Niantic Archives

Credit: Niantic Top Registeel Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Cobalion counters as such: Mega Charizard Y (Fire Spin, Blast Burn) Shadow Moltres (Fire Spin, Overheat) Shadow Entei (Fire Fang, Overheat) Shadow Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Reshiram (Fire Fang, Overheat) Mega Charizard X (Fire Spin, Blast Burn)* Shad0w Charizard (Fire Spin, Blast Burn) Chandelure (Fire Spin,[...]

Credit: Niantic When you click on your profile page in Pokémon GO, you will now see that a Research icon has been added to the end of a bar showcasing how much XP is needed to get to Level 45 Here are the following tasks needed to get to Level 44 and a breakdown of how[...]

Credit: Niantic Cubchoo is quite the nice Shiny, with its icy blue replaced by a vibrant, soft purple Its dangly ice-booger remains the same shade of blue, though, which balances the color palette nicely Cubchoo's evolution of Beartic doesn't get quite as solid of a Shiny treatment, with its entire body turning a slightly darker shade[...]

Credit: Niantic Happening Today in Pokémon GO Starting today 8 AM and running through December 20th at 8 PM local time are the following bonuses in Pokémon GO: The release of Shiny Cubchoo. Increased effectivity of Incense. Incense will last three hours. Yeah, it's basically an Incense event Incense will draw Cubchoo, Jynx, Swinub, Spoink, and Woobat more frequently[...]

Credit: Niantic The Shiny Release in Pokémon GO December 2020 may always be remembered as the time Pokémon GO offered us all a free Shiny Celebi In a month that felt otherwise lacking in Shiny releases, especially with the upcoming Holiday Event's major Shiny release (Jynx) being a species that could already be obtained in its Shiny form through[...]

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 current boosted spawn rate in the Secrets of the Jungle movie tie-in event in Pokémon GO, let's take a deep dive into Woobat's lore. Woobat[...]

Niantic is already teasing the Legendary Pokémon of the Kalos region so it will likely not be very long before Xerneas, Zygarde, and Yveltal begin to arrive in Pokémon GO With these tips, you can begin preparing your teams to counter these Generation Six Legendaries now. Kalos promo in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic When you click on your profile page in Pokémon GO, you will now see that a Research icon has been added to the end of a bar showcasing how much XP is needed to get to Level 44 Here are the following tasks needed to get to Level 44 and a breakdown of how[...]

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 Secrets of the Jungle event's release of Shiny Rufflet, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Rufflet in Pokémon GO[...]

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: Registeel (Powered up with Candy XL): Lock On, Focus Blast, Flash Cannon Galarian Stunfisk (Powered up with Candy XL): Mud Shot, Rock Slide, Earthquake Shadow Abomasnow (Powered[...]

Many Pokémon GO trainers have expressed extreme frustration on social media, much of it directed toward mobile game developer Niantic, about how infrequently the game is offering encounters with Jessie and James The iconic Team Rocket duo returned to Pokémon GO this Monday along with the Secrets of the Jungle event after an absence longer than two[...]

Credit: Niantic Trainers uninterested in raiding Kyurem during tonight's Pokémon GO raid hour can: Prep teams for December's raid weekends: Regirock had its weekend this past Saturday and Sunday, but the next two Saturdays will see the arrival of Registeel and Regice in that order While you can look forward to complete Raid Guides from Bleeding Cool for[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the current rosters that Jessie and James will have in Pokémon GO along with tips on how to counter each of their Pokémon: Jessie: Slot One: Scyther Counter Scyther with a fast charged Rock-type attacker such as Rampardos with Rock Slide or Rhyperior with Rock Wrecker. Slot Two: Ekans[...]

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 historic release of Shiny Celebi in Pokémon GO's current Secrets of the Jungle event, let's take a deep dive into this Mythical Pokémon's lore. Shiny[...]

Credit: Niantic The full Secrets of the Jungle event Raid Rotation in Pokémon GO includes: Tier One Exeggcute – Shiny capable, standard odds Explorer Hat Pikachu- Shiny capable, no data to determine odds Mawile – Shiny capable, boosted odds Roggenrola – Shiny capable, standard odds Rufflet – Shiny capable, no data to determine odds Rufflet is the clear champion of Tier One right now[...]