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The countdown to GO Fest 2021 in Pokémon GO has begun! This is the second year in a row that Niantic is hosting GO Fest as a remote event, allowing players to participate in the festivities from home for a fraction of last year's price GO Fest 2021 will run on Saturday, July 17th from[...]

Credit: Niantic Top 10 Counters Overall: Mega Gengar: Shadow Claw, Shadow Ball Mega Houndoom: Snarl, Foul Play Shadow Weavile: Snarl, Foul Play Shadow Mewtwo: Psycho Cut, Shadow Ball Chandelure: Hex, Shadow Ball Shadow Houndoom: Snarl, Foul Play Mega Gyarados: Bite, Crunch Shadow Tyranitar: Bite, Crunch Darkrai: Snarl, Shadow Ball Shadow Honchkrow: Snarl, Dark Pulse Non-Shadow & non-Mega: Chandelure: Hex, Shadow Ball Darkrai: Snarl, Shadow Ball Origin Form Giratina: Shadow Claw, Shadow[...]

Credit: Niantic Top 10 Counters Overall: Shadow Raikou: Thunder Shock, Wild Charge Shadow Zapdos: Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt Shadow Electivire: Thunder Shock, Wild Charge Mega Manectric: Charge Beam, Wild Charge Zekrom: Charge Beam, Wild Charge Therian Forme Thundurus: Volt Switch, Thunderbolt Shadow Magnezone: Spark, Wild Charge Shadow Mewtwo: Psycho Cut, Thunderbolt Shadow Mamoswine: Powder Snow, Avalanche Rhyperior: Smack Down, Rock Wrecker Non-Shadow & non-Mega: Zekrom: Charge Beam, Wild Charge Therian Forme[...]

Credit: Niantic Top 10 Counters Note that there may be more overlap with Ho-Oh and certain Lava Hour raids rather than the Wind Hour raids due to this Pokémon's dual tying of Fire/Flying. Overall: Rampardos: Smack Down, Rock Slide Shadow Tyranitar: Smack Down, Stone Edge Shadow Aerodactyl: Rock Throw, Rock Slide Shadow Omastar: Rock Throw, Rock Slide Rhyperior: Smack Down, Rock Wrecker Tyranitar: Smack[...]

The countdown to GO Fest 2021 in Pokémon GO has begun! This is the second year in a row that Niantic is hosting GO Fest as a remote event, allowing players to participate in the festivities from home for a fraction of last year's price GO Fest 2021 will run on Saturday, July 17th from[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's everything happening today in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite's July 2021 Community Day: This Community Day, you can look forward to the following: Guaranteed Ministry Visitor's Entrance from Forest Chamber III, Fountain of Magical Brethren from Forest Chamber V, Thunderbird from Dark Chamber III and Wizard Chess Queen from Dark Chamber V. This seems like a very low-key Community[...]

The countdown to GO Fest 2021 in Pokémon GO has begun! This is the second year in a row that Niantic is hosting GO Fest as a remote event, allowing players to participate in the festivities from home for a fraction of last year's price GO Fest 2021 will run on Saturday, July 17th from[...]

As we get closer to GO Fest 2021 in Pokémon GO, Niantic is announcing more details about this blockbuster event Let's take a look at the latest. Gardevoir in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Over on the official Pokémon GO blog, Niantic announced the following details for next week's GO Fest 2021: Every Trainer will be able to make[...]

Credit: Niantic Top 10 Counters Overall: 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, Drill Peck Rayquaza: Air Slash, Hurricane Mega Charizard Y: Air Slash, Blast Burn Non-Shadow & non-Mega: Moltres: Wing Attack, Sky Attack Rayquaza:[...]

Credit: Niantic Top 10 Counters Note that Latias has very similar weaknesses to Latios, but that the top ten counters don't match up exactly Each can essentially be taken on with a similar team, though. Overall: Mega Gengar: Shadow Claw, Shadow Ball Shadow Salamence: Dragon Tail, Outrage Shadow Dragonite: Dragon Tail, Draco Meteor Shadow Weavile: Snarl, Avalanche Shadow Mamoswine: Powder Snow, Avalanche Mega Houndoom:[...]

