"Pokémon GO" is still as alive as ever, even after the hype cooled down a bit. Changes were made and cheaters got banned, but that wouldn't stop players from finding ways to make their lives easier. Here are some handpicked cheats, tips, and tricks for "Pokémon GO" trainers.

Getting Pikachu as Starter Pokémon

For starters, if you would like to nab a Pikachu as a starter pokémon, you simply need to ignore the original trio four times in a row. Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and Charmander will appear in random orders, but once they've made their appearances four times, Pikachu follows.

Effectively Battle A Gym

More often than not, Gym challengers are undermatched. However, challengers can still inflict decent damage to the Gym's Prestige by effectively matching up the correct pokémon for the job in terms of element and type. The list below describes which type and element is effective against the other:

Ground: Water, Grass, Ice

Flying: Electric, Ice, Rock

Psychic: Bug, Ghost

Bug: Fire, Flying, Rock

Rock: Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Steel

Ghost: Ghost

Dragon: Ice, Dragon, Fairy

Steel: Fire, Fighting, Ground

Fairy: Poison, Steel

Fire: Water, Ground, Rock

Water: Electric, Grass

Electric: Ground

Grass: Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug

Ice: Fire, Fighting, Rock, Steel

Fighting: Flying, Psychic, Fairy

Poison: Ground, Psychic

Normal: Fighting

Use Ingress To Hunt PokéStops

Surprisingly, using the game "Ingress," an app also developed by Niantic, makes it easy to find Pokéstops. Portals on "Ingress" are the same thing as Pokéstops on "Pokémon GO" so this makes it easier to decide where to make the next hunt.

Eevee Evolution Guide

Here's a quick rundown of tricks on how to get Eevee evolve to a pre-determined pokémon by naming it once captured or acquired. Take note that this only works once so think it through.

"Rainer" = Vaporeon

"Pyro" = Flareon

"Sparky" = Jolteon

Quick Level Up Trick

Using Lucky Eggs, trainers can get a total of 1000 XP by evolving a pokémon. This lasts for 30 minutes. Catching tons of Pidgeys and easily evolving them to Pigeottos by using 12 Pidgey candies can provide easy experience with more than a decent amount at a time.

Playing "Pokémon GO" is extremely fun and at the same time challenging. Hopefully, this can help you make the experience more enjoyable without risking any ban at all.