And I frd requested you Red

That happened to me as well with Zaptos and I still hadn't caught it, had to put it on hold.

I get you, I was a dunce with great throws when I began these missions as well.
In fact. I still hardly ever manage an excellent throw so this future excellent curveball is a double weakness for me.

Much appreciated!
I need one more friend.

Curveballs aren't THAT hard to get the hang of:

1. Spin your finger in a clockwise circle until the ball reaches full speed.
2. Move your finger to the right side of the screen.
3. Flick the ball up and to the left (more left than up).

You can also mirror things, using a counter-clockwise circle and flicking from the left side. Do whichever is more comfortable for how you hold your phone and your handedness.

To get an Excellent, you have to hit the Pokemon inside the colored circle when it's small (less than around 40% of its maximum size). This is much easier on larger Pokemon. Don't even TRY on Wurmple. I can get Nice curveballs 90% of the time and Great curveballs (less than around 70%) around 50% of the time.

It's totally worth it to try. You get bonuses for curveballs AND for nice/great/excellent throws, plus getting nice/great/excellent improves catch rate.

Thanx for the tips Coda.
I'm not at that mission yet but I'll keep them in mind.

Well, you should be practicing curveballs BEFORE you get to the mission, that way you're not trying to learn the technique at the last minute.

I didn't know you could spin balls :0 I just tried and wasted 10 blue balls I keep throwing them off the screen

That's my experience as well. Giz.

I usually trash all missions involving fancy throws or raids/gyms

I don't really get to hit gyms and I've never got to do a raid

I just got back from dinner out and I made 2 successful curveballs and one nice curveball (though the catch stats called it a 'nice throw', is that normal?).
Still far from being able to achieve excellent though.

Experience will show nice throw and then another for curve I believe.

As separate stats you mean?
No, that didn't happen, it just gave me a 'nice throw' but it was a curveball. Is this a glitch?

I figure any "nice" throw would count for it. I'm using mostly curveballs now. I can hit but not always with a rating. I'm backwards from Coda. I spin counter-clockwise and launch up and right. You a lefty perchance, Coda?

Didn't get out today to go raid hunting. Hard to even get out of bed. Maybe tomorrow when I'm out with my mom.

.3 KM to go on my second KY egg.


Things like spheals or wailmers are great for getting good shots on, as the circle is huge. For some reason, the stantler I caught the other day also had a big circle. You also just need the throw, not the catch, so if you hit a hard to catch big pokemon, and you have excess regular balls, just throw those until you get your shots.

I'm a righty and have been spinning clockwise and launching from the right.

Well now that I want a raid to show, no raids, or not without driving. Blah. At least I don't have to win.

My gym has gotta raid in 30 minutes.
I concur with the relief that it's not necessary to win. I've ever won one raid.

I got a win a raid task .....only problem I can't go to raids :( hard to do raids when I never drive by one at the right time