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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 Electabuzz Community Day, let's take a deep dive into the Electric Pokémon's lore. Official Electabuzz artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 125, Electabuzz[...]

Credit: Niantic The Electric for Electabuzz Special Research in Pokémon GO will include: Page One of Four Power Up Pokémon 10 times: 10 PokéBalls Catch 15 Electabuzz: 20 Electabuzz Candy Make 5 Nice Throws: Electabuzz encounter REWARDS: 2000 Stardust, 10 Pinap Berries, Electabuzz encounter Page Two of Four Catch 15 Electabuzz: 50 Electabuzz Candy Transfer 10 Pokémon: 500 Stardust Use 15 Pinap Berries to help catch[...]

After a highly controversial October Community Day with prohibitively difficult tasks in the Special Assignment, was Niantic able to improve this monthly event? Let's dive in. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite November 2020 Community Day promo artwork Credit: Niantic The Good: Wow, the Special Assignment for a Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Community Day was… actually doable! While it's not something[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic announced on their Pokémon GO blog: As a limited-time test, from Thursday, November 12, 2020, at 2:30 p.m until Monday, November 16, 2020, at 10:00 a.m PST (GMT −8), trade range will be increased! Depending on information gathered from this test, we may include increased trade range as a part of future events It's[...]

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 tomorrow Electabuzz Community Day which sees Elekid return to 2KM Eggs for the event, let's take a deep dive into this Electric Pokémon's lore. Elekid official[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are all of the features of tomorrow's Electabuzz Community Day in Pokémon GO, along with our tips: Electabuzz will be appearing more frequently in the wild If you're lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one! Generally, the most common desire here is to enough of the Community Day Shinies to keep at least one of each[...]

Credit: Niantic The current raids available in Pokémon GO include: Tier One Alolan Geodude – Shiny capable, full odds Carvanha – Shiny capable, full odds Electrike – Shiny capable, full odds Nosepass Roggenrola – Shiny capable, full odds Shinx – Shiny capable, boosted odds Sneasel – Shiny capable, boosted odds With the exception of Shinx and Sneasel, none of these have a boosted Shiny rate, so[...]

Credit: Niantic The full questline for the Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event Part 2 in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite includes: Page One of Four Collect 2 Ingredients or Portmanteaus: 2 Snowdrop Use Tonic for Trace Detection 2 Time: 2 Re'em Blood Return 10 Brilliant Dueling Dummy: 2 Strong Exstimulo Potions REWARDS: 550 XP, 50 Brilliant Family XP, 2 Restricted Section Books, 10 Spell[...]

Earlier this year, Niantic made promises to change Mega Evolution in Pokémon GO following negative responses to the Mega Raid system Trainers felt that this system was prohibitive and financially driven, and disliked the idea of raiding and rare tasks being the only way to accrue Mega Energy in the game Soon after the initial rollout,[...]

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 newly established connectivity between Pokémon GO and Pokémon HOME, let's do a deep dive into Meltan's mythology. Meltan in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic & the Pokémon Company International Your best bet against Bronzor is going to be Ground-type Pokémon and Dark-type Pokémon According to PVPoke, which compares all of the base stats of Pokémon and calculates the top competitors in each league, these are the best Ground-types and Dark-types to take into the Little Cup. Deino (Dragon Breath,[...]

With fans theorizing what will happen next and Niantic improving these events, it's quite an interesting time to be a Harry Potter: Wizards Unite player Let's dive into the details of this Brilliant Event. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Dumbledore's Army Event Part 2 promo image Credit: Niantic Niantic announced on the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite forum the following Brilliant[...]

Credit: Niantic The best way to determine what will be included in the Electric for Electabuzz ticket in Pokémon GO is to look at last month's Community Day Ticket These have all been very consistent, so if you think the research questline and its rewards for October's Charmander Community Day were worth the dollar, then you will likely feel[...]

Credit: Niantic The Pokéminers of Silph Road found the following in a recent Pokémon GO datamine: group_seasonal Holiday This matches the coding for the avatar clothing items added for the Halloween 2020 event, but this is no big news There will be, as there always is, new clothing items for the Holiday 2020 event. What is news, however, is the code[...]

Metagross is a must-have for Pokémon GO trainers in both raids and PVP, but what is the best moveset to optimize the top Steel-type attacker?

