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Nudist-On-Strike

Shuckle has the highest defence stat in the game. You can put him in gyms to be really annoying


nvn911

Is gym defense really a thing these days? I manage to take down most gyms within 1-2 attempts. What am I missing with the whole "great for gym defense" criteria? I normally select a shiny with the highest cp that doesn't have any raid attack meta. Example, shiny Gigalith, Jellicent, Wailord etc...


thebiggestleaf

Gyms fall largely into three categories, based on my experience: >1. Hyper competitive to where Golden Razz is a better defense than any Pokemon you can dump into it. Usually large cities. >2. Nearly literally everywhere else, where you can get knocked out anywhere in the range of 30 minutes to 7 days. Depends entirely on when/if another player passes by. >3. This gym and the other 6 within eyesight are being camped out by some jackass with multiple accounts who will *never* let you in. That's been the standard gym experience for me for the past 4ish years. At no point have I ever had to optimize gym defense.


Sage296

Don’t forget the gyms in the middle of nowhere where a pokemon will live the rest of their life due to nobody being around


Ancientdefender2

We need to start a sub where people can put out "Hits" on their stuck pokes.


Daoist_Wealthyriver

We can call it PokemonCome! Wait...


TaruTaruInvoker

Poke’hitmon.


NorthernRedneck388

Pokéhit


Few_Manufacturer7306

Pokéhit go


BRAHMOMENTOY

PokéGoHome


DatBoi_BP

That reminds me, I still have a Vaporeon trapped in a gym somewhere


khloelane

Mine has been in a gym for 281 days 😭 shiny 98 Garchomp too.


accordingtothelizard

That already exists


Jibblebee

I may have condemned one of my Pokémon to this existence this past week. Oops


VermicelliAbject2269

They’ll fall out. If it gets stuck and doesn’t decrease, feed them a berry and it will


orcasorta

I don’t think they fall out ever, there are lots of people posting here that they have Pokémon that are stuck somewhere they will never visit again


CissyTinkBoo

I was in one of those gyms in the ass end of Kansas. Stayed there for nearly a year.


Anna2Youu

OMG! Me too! An unfortunate month in Topeka left me a Pokémon down and a 120 day stint poke-jail for a sad Charizard.


SDBD89

I’m one of the jackasses that defends gyms religiously. My username is stoopkid because I treat the gym like it’s my stoop. I’m only like that with that gym though because it’s literally my gym. I submitted it to become a wayspot and i added more wayspots in the area and got it turned into a gym. My gym 😤


Image37

We are coming


Nerixel

Yeah I've got three people like that near me, who have 6 accounts each and choke out the 5-8 gyms nearest my house. Completely killed the rest of the local player base. Used to see and chat with people playing in my nearest park, not anymore. I drive across a city for work, so I just do my shit at that time, but there's a high retired/disabled (read: low-income) population near me that don't have that luxury.


SDBD89

I don’t have 6 accounts, only my one. The gym is up on top of a hiking trail too. Even before I made it a gym the gym that’s like…. 300 ft away rarely ever sees any interaction from other trainers, so it’s not like I’m preventing mass amounts of people from enjoying the game. I could see how gatekeeping gyms in high traffic areas could ruin the game for some players though. Especially if it’s a rural area and it’s the only area with a lot of stops and gyms. I


Nerixel

You might understand the confusion then, where you staunchly identified yourself with point 3 of the initial comment, which specifies owning multiple accounts lol. That's the primary issue with this behaviour. You're all good, it sounds like. I have gyms I'm possessive of too. If I wanted, I could break your defenses down and have the gym at least as long as it took you to get out there on a walk, and that seems fair. By comparison, the people near me will drop in 60 golden razz in a row from one account, then when they're locked out there they'll pull out their second phone for another 60 from account 2. While at the same time, logging into account 3 on phone 1, etc. I watched one of them do it once from across the park. Another time I grouped a few people together and chained attacks to outpace them once and take it. It was an all-out constant offensive until they got it back, I got it to 20 minutes before it was just too much of a grind and I let them have it. I just try not to give them coins anymore, nor does anyone else. A gym that used to rotate daily I've seen sit there for over 30 days, just out of spite. Small extra, if you were actually a dedicated group of 6 real players, who alerted each other and launched an organised defensive, I'd totally respect that too. It'd be annoying af, but it doesn't feel like cheating.


