Pokémon GO: 17 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do

5. Take Over A Gym With A Weaker Team/Pokémon

As battles in Pokémon GO are real time, 'battling' is completely different than that of the main games.

This basically boils down to tapping the living daylights out of your particular Pokémon so you can attack as fast as possible, occasionally swiping left to right to dodge attacks. Hopefully, when the servers smooth themselves over we'll actually be able to study opponent animations and dodge accordingly, but as it stands, it's more of an 'every man, woman and child for themselves'-type deal.

That said, there is something you can do - consider elemental advantages. Some of these fall into conceptual 'sense', like Fire trumping Grass, Electric trumping Water and Rock smashing Ice. Check the table above, and keep it in mind when choosing your fighters to take a gym from the opposition.

Consistently effective attacks lead to boosted damage bonuses, so when pulling up the requisite gym's defenders, think about what 'type' they are and plan accordingly.