Pokemon Go player reveals fastest way to get Platinum Ace Trainer medal
NianticOne Pokemon Go player has discovered the fastest way to get hold of the Platinum Ace Trainer medal, and it could change the game for many medal collectors.
Medals are almost like achievements in Pokemon Go. They allow you to show off how far you’ve come in the game, and give you something extra to work towards, aside from catching ’em all, or building the most powerful team to battle with.
However, those medals aren’t always a walk in the park to get hold of, and certain ones can post quite the challenge. One such medal is the Platinum Ace Trainer, which requires players to train in 2000 Trainer Battles. Such a task can take ages to complete and often feels like a grind.
Now, one player has discovered the fastest way to unlock the Platinum Ace Trainer medal, and it could change how hundreds go about achieving the award.
Pokemon Go player shows off how to unlock Platinum “Ace Trainer” medal fast
Sharing their discovery on Reddit, user Puzzleheaded_Ad_3246 shared how they managed to obtain one of the most “boring” medals in the game.
The steps they highlighted were as follows:
- “Select Candela
- Select the Great League
- Keep Shadow Kyogre (get it to a CP value < 1500) as the 2nd or 3rd Pokemon in your roster
- When battle begins, just switch to Shadow Kyogre, and the beast will farm down all of Candela’s Pokemon with 5-6 fast Waterfalls each. Don’t use charge moves (they take longer time with the animation). Candela also uses Magcargo as the 2nd Pokemon, which is 4x weak to water.”
Along with the list, they highlighted that following those steps meant it “took me 27 seconds to finish the battle.”
Of course, you’ll have to do this 2000 times, but that’s still a world quicker than many of the other battles players have tried.
Sure, it’s not an instant way to get hold of the medal, but it’ll certainly help players looking to complete the “tedious” achievement, and is a perfect way to let off a little battling steam once in a while, without it feeling like a grind.
If you haven’t got a Shadow Kyogre in your roster yet, you can defeat Giovanni to get hold of one. Check out our guide to besting him here.