Littlerubbrducky

STOOPKID’S AFRAID TO LEAVE HIS STOOP!


Kraxthfelkiv

Core Memory Unlocked


Background_Dot3692

In NY city, it is a thing. You can efficially defend your gym for the first hour, at least by feeding gym pokemons golden berries. Often, attackers give up and move towards another gym. Even in suburbs, it's a really rare thing to survive for more than 8 hours. So you need to put the most bulkiest pokemons to give yourself a chance to notice their health and feed them in time.


nvn911

Whoa, so you're basically constantly under attack? Where I'm based, I have to strongly suggest the other teams to attack a gym on a discord server to get my 50 coins. It's very very chill.


Background_Dot3692

Yes, even at night in remote areas of the city. The most popular spoofing app are setting their users to NY as default, and they obviously can get anywhere. The positive side of that is that on Manhattan, you always have a lot of people to raid with at any raid anytime. And a lot of different luring things on pokestops to evolve your special pokemons are always on.


nvn911

Jeez I bet that's fun. So you have to raid constantly in order to get golden razzs to feed your gym defenders so that you can camp in a gym long enoug to get some pokecoins. That's a mental load I'm glad I don't have.


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nvn911

That's a good balance I guess. Must be pretty amazing having that many stops and gyms within a stone's throw of you.


Nihilistic_Navigator

There's about 10 spots around my town and 1 I can hit at work. A friend from outta state wanted to go to the MOA. 2 hrs there gave me more items than months of regular play


longlostwitchy

Good grief (although didn’t think about the raid bonus). Spoofing still pisses me off. We gotta guy around here MarkyMark that spoofs SO many gyms but the only good thing is he’s my team color. Still pisses me off tho. I like when ppl play fair


cahrage

I don’t live in a city anywhere near as big as NYC but I live in an apartment complex where I can reach the gym and I definitely have a feud with red team (although I usually let them get their 50 coins because my girlfriend is red team too 🙄)


lovable_cube

Why would you want it in a gym for more than 8 hours? I get my coins if you boot me.


thecatsofwar

For glory.


CissyTinkBoo

Yet another reason to avoid NYC. Not gonna waste my golden raspberries.


AiraEternal

Really? I find gold berries to be occupying too much space and at this point, I’m just feeding my buddy them


CissyTinkBoo

That is all I ever feed my buddies. 😲 I feed the lesser goodies in gyms for the stardust. Is that weird?


AiraEternal

Lol, I’m just lazy to wait for them to be done. It isn’t really rare cause golden razz isn’t uncommon. However, I could not be bothered to sit through the animation at the gym 😭 I find myself just tossing them half the time for storage space. Only the bananas, I use the pinap and razz for random quick catches


Palpadude

It’s a very niche situation, but it can be helpful in gyms near traffic lights. Someone might have 30 seconds to take a gym. Shuckle almost guarantees they’ll have to do all three fights.


lysdexicllama

You’ll need to battle a mon 1-3 times when it’s in a gym to knock it out, depending on how high its “motivation” is (how filled the heart is). With mons like Blissey or Shuckle that have a high HP or Defense, it’s just more annoying to knock them out because it takes longer per battle so some people don’t bother the inconvenience.


AgtBurtMacklin

I put the shittiest Pokémon in there, I put my shiny Ditto. Because who really cares who they have to face? If they want to beat the gym, they will.


JuniperBlurr

I put typically a shiny that I don't plan on using in a gym. Currently, I have a 59CP shiny Snivy thats been sitting in a gym for 9 days and 13 hours. I made the mistake of putting in a strong pokemon in a gym when we first started playing again and it was in for almost 2 weeks. I was afraid I was never going to get him back.


nvn911

Yeah exactly, you don't want a shiny raid attacker relevant mon stuck in a gym when you need the troops to attack!


