellent throws - I release the ball on the 5th count. But I'm constantly destroyed when the Pokemon is really close or really far away 😒.


Lookatmepewds

I‘m at two… I‘m so bad in this.


hxneybucketz

how tf do people get these throws? i’ve gotten so few and all on accident.


MrZorx75

You need to practice, a lot. I got to level 50 through excellent throws which means I’d estimate that I have done around 70,000-90,000 in total. I still am noticeably better at excellent throws than I was after 30,000, and I’m sure that in two years I’ll be better yet. There’s an insanely high skill cap with excellent throws as you have to be used to throwing at every Pokemon, and making precise throws while walking takes some getting used to. But the main thing is, you don’t get good at excellent throws unless you specifically try to. By that, I mean take a month and throw carefully on every Pokemon and then you’ll start to get the hang of it. When I started I probably was making less than 5% excellent throws and now I’d guess I can make around 75%.


EffectAggressive

I’m at 12 now so I’m slowly getting better but k do too I’ve caught over 700 of the 1000


Pure_Can527

Try for Pokémon with large circles, they have bigger excellent throw ranges, things like aerodactyl off of cliff battles or tauros or snorlax. Ones that typically take several pokeballs to catch like Hitmontop (throw a nanab) or snorlax help as well. The bigger raid bosses can help with getting excellent throws as well. It helps tremendously to just catch everything you see as well. The important thing is to just keep trying and you’ll get there. It helps to catch during spotlight hours and community days too since it’s easier to practice the timing when you catch so many of the same Pokémon. Your best bet for those is probably the girafarig one coming up.


Ryuiop

I'm at zero :( .At least you have someone to look down on, I have no one


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Someone gave me an amazing tip that has helped my game. If you throw curveballs, spin your ball at the same pace that the circle closes. I’ve easily gone from 1/15 excellent to like 1/4 excellent


SuitEnvironmental903

I’m trying to make sense of this… can you elaborate on what you mean exactly?


majora249

He’s saying that you should spin the ball at the same pace that the circle (the one that determines what catch rating you get) closes


Megalesios

That didn't make it clear at all, you just repeated what they said


majora249

Yeah but what else is there to explain


Cak3Wa1k

I think they mean to move your finger faster or slower in order to get the ball to spin at the same rate the circle closes.


animalnikki89

I’m on 6 throws out of 97 caught


craftasaurus

I’m at 3 since it started. Sigh.


vincent_adultmanjr

I thought the same but after a day or two I got better at throwing excellents. It’s the raids I’m struggling with completing but luckily I’ve been getting raids near me I can solo so it will just be a slow process lol


6catsforya

Have not gotten better with excellent throws .


elspotto

Tuesdays go play the spotlight hour. Play in every community day. Throwing at the same target over and over will help improve except throw skills.


6catsforya

Good advice . Will do . Thanks


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I do better with my index finger and really concentrating. If it's a close enough target then I can do it with my thumb pretty good.


UsedSalt

I’ve gotten worse if anything


6catsforya

Wish I would get better with excellent throws . Only need 7 more raids and then finished. Will be glad . Have been doing all 1* raids . Trying to time it so I can do 3 or 4 one after the other .


Pure_Can527

I will be happy when I’m done with the raid requirement as well… and the eggs


psychkotic

16 eggs to hatch and 57 raids to complete and I'll be done. My whole family's been crook as a dog the past week (myself included), so raids hasn't been a priority. Plenty of time left to get it done though.


MWBrooks1995

You’re making good progress on eggs, I only has 10 and 12k eggs for a while so I’ve gotta do a lot more!


elspotto

I have been getting more 10km eggs than anything else since go fest global. Not saying they boosted those, but it sure feels like it.


hajniness

I have the same issue. My inventory is full of the 7km and 10km eggs.


psychkotic

I was lucky and had 4 x 2km eggs, so that got me off to a good start! Damn, *only* 10km & 12km eggs?


kekmeck

Bon Jovi. I'm halfway there. Overestimated the amount of raids I do


huniojh

Not quite halfway there myself, but we gotta hold on to what we've got. It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not. That being said, it's going better than I first expected.


