Summary
OnePokemon GOplayer with a massive stockpile of Rare Candy and Rare Candy XL has recently taken to social media to solicit some advice about what to do with it. Their plea prompted hundreds of responses from thePokemon GOfandom detailing a variety of helpful recommendations.
Much like its name implies, Rare Candy is a fairly uncommon item in Niantic’s hit mobile game. Procuring it usually requires battling, although the occasional Research Task will also offer it as a reward. And while a single Rare Candy can be used as a substitute for any Pokemon-specific Candy, eachRare Candy XL inPokemon GOis equivalent to 100 regular ones. Procuring this triangle-shaped item is also a requirement for getting a Pokemon from level 40 to 50.
Although this makes it an exceedingly scarce resource, Niantic recentlytweaked the Rare Candy XL drop rate inPokemon GOin order to allow players to start getting it from trainer level 31 instead of 40, thus facilitating the process of farming it. Reddit user _ChrisRiot seemingly made the most of that change, having recently found themselves with 191 Rare Candy XL, on top of 1,111 Rare Candy. They subsequently took to the r/PokemonGO subreddit to ask for advice about what to do with their humongous stockpile before they completely run out of inventory space.
The question prompted hundreds of responses, many of which unsurprisingly recommended that they use their stockpile for improving the best competitive Legendary and Mythical creatures in their collection. Elaborating on that notion, multiple players posited that Rare Candy XLs are bestused for creatingPokemon GOXL Candyfor Mythicals that cannot be obtained from raids, which inhibits the ability to farm them. An obvious example of such a creature would be Zarude, which was added to the game in late 2021.
Meanwhile, some other players said that _ChrisRiot’s Rare Candy stockpile is also a great opportunity for them to bestow their favorite Legendaries and Mythicals with a second Charged Move. Unlocking another attack on such creatures normally requires 100 Candy and 100,000 Stardust.
Beyond that, the consensus advice was that the player focuses on powering up competitively viable Pokemon that either have perfect IVs for the Master League or score 0/15/15 in appraisals, which would make them ideal for the Great and Ultra Leagues, stats-wise. The only widely recommended exception to that approach would be to use Rare Candy to fill out one’s Pokedex withthe most expensivePokemon GOevolutionsthat require 400 Candy to trigger.
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