genesect Archives

Tonight is Douse Drive Genesect Raid Hour in Pokémon GO From 6 p.m until 7 p.m., most Gyms in the game will pop Tier Five Raids These Raids will all feature Douse Drive Genesect, which can be encountered in its Shiny form Now, while Douse Drive Genesect is distinct in your Dex from the other Drives,[...]

When it comes to Raids, we have the Shiny release of Douse Drive Genesect as well as the return of the Legendary Swords of Justice, new and old features coming to Mega Raids, and Mega Garchomp Raid Day Today's raid guide for Pokémon GO players will help you assemble a team to take down Douse[...]

Today is Burn Drive Genesect Raid Hour in Pokémon GO From 6 PM – 7 PM, Wednesday, September 20th, Genesect will appear in Tier Five Raids all over the game Most Gyms on your map will feature these Raids, so you will have a great chance to hunt for Shiny Genesect Let's look at some tips[...]

When it comes to Raids, we have a shift in the rotation with Burn Drive Genesect in Tier Five Raids, Mega Gardevoir in Mega Raids, and Zapdos with its Shadow Shiny release in Shadow Legendary Raids all Season Today's raid guide for Pokémon GO players will help you assemble a team to take down Burn[...]

The two Pokémon heading up this Raid Rotation are the Steel/Bug-type Shock Drive Genesect in Tier Five raids and the Steel/Bug-type Mega Scizor in Mega Raids Today's raid guide for Pokémon GO players will help you assemble a team to take down Shock Drive Genesect in Tier Five raids[...]

Shock Drive Genesect has entered Tier Five raids once again This special Drive of the returning Mythical Pokémon will stay in Pokémon GO from now until May 9th, which means that it will start in just one Raid Hour, and that's tonight! From 6 PM – 7 PM tonight, May 3rd, Shock Drive Genesect will[...]

The second and final Chill Drive Genesect Raid Hour of the summer is happening tonight, Wednesday, August 17th, in Pokémon GO from 6 PM – 7 PM During this time, most Gyms in the game will pop Tier Five raids featuring the Steel/Bug-type Mythical Pokémon Now, if you have yet to get Chill Drive Genesect,[...]

Chill Drive Genesect Raid Hour is happening tonight, Wednesday, August 10th, in Pokémon GO from 6 PM – 7 PM During this time, most Gyms in the game will pop Tier Five raids featuring the Steel/Bug-type Mythical from Unova This is the first time that Genesect will be available with the Chill Drive, and it[...]

Genesect gets a new Drive this week in Pokémon GO! The Mythical Chill Drive Genesect arrives in Tier Five raids during the Bug Out! event, and it is the rare Tier Five raid that, in the right weather conditions, can be defeated by solo players With this Raid Guide, you can prepare a team to take[...]

Today, let's take a look at the first Shining card in the set: Shining Genesect. Shining Genesect from Shining Legends Credit: Pokémon TCG Shining cards are set apart from your everyday foil card because of both the texture and the placement of the foil Instead of foil on the background of the artwork, it is the actual[...]

Tonight is Shock Drive Genesect Raid Hour in Pokémon GO Tonight, from 6 PM – 7 PM, Tier Five raids will be popping at most Gyms in the game with all of them featuring the Mythical Genesect with a Shock Drive that allows it to use an Electric-type variant of its Technoblast move when caught[...]

A brand-new Drive debuts for Genesect now in Pokémon GO With Burn and Douse out of the way, we are now getting Shock Drive Genesect This special version of the Mythical Genesect debuts as the next Tier Five raid boss It will be the subject of the next Raid Hour and will be available before[...]

This weekend, Shock Drive Genesect will be released in Pokémon GO What we're here to answer is the big question: Will Shock Drive Genesect be available to encounter in its Shiny form? Genesect in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Nope! Okay, see you guys later! There are five versions of Genesect that exist in the world of Pokémon and four we[...]

Shock Drive Genesect is set to arrive this coming January in Pokémon GO as two other Legendary Pokémon make their return Let's get into the details. Shock Drive Genesect in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Here is all of the news regarding Pokémon GO's raids in January 2021: Tier Five raids: Kyurem: From now until January 7th, 2022[...]

Tonight is the one and only Douse Drive Genesect Raid Hour of October 2021 in Pokémon GO Douse Drive Genesect, which is classified as a different Forme but is really just Genesect holding a different Drive that gives it a Water-type version of its move Techno Blast when caught, will be appearing with increased frequency[...]

