Battles in Pokemon Go [Free] are relatively simple in nature, but are still significantly different than that of its console counterparts. In addition, Pokemon Go has a much different way of improving your pokemon team than previous titles. So, check out the following tips and guidance for improving your team and making it more likely that you?ll win those gym battles in the future.
Leveling Up Pokemon
Effective battle mechanics are great to have, but before you even get to that point, the easiest way to succeed in battles in Pokemon Go is to make sure your pokemons? CP is higher than the opposition. There are two ways to do that: the first is to power-up your pokemon straight up and the second is to evolve your pokemon to its next evolutionary tier, which will come typically with a significant CP upgrade (assuming your pokemon has something to evolve to). Powering up your pokemon requires two things: stardust and that pokemon?s candy. Stardust can be earned by capturing any pokemon while a particular pokemon?s candy can only be earned by capturing that specific pokemon (obvious, I know).
Besides powering up and evolving pokemon, there?s another, somewhat obvious way to increase the power of your team - capturing new pokemon with higher CP. As you gain trainer levels, the odds of you meeting pokemon with significantly higher levels also increases. If you?re in the midst of a leveling marathon, it may make more sense to save up your candy and stardust  until you find a poke...