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Credit: Niantic A bit of backstory first Generally, in order to ensure that Niantic has properly turned on the Shiny capabilities of a Pokémon, trainers will take to social media to verify an encounter The most popular platform for this verification if the Silph Road Reddit As the current New Year's Event kicked off in Pokémon[...]

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 Party Hat Wurmple's current hilarious return in Pokémon GO, let's get to know Wumple a bit better. Official Wurmple art[...]

Did this final event do Niantic's year of incredible change justice? Let's break it down in this review, which will examine what worked and what didn't about 2020's final Pokémon GO event. Holiday 2020 Event promo image in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic What Worked for this Pokémon GO Event The costumes: Love them or hate them, Costumed Pokémon are[...]

Could there be a new rarest Shiny in Pokémon GO? It seems that Niantic has pulled off a sneaky, unannounced release of one of the most exclusive encounters in the entire game: Pikachu Libre. Regular and Shiny Pikachu Libre in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Leading up to the new year, reports began to trickle in on social media of Pokémon[...]

Don't miss your chance to get a guaranteed Shiny Celebi in Pokémon GO! Niantic has announced the final date that trainers will be allowed to begin the "Distracted By Something Shiny" Special Research in Pokémon GO. Here are the details. Shiny Celebi Research in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic The full New Year's Event raid rotation in Pokémon GO includes: Tier One 2020 Glasses Slowpoke – Shiny capable, very likely to be the standard wild spawn odds of what is now understood to be about one in 500 encounters Espurr Klink – Shiny capable, boosted odds Party Hat Wobbuffet – Shiny capable, 2021 odds are unknown but it was[...]

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 the Holiday 2020 event, which is wrapping up tonight in Pokémon GO, let's take a look at the lore of this especially strange Pokémon: Cryogonal. Official[...]

Credit: Niantic PVPoke, which calculates the GO Battle League meta in Pokémon GO based on the species stats, levels, and movesets, lists the top choices for Master League Premier Cup in Season Six as: Metagross: Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash, Earthquake Garchomp: Mud Shot, Sand Tomb, Outrage Dragonite: Dragon Breath, Dragon Claw, Hurricane Shadow Gyarados: Dragon Breath, Aqua Tail, Crunch Shadow Snorlax:[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Ho-Oh Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Ho-Oh counters as such: Rampardos (Smack Down, Rock Slide) Shadow Tyranitar (Smack Down, Stone Edge) Shadow Aerodactyl (Rock Throw, Rock Slide) Tyranitar (Smack Down, Stone Edge) Rhyperior (Smack Down, Rock Wrecker) Terrakion (Smack Down, Rock Slide) Shadow Omastar (Rock Throw, Rock Slide) Landorus (Rock Throw, Rock[...]

Credit: Niantic The New Year's 2021 event in Pokémon GO will feature the following Costumed Pokémon: Slowpoke, slow on the come up as ever, will be wearing 2020 glasses It can be evolved into a Slowbro wearing 2021 glasses and will likely, as seen in a datamine, be available in its Shiny form[...]

Ice makes sense to be sure, but the rest? Not really sure what the thoughts are there and Niantic didn't give any information about this and definitely didn't promote it In any case, here is a breakdown of the current top meta of the GO Battle League for the first leg of Season Six. Pokémon GO[...]

This year of uncertainty brought major changes to the game, which saw Niantic continue with planned drops such as Buddy Adventure, GO Battle League, and GO Beyond while also adjusting to the global situation with Remote Raids, Remote Raid Invites, and more While there were some stumbles along the way, I believe that, if Niantic[...]

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 the current Holiday 2020 event in Pokémon GO, let's take a look at Stantler's lore. Stantler official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 234, Stantler[...]

Tonight, probably not one single Pokémon GO player will play Raid Hour because, after a year of dynamic raid rotations lasting between one and three weeks, Niantic decided to end their year of incredible change in this game with an inexplicable five weeks of Kyurem The final Kyurem Raid Hour and, hopefully, the final pre-Shiny and[...]

Credit: Niantic PVPoke, which calculates the GO Battle League meta in Pokémon GO based on the species stats, levels, and movesets, lists the top choices for Ultra League in Season Six as: Groudon: Mudshot, Earthquake, Fire Punch Melmetal: Thunder Shock, Superpower, Rock Slide Dialga: Dragon Breath, Iron Head, Draco Meteor Origin Forme Giratina: Shadow Claw, Shadow Ball, Ominous Wind Shadow Snorlax:[...]