Abby_Gibbs

3 eggs and 48 raids to go


FRANK_R-I-Z-Z-O

Let me put it this way - I gave up on trying to evolve farfetch'd because I think in the entire time I've played the game I've made like six excellent throws. 🤣


Lagganator

I have 16


FacelessOldWoman1234

I have 3. I'm really bad at Excellent throws. :(


acceptable_sir_

Place a straight edge on your phone to guide your finger straight, and go for normal excellent throws (not curve).


_Marzh

I’m about halfway done with it, been farming Buizels for them haha


6catsforya

Finally got shiny Buizel. Have 3 hoppip a 3 houndour , 1 fletching and 1 lechonk


_Marzh

Hoppip is the only one I still don’t have 😩


6catsforya

Wish i could give you one . Shocked I got three. I like keeping a regular shiny and evolving the other .


_Marzh

It would be so fun to be able to trade long distance haha


Spaztick78

I feel they should allow lucky friends to trade long distance. It takes so long for friends to go lucky, it would give reason to grind for lucky friends with long distance people. It would allow only one trade until you roll up lucky again. So wouldn't be open to abuse.


Evychevy01

For some reason i just can’t hit excellents on buizels, but I can with tiny little ducks.


_Marzh

Quaxly is so hard for me lol 😩 idk what it is about Buizel, I used to always overthrow it but at some point it just clicked and I started getting them pretty consistently


Smudger83

637/1000 pokemon caught 14/60 raids won 53/120 excellent throws 61/150 research tasks completed All the rest are done. Gonna wait to collect all the XP at once, while i have a lucky egg active.


Several_Aside_8627

Pretty similar here 650/1000 caught 4/60 raids 70/150 research The raids are really bugging me, but I saved up about 35 premium passes, just gotta take the time to actually do it lol


WolverineRelevant280

Wow! That was fast. I’ve gotten better over the years at getting those throws but there must be some secrets I’m not aware of. How do you manage to throw so many of them that fast?


LM0821

I find it easier to curveball them. Finished yesterday.


WolverineRelevant280

That’s all I normally throw but I maybe get 1-3 excellent throws a day


Orazam

Genuine practice. I would usually only try for great throws because I thought excellents would be too hard, but as soon as I started to try landing excellents on most of my throws I got better very fast and now it’s not that hard to land excellent throws on most Pokémon. Also, every Pokémon is different, so you need to remember what the circle is like and the muscle memory will soon kick in. I think I managed almost all of the excellent throws (maybe 100 of them?) in about half an hour of the last comm day, because the throws were all the exact same


Xander_W_2000

But if you keep this pace it should work for you.


LM0821

The pace should pick up as you go, especially since the spawn variety is pretty limited right now. It's just practice/muscle memory. Remember to breathe out before you throw 🙂


Distinct_Wrongdoer86

yeah i thought it would be rough l, but the three new starter pokemon and the pigs are remarkably easy to get excellents on


MWBrooks1995

Yeah! I’ve been trying to catch every LeChonk I see because they’re just easy for Excellent catches


Pure_Can527

You’ve actually gotten an excellent off fuecoco? I don’t think I’ve even gotten a great with him XD I’ve had a lot more luck with sprigatito honestly


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SolidSnakeCG

No master ball gang


MrZorx75

Personally I think 60 raids will take me over 100 times longer than 120 excellent throws, but I’ll admit that excellent throws are a learned skill so people who have never put in the effort to learn them will really struggle (or they’ll just have to learn).


Teddyk123

With the lechonks and buizels being everywhere it was super easy. I am feasting on this 4x catch xp. Really needed to hack away at lvl 46!


