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However, looking into the roles these Pokémon play in other games, and even the anime, can enrich the experience of hunting these creatures in Niantic's mobile game In honor of Aron's upcoming feature in tomorrow's Hoenn Celebration, let's take a look at this species' lore. Aron official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 304,[...]

Credit: Niantic What Worked in This Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Event The Special Assignment: Overall, this aspect is what Niantic struggles to balance most in Wizards Unite events, but they did a great job here Not too simple while also not prohibitive, this was a challenging but fun set of tasks. The focus: The Triwizarding Tournament, one of the[...]

Credit: Niantic Kyogre and Groudon will appear in raids for a full week, running from tomorrow, Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 at 10 AM until Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 at 10 AM This will be during the Hoenn Celebration event, which will also feature Spinda in raids for the first time, so be prepared for what is[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Kyogre Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Kyogre counters as such: Shadow Raikou (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Zekrom (Charge Beam, Wild Charge) Mega Venusaur (Vine Whip, Frenzy Plant) Shadow Magnezone (Spark, Wild Charge) Shadow Electivire (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Shadow Zapdos (Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt) Mega Ampharos (Volt Switch, Zap Cannon)* Shadow Mewtwo (Confusion,[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Groudon Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Groudon counters as such: Mega Venusaur (Vine Whip, Frenzy Plant) Shadow Gyarados (Waterfall, Hydro Pump) Mega Blastoise (Water Gun, Hydro Cannon)* Shadow Swampert (Water Gun, Hydro Cannon) Shadow Mewtwo (Confusion, Ice Beam) Shadow Venusaur (Vine Whip, Frenzy Plant) Kyogre (Waterfall, Surf) Mega Abomasnow (Razor Leaf, Weather[...]

However, looking into the roles these Pokémon play in other games, and even the anime, can enrich the experience of hunting these creatures in Niantic's mobile game In honor of its presence in the Sinnoh Celebration Event, let's take a look at Hippopotas' lore. Hippopotas official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 4849, Hippopotas is[...]

Credit: Niantic Sandile, Krokorok, Krookodile: This one might be a sore spot for some, as Sandile seems to be, along with Deino, the hardest species to hatch from 12KM Strange Eggs This makes me suspect that, when the Shiny is released, it'll likely have the same rarity as Deino's Shiny… essentially non-existent Even so, it's quite[...]

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." Let's take a look at three Pokémon so popular[...]

Now, in response to requests from trainers, Niantic allows Costumed Pokémon to be mass transferred, offering a warning as it is done It seems, based on a recent datamine, that the same is now coming for Legendaries and Mythicals. Pokémon GO logo Credit: Niantic The following text was newly added to the Pokémon GO code: RESOURCE ID: pokemon_transfer_legendary_confirmation -TEXT: Your[...]

Credit: Niantic What Worked in This Pokémon GO Event Candy XL: Machop Community Day, and February's Roselia Community Day, will essentially serve two purposes Newer and more casual players may be excited for the chance at a Shiny, but trainers who have been in the game since the beginning have had years' worth of a chance at a Shiny[...]

However, looking into the roles these Pokémon play in other games, and even the anime, can enrich the experience of hunting these creatures in Niantic's mobile game In honor of today's Machop Community Day, let's take a look at Machamp. Machamp official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 068, Machamp is a pure Fighting-type species[...]

Credit: Niantic What Worked in This Pokémon GO Event Gible in raids Gible in raids You know Gible? Yeah, that Pokémon, in raids Gible? In… raids? Gible in raids. Seriously, while these raids were unfortunately rare compared to the very annoying presence of starters in Tier Ones, it felt great to actually want to battle in any raid for the first time[...]

Credit: Niantic The full Straight to the Top, Machop Special Research in Pokémon GO includes: Page One of Four Power up Pokémon 10 times: 10 Poké Balls Catch 15 Machop – 20 Machop Candy Make 5 Nice Throws – Machop encounter Rewards: 1000 Stardust, 1 Incense, Machop encounter Page Two of Four Catch 15 Machop: 20 Machop Candy Transfer 10 Pokémon: Machoke encounter Evolve 3 Machop:[...]

It all changed in early 2020, when Niantic announced a Community Day vote that included species that had already had Shiny releases and even species that had already had Community Days The community spoke, though, and chose Rhyhorn: a Pokémon that had yet to have is Shiny released that was set to get a game-changing[...]

However, looking into the roles these Pokémon play in other games, and even the anime, can enrich the experience of hunting these creatures in Niantic's mobile game In honor of this weekend's Machop Community Day, let's take a deep dive into this species' lore. Machop regular and Shiny comparison in Pokémon GO[...]