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Credit: Niantic Top Mega Lopunny Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Mega Lopunny counters as such: Shadow Mewtwo (Confusion, Psystrike) Mewtwo (Confusion, Psystrike) Shadow Metagross (Zen Headbutt, Psychic) Shadow Moltres (Wing Attack, Sky Attack) Shadow Alakazam (Confusion, Psystrike) Hoopa (Confusion, Psychic) Shadow Ho-Oh (Extrasensory, Brave Bird) Mega Pidgeot (Gust, Brave Bird) Latios (Zen Headbutt, Psychic) Shadow Gardevoir (Confusion,[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Cresselia Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Cresselia counters as such: Mega Gengar (Shadow Claw, Shadow Ball) Mega Houndoom (Snarl, Foul Play) Shadow Weavile (Snarl, Foul Play) Mega Absol (Snarl, Dark Pulse) Shadow Mewtwo (Psycho Cut, Shadow Ball) Chandelure (Hex, Shadow Ball) Shadow Tyranitar (Bite, Crunch) Shadow Houndoom (Snarl, Foul Play) Darkrai (Snarl, Dark[...]

The new Brilliant Event is now live in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. Previously referred to only as the "Year Six" Brilliant Event in Niantic's schedule, we now know that the event is titled "Constance's Lament." The Constance's Lament Brilliant Event Part One will run just four days, which is a recent trend in Harry Potter: Wizards[...]

Credit: Niantic First up, Turtwig will indeed be available as a Shiny Pokémon It was released in its Shiny form during Turtwig Community Day. One thing to note, which will make many Shiny collectors happy, is that the Turtwig spawning during Turtwig Spotlight Hour seemingly will be the Costumed Turtwig featured during the current Brilliant Diamond & Shining[...]

We finally have details on the new Brilliant Event as it goes live in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. Previously referred to only as the "Year Six" Brilliant Event in Niantic's posts following their announcement that Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will become unplayable by the end of January 2022, we now have an official title for the event: the[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is the complete raid rotation of the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Celebration Part One in Pokémon GO: Tier One Bronzor – Shiny available, boosted rate Cranidos – Shiny available, rate unknown Drifloon – Shiny available, standard rate Gible – Shiny available, boosted rate This is the best Tier One raid rotation we've gotten in a long, long time[...]

During the Festival of Lights event, Niantic introduced a slate of new Team GO Rocket content to Pokémon GO with an event-within-the-event titled With Light Comes Shadow The event introduced new Shadow Shinies, new Shadow Legendaries, and more Let's see if it lived up to the hype considering this was the first Team GO Rocket update[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is a full breakdown of what's going on in Pokémon GO for the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Celebration Part One: Timing: Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 10:00 a.m local time Part Two will take over when this wraps up. Featured Costume Pokémon: Turtwig wearing Lucas's hat Chimchar wearing Lucas's hat Piplup[...]

Credit: Niantic The dialogue that revealed Constance as a villain in the latest Harry Potter: Wizards Unite game went as such: Harry Potter: I'm not sure why you asked me to go in your stead to the meeting with Grim, but it was good you did It was an ambush I managed to fend the attackers off, but[...]

Credit: Niantic What worked for this Pokémon GO event Dedenne: The main feature of this event was the release of the Electric/Fairy-type Pokémon Dedenna These days, we're getting one-off releases like this rather than full-on generation reveals While I do miss the bigger generation reveals which added a huge dose of excitement to the game, I think this[...]

Niantic has taken to the game's official forum to announce the details of November 2021's schedule well into the month Let's take a look at what's happening. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Lethal Adversaries graphic Credit: Niantic The following event details were posted to the official Harry Potter: Wizards Unite community forum: Dolores Umbridge Lethal Adversaries Event: 12 November[...]

Credit: Niantic The current top 20 species and moves to use in Pokémon GO's Kanto Cup are: Chansey powered up with Candy XL: Pound, Psychic, Hyper Beam Nidoqueen: Poison Jab, Poison Fang, Earth Power Lickitung powered up with Candy XL: Luck, Body Slam, Power Whip Shadow Nidoqueen: Poison Jab, Poison Fang, Earth Power Lapras: Ice Shard, Surf, Skull Bash Shadow Ninetails: Fire[...]

Credit: Niantic The current top 20 species and moves to use in Pokémon GO's Master League are: Lugia powered up with Candy XL: Dragon Tail, Sky Attack, Aeroblast Melmetal powered up with Candy XL: Thunder Shock, Superpower, Rock Slide Dialga powered up with Candy XL: Dragon Breath, Iron Head, Draco Meteor Yveltal powered up with Candy XL: Snarl, Dark Pulse,[...]

Niantic will host the third and final of the 2020 Safari Zone rescheduled events this weekend Originally planned for spring 2020, Safari Zone St Louis will happen in Pokémon GO for ticketed players on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday depending on what the original date was purchased last year This event is not open to new players[...]

