Niantic Archives

Credit: Niantic To employ the Quick Catch Method, give the Pokémon you're catching your berry of choice (or no berry) and select your ball You'll need two hands for this next part With one hand, touch the berry option, holding it down… and sliding it slightly to the right, toward the Pokéball[...]

Credit: Niantic 5 Kyogre There are Water-type Pokémon with spammier moves, such as Swampert with Hydro Cannon, but Kyogre is at the top of the aquatic meta because of how hard it hits as well as the moves it can get This gargantuan Pokémon generally has Water-type moves, but it can learn the Electric-type Thunder, which makes[...]

Let's investigate. Do Pokémon in Raids Have a Higher Shiny Rate in Pokémon GO? Credit: Niantic The simple answer is "no," but there's more to it than that There are Egg/Raid-exclusive Pokémon with a higher shiny rate, but we will explain that shortly First, the important thing when understanding Shiny rates is that the manner in which[...]

There is a lot more to this event than originally announced by Niantic, so read on to see Bleeding Cool's full catalog of the event spawns, the Mega Houndoom challenge, the research, and more. Mega Battle Event and Challenge Are Now Live in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Mega Battle Challenge If trainers collectively complete 275 million battles during[...]

Credit: Niantic Tier One Gothita Kirlia Nuzleaf Sneasel – Shiny available, boosted odds It's a small Tier One rotation the Cresselia rotation, with none of the usual suspects that one would expect, such as Shinx, Timburr, or Klink However, Sneasel will be a good option for those who don't yet have the Shiny, as its rate is above the standard one[...]

In late August, Niantic released an update about the functionality of the Trace Charm in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite In this update, Niantic corrected what was described as "a number of incorrect stats and descriptions on the Trace Charm screen." These changes, however, were interpreted by the Wizards Unite community as a nerf to the Trace Charm,[...]

Niantic is planning to unveil Generation Six in Pokémon GO this year, adding species from the Kalos region into the wild However, there are still Pokémon from earlier generations that have yet to be released, even dating as far back to Generation Three for one specific species As Pokémon GO moves on to newer Generations, many trainers[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Cresselia Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Cresselia counters as such: Mega Beedrill (Bug Bite, X-Scissor) Shadow Weavile (Snarl, Foul Play) Shadow Mewtwo (Psycho Cut, Shadow Ball) Mega Charizard Y (Wing Attack, Blast Burn) Shadow Tyranitar (Bite, Crunch) Darkrai (Snarl, Dark Pulse) Shadow Houndoom (Snarl, Foul Play) Mega Blastoise (Bite, Hydro Cannon) Chandelure (Hex,[...]

Niantic generally followed a pattern: Starter, rare spawn, starter, rare spawn, starter, rare spawn, and so on On top of that, each day would feature the Shiny release of a Pokémon that, before its Community Day, had yet to have its Shiny released in-game That pattern was broken this year in multiple ways, leaving the[...]

Credit: Niantic The likely situation is that this will be a less frantic raid hour than the previous three unless you are a trainer living in a city In that situation, Heatran could dominate raids for a full year and you'll still likely get a full lobby The truth of the matter is, though, Heatran has[...]

Shinx is currently in raids, and it has a boosted Shiny rate above normal wild spawns in Pokémon GO. Here's how to catch a golden Shiny Shinx!

Pokémon GO Battle League Season Three is winding down as Niantic preps to roll out Season Four, but first… the game's PVP arena has entered its final phase of the season All three major leagues are now available, along with Master League's Premier Cup These concurrent leagues will run until Monday, September 14, 2020, at[...]

Upon delaying their first planned Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Brilliant Event for September, Niantic has announced a surprise event: Dragon Week This event, which will unleash coveted Dragon Foundables, will begin today, Tuesday, September 8 at 9 a.m Pacific and will run through Tuesday, September 15 at 9 a.m Pacific For the first time, Niantic will[...]

Credit: Niantic The most common way to acquire a Lucky is by trading with a friend, over and over Trainers are allowed 100 trades per day, and the mechanic currently makes it very easy for two players to swap catches back and forth At random, a Pokémon may turn Lucky, which will happen for both players,[...]

Now, as the event wraps up, did Niantic's tweaks to this event and the Mega system suffice, or did they deserve the continued backlash? Pokémon GO Mega Raid Week Review: Fun or Pay-to-Play? Credit: Niantic Spawns First up, Mega Raid Week was odd in that it featured no new Shiny release Instead, Niantic's announcement focused on Lotad, a[...]