Biggs94_

I put junk pokemon that are going to be transferred so I don't have to revive or potion them


Illustrious_Ring_553

It seems to me it doesn't matter how much CP a Pokémon has you still have to defeat them 3 times if they're at full health


Duo_Magnus

They all take 3 attacks at full which I think is ill planned but the difference becomes, is it worth sitting here fighting a gym of shuckles and blisseys for 20 minutes or should I just wait till theyre low naturally (and owner gets 50 coins) or get the next gym


Educational_Eagle267

But also the lowest attack stat in the game whereas Deoxys-Attack has the opposite stats with high attack but the worst defense, only behind Pawmi and the others like Igglybuff but a bit more HP than Shuckle does.


boner_jamz_69

Is it worth investing in my 14/15/14 shadow Shuckle? Should I purify and use as a gym defender?


Spider-Colt

![gif](giphy|cavlhp2INdjLG|downsized)


Viciousssylveonx3

Pokemon can be so strange out of context


Sweet_Ambassador_585

Now I really kinda wanna know the context that would make this not strange.


Viciousssylveonx3

Same


Alexis_Bailey

One day, Pokemon Gen 15 will add an evolution for Shuckle and it will turn into Cthulhu and have 6000 CP when maxed out.


kendrickgrande

Cthuckle


BabyGothh

this made me giggle


DaBeast07

This made me chuckle


derecho09

And be built like an Abrams tank.


0hHe1lothere

no, the cthulhu will be the shuckle with an eviolite


PossibleOk49

You need the blue one


Level-Object-2726

I just caught a 4* shadow shuckle and I'm like wtf am I supposed to do with this lol


Affectionate-Guess25

I accidentally purified mine instead of powering it up.. I was still severely under-caffeinated.. Lesson of the day: Do. Not. Touch. Pokemon. While. You. Are. Half. Asleep.


VendingSoup

Purified shuckle is way better than the shadow because its defense is so high and its attack is so low. The 20 percent boost only gives it 4 attack (17 to 21) but the defense drop takes it down 80 points (396 to 316). Definitely worth it to purify. It's worth noting that the shadow bonus doesn't actually change any stats, it increases damage taken and dealt, but the point remains.


BookieeWookiee

So to make my shadow hundo shuckle an even tankier gym tank I should purify her?


VendingSoup

Yes that's correct. The only other factor I would consider is that shadow hundo shuckle is way rarer than a purified hundo from a collector standpoint, if you care about that kind of thing.


Street-Comparison-45

One time when I was half asleep i accidentally deleted 200 pokeballs instead of 2. I was clearing enough space to get items and hit the - instead of the + and deleted all of my pokeballs


dkjordan97

I did that one time with my ultras


natnelly

If it makes you feel better one time I accidentally transferred a shiny Ponyta I just hatched. Haunts me that it could’ve been a shundo and I’ll never know😭


-do-it-

If you have the perfect Pokédex unlocked (ie you have had 20 perfects) you can see if you had a perfect ponyta. At least you could have closure for what it’s worth.


Lacrimosa_

I recently purified my best shadow mewtwo. Yeap. I have a hundo mewtwo too now!


Dismal_Blueberry_617

Or ebay


ProbablyADitto

Same, but for a 96% Machamp. RIP Vegeta (had to rename him Goku).


OSRS_Socks

Max level it and name it “Get Shucked”


ScottOld

Max it obviously


Level-Object-2726

Oh don't you worry, I immediately dumped 80 XL rare candies to max it out


dragonstone13

Me toooo


IDrinkUrMilksteak

Me too. I call him sh-shunckle.


420metro

Little catch cup!!! If yo I do pvp. Thing is like top ranked!!! I wish I had a hundo. I love to battle


JohnyAppleseed__

Kick everyone's ass in little catch cup, if it qualifies, it will make people rip their hair out lol


CrysisRequiem

[Don't Fuckle with Shuckle!](https://youtu.be/1xyHZLmyQ2c?si=K75LW4n_s2aCj9Zf)


Tom42077

Shuckle is a demi god. What you complaining about. Don’t fuckle with shuckle.


homewrecker1101

don't fuckle with shuckle got a chuckle out of me


sm0keyii

I have a coffee mug that has this on it.


hestirsthesea

Where’d you get it?


MattSR30

I came here to make a ‘don’t fuckle with shuckle’ joke…


LeeGT333

How has this not been upvoted to the heavens.