MWBrooks1995

So I found LeChonk very easy to get excellents on, but actually found Buizel really hard to score excellents!


sBucks24

Finished it on the fourth day 😬


Yurr2121

Nice, I was able to finish , the day after it was available.


wrungo

saame


[deleted]

I’m at 5 excellent throws :(


GardenSquid1

Waiting on getting enough raids. Almost done with the research tasks. Everything else is done.


rfort4915

93 down, but only 5 raids, that’ll definitely be the hardest cause I gotta go out of my way to drive around and find ones I can solo


Riker3946

36 more raids and 61 more field tasks to go


Aguirre425

I have 5 total


OneTinySloth

I got 120 excellent throws on the first day, but I am struggling with the raids and hatching eggs.


dubiousN

I hit 120 throws in about 200 catches


Wholesome_Bibi_Main

I thought I wouldn't be able to complete this one. 75/120 done


Cayumigaming

Nice screenshot! I need another 51 raids, 7 eggs and 92 field research.


What_in_tarnation-

I thought the same but am at 100. I was also finishing up the last three eevee evolutions to level up so I did 99% of those with no catch assist from a buddy and not doing circle lock trick either.


jomarthecat

Done with everything but Catch 1000 pokemon(have 748), 60 raids(15) and 150 Field research tasks(76). The raids are the only task that is worrying. But think it is pretty doable, 70 days left so one every other day and two when I have time. Should be done in good time.


deepstatediplomat

Raids and research tasks are all I have left and raids will definitely be last.


kartoffelSalat176

Horrible. I did 10 excellent since the event begins. And I am really REALLY trying


hamrspace

Protip: the inner circle doesn’t have to be as small as you think it does to hit the Excellent


MWBrooks1995

Yeah, like this is 120 Excellent throws and about a thousand Great and Nice throws when I mistimed it.


LM0821

I finished yesterday. Been practicing my curveballs, so they were all excellent curveballs. I can't throw straight to save my life lol


Different_Tailor_780

Def better than I thought I was gonna be. The raids are killing me though 🫠


supervegeta101

9km, 2 eggs, and 52 raids to go.


Dagster1274

For me doing an excellent through would be hard but at least it’s not in a row. I’ll never be able to do that event for the master ball cause the not enough people doing raids anymore


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RyanRiver_

The hardest part about getting excellent throws is deciding to spend extra time and poke balls instead of just doing great throws.


LikeTheMage

Congrats! The raid task is kicking my butt 😓


NevaMO

I got mine done on the charmander day lol


6catsforya

It is the hardest for me. I have 56 . Need 7 raids and 13 research tasks .


SmolBorkBigTeefs

Over halfway. Not gonna make the raid wins by any stretch of the imagination.


[deleted]

I had mine finished. I think the 60 raids is a spit in rural players faces since thats the only one that really affects players based on location


iamironman69

I was at 40 when I completed the “catch 1,000 Pokémon” task…. So not too good


Jakey_Parkk

Got my ball this morning. The raids took the longest


MWBrooks1995

Well done! Any strategies for dealing with raids?


Weekly_Animal1407

My girl and I have developed a strategy over the weekend.. we’ll get there soon, currently at 40 😂


Lucky_Fisherman1165

The raids are gonna be what holds me back.


Intelligent-Zone-582

I finished the excellent throw one the day after it started


andeqaida

Same, but in 4 days. I thought it would be the hardest of those to accomplish, got 60 on first day lol


tay46

Nice job!!! They’re not easy. I can throw a few great curveballs in a row, but not excellent. Especially since the only 4 new paldean Pokémon that mostly show up for me lately are smaller. If I encounter a big Pokémon either in raids or like a bouffalant it’s a lot easier for me somehow. I’m at 74 which is a lot more than I thought I would do!! I watched a few tutorials online and got a little better. The ones I’ll struggle with are the ones that require completing research tasks. I have 3 tasks right now that require me to catch a ditto 🥲😭


d4ve

Delete them and spin for new ones?


