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Niantic has announced the full slate of April 2021 Legendary Raids in Pokémon GO and it's… well, it's another full month of genies That's right, the Forces of Nature will feature in raids the entire month, with Therian Forme Thundurus and Landorus debuting for the first time followed by a raid rotation recapping the Incarnate Formes[...]

Credit: Niantic The complete tasks and rewards for the Weather Week Timed Research in Pokémon GO are: Page One of Four Catch 10 Water-, Electric-, or Bug-type Pokémon: Rainy Form Castform Take a Snapshot of a Water-type Pokémon: 200 Stardust Send 3 Gifts to friends: Psyduck Rewards: Wailmer, 5 Poké Balls, 500 XP Page Two of Four Catch 15 Water-, Electric-, or Bug-type Pokémon:[...]

Credit: Niantic The full details for Weather Week in Pokémon GO include: Date + Time Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Monday, March 29, 2021, at 8:00 p.m local time Features Castform will be appearing more frequently in the wild throughout the event, alongside other Pokémon that tend to appear when it's either rainy and windy, like[...]

Credit: Niantic Our number one tip may seem too simple… but take it for what it's worth The tip is: actually play this raid hour The Forces of Nature trio or, as some call them, "the Genies" may not be the most appealing Pokémon The Therians, though, are shaping up to be quite useful[...]

Credit: Niantic The full tasks and rewards from the New Mauraders Brilliant Event Part One Special Assignment in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite are: Page One of Four Collect Ingredients or Portmanteaus 3 Times: 6 Snowdrop Brew 3 Potions: 2 Granian Hair Return 12 Brilliant Wormtail Foundables: 1 Baruffio's Brain Elixir Rewards: 550 XP, 50 Brilliant Family XP, 2 Defense Against the Dark[...]

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 tonight's Surskit Spotlight Hour, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Surskit official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 283, Surskit is a[...]

Credit: Niantic The full details of Snivy Community Day in Pokémon GO are: Date + Time: Sunday, April 11th, 2021 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM local time Special Move: Frenzy Plant Wow, it feels like home, doesn't it? Grass-type Starters have always been given this move on Community Day but man, it's just been so long[...]

Don't stop! The reveal of Levels 41 – 50 and the role XP plays in these levels taught many of us a lesson about Niantic: Just when you think you're out, they pull you back in! Many thought that, after Level 40, XP won't matter anymore Turns out… not the case It will also likely turn[...]

It looks like Nintendo has decided to work with a new developer for mobile games as they've announced a new partnership with Niantic The company didn't really go into a lot of details about it as this was literally announced this evening What we do know is that they have apparently partnered up for several[...]

During Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto, Niantic debuted a new mechanic in the game Like the original games, players could encounter non-villainous NPCs and battle them Before this, the only types of NPC battles in Pokémon GO were Team GO Rocket encounters that end with the player catching and "rescuing" the abandoned Shadow Pokémon[...]

We are one step closer to Shiny Mew! The entire "All-in-One 151" Masterwork Research in Pokémon GO has been revealed!

Niantic is currently testing the newest Pokémon GO feature in Australia This feature allows trainers to give a code to new or lapsed players that, when that player begins a new Pokémon GO account or returns to an inactive one, will unlock a series of tasks and rewards for both the referrer and the referred player[...]

Niantic has posted confirmation that the friend limit in Pokémon GO will be expanded This increase in the limit follows the announcement of friendship referrals, which offers rewards to new players, returning players as well as active players who bring those new and returning players to Pokémon GO It's going to be a complex system that[...]

Credit: Niantic What worked in this Pokémon GO event Mega Manectric: First, it must be said that Niantic planned the release of Mega Manectric very well They tried out the first Mega Raid Hour during the event and, without a new release, this would've been an easy hour to skip However, there is always a burst of[...]

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 addition of Manectric to Mega Raids this week, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Manectric official artwork[...]

Credit: Niantic According to PVPoke, a platform that plugs in the stats of each species to determine the top meta of each league and cup, has the top twenty Ultra League Premier Cup choices in Pokémon GO listed as: Galarian Stunfisk (powered up with Candy XL): Mud Shot, Rock Slide, Earthquake Shadow Abomasnow (powered up with Candy XL):[...]

