Originally Posted by
karanawesome
i still cant figure out how to win gym battles
the first thing is to find a gym you can take down.. remember you have 6 pokemon and they probably have less (not sure how many pokemon a gym can hold)
once you did that, sort out your team so as super effective as possible (if the last pokemon is poliwag, put grass or electric pokemon near the end of your team)
put your highest cp pokemon last, because you can't put it in the gym if it's dead or damaged.
in the actual battle, basically tap the enemy as fast as you can, until your blue bar (top right) fills up. then hold down on the screen to fire your secondary more powerful move. when the enemy does that, apparently you can swipe to dodge it but it's never really worked for me
the more people fighting the better, since all damage adds up. have one person leave the battle a little early so you can get control of the gym before someone else takes it! after that you can go to the shop to get a 500 stardust (or xp? i dont remember) and 10 pokecoin reward.