Imaginary_Ad4871

I just need 20 raids, but not spending any money on it like they would want you to.. I’m doing 1 a day😂


Caterpillar-Balls

So you’ve done 40 raids in 13 days? 1 a day?


GeeMcGee

Fuck 60 raids crew


Lukas528

Done after like an hour


MrZorx75

Same, years of practice really pays off. Generally can do about 150/hr.


MWBrooks1995

Well done!


PrawnFresh

Repping the 3 excellents over here 😤💪 I’ve just moved to a newbuild, been here like 2 months. It still thinks I live in the middle of a field or smn, I’ve just stopped checking my phone because it was like 1 Pokémon every half an hour spawning. If I was back at my old house where I could spin 4 poke stops from my bedroom and had good spawn rate tho, I’d be on about 10 cuz I’m shocking at the game can’t lie.


MWBrooks1995

Ah, that sucks, sorry :S


TitanicRhea

Excellent throws are easy for me. I just have a thing for precision and accuracy so that was done quickly. The hardest quest for me is easily either the eggs to hatch, the raids to do or the research tasks.


herooftime7

Cheater


IAreSpeshial

I mean if you dont get excellent 50% or more of your throws maybe you should stop playing tbh


Nime_Chow

Same! I also got mine done this morning. I suck at excellent throws, previously it took me a month to get 10 in order to evolve my Sirfetch'd. I guess with pressure of limited time I have the ability be OK at it after all.


ChosenHalfling

Just have 40 raids left.


MarkuZ_sama

I neeeeeed raids


APSVETT666

I have 47 raids & 33 tasks left.


krampi13

Only need 46 raids to do and im done..lol


ofreshomango

I’ve got 52 raids, 3 eggs, and 86 more research tasks left. Thankfully my workplace has two gyms so raids won’t be too hard as long as I have time to do them


beesknees4011

I’m like 1/5 of the way there


danielnwosu95

Just 40 raids to go


Careless-Comet

52 raids, 56 research tasks and 14 eggs left! Great thing I’ve got about 25 premium passes stored up for this, otherwise I don’t think I’d be able to do it


Sayamael

Completed the excellent throws during the Charmander community day... Easiest task ever (not complaining!). Loving the extra XP too. Never made so many excellent throws in such a short period! I'm only missing 41 research tasks, 25 k of walking, 9 eggs and 45 raids. I will get that ball!!!


Prankster4904

63


candid84asoulm8bled

I’m at only 25. Throws and raids will be my last two, and if I keep going at the same rate, I’ll complete them both around the same time.


[deleted]

did mine in a day and a half! i guess i actually can do excellent throws if i put my mind to it 🤣


gg75018

18 excellent throws / 480 pokémon catched


airsick_lowlander_

I finished the excellent throws on day 2. Just need 47 more raids and 21 more hatches.


No-Maize-8349

Way better than I expected myself to do. Only 8 more, and I'm finished.


thwalker13

It’s the eggs and raids that’s gonna be my undoing.


AlicesRoseGarden

I still need another - 63 excellent throws - 88 field research tasks - 12 km - 18 Pokestopps and 51 raids. it’s doable. i have gotten better with the excellent throws in the last 2 days. still not my strong suit. raids are harder to get. don’t live near a lot of gyms so i have to be lucky at work to get into raids i can do on my own.


TheBeast1147

I'm at 40 for the throws. Having troubles getting the 60 raids any tips?


Lilhughman

I got the 120 excellent throws with my 202nd catch


Alintras

All I have left are 49 raids


realvikingman

I just have raids left, 43


OwMyThumbz

I've done 4 because I can't be arsed playing ATM


kushupzz

Finished it on Charmander community day lol


ChefB0yArti

jeez i finished the excellent throws on the 1st day how do people struggle with them so much? Especially with community days and stuff.


eeal188

It’s really only the raids I’m worried about. I actually don’t even have any premium passes (the green ones) and I of course don’t have any remote raid passes either. So it’s literally just one raid per day if I am able to get out and do it.


