Pokémon Go Players Are Preparing For Legendaries By Powering Up Golem
Legendaries are typically the most powerful monsters in the compendium, so getting one this weekend is likely going to be tough. Fortunately, players are already figuring out the most efficient counters to all the possibilities.
During the legendaries trailer, we can spot a handful of familiar faces: Zapdos, Moltres, Articuno, Ho-oh, Lugia, and even Mewtwo. Technically, the second generation of legendaries should also include the likes of creatures like Suicune and Celebi, but they weren’t actually pictured in the footage at all. Judging by how heavily
Pokémon Go has emphasized the birds already—they are, after all, the emblems for the different teams—and judging by the trailer itself, it seems like a
pretty good bet that the first legendary is going to be a bird. Hell, we know that the birds are
already in the game, they’re just not widely available yet.
It would follow, then, that you want a monster that can take down a legendary bird.
For months now, players have theorized that
one of the best possible match-ups is Golem. It’s a funny choice—Golem isn’t the first critter that comes to mind when you think of strong
Pokémon, and he’s
not exactly tearing up competitive Pokémonin the main games. Still, some of the most hardcore players out there are powering up Golems
