Gym raiding, what use could a casual possibly be

So, you're playing the end game, and you're tearing down gyms. Now, if a player doing the middle game, ie levels 20 to 32, offers to help, is it even worth it?

The answer is yes. Most definitely yes.

I'm being helped by my wife, and she started playing in May. She's started helping out since she reached level 25, at which time I was closing in on 40.

Her contribution when clearing out gyms cuts time by 30 percent, and since we're burning down seven gyms late each evening that's a huge help.


Tactics

I burn down the first defender and after that she joins the battle. Since my line-up plays in a totally different league compared to hers she'll never catch up. However, I usually don't catch up to her until she's burning down the last defender.

By that time five defenders have been cleared out of the gym, and I never need to bother with the second round out of the three needed to wipe out a gym.

The thing here is to have the lower level player wait for the first defender to go down before entering combat. It saves the high level player time while at the same time conserving revives and potions for the lower level one.

As an added bonus you get a player well versed in gym raiding by the time that player leaves the middle game and starts playing high level Pokemon Go.

The downside is the insertion of questionable defensive material into the gym, but let's stay honest here. If you were alone the gym would get one defender assigned. A second defender in the 1500 to 2500 CP range still adds to the defence. Especially if it's a selected defender.

A last advice. Don't push it too far. A middle game player has access to maybe four potentially top class defenders which have been powered up as far as that player is able to. Going above ten gyms will totally deplete that players caapcity.