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The Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event Part 1 is wrapping up in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. Did this Brilliant Event live up to Niantic's promise to keep improving these events based on fan response? Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event Part 1 promotional graphic in HPWU Credit: Niantic The Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event Part 1 was a fun, rewarding, well-paced, smooth event[...]

Togekiss is one of the most powerful species in Pokémon GO, functioning as an elite attacker in raids & PVP... but what's the best moveset?

However, looking into the roles these Pokémon play in other games, and even the anime, can enrich the experience of raiding these creatures in Niantic's mobile game In honor of Lugia's current stint as the Tier Five raid boss, let's take a deep dive into this Diving Pokémon's lore. Lugia in Pokémon GO[...]

Many trainers seem to think that these hat-wearing creatures are a lazy replacement for actual change in the game and criticize Niantic accordingly for including them at all Is that really what's going on with these fashion-forward Pokémon? Personally, I think that Costumed Pokémon get a bad rap, and I'm here to speak on their[...]

Niantic hosted the three-hour Verizon Weekend event, which trainers were able to play for free if they registered for the Verizon Up program on the My Verizon app Like the GrubHub Weekend happening today, this one-day sponsored event featured a Timed Research and special spawns attracted to Incense. Verizon Weekend promotional image in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic Snorlax evolves from the baby Pokémon Munchlax and, in Pokémon Sword & Shield, it will receive a Gigantamax form, but that's getting way ahead of ourselves Snorlax is also not released in its Shiny form in Pokémon GO, so this isn't a raid that Shiny hunters will want to do a ton of if they're[...]

Niantic has now not only fixed this issue but they have now offered an in-game bonus to all trainers in Pokémon GO as a mea culpa. Eggs in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic On the official Niantic Support Twitter, the mobile developer behind Pokémon GO addressed trainers: Thanks for your understanding while we worked on the issues affecting Adventure Sync on Android[...]

If you haven't had luck hatching a strong Golett in Pokémon GO, you're in luck. Golurk has entered raids, and here is how you can defeat it.

Were those first trainers sociopathic manipulators hoping to get the whole community hyped for a Shiny duck only to thrill at the idea of countless hearts broken? Did Niantic make a mistake? Is it a guaranteed Shiny encounter? We have the answers to all that and more now that the Shiny Psyduck saga, no doubt the[...]

Shortly after discontinuing tests that introduced new ways to earn Pokécoins in Pokémon GO, Niantic is taking a new trial to certain countries This time, it's the XP system to which they will be introducing potential changes. Pokémon GO logo Credit: Niantic In their official announcement for these upcoming Pokémon GO tests, Niantic wrote: Beginning on Monday, November 9,[...]

Credit: Niantic First, understanding the event GO Battle Night allowed Pokémon GO trainers to complete a whopping twenty sets of battles during the event rather than the normal five The Flying Cup opened up a one-night-only league with a CP limit of 1,500 that only allowed Flying-type Pokémon Any Pidgey or Pidgeotto evolved up to Pidgeot[...]

Credit: Niantic From Friday, November 6th, 2020 at 8 AM local time (that's today!) to Thursday, November 12th, 2020 at 10 PM local time, World Cap Pikachu will once again be featured in the wild While this is certain to break the heart of dedicated Shiny collectors who made FOMO-fueled trades after failing to catch the[...]

Credit: Niantic The Animation Week 2020 raid rotation in Pokémon GO includes: Tier One: Dratini – shiny available, standard rate Ivysaur Klink – shiny available, boosted rate Misdreavus – shiny available, standard rate Shinx – shiny available, boosted rate Timburr – shiny available, boosted rate Wobbuffet – shiny available, standard rate Nothing too crazy here[...]

The Animation Week 2020 event brings new Timed Research to Pokémon GO based on the Pokémon Journeys anime that offers Mega Venusaur Energy.

Credit: Niantic The full details of the Animation Week 2020 event, now live in Pokémon GO, include: EGGS: Riolu, Pichu, Mantyke, and Cubone will be in 7KM Gift Eggs This is by far the most exciting part of the event Riolu is a great, difficult-to-acquire Shiny Pokémon so be sure to have Egg-space available when opening Gifts. PHOTOBOMBS: We[...]

While casual gameplay has died down somewhat, the hardcore fanbase of Pokémon, the biggest media franchise in the world, has kept playing Niantic's mobile game In fact, 2020 has been Pokémon GO's biggest year so far, and the game continues to grow. Promotional image for Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Sensor Tower, which offers "insight into the global app[...]