Niantic has announced details for the upcoming Ultra Bonus weeks in Pokémon GO… kind of Here's everything we know about this annual event celebrating the success of GO Fest. GO Fest 2021 promo image in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Over at the official Pokémon GO blog, Niantic began to hint at what Ultra Bonus may include: Ultra Unlock Part[...]

Credit: Niantic Top 10 Counters Overall: Shadow Machamp: Counter, Dynamic Punch Shadow Hariyama: Counter, Dynamic Punch Conkeldurr: Counter, Dynamic Punch Lucario: Counter, Aura Sphere Machamp: Counter, Dynamic Punch Shadow Mewtwo: Psycho Cut, Psystrike Breloom: Counter, Dynamic Punch Hariyama: Counter, Dynamic Punch Mega Gengar: Sucker Punch, Focus Blast Shadow Alakazam: Counter, Psychic Non-Shadow & non-Mega: Conkeldurr: Counter, Dynamic Punch Lucario: Counter, Aura Sphere Machamp: Counter, Dynamic Punch Breloom: Counter, Dynamic Punch Hariyama: Counter, Dynamic[...]

Credit: Niantic Top 10 Counters Overall: Mega Gengar: Shadow Claw, Shadow Ball Shadow Salamence: Dragon Tail, Outrage Shadow Dragonite: Dragon Tail, Draco Meteor Mega Houndoom: Snarl, Foul Play Rayquaza: Dragon Tail, Outrage Salamence: Dragon Tail, Outrage Shadow Mewtwo: Psycho Cut, Shadow Ball Dialga: Dragon Breath, Draco Meteor Shadow Weavile: Snarl, Avalanche Darkrai: Snarl, Shadow Ball Non-Shadow & non-Mega: Rayquaza: Dragon Tail, Outrage Salamence: Dragon Tail, Outrage Dialga: Dragon Breath, Draco Meteor Darkrai:[...]

Credit: Niantic Top 10 Counters Overall: Mega Gengar: Shadow Claw, Shadow Ball Shadow Salamence: Dragon Tail, Outrage Shadow Dragonite: Dragon Tail, Outrage Shadow Mamoswine: Powder Snow, Avalanche Shadow Weavile: Snarl, Avalanche Mega Houndoom: Snarl, Foul Play Shadow Mewtwo: Psycho Cut, Shadow Ball Rayquaza: Dragon Tail, Outrage Shadow Gardevoir: Charm, Dazzling Gleam Salamence: Dragon Tail, Outrage Non-Shadow & non-Mega: Rayquaza: Dragon Tail, Outrage Salamence: Dragon Tail, Outrage Palkia: Dragon Tail, Draco Meteor Darkrai:[...]

Credit: Niantic Top 10 Counters Overall: Mega Gengar: Shadow Claw, Shadow Ball Shadow Mewtwo: Psycho Cut, Shadow Ball Mega Houndoom: Snarl, Foul Play Mega Gyarados: Bite, Crunch Shadow Weavile: Snarl, Foul Play Shadow Tyranitar: Bite, Crunch Origin Forme Giratina: Shadow Claw, Shadow Ball Chandelure: Hex, Shadow Ball Darkrai: Snarl, Dark Pulse Shadow Houndoom: Snarl, Foul Play Non-Shadow & non-Mega: Origin Forme Giratina: Shadow Claw, Shadow Ball Chandelure: Hex, Shadow Ball Darkrai:[...]

Niantic has announced new Pokémon GO collaborations ahead of their highly anticipated summer event, GO Fest Let's take a look at exactly what a crossover between Pokémon GO and the Try Guys looks like. Pokémon GO and the Try Guys collaboration Credit: Niantic Over on the official Pokémon GO blog, Niantic announced Google Play as the official sponsor of GO[...]

Credit: Niantic The complete Five-Year Anniversary event raid rotation in Pokémon GO includes: Tier One Chespin Darumaka – Shiny available, rate unknown due to being a new release Fennekin Flying Pikachu 5-Year Anniversary Variant – Shiny available, rate unknown due to being a new release Froakie I cannot personally recommend spending money on Pokémon in raids that are also in the wild unless we[...]