They will be replaced by the Unova Mythical Pokémon Genesect, appearing for the first time in its Douse Drive forme, and Mega Gengar Let's get into the full details for what Pokémon GO players can expect in raids starting today. Genesect in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Niantic announced the details for these new raids over at the official Pokémon[...]

Starting tomorrow, the Lake Trio is out of raids and Douse Drive Genesect is in This forme of Genesect will be making its Pokémon GO debut today in Tier Five raids With this Raid Guide, you can prepare a team to take on this Mythical Pokémon from the Unova region, perfect your catching strategy, and understand[...]

Niantic has announced their raid bosses for October 2021 in Pokémon GO. Including some expected appearances of Altered Forme Giratina and Darkrai with a new move, we also have the arrival of a new version of Genesect Let's get into the details. Genesect in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Niantic posted the following details to the Pokémon GO blog: The[...]

This new system, based on both the odd-placement and bastardly penchant for hopping out of balls exhibited by the Unova Legendary Pokémon Kyurem, is meant to rate the difficulty of catching Legendary Pokémon in Pokémon GO raids on a scale of "One" through "Full @#$%ing Kyurem." Now that we have assessed multiple generations of Legendaries,[...]

In honor of Burn Drive Genesect's debut, let's take a deep dive into this prehistoric species' lore. Genesect in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Dex entry number 649, Genesect is a Bug/Steel-type species from the Unova Region, introduced into the world of Pokémon with Generation Five This Mythical Pokémon, like most Mythicals and Legendaries, has no gender[...]

Burn Drive Genesect is here to bring back our long lost love: Raid Hour. Genesect in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Now, Raid Hour hasn't been gone It has just been virtually unplayable due to perhaps the worst raid decision in Pokémon GO history Niantic opted to feature Kyurem, a species that had already been featured for a three-week span[...]

Burn Drive Genesect debuts in Pokémon GO this week, bringing a new version of this Unova Mythical Pokémon to raids… kind of Let's take a look at what the different forms of Genesect are and what they mean for trainers looking to complete the set. Genesects various drives in Pokémon GO[...]

After a short Ho-Oh stay, Genesect returns with a new feature: Burn Drive, which gives it a Fire-type attack Let's take a look at the top counters to help trainers take down Genesect, a dual Bug/Steell-type, which cannot yet be encountered in its Shiny form due to this being the Burn Drive debut With this[...]

Niantic underpromised and overdelivered in this event, big time. Ultra Unlock Unova Week released Shiny Roggenrola, Shiny Genesect and more Credit: Niantic Unova Raids The Tier One through Four raids were, on the other hand, not the spiciest Niantic balanced this out by having Alolan Marowak appear as the only non-Unova Pokémon in the rotation to give Shiny[...]

Genesect is currently the Tier Five raid boss in Pokémon GO for the Ultra Unlock: Unova Week event Because this Mythical Pokémon is leaving on Friday as this event ends, that means that tonight at 6PM local time is the one and only Genesect Raid Hour If you haven't yet caught your Shiny Genesect, now[...]

Baskin-Robbins' raid hour will only take place at their locations, in an effort to drive those who live in the center of the Pokémon GO player/hungry-for-rocky-road Venn Diagram to their locations. It will be interesting to see how this is handled, as Baskin-Robbins hasn't clarified if this Raid Hour will only feature the current Tier Five[...]

Here is why Niantic should listen. Pokémon GO's Mythical Problem: Deoxys & Genesect aren't tradable Credit: The Pokémon Company Collecting Lucky Pokémon is a major part of Pokémon GO for many trainers As many players advance in the game, collecting these Pokémon becomes akin to earning badges[...]

Unova Week, the final week of the three-week-long Ultra Unlock event in Pokémon GO, kicked off this Friday by introducing four new Pokémon into the game with Sewaddle, Cottonee, Bouffalant, and Emolga in addition to releasing the Shiny forms of Roggenrola and Genesect Along with the event, a series of bonuses, special Eggs, and Field[...]

This event brings with it the release of Shiny Roggenrola and Shiny Genesect, but as well as new spawns in the wild and some Shiny Pokémon in raids Bleeding Cool is here to report on the full Raid Rotation for Unova Week as Ultra Unlock concludes If you're Shiny hunting or searching for meta-relevant Generation[...]

Unova Week, the final part of the three-week Ultra Unlock event, begins and with it comes the new Tier Five raid boss: the Mythical Pokémon… Genesect This is the Shiny release for Genesect, which was previously only available in Special Research With only one week and one Raid Hour for trainers to hunt for Shiny[...]