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Niantic has announced the details for GO Battle League Season 10 in Pokémon GO Let's take a look at the season's schedule, the GO Battle Days it will offer, and what Pokémon will be guaranteed encounters. Luxray in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Pokémon GO's GO Battle League Season 10 schedule November 29th – December 13th Great League Great League Remix December 13th[...]

Credit: Niantic Not only can Beldum be encountered in its Shiny form, but it is one of the most useful catches in Pokémon GO This is because its evolved form of Metagross is one of the top species to use in raids, especially when suited with its Community Day-exclusive move of Meteor Mash[...]

Credit: Niantic Pikachu can be encountered in its Shiny form, but note that it is not the most noticeable Shiny If you are passively playing and miss the burst of sparkles, you may mistake the Shiny Pikachu for the standard In its Shiny form, Pikachu is a deeper, richer gold. Now, none of this week's extra Spotlight[...]

Credit: Niantic My tip for tonight's Raid Hour is to prepare your team in advance One of the most frustrating things about raiding in Pokémon GO is how Niantic's suggested counters feature prioritizes Defense This is not the most effective technique available You're going to want to completely prioritize Attack in order to complete raids more efficiently[...]

Credit: Niantic The standard Sableye is pictured above, with purple skin, blue crystal eyes, and a red gem in the middle of its chest It can indeed be encountered in its Shiny form, and wow — I believe it to be one of the best Shinies in Pokémon GO As a personal anecdote, I remember the evening I[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Heatran Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Heatran counters as such: Garchomp: Mud Shot, Earthquake Therian Forme Landorus: Mud Shot, Earthquake Rhyperior: Mud-Slap, Earthquake Incarnate Forme Landorus: Mud Shot, Earth Power Groudon: Mud Shot, Earthquake Shadow Swampert: Mud Shot, Earthquake Excadrill: Mud-Slap, Drill Run Shadow Flygon: Mud Shot, Earth Power Shadow Mamoswine: Mud-Slap, Bulldoze Rhydon:[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the official tasks and rewards for the Mischief Unbound Special Research in Pokémon GO: Page One of Three Take a snapshot of Hoopa: 1000 Stardust Catch 20 Pokémon: Lucky Egg Spin 3 PokéStops or Gyms: 3000 XP REWARDS: Incense, Poffin, 3 Golden Razz Berries Page Two of Three Make 7 Curveball Throws in a Row: 1500 Stardust Use 20 Berries[...]

Credit: Niantic For Shiny hunters, you are in luck Rattata can indeed by Shiny While its standard form pictured above is the iconic purple and light tan, the Shiny version replaces the purple with a nice light green It's quite noticeable, so no need to squint at the screen This will surely be a great chance[...]

Credit: Niantic Know your counters: Cresselia is not an easy win! This is a Defense-heavy Pokémon that you will have to approach with a well-prepared team of players using the correct counters I have been dismayed multiple times to enter into raid lobbies of high-level trainers, only to see ineffectual counters when the raid began[...]

As a tie-in to this release, Niantic will hold the Mischief Unbound event in Pokémon GO this weekend It will operate concurrently with the current Ed Sheeran event, so instead of introducing new event spawns, it will offer special bonus Raid Hours and Spotlight Hours There will be four extra bonus versions of each event in addition[...]

Credit: Niantic The full details for this event were posted on the official Harry Potter: Wizards Unite forum: 24 November 12:00 a.m PT – 29 November 11:59 p.m PT Brace yourself for an overload of cuteness and return baby Beasts foundables to the Forbidden Forest II Registry Page Plus, unlock special Portmanteaus and collect Fragments for the new 1920s[...]

Credit: Niantic Man, just a few days too late, huh? Niantic, you guys couldn't keep the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Celebration Event going for just two more days!? Unfortunately, unlike Turtwig during last week's Spotlight Hour, Chimchar will not be in its exclusive costume during tonight's Spotlight Hour Instead, we're getting regular-regular Chimchar[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's what we know about the Mischief Unbound event in Pokémon GO: Date & Time: Friday, November 26, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Monday, November 29, 2021, at 8:00 p.m local time. Event Bonuses: Double Transfer Candy. Double Catch XP. New release: Hoopa Unbound Like Furfrou before it, Hoopa Unbound will not be caught as a separate Pokémon like[...]

Credit: Niantic What worked in this Pokémon GO event Shinx: I was neither here nor there about Shinx Community Day at first I thought it was a huge win for free-to-play trainers who don't go after raids beyond the daily pass, as it is unlikely for them to have the full Shiny Shinx line[...]

Credit: Niantic Starting today, Pokémon GO fans will be able to play a new event while also checking out an exclusive Ed Sheeran concert through the in-game news First, here are the full details on the event, which boasts the main feature of Sunglasses Squirtle: Date & time: Monday, November 22, 2021, at 11:00 a.m[...]

