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Niantic has announced the full details of Pokémon GO's annual Valentine's Day event for 2021 The event will see the normal focus on pink and cute Pokémon along with the debut of Munna and its evolution, Marsharna Let's dive into the details. Munna in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic The full details for the Valentine's Day event in Pokémon[...]

Ahead of the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto event happening, Niantic teased Pokémon GO fans on Twitter with a simple image: a Poké Ball with the word "Oh?" over it written in golden type Trainers recognize the "Oh?" from Ditto encounters where, after catching a Pokémon, rather than the standard "Eevee (for example) was caught," the[...]

Credit: Niantic Our tips for Latios and Latias Raid Hour in Pokémon GO include: Don't listen to Niantic's "Recommended" raid counters Those prioritize defense, but you want to prioritize attack in order to take these twin dragons down within the time constraints You want to prioritize hitting them where it hurts and exploiting their weakness rather than leaning[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Mega Gyarados Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Mega Gyarados counters as such: Shadow Raikou (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Shadow Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Mega Venusaur (Vine Whip, Frenzy Plant) Zekrom (Charge Beam, Wild Charge) Shadow Zapdos (Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt) Shadow Magnezone (Spark, Wild Charge) Lucario (Counter, Aura Sphere) Conkeldurr (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Shadow[...]

Which of the Pokémon available in Pokémon GO's Lunar New Year Event are worth your raid pass and which are worth a pass? Let's find out.

Credit: Niantic The details for the Lunar New Year in Pokémon GO include: Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Sunday, February 14, 2021, at 1:00 p.m local time Red Pokémon—like Krabby, Goldeen, Magmar, Magikarp, Miltank, Meditite, Tepig, , [sic] and more—will appear more frequently in the wild! If you're lucky, you might spot a Gyarados in[...]

Credit: Niantic From 6 PM through 7 PM, Miltank will be boosted in Pokémon GO Those who missed out on getting Shiny Miltank, a hilariously blue cow, will be happy to see the game flooded with this, uh… oddly wigglingly Pokémon Miltank will be boosted all through the week as part of the Lunar New Year event,[...]

Yesterday, Niantic hosted the second Community Day of 2021 in Pokémon GO. Roselia Community Day featured boosted Roselia spawns in the wild with a higher-than-normal Shiny rate, a bonus of 1/4 Egg hatch distance, and two special moves when Roselia is evolved to Roserade during the event Community Day has become a subject of discussion amongst Pokémon[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Latias Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Latias counters as such: Mega Gengar (Lick, Shadow Ball) Shadow Dragonite (Dragon Tail, Outrage) Shadow Salamence (Dragon Tail, Draco Meteor) Shadow Weavile (Snarl, Avalanche) Shadow Mamoswine (Powder Snow, Avalanche) Mega Houndoom (Snarl, Foul Play)* Shadow Tyranitar (Bite, Crunch) Shadow Gardevoir (Charm, Dazzling Gleam) Rayquaza (Dragon Tail, Outrage) Palkia[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Latios Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Latios counters as such: Mega Gengar (Lick, 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, Draco Meteor) Dialga (Dragon Breath, Draco Meteor) Shadow Weavile (Snarl, Avalanche) Shadow Mewtwo (Psycho Cut,[...]

Credit: Niantic Latias and Latios will be available in Pokémon GO five-star raids starting Tuesday, February 9th, 2021, at 10:00 AM and running until Saturday, February 20th, 2021, at 9:00 AM local time Attentive players may remember that February 20th is when the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto will launch This remote event will focus on Generation[...]

Credit: Niantic What Worked in this Pokémon GO Event New Shadows: It's been since October 2020 that we've gotten new Shadow Pokémon, and it appears that Niantic made up for the wait by adding some excellent ones to Pokémon GO. The addition of Shadow Swinub, in particular, has a huge impact on the game[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Absol Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Absol counters as such: Shadow Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Lucario (Counter, Aura Sphere) Conkeldurr (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Shadow Gardevoir (Charm, Dazzling Gleam) Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Mega Beedrill (Bug Bite, X-Scissor) Breloom (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Hariyama (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Heracross (Counter, Megahorn) Shadow Pinsir (Bug Bite, X-Scissor) It is[...]

Credit: Niantic Regigigas There's a scene in The Sopranos where, after a mid-level mobster Ralphie does something unforgivable, Tony Soprano calls him up for a drink, attempting to get a gauge of where his underling's head is at In front of Paulie Walnuts, one of Tony's right-hand men, Ralph declines the drink and walks away[...]

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 today's Roselia Community Day, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Roselia in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Dex entry number 315, Roselia is a dual[...]

