Niantic Archives

Credit: Niantic Top Kyurem Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Kyurem counters as such: Shadow Metagross (Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash) Metagross (Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash) Lucario (Counter, Aura Sphere) Shadow Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Conkeldurr (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Shadow Tyranitar (Smack Down, Stone Edge) Shadow Gardevoir (Charm, Dazzling Gleam) Dialga (Dragon Breath, Draco Meteor) Rhyperior (Smack Down,[...]

Credit: Niantic The first hint wasn't a hint at all, but major information about what this Raid Egg may be It was announced alongside of the full Kalos region announcement on their Pokémon GO blog They wrote, after revealing that Pokémon from Kalos would begin appearing on Wednesday, December 2nd: There seems to be a mysterious Pokémon preparing[...]

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 Psyduck's current feature in the Lake Legends event, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Psyduck official art Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number[...]

The Lake Legends event is wrapping up in Pokémon GO tomorrow as Niantic prepares for the biggest launch since the start of the game: Pokémon GO Beyond, their first branded update, which will add Season, Generation Six, and Levels 41 – 50 to the game Before all of that kicks off, though, let's take a look back[...]

Credit: Niantic Articuno Now, Articuno does something in Pokémon GO that could normally tip the Kyurem scale It travels around the screen However, its travels are up and down exclusively, and it doesn't go as oddly, unreachable high as, for instance, a Lugia Articuno, at its distance and considering its behavior, is toward the low end of the[...]

Now, it's understandable that Niantic has somewhat slowed down in the release of certain species and Shinies They want to prolong Pokémon GO, making it a "forever franchise." Now, with Limited Research Days, they've increased the frequency but no longer release new Shinies with them Does it make these events less special for hardcore players? It[...]

Credit: Niantic First up, let's make no mistake This was the best Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Wizarding Weekend in recent memory It was, however, not without its issues. Now… Niantic was back on their B.S in some ways with the Special Assignment Personally, I think the amount of high-threat-level Foundables we were tasked with returning was a bit much,[...]

It seems Niantic has rededicated themselves to making Pokémon GO playable from home during the quarantine. Nidoran Limited Research day runs tomorrow, Saturday, November 28th from 8 AM until 10 PM in Pokémon GO Ahead of the event launching, we have the full questline including the tasks and the rewards for this new Timed Research 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 today's Nidoran Limited Research, let's take a deep dive into this female Nidoran's lore. Nidoran F official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 29,[...]

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 Nidoran Limited Research, let's take a deep dive into this male Nidoran's lore. Nidoran M official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 32,[...]

Credit: Niantic First, let's break down each cup added to Pokémon GO for GO Battle League Season Five: Little Cup: 9/10 This was the most fun GO Battle League has been since its inception By limiting the CP to 500 per Pokémon, this made for challenging and, let's be honest, adorable battles[...]

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 Lake Legends event releasing Shiny Goldeen, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Goldeen official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 118,[...]

Credit: Niantic The full tasks and rewards for the Hogwarts for the Holidays Brilliant Event Part 1 includes: Page One of Four Collect 2 Ingredients of Portmanteaus: 2 Spell Energy Gifts Brew Tonic for Trace Detection 2 Times: 2 Powered Dragon Claw Return 12 Helga Hufflepuff Portrait: 2 Invigoration Draught REWARDS: 550 XP, 50 Brilliant Family XP, 2 Restricted Section Books,[...]

Along with the announcement of their December events, Niantic announced the departure of Mega Blastoise and the arrival of mega Abomasnow in Raids for December 1st However, a new update to this post has revealed that the slate of Mega Raids is getting wiped clean in a way more major than initially imagined Here is[...]

This week, Niantic tried out something new in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Two Spotlight Events, similar to those in Niantic's other game Pokémon GO's weekly spotlight hours, debuted in-game with a Wednesday event focused on Tonic for Trace Detection and a Thursday event focused on the Knight Bus Should Niantic make these events a permanent and frequent[...]