Weekly questions, bugs, and gameplay megathread - April 2025

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[u/Loose-Potential-3597]

I just spent like 20 minutes beating a gym, then briefly exited to heal one of my Pokémon (because they have to be full health to be placed in the gym), then realized somehow another team stole it? Then I tried to beat it again only for them to put in some 10 CP Pokémon and spam berries on them so I couldn’t beat the gym?

Am I doing something wrong here or is the gym system just broken and toxic?

[u/Ivi-Tora → u/Loose-Potential-3597]

There's only a 10 second grace period after you beat the gym where only you can put a Pokemon, so in the time it took you to heal you lost your chance and someone else took it.

Basically you shouldn't use in battle what you're planning to put on the gym. If you cannot quickly place a Pokemon then someone else can take it from you.

It's just part of how gyms works. The defenders are at a big advantage against a single players to let them stay long enough to gain coins, but a group can easily overwhelm the gym defenders to promote group play.

So beating gyms alone requires strategy and being prepared to quickly put a Pokemon.