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Originally Posted by WildBobAA
I'm not even sure what the revives are for. I've lost a few gym battles and my pokemon don't even faint, they come back at like 1 hp and I just use potions on them and they're fine. Maybe it's bugged right now. Either way, you don't really need revives unless you're planning on doing a lot of gym battles.
your pokemon will faint if they are knocked out when attacking another teams gym.
if you are training against your own they tap out at 1 hp, and if you leave one as a defender and its knocked off you get it back at 1 hp.
in general though you get more revives than you need