Level up, now what

Disregarding level 39 and 40, when nothing actually happens, what to do when you reach a new level?

As the only thing that happens when you level up is that your pokemon gains a new max level, let's have a look at your situation at level-up:

• Each pokemon has access to an amount of candy
• A number of your pokemon can gain exactly two more power-ups (unless you reached level 38, in which case they can gain one)
• You have an amount of stardust
• A number of your pokemon are assigned to gyms
• A number of pokemon are on your todo-list

Your maxed out pokemon are maxed out for a reason. They're either prime attackers, prime defenders or maxed out because of the bragging rights. More than one can apply to any one pokemon.

My advice is that you take a look at the pokemon you normally assign to gyms. With some luck one or more aren't at the moment. I'd max out those first, and after that those who get kicked out from gyms during the process.

While your gym presence geats weaker for a short while this essentially allows you to have the strongest line-up possible assigned to gyms for the bulk of your newly gained level.

After that I'd max out the prime attackers I, for some reason, chose to push to max. It's likely that these pokemon see action more or less every time you attack a gym.

Notably I'd stop pushing those attackers if one prime defender that was locked inside a gym suddenly drops out an becomes available for two power-ups.

After that my advice is to select one or two pokemon you want pushed to max during this level, calculate how much resources is needed for that, and alternate between them and other mons you don't see as critical to push.

The reason for this is quite simply a sense of fun. More often than not the not so important mons are associated with a lower cost to power-up, and it's nice to get a break from paying the higher cost, which translates into spending more time not seeing any progression.

So, in short:

• Available prime defenders
• Prime attackers (unless a prime defender becomes available)
• Future stars (unless a prime defender becomes available)
• The rest (preferably mixed into pushing the stars)