Yay took a gym down the prom, my 1522CP Vaporeon kicked the ass of all three defenders all by himself.
Cras wrote:
Every catch is lovely, lovely dust though (or whatever it's called). That's what I'm always short on, and you get the same for a Zubat as you do for a Magmar or whatever.
Yes I catch every single Pokemon I come across, Stardust and Candies innit. Both are needed for powering up your Pokemon and the dust costs get pretty eye-watering as your Pokemon get to high CP levels.
The trick I've found for captures is just use normal Pokeballs and lob as many as it takes to get the catch, time-wise there's not much in it from switching to great/ultra balls and using razzberries. (Which they can still break out of anyway.)
I only switch to the better balls (fnaar) and razzberries if it's a catch I really want to make.
As long as you have decent access to Pokestops ball supply shouldn't be an issue, and destroying most of the millions of potions and revives you get to free up bag space for balls is a splendid idea.