Next week, Niantic will host an India-exclusive event in Pokémon GO to celebrate the Festival of Colors This event, which ushers in the spring season, will be region-locked but will offer something special to all trainers Let's get into the details. Festival of Colors promo image in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic According to PVPoke, a platform that plugs in the stats of each species to determine the top meta of each league and cup, has the top twenty Ultra League choices in Pokémon GO listed as: Registeel (powered up with Candy XL): Lock On, Focus Blast, Flash Cannon Cresselia: Psycho Cut, Grass Knot, Moonblast Talonflame (powered up with[...]

Credit: Niantic The full list of what evolutionary items in Pokémon GO currently do as of this writing includes: Dragon Scale: Evolves Seadra into Kingdra. King's Rock: Evolves Poliwhirl into Politoed Evolves Slowpoke into Slowking Metal Coat: Evolves Onix into Steelix Evolves Scyther into Scizor Sinnoh Stone: Evolves Lickitung to Lickilicky Evolves Rhydon to Rhyperior Evolves Tangela to Tangrowth Evolves Electabuzz to Electivire Evolves Magmar to Magmortar Evolves Porygon2 to Porygon-Z Evolves[...]

Could it be true that Niantic is teasing the Mythical Pokémon known as "the Original One"? Could Arceus be coming to Pokémon GO? Pokémon GO loading screen Credit: Niantic Arceus is known as the creator of the Sinnoh Region and the Legendary Pokémon Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie[...]

Mega Abomasnow is back in raids in Pokémon GO. In this ever-shifting meta, let's examine the top counters to defeat this Mega Pokémon.

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

Now, for the first time ever, Niantic is giving the same treatment to Mega Raids with a trial Mega Raid Hour in Pokémon GO tonight From 6 PM – 7 PM tonight, Thursday, March 18th, 2021, most gyms in the game will host raids featuring the current Mega rotation Let's get into the details. Mega Houndoom in[...]

Credit: Niantic The full Charge Up raid rotation in Pokémon GO includes: Tier One Blitzle Klink – Shiny available, boosted rate Shinx – Shiny available, boosted rate Tynamo Voltorb – Shiny available, standard rate Klink and Shinx are good bets here They both have the "raid/egg only" Shiny rate, which is highly boosted compared to the "full odds" rate that Silph researchers have now[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Mega Houndoom Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Mega Houndoom counters as such: Mega Blastoise (Water Gun, Hydro Cannon) Shadow Swampert (Water Gun, Hydro Cannon) Mega Gyarados (Waterfall, Hydro Pump)* Shadow Tyranitar (Smack Down, Stone Edge) Shadow Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Conkeldurr (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Rhyperior (Mud-Slap, Rock Wrecker) Shadow Gyarados (Watefall, Hydro[...]

Credit: Niantic The full details for Weather Week in Pokémon GO include: Date: Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 at 10:00 AM through Monday, March 29th, 2021 at 8:00 PM local time. Shiny release: Rainy Form Castform Back in September 2020, we reported that the Shiny variants of Castform's different weather variants had been added to Pokémon GO's code[...]

Credit: Niantic Our tips for Therian Forme Thundurus Raid Hour include: Therian Forme Thundurus is not available to encounter in its Shiny form during this raid rotation Sometimes, that keeps Pokémon GO trainers from committing to a lot of raids Just keep in mind, though, this is shaping up to be a very useful Pokémon, ranking just below[...]

Credit: Niantic The Charge Up Timed Research in Pokémon GO includes the following tasks and rewards: Page One of Four Catch 5 Electric-type Pokémon: Pikachu Evolve a Pokémon: Voltorb Power up Pokémon 5 times: 10 Poké Balls REWARDS: Tynamo, Unova Stone, 10 Ampharos Mega Energy Page Two of Four Make 3 Nice Throws in a row: Magnemite Make 3 Curveball Throws in a row: Magnemite Make[...]

Credit: Niantic What worked in this Pokémon GO event Beldum: Beldum itself was a great choice as the focus Pokémon for this event It's a rare spawn outside of events and evolves into one of the most useful species in Pokémon GO The lack of earlier Community Day Pokémon (like Beldum) during December 2020's Recap Comm Day was a[...]

Credit: Niantic The missing Unova Pokémon, at the time, were: Munna, Musharna (Psychic-type) Not only are these out, but Niantic is being a bit too much with Munna Munna was featured during Valentine's Day, which — great Great! Then, it was very oddly placed as the main encounter of last week's Season of Legends Special Research rather than…[...]