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Credit: Niantic Top Mega Steelix Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top ten Mega Steelix counters as such: Mega Charizard Y: Fire Spin, Blast Burn Mega Swampert: Water Gun, Hydro Cannon Mega Blaziken: Counter, Blast Burn Shadow Moltres: Fire Spin, Overheat Terrakion: Double Kick, Sacred Sword Shadow Machamp: Counter, Dynamic Punch Reshiram: Fire Fang, Overheat Apex Shadow Ho-Oh:[...]

With 2022 wrapping up, we are looking back at some of the best and worst moments in Niantic's Pokémon GO Today, let's focus on the best feature added to the game Please be sure to let us know what you think was the best feature added to the game in the comments below. Mega Latias, Mega Latios,[...]

We saw Niantic begin to move past the pandemic in major ways, introducing new incentive to get out and play in the real world with Daily Adventure Incense, Elite Raids, in-person events, and more In honor of the upcoming new year, here are my hopes for Pokémon GO in 2023. Pokémon GO logo[...]

Credit: Niantic BEST: Halloween 2022 Part II: Costumed Pokémon have become a staple of the annual Halloween event, and this year we had some good ones New costumes include Spooky Festival Vulpix which could evolve into Spooky Festival Ninetails, Spooky Festival Gengar, and Spooky Festival Pumpkaboo which could evolve into Spooky Festival Gourgeist Returning costumes were[...]

Credit: Niantic 14 – Alolan Geodude Community Day: Sandshrew Community Day was weak for its own reasons, but at least it made both the Kanto and Alolan forms available in the wild Alolan Geodude seemed stingy for offering only the Alolan form Add to that the fact that Alolan Geodude has been Shiny-capable for a long[...]

Credit: Niantic Regarding details for tonight's Raid Hour, Kyurem can be Shiny in Pokémon GO If you don't have your Shiny yet, be sure to get out there and hunt because Reshiram will take its place in just three days as the Raid Rotation of the Tao Trio continues. Kyurem as a Dragon/Ice-type Pokémon is weak to[...]

Niantic has announced the weekly Spotlight Hour and Raid Hour features in Pokémon GO for the month of January 2023 Let's get into the details. Season of Mythical Wishes graphic in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic These are the Spotlight Hours and bonuses coming to Pokémon GO in January 2022: January 3rd, 2023: Alolan Sandshrew with double XP for evolving[...]

Niantic has announced the new content coming to Pokémon GO in January 2023, including Shiny Tapu Koko in raids, new events, and a mysterious Mega Raid feature Let's get into the details. Season of Mythical Wishes graphic in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic These are the Pokémon that will appear in Tier Five raids in Pokémon GO this January 2022: January[...]

Credit: Niantic What worked in this Pokémon GO Event Simultaneous release and Shiny release: Just like Hisuian Braviary and Ursaluna, two species that arrived in the hobby in the open-world RPG Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Hisuian Avalugg had its Shiny form and standard form released at the same time This is a fun trend that hasn't impacted the Hisuian[...]

Credit: Niantic What worked in this Pokémon GO Event Trade bonuses: The increased number of Lucky Trades that you could hit during a trading session was a solid bonus and one worth playing Unfortunately, this almost ended up in the "Didn't work" section because these slightly buffed features should have went further and included the 40KM trade[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the events coming to Pokémon GO in January 2022: December 31st, 2022 – January 4th, 2023: Pokémon GO New Year's 2023 Event January 7th from 2 PM – 5 PM: Chespin Community Day January 10th – January 16th, 2023: Twinkling Fantasy Event January 14th – January 15th, 2023: GO Battle Weekend: Steven Stone January 19th – January[...]

Credit: Niantic These are the Pokémon that will appear in Tier Five raids in Pokémon GO this January 2022: January 1st – January 10th, 2023: Reshiram with the special move Fusion Flare January 10th – January 18th, 2023: Zekrom with the special move Fusion Bolt January 18th – January 25th, 2023: Regice January 25th – February 1st, 2023: Tapu Koko[...]

Credit: Niantic Cubchoo can indeed be Shiny in Pokémon GO The standard Cubchoo is pictured above, and it has an icy blue and white color palette Shiny Cubchoo is noticeably different and includes a purple and white color palette. The bonus for tonight's Cubchoo Spotlight Hour in Pokémon GO is double Candy for transferring[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the full details for the Pokémon GO New Year's 2023 Event: Date and time: Saturday, December 31, 2022, at 8:00 p.m to Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at 8:00 p.m local time. New costumed Pokémon: Pikachu wearing a party top hat will debut in the game for the first time It will be Shiny-capable upon release[...]

