How have prestige gains in gym training changed now that you're allowed to use 6 Pokemon?

Question

This question has not been updated since the app update where we can train with six Pokemon, so what are the exact numbers for how much prestige is gained now? It used to be 500+ for defeating a Pokemon with less CP than yours, and now it's quite a bit less, in the ballpark of 200.

Some weird stuff can happen, like what if you mostly kill a Pokemon with a powerful one of yours, then quickly switch and finish it off with a very low CP monster? Would that get more prestige than killing it with the higher one?

Answer 1

The way prestige gains are calculated actually hasn't been changed since the update to training friendly gyms. See here. The formula is the same as before and based on the strongest of your 6 only. Thus, switching a weaker Pokemon in to finish off a stronger Pokemon would do nothing, since the prestige calculation only takes the highest CP Pokemon you brought into account.

Since you said that your gains went from 500+ to below 200, my guess is that you had a Pokemon in your 6 that was actually stronger than the Pokemon you defeated, which would be why you got less prestige than you were expecting.

Note: If the Pokemon you are training against are much higher level than you and are lowered to be closer to yours, then you will get generate less prestige than before, since the CP disadvantage is narrower.