Is there a reliable way to dodge Snorlax's Hyper Beam?
My local gym sometimes has an 1800cp Snorlax with Hyper Beam. I've got Pokémon with upwards of 140 HP but, if I get hit by Hyper Beam even once, I always go from 90% health to annihilation.
I can see when the Hyper Beam is about to start. What specifically can I do to increase my chance of dodging it? I can swipe right so fast that the graphics swing to 90 degrees to the right of Snorlax, but there is still about a 1/3 chance of instant death.
Best Answer
Many people incorrectly try to look at how the defending pokemon moves in order to time their dodges. For some moves, the dodge window does not match the pokemon animation very well (most notably, blizzard).
In order to dodge properly, you should mainly look at the spark animations around the pokemon. These sparks indicate the dodge window. A good way to practice paying more attention to these sparks is to do this:
- Turn on AR mode and enter the gym fight
- Turn your phone away from the defending pokemon so that you cannot see it at all
- For a start, without attacking, try dodging correctly each time a spark animation appears
- When you master that, start attacking between the sparks, still trying to dodge each spark accurately
- After some practice, go back to "normal" mode (AR turned off) and do the same thing, and remember to not look at the movement of the defending pokemon, only at the spark animations
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