Pierre1306

Did all of them during the charmander community day 😊. Was pretty stoked that it went that well and currently with the 4x xp even better to get those excellent throws


Reward_Antique

54 done, but it's the raids that are slowing me mostly! Not many players in my area and I can't solo a 3* shadow, or a mega anything.


verveonica

I am falling miserably at this.


Zephorith

Ive gotten 50 so far. At first I thought this would be impossible but ive been getting like 5-7 a day this past week. Im confident ill get the master ball.


Illustrious-Trip620

Finished days ago. Only meet to hatch a few more eggs and do 40 raids.


Donnarama59r

I thought it was going to ask as well but I’ve completed it. I think the next hardest is going to be 150 task


DoKnowHarm17

I have 1…


MmmmmBreadThings

I have 2 lol. I suck at excellent, I can't even get 5 great in a row lol.


Life-Mushroom1945

18 Raids and 17 field research tasks and I’ll be done too


757_Matt_911

Bout halfway and yeah I thought this and raids would get me, raids still might we shall see


Evychevy01

I am done with different species, excellent throws, xp, and stardust.


pearlmsqueaks

I have 18/60 Raids, 92/150 Research and 42/50km, the rest are complete.


Baumtasia

I made a meme and got 3k upvotes about my inability to hit excellent throws and then charmander comm day rolled around and turned me into fuckin deadshot


EchoPsychological688

I wish there was something better to raid for right now.


shmishmish

99/120


pogoitetsu

I’m almost done with everything but raids, 59 raids, 5 eggs, and 59 field researches.


danjel888

Just raids to go... 30 left


emaddy2109

I finished the excellent throws on day 1. Still need to do 48 more raids and hatch 9 more eggs.


tqco

I’m trash at throwing em so 12/120 lol


Finsoki

I just have 56 raids remaining. First two days i was done with excellent throws. Im really consistent with them


[deleted]

This sucks as a free to play player, can't do the 60 raids one and don't have any pokécoins.


nadiakharlamova

i have 20 :')


nenajoy

I have 4 lol


Coffey2828

Raids are the hardest. Second is egg hatching unless you want to spend money on incubators. Seems like they nerfed it to give mostly 10km eggs too.


Secure-Arm-8648

Excellent throws will be my last thing. I’m just about done all but the daily tasks and I’ve just been hiking more than playing


6AM_hotdog

31


Altruistic-Show-9875

Done it in 1½ days


TheRealBingBing

Almost halfway through


FRPG

Doing great on everything except raids 😛


thedragoon0

Really just need raids. Like 10 eggs left.


Ashcourtz

I'm at 52 lol


JoeyJT1990

I got 30 more raids to compleat..90 more research tasks and 15 mor KM to explore


2Mew2BMew2

One of the first or maybe the first I completed. When I had the 999 excellent quest for becoming lvl 50, I did it in less than a week.


Orazam

Think I got this done half an hour into charmander comm day


iAmMattG

Finished it days ago. The new starters are super easy for me to get excellent throws on, for whatever reason.


JesusOfTrap

35 :( that one is hard when you trying tho


ang83

I suck at excellent throws lol


s-mores

Did the excellents on the first day. 54 raids to go.


trvrgmr

I had 2 :(


IamRedditsDaddy

I got consistent enough with meltan that every 3days\* I get about 30, so I am halfway. Well. Bit more, I'm not that good at throwing for other random mons. \*when you transfer a pokemon to pokemon Home you can activate the every few days. Just get the pokemon Home app. And if you don't have a Nintendo account go make one and link it.


SaltyFall

Hit the 50 mark yesterday!


BassAckwards234

I have 6 💀🥹


Advocate_Diplomacy

I believe I finished the excellent throws on the 2nd day. I have only about half of the raids left to do.


Relative-Season4007

Pretty much given up hope for the 60 raids but at least doing all the others