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How to Consistently Gain 1k+ Prestige Per Minute

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==Background==

I'm a level 35 player who concentrates on maintaining a [[gym ]] 'empire', my [[Ace Trainer]]/[[Battle Girl]] ratio is above 3 but in recent times I barely ever attack enemy gyms while I train regularly and aggressively more than 1k per minute. I have reverse soloed a gym in under an hour and will typically train a level 2 gym to level 8 in 20-30 minutes. I've also actively trained level 3-5 gyms against attackers and won (added more prestige per second than removed). My aim here is to share my method for aggressive training in the hope people will benefit from that.

==Dodging Strategy==

Below is a summary of what to use the team against and some secondary uses (which are useful if you miscalculate the number of mons to add to the team).

'''[[Golduck]] ''' (WG/HP)

*Primary: [[Snorlax]], Any [[Fire]] type, [[Golem]], [[Machamp]], [[Rhydon]]

*Secondary:

'''[[Raichu]] ''' (S/T)

*Primary: [[Gyarados]]

*Secondary: [[Vaporeon]], [[Lapras]], [[Dragonite]]

'''[[Parasect]] ''' (BB/SB)

*Primary: [[Vaporeon]], [[Lapras]], [[Exeggutor]] (use X)

*Secondary: [[Rhydon]], [[Snorlax]], [[Gyarados]], most uncommons

'''[[Dewgong]] ''' (FB/B)

*Primary: [[Dragonite]]

*Secondary: [[Exeggutor]], [[Rhydon]]

==Quitting Strategy==

I always try to work my way through a gym from bottom to top, efficiency losses from this are more than compensated by healing/scrolling time afterwards. The exception is [[Lapras]]/[[Snorlax]]. Only engage either of these two mon if there are a lot of easy mons above them. If Snorlax, for example, occupies the 2nd position in a level 8 gym then I would stop before engaging it, but if it was the 6th position then I probably would engage it.

==CP Level==

My training team has mons that are of the CP 1000-1300 with 1200-1250 seemingly about the sweet spot. This is low enough such that you get the full 1000 prestige on most defenders (apart from bottom mons most are 2.5k+) but with the task not being overly difficult. I find that even if you are quite a bit below the 1/2 CP point you are still generally more efficient than trying to go for mons in the 1400-1500CP range which will start to loose a lot of potential prestige in a high level gym.

Why not have more than 1 team? I do try to do that, but you will find if you are training a lot of gyms quickly that there is an efficiency gain for a team of the right CP to work well almost universally.

==Favorite Your Prestigers==

And nothing else. The auto selector prioritizes favorites so it may already select 4/6 mons correctly for you which saves time. If you spend more time attacking this may not be wise, but if you spend a lot of time training then keep a small set of 12-15 good prestigers favorited and order by HP when you want to attack an enemy gym.

==Keep Prestigers Fully Healed, Let Everything Else Faint==

You will be surprised how much time this saves, and again it helps the auto selector choose your mons. Again if you spend a lot of time attacking enemy gyms then it may not be wise; but if your goal is building up friendly gyms then this is a massive time saver.

==Conclusion and Motivation==

I find very aggressive training is the best way to hold more gyms; if someone knocks down one of your level 10 gyms and its back to level 8 within half an hour then its very demotivating to those that attack it; after you have done this 2-3 times they tend to stop bothering! Also I recommend that you train gyms even if you are already in them; by offering free slots and repairing damage you motivate your own team and keep them active while demotivating enemy teams. Effectively you reduce the active population of enemy teams while slowing the process in your own; over time turnover goes down!

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