Pokémon GO/Teams and Gyms

Once the player reaches level 5, they can choose to affiliate with one of the three teams in Pokémon GO. Once selected, this cannot be changed. To choose, visit a Gym and Professor Willow will have each team leader introduce themselves and their team.

Team Instinct (Yellow)
''Hey! The name's Spark &mdash; the leader of Team Instinct. Pokemon are creatures with excellent intuition. I bet the secret to their intuition is related to how they're hatched. Come and join my team! You never lose when you trust your instincts!''
 * Legendary Bird: Zapdos
 * Leader: Spark

Team Mystic (Blue)
''I am Blanche, leader of Team Mystic. The wisdom of Pokemon is immeasurably deep. I am researching why it is that they evolve. With our calm analysis of every situation, we can't lose!''
 * Legendary Bird: Articuno
 * Leader: Blanche

Team Valor (Red)
''I'm Candela &mdash; Team Valor's leader! Pokemon are stronger than humans, and they're warmhearted, too! I'm researching ways to enhance Pokemon's natural power in the pursuit of true strength. There's no doubt that the Pokemon our team have trained at the strongest in battle! Are you ready?''
 * Legendary Bird: Moltres
 * Leader: Candela

Battles
By clicking the battle icon at the bottom right of the Gym screen, you can challenge the defending Pokémon to lower the Gym's prestige.

Each round lasts 99 seconds. If multiple allies challenge together, you are granted 10 seconds per ally. You can have up to 20 allies attacking together.

Prestige
The prestige level of a gym decides how many defenders can be stationed at the gym. The higher the prestige, the more spots are available for defenders. Placing a defender in an empty slot at a gym increases the prestige by 2000. Prestige can also be increased by training at a friendly gym. Prestige can be lowered by battling an enemy gym.

Increasing the prestige above a threshold will open a new empty slot for trainers to place their Pokémon. Dropping below a threshold will expel the lowest Pokémon. Trainers can only put one Pokémon per gym at a time.

Rewards
For each defender you defeat, you will increase the prestige of the gym based on whether your attacker has higher or lower CP than the defender. Defeating all the defenders gives you a bonus of 1500 prestige.


 * Attacker with higher CP (minimum 100): $$310 \times (Defender CP / Attacker CP) - 55$$
 * Attacker with lower CP (maximum 1000): $$500 \times (Defender CP / Attacker CP)$$

You will also gain 1/10 of the prestige as XP.

Once you control at least one Gym, you can go to the ../Shop/ and click the green shield icon at the top right. This will grant you 500 Stardust and 10 PokéCoins for every Gym you have a Pokémon defending at that moment, up to a maximum of 10 Gyms. Once you collect the reward, you must wait 21 hours before you can collect it again.