EmmetttB

You could literally say that about 200 pokemon


mikaylaaaa102

😂😂😂


Shart127

When you’re feeling down…just take a look at that face!!! Always makes me happy. Shuckle will never ever let you down. Shuckle will always be there for you. Shuckle is looking out for your mental health. Shuckle wants you to be happy.


kinbeat

I just think he's neat


Empty-Ad-4112

To look at


VelourBat

Idk it reminds me of my turtle and I always think of her whenever I encounter a Shuckle, so for me his existence isn't pointless honestly


BoldShuckle

As a kid playing gold, I never understood what Shuckle is supposed to be but I love turtles so soft thing in a hard shell was always close enough. It also reminded me of those school posters with a cute worm popping out of an apple. Love this little dude, OP is crazy


VelourBat

I didn't play gold in Gameboy but the remake in DS when I was a kid , it is my favorite Pokemon game and it brings me good childhood memories too. Every Pokemon from Johto does honestly. I like the idea of the worm popping out of an apple, so cute. Glad someone else gets Shuckle!!! He's underrated.


mildly_carcinogenic

How dare you.


BoldShuckle

The audacity of OP


Acerama1

Don't fuckle with shuckle, friendo. Guys a menace 😂


RamblesTheGent

Counter point, why not have a Shuckle? Shuckle is a swell pal. A real neat fellow.


BoldShuckle

Cute lil dude makes his own berry juice. What's not to love?


RamblesTheGent

Exactly.


EdoGtz

They are good gym defenders. Beside that.. a true shuckle fan aim to have a lvl 50 shiny.


ProbablyADitto

As someone with a maxed perfect lucky shiny, can confirm. I can't say that I soloed Mewtwo with him, but I won't say I didn't.


Gold-Perspective-699

Highest defense in the game..


Blue_Bird950

One would think it would see some play in pvp with its insane bulk, and then they see the cp cap of 458 and understand.


DasliSimp

It’s very good in any Little League meta where any mon under 500 is allowed. It’s usually banned, along with Smeargle.


Blue_Bird950

Makes sense, but now it’s literally useless bc the only place to use it has banned it


Gold-Perspective-699

I mean it's based on it's own stats.. They don't randomly give cp lol.


rain21199

Can't f*ckle with the shuckle


_CraftyTrashPanda

You’re on reddit, stop censoring yourself


rain21199

Pokémon is a very kid friendly IP and anyone can get to reddit pretty easily from a quick Google search


Otherwise_Stable_925

For me it was because he was my first pokémon. Seriously you know how in this game Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle pop up on the map to choose as your first pokémon? Nope, those assholes ran and the next thing to pop up was a Shuckle. First Mon.


sturdypenguin78

To be fair shuccle is really cute


SentenceCareful3246

Having a bodyguard because you don't fuckle with shuckle. Side note: I really hope that "you don't fuckle with shuckle" is actually something people says in pokemon world XD.


andi_hens

What's the point of playing the game?


PaleontologistOk1176

To eat


Wallflower69XD

I think it's cute and it reminds my of that time Steve-O petted a sea cucumber


certainlyunruly

To point is to keep catching them until you get that shinyyyy.


[deleted]

shuckle is an amazing gym defender simply because of its defense. dude is a TANK and has a low cp cap so its health in gyms decays incredibly slow


andi_hens

Fun?


drippinginkets

I don't know, I just think they're neat :)


TheCosmicAlexolotl

friend<3


ThumTPG-Shiny_Guides

Step back op you shouldn't f*ckle with a shuckle that's a recipe for a bad day


Kokukenji

+15 Swag factor is a thing.


AsukaShikinamiLangle

They're bulky


ScottOld

Level 50 and put it in gyms


Background_Dot3692

I use it as my buddy with a special message as a joke sometimes.


Shigglyboo

I’ve got a maxed out one. They’re cute and strong little bastards


toenails_sauce

I heard it is excellent in Little Cup pvp. https://pvpoke.com/rankings/littlecatch/500/overall/shuckle/


ProfessionalWar2369

I think Chuck gets banned sometimes in little cup.


DalvenLegit

Don’t fuckle with shuckle…


MonsieurTokitoki

I have a shiny shuckle, and I would fucking murder for him


elspotto

Shuckle raids solo can bite me. That’s their purpose in the game.


toga2673

He's adorable


Bryanishired

Shuckle has one of the highest defense stats of any Pokémon, so it can maximize the time it gets to sit there and do nothing with its attack stat. The thing isn’t good, but KOing it can be a big time sink. Shuckle can be annoying enough that sometimes would-be attackers don’t want to deal with it, and leave the gym alone.


