Trainers,

As all of us have always struggled against what type of Attacker should we use against the Gym defenders this trick surely comes handy making it easier for the trainer. This trick utilizes the combination of the search option in the Pokemon view and uses text replacement to quickly find the best counters.

Not only best defenders but you can also use it during community days by using the search string!

Example –

1. !fire -> ground,rock,water
2. xsnorlax -> Machamp,Heracross,Alakazam
3. ivLarvitar -> 246&cp11-cp12,cp37-cp40,cp62-cp67,cp88-cp94,cp113-cp122,cp139-cp149,cp164-cp176,cp189-cp203,cp215-cp231,cp240-cp258,cp264-cp284,cp288-cp308,cp310,cp312-cp334,cp336,cp338-cp830,cp832-cp833,cp836,cp840&hp10,hp10,hp17-hp19,hp22-hp24,hp27-hp87

When you want to attack a fire type Pokemon, Just type !fire in the search bar and it expands to ground, rock, water, showing you all the Pokemon that are of those types.

When you want to attack Raid Boss Snorlax, Just type xsnorlax in the search bar and it expands to Machamp, Heracross, Alakazam, showing you all High DPS Counters of Snorlax

When you want to search Larvitar in your inventory which is having minimum IV 80%, just type ivLarvitar and it expands to the IV search string, showing all the Larvitars having minimum CP 80%

You can generate search string using Pokemon GO: Search code generator any IV range

Here’s how to do use this trick:

Android

1. Go to Settings
2. Scroll down and select “Language & input“.
3. Select virtual keyboard (you may be able to skip this step)
4. Select manufacturer’s keyboard
5. Select Text Correction
6. Now Select Personal Dictionary
7. Select you Keyboard language (Which you are currently using)
8. Select the add symbol (+) in the Right corner
9. Now in Shortcut add the short word which is “!fire” and in the expanded block type “ground,rock,water”
10. Now add all the shortcuts from the Tables given below the tutorial.
11. Whenever you type the shortcut word the expanded words appear in the suggestions.

Note: If your phone won’t accept punctuation as part of a shortcut, you can use a ‘1’ instead of a ‘!’. Example: ‘1bug’ in place of ‘!bug’.

Checkout our video tutorial

iPhone

1. Settings
2. General
3. Keyboard
4. Text Replacement
5. Now add all the Text Replacements from the table given below the tutorial.
6. Whenever you type the shortcut word the expanded words appear in the suggestions.

See this video for instructions https://gfycat.com/EachBriefKittiwake

Text Replacement for IV

Use Pokemon GO: Search code generator any IV range for search string.

Text Replacement Table for Best Types

Table for High DPS Counter Pokemon for each Raid Boss

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