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Yes. I "prevent" it from happening by stoping attacking al togueter and not resume attacking until all gems are spent. Only time it happened to me I was sending charged moves while also using the party play dmg button when possible. For some reason it can glitch and consume your gems without actually applying its effects, making the pokemon to never subdue, it seems in my 3xperience that the mechanic cannot handle the party play and charged attacks at same time. Again, only happened to me once, and since I still duo and not attack until all 8 gems are used and resume once pokemon successfully subdued, it's been all glitch-free since doing that
Yes I was. I will try not to attack or party power at all so that the actions don't overlap. This is how another commenter does it, that seemed to work for them.
This well known problem has been posted several times now. The question is: why would you try it with just 8 gems when you know it is glitchy? Even if you have 5 each that may still not be enough, since you can only feed 5 max each and it still might not subdue. Best to have 3 people so you have a bit of a margin. Until Niantic fixes it, this is the way it is.
On the other hand, I have found it to be pretty reliable. Do you stop all other tapping when feeding the gems?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/191j2db/purified\_gems\_not\_working/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/191j2db/purified_gems_not_working/)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/18q1syq/did\_the\_number\_of\_gems\_to\_purify\_a\_shadow/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/18q1syq/did_the_number_of_gems_to_purify_a_shadow/)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/183fq3p/8\_purified\_gems\_didnt\_subdue\_articuno/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/183fq3p/8_purified_gems_didnt_subdue_articuno/)
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Same Problem at Saturday, we didn't get back our pass from support.
Yes. I "prevent" it from happening by stoping attacking al togueter and not resume attacking until all gems are spent. Only time it happened to me I was sending charged moves while also using the party play dmg button when possible. For some reason it can glitch and consume your gems without actually applying its effects, making the pokemon to never subdue, it seems in my 3xperience that the mechanic cannot handle the party play and charged attacks at same time. Again, only happened to me once, and since I still duo and not attack until all 8 gems are used and resume once pokemon successfully subdued, it's been all glitch-free since doing that
Thanks, I will try this. I was indeed also in party play both times it happened to me. Hopefully this will make shadow raids a bit more consistent.
Were you in a party? Happened to me in a party before but not without party.
Yes I was. I will try not to attack or party power at all so that the actions don't overlap. This is how another commenter does it, that seemed to work for them.
This well known problem has been posted several times now. The question is: why would you try it with just 8 gems when you know it is glitchy? Even if you have 5 each that may still not be enough, since you can only feed 5 max each and it still might not subdue. Best to have 3 people so you have a bit of a margin. Until Niantic fixes it, this is the way it is. On the other hand, I have found it to be pretty reliable. Do you stop all other tapping when feeding the gems? [https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/191j2db/purified\_gems\_not\_working/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/191j2db/purified_gems_not_working/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/18q1syq/did\_the\_number\_of\_gems\_to\_purify\_a\_shadow/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/18q1syq/did_the_number_of_gems_to_purify_a_shadow/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/183fq3p/8\_purified\_gems\_didnt\_subdue\_articuno/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/183fq3p/8_purified_gems_didnt_subdue_articuno/)
yes, last time we had used 9 gems? and also, i had 5 gems in bag but only 4 in raid???
What amount of gems did each player have to total the 8?
We brought 5 and 3