Is it true that Timburr, the Unova region Fighting-type, has a boosted Shiny rate in Pokémon GO? Find out why Timburr raids are so popular!

A change has come to Niantic's plans for their game continuing the story of J K Rowling's beloved books. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will see one event pushed slightly during September 2020, while another event has been added to keep mobile wizards and witches busy. Much like in Niantic's other hit game Pokémon GO, a Dragon Week event[...]

Credit: Niantic 5 & 4 Shiny Virizion & Terrakion Generation Five has only been out for one year in total, so the earlier numbers on this list may not be especially rare compared to Pokémon that have been out of the rotation for some time However, Virizion and Terrakion share the fifth and fourth places because of[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Donphan Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Donphan counters as such: Mega Blastoise (Water Gun, Hydro Cannon) Mega Venusaur (Vine Whip, Frenzy Plant) Mega Charizard Y (Fire Spin, Blast Burn) Shadow Swampert (Water Gun, Hydro Cannon) Shadow Gyarados (Waterfall, Hydro Pump) Kyogre (Waterfall, Surf) Shadow Venusaur (Vine Whip, Frenzy Plant) Shadow Torterra (Razor[...]

Credit: Niantic 1 Your Pokémon will be useful in a raiding event Instead of rushing to complete your Mega Dex, a strategic time to Mega Evolve your Pokémon would be if there is a raiding event where your it will be useful A Cresselia Raid Hour, for example, would be a terrific time to Mega Evolve Beedrill[...]

Generally, with Legendary Raid Bosses, Niantic will release them in their non-Shiny form for their in-game debut, remove them from the raid rotation for a while (or, in the case of Palkia and Dilga, for what feels like centuries), and then re-release them with Shiny potential With Pokémon that can be caught in the wild,[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Claydol Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Claydol counters as such: Mega Blastoise (Water Gun, Hydro Cannon) Mega Houndoom (Snarl, Foul Play)* Mega Venusaur (Vine Whip, Frenzy Plant) Mega Beedrill (Bug Bite, X-Scissor) Shadow Weavile (Snarl, Avalanche) Shadow Swampert (Water Gun, Hydro Cannon) Mega Charizard Y (Fire Spin, Blast Burn) Shadow Mewtwo (Psycho[...]

A Generation Six in Pokémon GO has been teased by Niantic in their fourth-anniversary poster, which showed off the starters from the Kalos region This came as a surprise to some trainers even though Niantic has made a habit of releasing new generations toward the end of each year, due to the fact that so many[...]

A recent datamine into Niantic's latest update to Pokémon GO has found some items of interest Porygon's new Community Day move of Tri Attack has been added to the game, along with two new quests… the full text of the upcoming Victini Special Research that will send trainers on a quest to discover this Mythical Psychic/Fire-type[...]

It was then assumed that this event would take place during the Flying Cup, a new event that Niantic announced would be coming during GO Battle League: Season Three Now, though, Season Three is wrapping up, and the event is nowhere to be found… until now Here's what GO Battle Day: Pidgey and the Flying[...]

Niantic has been known to make alterations to certain moves as Pokémon GO seasons of GO Battle League change Now, as Season Three ends and Season Four begins, Niantic has rolled out new moves that will affect how select Pokémon perform in PVP in general, which impacts friend battles, GO Battle League, and Team GO Rocket[...]

As GO Battle League Season Three wraps up, Niantic has announced plans for Season Four in Pokémon GO The new season will begin Monday, September 14, 2020, at 1PM Pacific, awarding trainers with their Season Three rewards and opening up the Great League in the first phase of Season Four Read on to see Niantic's current[...]

Niantic has previously included Pokémon, such as Swinub and Rhyhorn, who require evolution items in Community Days Now, though, the company announced a series of upcoming methods that trainers can use to obtain the Upgrades needed to achieve Porygon2 and the Sinnoh Stones needed to evolve up to Porygon-Z. How to Get Sinnoh Stones and Upgrades[...]

Vaporeon Raid Guide: This Water-type Eeveelution can be taken down by solo Pokémon GO trainers with these top counters.

Niantic responded quickly, saying that they were listening but that since this was a new feature, it would take some time to roll out changes It seems that something has changed, as the company has now announced and rolled out alterations to the Mega Evolution system in Pokémon GO. Pokémon GO Makes Changes to Mega Evolution Following[...]