After a great start, did Niantic continue to bring it with Part Two? BDSP Celebration graphic in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic What worked in this Pokémon GO  event The quality continues: The truth is, the same things that worked for Part One worked well for Part Two As my Part One review said, we had good quality offerings for[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's a quote from the official Pokémon GO event announcement posted to the 7-Eleven Mexico site: Entrenadores con ticket, a partir del 10 de diciembre a las 12:00 y hasta el 12 de diciembre a las 23:59 horas (en tu hora local); recibirán: Investigación Temporal de Campo exclusiva del evento con encuentros con Geodude, Graveler, Golem, Onix,[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the details for this Pokémon GO Community Day: Date and time: November 21, 2021, from 11 AM – 5 PM. Shinx is the featured Pokémon and will be easier to encounter as a Shiny in the wild. Featured attack: Luxray will have the Psychic-type Charged Attack of Psychic Fangs This is this attack's debut in the[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is a breakdown of Cliff's team and possible counters This time, to help our readers build their own teams from a diverse selection of possible Pokémon, I will suggest multiple counters for every possible Pokémon he will throw out These are based not only on type effectivity but also shared weaknesses of other[...]

Niantic will remove it from the app store in December 2021 and fully kill it by the end of January 2022 Let's see if the game is honoring its dedicated fans in its final months. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite graphic Credit: Niantic What worked in this Harry Potter: Wizards Unite event Narrative: Simply put, the narrative in this Brilliant[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is a breakdown of Sierra's team and possible counters This time, to help our readers build their own teams from a diverse selection of possible Pokémon, I will suggest multiple counters for every possible Pokémon she will throw out These are based not only on type effectivity but also shared weaknesses of other[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is a breakdown of Arlo's team and possible counters This time, to help our readers build their own teams from a diverse selection of possible Pokémon, I will suggest multiple counters for every possible Pokémon he will throw out These are based not only on type effectivity but also shared weaknesses of other[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the details of the Lucious Malfoy Lethal Adversaries event happening in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite: Date and time: Friday, November 19th, 2021 at 11 AM Pacific until Monday, November 22nd, 2021 at 11 AM Pacific. Increased Adversaries: Lucious Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy Increased Foundables: Three-Headed Dog Wizarding Challenge Bonues: Guaranteed Fragment drop from Forest Chamber IV or above. Extra Wizarding XP. Spell[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is an easy-to-understand breakdown of the full Pokémon GO December 2021 Community Day announcement: Date & time: Saturday, December 18, 2021, from 11:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m local time Sunday, December 19, 2021, from 11:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m local time. Wild Community Day spawns: All of the 2021 Community Day Pokémon will be featured here[...]

Credit: Niantic The complete Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Celebration Event Part Two raid rotation in Pokémon GO is as follows: Tier One Bronzor – Shiny capable, increased rate Drifloon – Shiny capable, standard rate Shieldon – Shiny capable, rate unknown I don't know if this is a shorter list than normal on purpose or if Niantic just failed to list the full[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is the fully updated tasks and rewards of the Misunderstood Mischief Special Research in Pokémon GO: Misunderstood Mischief Page One of Sixteen Make 10 Nice Throws: 1 Incense Use an Incense: 10 Poké Balls Take 3 snapshots of wild Psychic-type Pokémon: 10 Nanab Berries REWARDS: Gothita encounter, 1000 XP, 500 Stardust Misunderstood Mischief Page Two of Sixteen [AUTO-CLAIM]: 720 Stardust REWARDS:[...]

Earlier this week, Niantic and pop star Ed Sheeran teased a collaboration in Pokémon GO Early this morning, we learned the full details of this collaboration which will include a special concert and an event Let's get into the details. Ed Sheeran event graphic in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Over on the official Pokémon GO blog, Niantic announced[...]

Yesterday was been a busy day for Niantic in more ways than one Fresh off of the first Pikmin Bloom Community Day this past weekend, Niantic launched the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Celebration Event in Pokémon GO and the Constance's Lament Brilliant Event in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite… only for servers to go down on all Niantic games for[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is a full breakdown of what's going on in Pokémon GO for the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Celebration Part Two: Timing: Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Sunday, November 21, 2021, at 8:00 p.m local time. Featured Costume Pokémon: Turtwig wearing Dawn's hat Chimchar wearing Dawn's hat Piplup wearing Dawn's hat Spawns: Turtwig wearing Dawn's hat Chimchar wearing[...]

I don't know about you, but I look at Cresselia Raid Hour tonight in Pokémon GO and I think "Finally, an interesting Raid Hour." We've been in a bad cycle with Tier Five raids ever since GO Fest 2021 with Niantic slowing down new releases and filling their most popular raid slot with Pokémon that most[...]