In past events, Niantic has temporarily increased Shiny rates for the release of certain species, but that seemed to stop for some time in 2020, as researchers observed rates for almost ever new Shiny release since January to be set at the "full odds," standard rate However, recent research suggests a chance to Shiny rates[...]

Credit: Niantic Tyranitar's available Fast Attacks in Pokémon GO include: Bite (Dark-type) Iron Tail (Steel-type) Smack Down (Rock-type)* * Smack Down is a legacy move, which means that it is not available through normal Fast TMs or evolution during normal circumstances It's the Community Day Move, which means that the only way to obtain it is by either evolving a Larvitar or[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Lugia Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Lugia counters as such: Mega Gengar (Lick, Shadow Ball) Shadow Raikou (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Shadow Electivire (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Shadow Magnezone (Spark, Wild Charge) Shadow Weavile (Snarl, Avalanche) Shadow Zapdos (Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt) Mega Houndoom (Snarl, Foul Play) Zekrom (Charge Beam, Wild Charge) Shadow Tyranitar[...]

Credit: Niantic With the various leagues of GO Battle League now open, here are the top species and moves for each arena in Pokémon GO. Great League, CP limit of 1500 in Pokémon GO: Azumarill: Bubble, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump Galarian Stunfisk: Mud Shot, Rock Slide, Earthquake Shadow Machamp: Counter, Cross Chop, Rock Slide Shadow Abomasnow: Powder Snow, Weather Ball Ice-type, Energy[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's what was discovered in a recent Pokémon GO datamine by the Pokéminers of the Silph Road: .get_TempEvolutionIsLocked .set_TempEvolutionIsLocked .get_LockedTempEvolution .set_LockedTempEvolution TemporaryEvolutionFinishMs TempEvolutionIsLocked LockedTempEvolution MakeTempEvoPermanent So, obviously, looking at the code… well, it looks like what Elon Musk might produce if he was forced to write a poem[...]

Credit: Niantic Recently, Niantic announced the addition of AR Mapping tasks to Pokémon GO We were hopeful that this feature, while not as exciting as other rollouts this year such as Mega Evolution or Remote Raid Invites, would offer trainers some interesting rewards not available in the normal Pokéstop task pool[...]

Credit: Niantic If you have yet to catch a Shiny Darkrai, now may be the last time to give it a go for a while One never knows with Niantic, but there's a handful of reasons why we shouldn't expect Darkrai to return to Pokémon GO for some time For one, it was featured three separate times[...]

This was introduced as a pandemic bonus and was the first one to be rescinded by Niantic Now, Legendary Pokémon are making a stunning return to GO Battle League with next week's Season 5 Let's take a look at what's happening. GO Battle League promotional image in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Niantic, in their full announcement of[...]

Credit: Niantic So, first the major points Yes, Cubone is going to be available Shiny tomorrow Yes, it is a terrific Shiny Yes, it is immensely frustrating that this is happening at the end of the Pokémon GO Halloween Event and will interfere with the spawns for an hour For this Spotlight Hour, for the first time,[...]

As GO Battle League Season 4 winds down in Pokémon GO, Niantic has now announced the full details for Season 5 Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming season, including major changes and additions that will create new fun and challenges for longtime PVPers and new players alike. GO Battle League promotional image in[...]

However, looking into the roles these Pokémon play in other games, and even the anime, can enrich the experience of catching these creatures in Niantic's mobile game In honor of today's Cubone Spotlight Hour, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Cubone will be tonight's Spotlight in Pokémon GO[...]

Considering how the October Wizarding Weekend was the beginning of the major backlash against Niantic for the difficulty of recent Harry Potter: Wizards Unite events, many longtime players were eyeing this event to see if the company was able to improve their shorter events the way that they improved their weekend events So how did the[...]

Credit: Niantic Our Shiny hunting tips include: Shiny Check: The Shiny Check method is when one encounters a Pokémon and, if it isn't Shiny, runs from the Pokémon This process is much faster than catching every encounter and will enable you to, on an active hunt, increase your encounters exponentially[...]

Credit: Niantic Pokémon GO Event Spawns & Shiny release The major Shiny release of the event was Spiritomb, which was a task-only Pokémon While it would've been great to see it in the wild, the wild spawns were, as with every Halloween, awesome There were a few off-brand spawns that were featured in the event, such as[...]