Credit: Niantic We also now know details for the Winter Wonderland event-within-an-event happening Christmas weekend in Pokémon GO: Date and time: Saturday, December 24, 2022, at 10:00 a.m to Sunday, December 25, 2022, at 8:00 p.m local time. Extra bonuses: One extra special trade per day Daily Adventure Incense activated during the event will last for 30 minutes Lucky Trade bonus and[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Hisuian Avalugg Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top ten Hisuian Avalugg counters as such: Shadow Metagross: Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash Mega Blaziken: Counter, Focus Blast Terrakion: Double Kick, Sacred Sword Shadow Machamp: Counter, Dynamic Punch Lucario: Counter, Aura Sphere Keldeo: Low Kick, Sacred Sword Metagross: Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash Shadow Hariyama: Counter, Dynamic Punch Conkeldurr:[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the full details for the Pokémon GO Hisuian Avalugg Raid Day happening today: Date and time: Saturday, December 24, 2022, from 2:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m local time. Feature: The debut of Hisuian Avalugg three-star raids. Simultaneous Shiny drop: Hisuian Avalugg debut with its Shiny form already unlocked It will have an increased Shiny rate[...]

Niantic rang in the winter season this year in Pokémon GO with one of the most highly anticipated annual events: the Winter Holiday Event Did Part 1 of this event live up to the hype of previous years or did Niantic pull some truly Scrooge-like tricks that left us all feeling like our Poké Balls[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Delibird Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Delibird counters as such: Mega Aerodactyl: Rock Throw, Rock Slide Rampardos: Smack Down, Rock Slide Shadow Tyranitar: Smack Down, Stone Edge Shadow Aerodactyl: Rock Throw, Rock Slide Terrakion: Smack Down, Rock Slide Gigalith: Smack Down, Meteor Beam Tyrantrum: Rock Throw, Meteor Beam Rhyperior: Smack Down, Rock[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the full details for the Pokémon GO Annual Winter Holiday Event 2022 – Part II beginning today: Date and time: Friday, December 23rd, 2022, at 10:00 a.m to Saturday, December 31, 2022, at 8:00 p.m local time. New costumed Eevee and Eeveelutuons: You will be able to hunt for Eevee wearing a holiday hat[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Kyurem Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top ten Kyurem counters as such: Shadow Metagross: Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash Terrakion: Double Kick, Sacred Sword Mega Blaziken: Counter, Focus Blast Keldeo: Low Kick, Sacred Sword Metagross: Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash Mega Latios: Dragon Breath, Dragon Claw Mega Latias: Dragon Breath, Dragon Claw Lucario: Counter, Aura Sphere Mega[...]

Niantic has announced details for the second part of the annual Pokémon GO Winter Holiday event It will feature a new Holiday-themed Eevee which can be encountered in its silvery Shiny form. Pokémon GO Annual Winter Holiday Event 2022 – Part II graphic Credit: Niantic Here are the full details for the Pokémon GO Annual Winter Holiday[...]

Credit: Niantic Outside of tonight's Cobalion Raid Hour, there is quite a lot still to come in raids this month in Pokémon GO Mega Glalie is in Mega Raids for one, remaining in this role through the end of the month with an as-of-yet-unknown Mega taking its place on January 1st The rest of the end-of-December Raid[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the full details for the Chespin-themed January 2023 Community Day in Pokémon GO: Date and time: Saturday, January, 7, 2023, from 2:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m local time Pokémon feature: Chespin with a Shiny release Special Community Day Move: It's a Grass-type Starter so, as always, we are getting Frenzy Plant[...]

Credit: Niantic I love with Pokémon GO does this Bergmite Spotlight Hour was announced before the current Winter Holiday Event Part 1 The Winter Holiday Event Part 1 introduced Shiny Bergmite which means that what we originally thought of as a non-Shiny Spotlight Hour is actually a terrific chance to hunt for Shiny Bergmite. The standard Bergmite, pictured above, is[...]

Credit: Niantic What worked in this Pokémon GO event Solid spawns: The Fighting-type focus of the event had Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, and Hitmontop in the wild as common spawns which was a great win for Shiny hunters There was also the meta-relevant Machop to hunt and earn Candy and XL for, as well as Meditite and Mankey[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the full details for Pokémon GO December 2022 Community Day Weekend, which recaps the full year and beyond starting today: Date and time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM local time on Saturday, December 17, 2022, to Sunday, December 18, 2022. Event Bonuses: Active Saturday, December 17, 2022, and Sunday, December 18, 2022, from 9:00[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic writes on the official Pokémon GO blog: Pinning Postcards from eligible regions unlocks the Vivillon Collector medal and adds progress to sub-medals associated with the Postcard's region of origin Progressing on sub-medals leads to encounters with Scatterbug Scatterbug from different regions evolve into Vivillon with different patterns! Will you be able to discover and[...]

Whenever Niantic released a new Pokémon GO Ticketed Research, the backlash is immediate It happened again this month when the Mythical Pokémon Keldeo was released to those who paid for an in-shop ticket to unlock Special Research Only through this paid Special Research could Keldeo be encountered Let's take a look at this situation as well[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Holiday Stantler Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top ten Stantler counters as such: Mega Blaziken: Counter, Focus Blast Terrakion: Double Kick, Sacred Sword Shadow Machamp: Counter, Dynamic Punch Lucario: Counter, Aura Sphere Mega Alakazam: Counter, Focus Blast Shadow Hariyama: Counter, Dynamic Punch Conkeldurr: Counter, Dynamic Punch Mega Lopunny: Double Kick, Focus Blast Machamp: Counter, Dynamic[...]