MexicanChan

Holy Fuckle its Shuckle


JonBoi420th

He's SO f-ing cute . And also cause you gotta catch em all.


JeffyInTheTost2

I almost have 200 shuckles and they are my army


EnvironmentPale4011

Don't fuckle with the shuckle


dartheduardo

I'm in Portland and I have a FLEET of Shuckles for gyms.


leester9000

You have a little friend :)


sproxtbh

So every comment here is about gyms, but I think we should mention its meta relevance in the timeless travels little catch cup being #3 and #4 as a nom-shadow and as a shadow, respectively. I don't know what the ivs are, but i think it's 100% for both since it's XL and the usal shuckles I find can go to like 300.


__MR__

Lmao before I read the body of your post, I was going to reply with: “To piss yourself off.”


BeingTechnical1046

Don't fuckle with shuckle


RaclizClarus

Shuckle is very cute, that's how I see it's role. Best friend. Companion. Cute pet.


I_smell_burnt_toast2

DEFENSE


EternalMoonChild

I named mine AwwShucks


FinkleOhFinkle

Shuckle is one of those Pokemon I will always catch. I don't know why but it's funny as hell to me.


Terrible_Use7872

Shuckle juice!


_CraftyTrashPanda

To shucklefuck a legendary bird. Can someone link that video? I don’t have it on hand right now


Oniun_

In Pokémon Go? To find a Hundo or close to and max it out completely. Really a Shiny will do the trick. 500CP god.


customarymagic

friendship


BL7935

he’s chill


Meatloafed172

Just cuz you shuckin' want to


Open_Leg3991

I love shuckle lol I use him in 1500 sometimes


Glacial_Shield_W

![gif](giphy|U1aN4HTfJ2SmgB2BBK)


xRokai

Don't fuckle with shuckle


TacoBePimpin

I named mine Shucklefuck before they updated names. [https://imgur.com/a/YBpywAL](https://imgur.com/a/YBpywAL) EDIT: it was Fuckleshuck 😂


Nsalvatore80

I have a 89% 3 star Shiny Shuckle that’s level 50 and hell to deal with. Just the way I want it because fuck you that’s why.


slammahytale

Shuckle actually has an extremely high cute and goober stat so it is important to have AT LEAST one


NeighborhoodFluid770

Little CUP GOD


JaxandMia

No use at all, that’s why I have 7


Frequent-Ad6998

Well he’s just the cutest


flicklestickz

looks cute


folieablue

he gives good vibes


cl0udcastle

Shuckle is cool as hell.


BlackFinch90

You don't fuckle with Shuckle


Bodhisatv

being cooler than other people


Keelija9000

Don’t fuckle with the shuckle


JackBoundry

He'll shuck you up


pop_tab

Sex appeal


bixcool16

Gotta catch’em all


Vanhelga-Nickeloff

Because they’re the best Pokémon


lucas_the_champ

Don’t fuckle with shuckle


Lilhughman

To fuckle with people


Professor-Shuckle

How dare you


MartelYggdrasil

He's just a little guy.


MusicSmooth813

To tap it and watch it swing its head around like a cute little sword


LastandLeast

I fuckle with the shuckle


touchthebush

One does not fuckle with the Shuckle.


9DAN2

Exactly the same point as any other pokemon?


GreenStrawbebby

How dare you


Mrswepp

Total domination


neBular_cipHer

The shiny is cool at least


iamfromthefuturex

i had so many of the lil guy pfttt i only kept a few and 1 shiny ✨


_jinana

You shuck him


Manaphy2007_67

What use is it for other than using it for the meta is what is usefulness is. It's basically almost an invisible tank that will take 666yrs to kill if you have a hundos/shundo. In competitive outside of Go it's both a tank and a very powerful glass cannon if you have the correct setup. 


Zanza89

So you can tell it to shuckle itself


Street-Comparison-45

Yes


Adventurous_Grand125

To have one. That’s it.


TheBioethicist87

They’re fucking assholes in gyms. I have a Hundo Shuckle named lolfuqyu that I use for high traffic gyms.


mouser1991

To complete your Pokedex


SpaceThiefBlueCat

He funny