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 Riolu currently hatching from 7KM Eggs for the Animation Week 2020 event, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Riolu in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic When GO/HOME connectivity rolled out, it was only available to Level 40 trainers Now, as of this writing, Niantic has made it available to trainers Level 37 and above Generally, these rollouts happen rather quickly, so it would make sense to expect this for lower-level trainers sooner rather than later. For Pokémon GO trainers that don't know[...]

Niantic has announced a new way to get out in the world and… social distance? A new event is coming to Pokémon GO in select cities that will offer both free and paid experiences for trainers as they explore their hometowns or nearby cities City Spotlight will function as a treasure hunt, tasking trainers to take[...]

Did this event do Pokémon Journeys: The Series, the iteration of the anime that it was paying homage to, justice or was this a big disappointment from Niantic? Let's dive in. Animation Week 2020 promotional image in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Pokémon GO Event Spawns & Shiny release If we just look at the spawns, this was far and[...]

Initially intended for release in March in a Lugia Raid Weeknd, Niantic canceled the event and delayed this special move's release due to quarantine Months, and a whole lot of hype-building, later… Lugia stormed into raids with Aeroblast last Thursday With it leaving raids on Monday, replaced by the Swords of Justice trio, this raid[...]

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 Scyther's current GO Snapshot Photobomb encounters, let's take a deep dive into the Mantis Pokémon's lore. Scyther is currently in photobomb encounters in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic Conkeldurr's available Fast Attacks in Pokémon GO include: Counter (Fighting-type) Poison Jab (Poison-type) Good news here Conkeldurr doesn't have any legacy moves, so no need to worry about an Elite TM Same goes for its Charged Attacks. Conkeldurr's available Charged Attacks include: Dynamic Punch (Fighting-type) Focus Blast (Fighting-type) Stone Edge (Rock-type) Now, our recommendation. This is is a clean sweep here, with Conkeldurr's best[...]

Credit: Niantic Details released in the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite November 2020 Community Day announcement include: A Special Assignment that will focus on the Chess Chamber Registry page This will include Potions, Spell Books, Ingredients, and DADA Books. Sightings on the map of Legends of Hogwarts Foundables from the Chess Chamber Registry page, including Young Hermione Granger, Young[...]

Credit: Niantic PVPoke, a website that calculates the top-ranked PVP Pokémon based on their stats and movesets in Pokémon GO, lists these as the top Little Cup choices: Bronzor (Confusion, Psyshock, Heavy Slam) Wynaut (Counter, Mirror Coat) Cottonee (Charm, Grass Knot, Seed Bomb) Deino (Dragon Breath, Body Slam, Crunch) Shelmet (Infestation, Body Slam, Bug Buzz) Wooper (Mud Shot, Body Slam, Mud Bomb) Shadow[...]

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 Jigglypuff Spotlight Hour, let's take a deep dive into this Ballon Pokémon's lore. Jigglypuff is tonight's Spotlight Hour choice in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic Is Jigglypuff available to encounter in its Shiny form in Pokémon GO? Yes! In the past, you needed to hatch a Shiny Igglybuff and evolve it in order to have a Shiny Jigglypuff However, that is no longer the case Shiny Jigglypuff can now be encountered in the wild and will be available during this Spotlight[...]

Credit: Niantic The verification that Shiny Ferroseed was live in Pokémon GO came ahead of the sponsored events in the United States from trainers posting on social media It's no surprise that this Shiny release wasn't limited to the event, as past events, such as Safari Zone, saw the simultaneous worldwide release of certain Shinies[...]

Credit: Niantic Machamp's available Fast Attacks in Pokémon GO include: Bullet Punch (Steel-type) Counter (Fighting-type) Karate Chop (Fighting-type)* * Karate Chomp is a legacy move, which means that it is not available through normal Fast TMs or evolution during normal circumstances Don't worry about getting this one. Machamp's available Charged Attacks include: Close Combat (Fighting-type) Cross Chop (Fighting-type) Dynamic Punch (Fighting-type) Heavy Slam (Steel-type) Rock Slide (Rock-type) Stone[...]

At 1 PM Pacific, GO Battle League Season 4 will end and the fifth season of Niantic's PVP arena will kick off with their new Little Cup, which will feature a CP limit of 500 for the very first time Here's what you need to know about this upcoming shift and what it means for[...]

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 Golurk's current stint as a Tier Three raid boss, let's take a deep dive into the Automaton Pokémon's lore. Golurk is currently in raids in Pokémon[...]