Credit: Niantic The full tasks and rewards for the Stop and Smell the Roselia Special Research in Pokémon GO are: Page One of Four Power up Pokémon 10 Times: 10 Poké Balls Catch 15 Roselia: 20 Roselia Candy Make 5 Nice Throws: Roselia Encounter Rewards: 2000 Stardust, 10 Pinap Berries, Roselia encounter Page Two of Four Catch 15 Roselia: 50 Roselia Candy Transfer 10 Pokémon:[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is our entire "The Unreleased Unova Shinies in Pokémon GO" series, as well as my selected winner from each piece: Part One: It would've been Snivy, but it has since been released in Pokémon GO Now, Oshawott narrowly takes the cake with its blue-green color palette. Part Two: Liepard is the winner as the rare Shiny[...]

Credit: Niantic Arlo's current line-up in Pokémon GO consists of: Slot One: Beldum Slot Two: Gardevoir, Infernape, Aggron Slot Three: Armaldo, Salamence, Scizor Counters for each of his possible Pokémon include: Beldum: Now, this is a tough one Beldum has better outright counters than the one I'm about to mention, because it is weak to both Fire- and Ghost-types[...]

Credit: Niantic The full tasks and rewards for the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Special Assignment are as follows: Page One of Four Collect 2 Ingredients of Portmanteaus: 2 Powdered Dragon Claw Brew 1 Baruffio's Brain Elixir: 2 Granian Hair Return 12 Brilliant Quidditch Keeper: 1 Tonic for Trace Detection Bonus Rewards: 550 XP, 50 Brilliant Family XP, 2 Defense Against the Dark[...]

Credit: Niantic So far, here is what we know about this ticket according to Pokémon GO: For US$1 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you'll be able to access the Roselia Community Day–exclusive Special Research story, Stop and Smell the Roselia Remember, Trainers—if you purchase a ticket for the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto event by[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the full details of Roselia Community Day in Pokémon GO along with our tips: Sunday, February 7, 2021, from 11:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m local time Roselia will be appearing more frequently in the wild If you're lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one! Last month, Machop Community Day saw Niantic utterly nerf every non-Machop spawn in[...]

Niantic has announced the details of the first part of their An Imperfect Love Brilliant Event, which will see a new surge of the Calamity focused on Harry, Ron, and Hermoine's sixth year at Hogwarts Fans of the books and movies will see elements of Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince brought into the narrative with[...]

Credit: Niantic Cliff's current line-up in Pokémon GO consists of: Slot One: Aerodactyl Slot Two: Gallade, Cradily, Slowking Slot Three: Dusknoir, Mamoswine, Tyranitar This time around, Cliff is going to be by far the hardest to defeat He's the new "Double Lapras Sierra" here thanks to him leading with Aerodactyl, which is quote strong[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Tyranitar Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Tyranitar counters as such: Shadow Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Conkeldurr (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Lucario (Counter, Aura Sphere) Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Hariyama (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Breloom (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Blaziken (Counter, Focus Blast) Sirfetch'd (Counter, Close Combat) Shadow Poliwrath (Rock Smash, Dynamic Punch) Shadow Gallade (Low Kick, Close[...]

In December 2020, Niantic announced the arrival of Generation Six in Pokémon GO It was a surprising move for some because these new Kalos region species were set to arrive in the game before a handful of remaining Unova species from Generation Five However, after a small initial rollout, there have been no additional Kalos species[...]

Credit: Niantic Until now, Ground-types were relatively under-represented in Team GO Rocket's Shadow Pokémon This is significant because of Shadow Bonus, a feature in Pokémon GO that increases a species' base Attack stats by a whopping 20% in their Shadow form This makes the Shadow version of a Pokémon more powerful in many cases than a 100%[...]

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 this week's Team GO Rocket Celebration Event, let's take a look at Skorupi's lore. Skorupi official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 451, Skorupi is[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Suicune Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Suicune counters as such: Shadow Electivire (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Shadow Raikou (Volt Switch, Wild Charge) Shadow Zapdos (Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt) Shadow Magnezone (Spark, Wild Charge) Zekrom (Charge Beam, Wild Charge) Mega Venusaur (Vine Whip, Frenzy Plant) Shadow Mewtwo (Confusion, Thunderbolt) Mega Ampharos (Volt Switch, Zap[...]

Credit: Niantic Sierra's current line-up in Pokémon GO consists of: Slot One: Carvanha Slot Two: Hippowdon, Porygon-Z, Mismagius Slot Three: Flygon, Houndoom, Walrein Counters for each of her possible Pokémon include: Carvanha: Lucario (Counter, Power-up Punch) Hippowdon: Swampert (Water Gun, Hydro Cannon), Gyarados (Waterfall, Aqua Tail), Mamoswine (Powder Snow, Avalanche) Porygon-Z: Lucario (Counter, Power-up Punch), Conkeldurr (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Mismagius: Gengar (Shadow Claw, Shadow Punch),[...]

Thankfully, Niantic assured the community that they wouldn't let Suicune go out like a sucker Next week, there will be a special Monday night Raid Hour in Pokémon GO, just so this fan-favorite Water-type Legendary Pokémon can have its time to shine. Suicune in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Suicune Raid Hour will take place on Monday, February 8th[...]