Credit: Niantic These are the tasks and rewards for the Jump-Start Research in Pokémon GO: Page One of Six Make a new Friend: 5000 XP Catch 3 Pokémon with Weather Boost: 5000 XP Hatch an Egg: 5000 XP Rewards: 2 Lucky Eggs, 15000 Stardust, Dratini encounter Page Two of Six Earn a Candy walking with your Buddy: 30 Dratini Candy Take a Snapshot of Dratini:[...]

Defense Forme Deoxys features in tonight's Pokémon GO Raid Hour. Here's why your team may need more preparation than usual to defeat it.

Credit: Niantic Throw on your Lucky Eggs, fellow trainers The Spotlight Bonus tonight is double catch XP If you pop two Lucky Eggs as the hour begins, your multiplier will last for the full length of Spotlight Hour in Pokémon GO. For Shiny hunters, Bulbasaur is indeed available to encounter in its Shiny form, which is a bit[...]

Credit: Niantic The full details for this event were posted over at the official Pokémon GO blog: Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Thursday, July 15, 2021, at 8:00 p.m local time Features Darumaka and Flying Pikachu with a 5-shaped balloon will be appearing more frequently in the wild! If you're lucky, you might encounter a Shiny[...]

Wow, Niantic The disrespect! When the mobile developer behind Pokémon GO announced that GO Fest 2021's second day would feature every Legendary ever released in raids, the announcement of the day's schedule failed to mention Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion While some assumed this was a snub of these Unova Legendaries, others theorized that perhaps these three[...]

The Pokémon Center has now shipped their GO Fest 2021 items which come with a Professor's Research trading card featuring the first-ever TCG appearance of Niantic's own Professor Willow Each Professor's Research card given with this promotion has a unique code that can be redeemed to unlock a Special Research questline in Pokémon GO. Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic What worked in this Pokémon GO event Tepig: A Starter Community Day? Yes, please We may no longer have the old pattern, but now we have two of the three Unova Starters with their moves Oshawott, you're up next! Though, it'll likely be awhile before we get it I'm betting September or October. Blast Burn: Can't have[...]

Credit: Niantic Pokémon GO has dramatically slowed down in 2021 There's really no debate about the matter, as trainers have noticed the structure of the game's releases change dramatically since late 2020 introduction of Seasons 2018 – 2020 was a relatively consistent period in the history of Pokémon GO Events were relatively constant and generally were[...]

Credit: Niantic Deoxys comes in four Formes Defense Forme Deoxys, Normal Forme Deoxys, Attack Forme Deoxys, and Speed Forme Deoxys As Deoxys is classified in the Pokédex as the DNA Pokémon, notice that its Formes stand for DNA…S. Deoxys was originally released in all of its Formes in EX Raids[...]

Niantic has announced the Pokémon that will be featured in July 2021's Mega Raids in Pokémon GO This is the first month in some time that a new Mega Evolution will not be introduced, but there is a pattern in the Legendary Raids and Tier Five raids that has some trainers theorizing about a release to[...]

Credit: Niantic Verizon announced the details for this new Pokémon GO collaboration on their official website: Starting today, players of the highly popular game Pokémon GO can visit one of thousands of Verizon stores across the U.S to unlock exclusive in-game content and get access to special events, including limited-edition giveaways and scheduled raids for a chance to[...]

It's Tepig Community Day in Pokémon GO! As with all recent Community Days, Niantic is offering a ticketed Special Research which players can purchase in the in-game shop for $1 USD Generally, these offer a slate of items that exceed the asking price Now that Community Day is live in earlier timezones, we can look to[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic announced the full details for Tepig Community Day over at the official Pokémon GO blog: Tepig will be appearing more frequently in the wild If you're lucky, you might encounter a Shiny one! Evolve Pignite (Tepig's Evolution) during the event or up to two hours afterward to get an Emboar that knows the Charged Attack[...]