Credit: Niantic The current top 20 species and moves to use in Pokémon GO's Master League Premier Classic are: Shadow Gyarados: Dragon Breath, Aqua Tail, Crunch Metagross: Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash, Earthquake Garchomp: Mud Shot, Sand Tomb, Outrage Dragonite: Dragon Breath, Dragon Claw, Hurricane Shadow Snorlax: Lick, Body Slam, Superpower Exacdrill: Mud Shot, Drill Run, Rock Slide Togekiss: Charm, Ancient Power, Flamethrower Shadow Dragonite: Dragon[...]

Credit: Niantic Post your Friend code on social media: If you're having trouble finding real-life friends to play Pokémon GO with, head over to Twitter and post your friend code with the hashtags #PokemonGO #PokemonGORaids and #PokemonGOFriends This will bring a huge wave of Friend Requests your way Also, even if you have a ton of[...]

I'll be here with you, playing every Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Brilliant Event until Niantic shuts the game down in January 2022 Will this game which continues J K Rowling's iconic Harry Potter novels end with a grace note or will it sputter out? Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Burning Day graphic Credit: Niantic What worked in this Harry Potter: Wizards Unite[...]

Credit: Niantic First up, yes! Chinchou can be Shiny Those who played the recent Safari Zone Liverpool make-up were treated to a guaranteed Shiny Chinchou in that event's Special Research If you missed out, now is your chance to Shiny hunt for this Pokémon Shiny Cbinchou has bright green bulbs hanging from its antennae instead of[...]

Last week, Niantic announced an abrupt end of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite They will remove it from app stores in December 2021 and then render it entirely unplayable by in January 2022 After years of gameplay and both time and money invested, players of this game had three months left to enjoy their efforts As someone[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic posted the rest of Pokémon GO's GO Battle League Season Nine schedule to their official blog Here is what can be expected: November 8 until November 22 Master League* Master League Premier Classic* Special Cup: Players' Choice* * 3× Stardust from win rewards (this does not include end of set rewards) November 22 until November 29 Great League Ultra League Master League After[...]

Niantic has announced the end of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite The mobile game based on J K Rowling's beloved fantasy novels will conclude its story by late January 2022, after which it will become unplayable The game will be removed from the app store in December 2021 While many have predicted the game's eventual end, including[...]

Earlier this week, Niantic announced the abrupt end of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite The mobile game will wrap up its story by late January 2022, after which it will become unplayable The game will be removed from the app store in December 2021, leaving lapsed players with a small window in which to have one final[...]

Credit: Niantic The full Festival of Lights raid rotation in Pokémon GO consists of: Tier One Charmander – Shiny available, standard rate Chinchou – Shiny available, standard rate Dedenne Litwick Vulpix – Shiny available, standard rate In my opinion, there is one reason and one reason only to do any of these raids[...]

Niantic has had a busy week Fresh off of the launch of their Pikmin Bloom game, they announced a major departure and an almost equally major arrival this week The departure? Niantic, known for their mobile games based on popular franchises, has announced the end of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite While the narrative-based game had a[...]

Darkrai is out, the Swords of Justice are in. Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion take over in Pokémon GO as the Tier Five raid bosses.

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:[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic posted the following details to their official Pokémon GO blog: Festival of Lights From Friday, November 5, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Sunday, November 14, 2021, at 8:00 p.m local time unless otherwise noted. This is a long one! We're getting a full ten days here, which is likely because of the mysterious Team GO Rocket content[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Cobalion 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 Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Shadow Entei (Fire Fang, Overheat) Shadow Moltres (Fire Spin, Overheat) Reshiram (Fire Fang, Overheat) Mega Charizard X (Fire Spin, Blast Burn) Shadow Hariyama (Counter, Dynamic Punch( Lucario (Counter, Aura Sphere) Mega[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Terrakion Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Terrakion counters as such: Shadow Mewtwo (Confusion, Psystrike) Mewtwo (Confusion, Psystrike) Shadow Metagross (Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash) Shadow Swampert (Mud Shot, Hydro Cannon) Mega Blastoise (Water Gun, Hydro Cannon) Shadow Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Metagross (Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash) Shadow Gallade (Confusion, Psychic) Shadow Gardevoir (Confusion, Psychic) Shadow[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Virizion Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Virizion counters as such: Shadow Moltres (Wing Attack, Sky Attack) Mega Pidgeot (Gust, Brave Bird) Shadow Honchkrow (Peck, Sky Attack) Shadow Staraptor (Wing Attack, Brave Bird) Shadow Ho-oh (Flying-type Hidden Power, Brave Bird) Moltres (Wing Attack, Sky Attack) Shadow Mewtwo (Confusion, Psystrike) Shadow Zapdos (Thunder Shock,[...]