Niantic Archives

Credit: Niantic IVs, or "individual values," are the stats that show up for a Pokémon when you click "Appraise." They rank, using three factors, the potential of the Pokémon The three factors are Attack, Defense, and HP Using these factors, the Pokémon's potential is rated either a one, two, three, or four-star Pokémon, with four stars[...]

Credit: Niantic Enigma Week Spawns Spawns were actually much improved over Dragon Week While Dragon Week did have the bonus of the rare Gible spawn, it suffered from featuring the Shiny release of Deino which was nowhere to be found in the wild Enigma Week's Shiny release was that of Staryu, which was plentiful in the wild[...]

Credit: Niantic Mass catching Catching Pokémon is the best way to farm Stardust, because no matter what is going on in the game… there are always Pokémon to be caught Putting on an Incense will currently draw one Pokémon spawn to you about every fifty seconds, and a journey out into the wild will add to the[...]

In addition to adding many in-game bonuses that would enrich the game during the lockdown and beyond, Niantic canceled Lugia Special Raid Weekend in favor of extended the previous boss Cobalion's stay in raids Because Lugia with Aeroblast is such a coveted Pokémon, it is thought that Niantic didn't want to give people cause to[...]

Bronzong Raid Guide: Celebrate Ultra Unlock Enigma Week in Pokémon GO by capturing what is essentially the Dalek of the Pokémon world.

Credit: Niantic Sableye has one of the best Shiny forms in the game, which really leans into the jewel motif of the Pokémon by turning it gold This is not a Shiny that you're going to want to miss out on, so be sure to hunt in locations with dense PokéStops in order to encounter the[...]

Niantic has entered into a new collaboration with ice cream giant Baskin-Robbins in Pokémon GO During this collaboration, United States-based Baskin-Robbins locations will turn into PokéStops and Gyms These new PokéStops and Gyms are temporary and appeared suddenly in-game last week with the Baskin-Robbins logo in place of the normal location-based photograph that appears on[...]

Credit: Niantic and The Pokémon Company Top Metagross Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Metagross counters as such: Shadow Moltres (Fire Spin, Overheat) Reshiram (Fire Fang, Overheat) Shadow Charizard (Fire Spin, Blast Burn) Darkrai (Snarl, Dark Pulse) Shadow Mewtwo (Psycho Cut, Shadow Ball) Shadow Tyranitar (Bite, Crunch) Moltres (Fire Spin, Overheat) Shadow Entei (Fire Fang, Flamethrower) Giratina[...]

Credit: Niantic Mewtwo with Shadow Ball or Psystrike Mewtwo famously has two legacy Charged Attacks that each put it at the top of the meta: the Psychic-type Psystrike and the Ghost-type Shadow Ball Both moves are incredibly powerful, so the choice comes down to this: how many Elite Charged TMs do you have? A Mewtwo with both[...]

Credit: Niantic Research "Where is the Special Research quest?" is the most commonly asked question on social media about this event, but Niantic only announced that Dragon Week would have this Enigma Week and next Friday's Unova Week are not set to have Special Research. Enigma Week Field Research There are three event-themed tasks that can be found at[...]

Credit: Niantic As a note, before we get into our list, know that Charged TMs don't currently offer a list of moves to pick from They will switch to an available Charged Attack in that Pokémon's moveset at random It isn't unheard of that attempts to get Pokémon the correct move may eat through ten or[...]

Credit: Niantic Shiny Magikarp and Gyarados Community Day Pokémon have a shiny rate of one in 25, so Pokémon GO trainers who play the entire event will undoubtedly catch multiple Shiny Magikarp and accrue enough Candy to evolve as many as they'd like into Gyarados, even with the hefty cost of 400 Magikarp Candy. Triple Catch Stardust Magikarp is a[...]

Now, Niantic has released Shiny Staryu for Enigma Week, but will this Generation One favorite be as difficult to get as Shiny Deino… or will Pokémon GO trainers have a fighting chance? Shiny Staryu in Pokémon GO for Enigma Week Credit: Niantic Unlike Deino, which was only able to be hatched or encountered through GO Battle League, Staryu[...]

Credit: Niantic Dragon Week Spawns Spawns didn't have a ton of variety, but were… well, actually a bit spicy There were filler spawns such as Swablu, Trapinch, and Horsea, the latter of which even took over the game for Spotlight Hour on Tuesday, but the amount of rarer spawns such as Dratini and Bagon made Dragon Week[...]

Enough so that Niantic has chosen to feature the iconic, ultimate evolution of Charmander during their Dragon Week raids Along with Salamence and Dragonite (click their names for Raid Guides), Charizard can be found in Tier Four raids until tomorrow at 1 PM Pacific Tier Four raids are for Pokémon that cannot be taken down[...]