Pokémon GO gym raids are notorious for being extremely competitive.
Some Pokemon GO players are learning the meaning behind subtle changes in the appearance of Pokemon gyms that exist in the overworld.
In the mainline Pokemon video games, each gym is usually protected by one gym leader who favors one type. As such, players can easily learn how each gym is defended by searching for guides online and can prepare counter strategies based on their leader type preferences.
In Pokémon Go, gyms are completely different as they are guarded by the regular player’s Pokémon. Each player defends a Pokémon gym in the name of the team they choose at the start of the game, and battles take place in the name of promoting Team Instinct, Team Mystic, or Team Valor.
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The colors of Pokémon gyms reflect their current ownership, with blue gyms representing Team Mystic, red gyms representing Team Valor, yellow gyms representing Team Instinct, and gray gyms representing gyms that no one owns. . There’s an additional difference in Jim’s appearance that some fans have only recently discovered.
The color of Pokemon gyms in Pokemon GO is equal to the difficulty level
users above pokemon go reddit I’ve created a thread asking other players what the heights of various Pokémon gyms reflect. It turns out this isn’t an accidental design quirk, as the size of the gym reflects its contents.
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“It means that the total CP of all Pokemon there exceeds a certain value. I don’t know the exact number, but it’s in the thousands,” one user claimed, while another said, “Photo The tower gym in is 8,000. 4k for medium size.”
One of the reasons players have not noticed this design choice until now is due to a bug. Gyms in Pokémon Go are notorious for having variable sprites and other glitches, so they don’t always display correctly in the overworld.
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The size of a Pokémon Go gym is a great visual representation of how protected it is. If a player is fairly new to his Pokémon Go, he should stay away from large gyms, as there will most likely not be a team to take a hit on his defense.
It’s funny how fans who have been playing Pokemon GO for years can overlook details like this, especially for a game that demands so much engagement on a daily basis. Then again, Pokemon Go doesn’t flash big neon tutorial signs on everything, and the small visual quirks are easy to ignore if all you care about is conquering gyms.
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