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Credit: Niantic Enigma Week Spawns Spawns were actually much improved over Dragon Week While Dragon Week did have the bonus of the rare Gible spawn, it suffered from featuring the Shiny release of Deino which was nowhere to be found in the wild Enigma Week's Shiny release was that of Staryu, which was plentiful in the wild[...]

Credit: Niantic Mass catching Catching Pokémon is the best way to farm Stardust, because no matter what is going on in the game… there are always Pokémon to be caught Putting on an Incense will currently draw one Pokémon spawn to you about every fifty seconds, and a journey out into the wild will add to the[...]

In addition to adding many in-game bonuses that would enrich the game during the lockdown and beyond, Niantic canceled Lugia Special Raid Weekend in favor of extended the previous boss Cobalion's stay in raids Because Lugia with Aeroblast is such a coveted Pokémon, it is thought that Niantic didn't want to give people cause to[...]

Bronzong Raid Guide: Celebrate Ultra Unlock Enigma Week in Pokémon GO by capturing what is essentially the Dalek of the Pokémon world.

Credit: Niantic Sableye has one of the best Shiny forms in the game, which really leans into the jewel motif of the Pokémon by turning it gold This is not a Shiny that you're going to want to miss out on, so be sure to hunt in locations with dense PokéStops in order to encounter the[...]

Niantic has entered into a new collaboration with ice cream giant Baskin-Robbins in Pokémon GO During this collaboration, United States-based Baskin-Robbins locations will turn into PokéStops and Gyms These new PokéStops and Gyms are temporary and appeared suddenly in-game last week with the Baskin-Robbins logo in place of the normal location-based photograph that appears on[...]

Credit: Niantic and The Pokémon Company Top Metagross Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Metagross counters as such: Shadow Moltres (Fire Spin, Overheat) Reshiram (Fire Fang, Overheat) Shadow Charizard (Fire Spin, Blast Burn) Darkrai (Snarl, Dark Pulse) Shadow Mewtwo (Psycho Cut, Shadow Ball) Shadow Tyranitar (Bite, Crunch) Moltres (Fire Spin, Overheat) Shadow Entei (Fire Fang, Flamethrower) Giratina[...]

Credit: Niantic Mewtwo with Shadow Ball or Psystrike Mewtwo famously has two legacy Charged Attacks that each put it at the top of the meta: the Psychic-type Psystrike and the Ghost-type Shadow Ball Both moves are incredibly powerful, so the choice comes down to this: how many Elite Charged TMs do you have? A Mewtwo with both[...]

Credit: Niantic Research "Where is the Special Research quest?" is the most commonly asked question on social media about this event, but Niantic only announced that Dragon Week would have this Enigma Week and next Friday's Unova Week are not set to have Special Research. Enigma Week Field Research There are three event-themed tasks that can be found at[...]

Credit: Niantic As a note, before we get into our list, know that Charged TMs don't currently offer a list of moves to pick from They will switch to an available Charged Attack in that Pokémon's moveset at random It isn't unheard of that attempts to get Pokémon the correct move may eat through ten or[...]

Credit: Niantic Shiny Magikarp and Gyarados Community Day Pokémon have a shiny rate of one in 25, so Pokémon GO trainers who play the entire event will undoubtedly catch multiple Shiny Magikarp and accrue enough Candy to evolve as many as they'd like into Gyarados, even with the hefty cost of 400 Magikarp Candy. Triple Catch Stardust Magikarp is a[...]

Now, Niantic has released Shiny Staryu for Enigma Week, but will this Generation One favorite be as difficult to get as Shiny Deino… or will Pokémon GO trainers have a fighting chance? Shiny Staryu in Pokémon GO for Enigma Week Credit: Niantic Unlike Deino, which was only able to be hatched or encountered through GO Battle League, Staryu[...]

Credit: Niantic Dragon Week Spawns Spawns didn't have a ton of variety, but were… well, actually a bit spicy There were filler spawns such as Swablu, Trapinch, and Horsea, the latter of which even took over the game for Spotlight Hour on Tuesday, but the amount of rarer spawns such as Dratini and Bagon made Dragon Week[...]

Enough so that Niantic has chosen to feature the iconic, ultimate evolution of Charmander during their Dragon Week raids Along with Salamence and Dragonite (click their names for Raid Guides), Charizard can be found in Tier Four raids until tomorrow at 1 PM Pacific Tier Four raids are for Pokémon that cannot be taken down[...]

Credit: Niantic Deino Deino is hatching from 7KM eggs at a shockingly low rate, leaving Silph Researchers to report that they have had a stunning zero encounters with the Pokémon. Pokémon GO trainers are disappointed after the hype of Ultra Unlock as a whole, and Dragon Week specifically, because new Shiny releases tend to at least be somewhat common[...]

Niantic introduced its rare Shiny form at GO Fest 2020, spelling the word GO It was scheduled to appear again in raids during Ultra Unlock: Enigma Week beginning this Friday with five forms spelling "ULTRA." Until today, it was unclear if the letters would be available as Shinies like with G and O, but Niantic[...]

Niantic has been running PokéCoin tests in Australia since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic These limited trials have introduced to these Australian Pokémon GO trainers to new methods of accruing PokéCoins through daily tasks Currently, the only permanent way to earn PokéCoins is by keeping Pokémon in gyms for a certain amount of time each[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Dragonite Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Dragonite counters as such: Shadow Mewtwo (Psycho Cut, Ice Beam) Shadow Weavile (Ice Shard, Avalanche) Mamoswine (Powder Snow, Avalanche) Galarian Darmanitan (Ice Fang, Avalanche) Weavile (Ice Shard, Avalanche) Glaceon (Frost Breath, Avalanche) Shadow Articuno (Frost Breath, Ice Beam) Mewtwo (Psycho Cut, Ice Beam) Shadow Lapras (Frost Breath,[...]

Niantic has since combined the two days into one event that has taken place on Tuesdays at 6pm local time This week's mini-event will be Horsea Spotlight Hour with double catch Candy, and the Shiny Horsea will be available. Shiny Horsea will be out tonight during Horsea Spotlight Hour Credit: Niantic. Horsea Spotlight Hour is set to[...]

Now that we are one week into GO Battle League Season Three, Niantic has posted the current Leaderboard for Pokémon GO This shows the top players and their ranks… and none of the top 50, not even one single trainer, is at Rank Ten This is, of course, because the season just started, but it demonstrates with[...]

Credit: Niantic. Finding Giovanni Currently, the only way to find Giovanni is to obtain a Super Rocket Radar through Special Research There is none currently active, so trainers must have already completed these tasks and unlocked the Radar to find Giovanni at the moment Unlike the Team GO Rocket Leaders, which can be found easily using the[...]

Credit: Niantic. Currently, Cliff has three slots of Pokémon, with the following possibilities: SLOT ONE: Grimer SLOT TWO: Machamp, Omastar, Electivire SLOT THREE: Tyranitar, Swampert, Torterra These Pokémon have some abundance of shared weaknesses, but some of the counters to Grimer are weak to Cliff's other Pokémon Because of this, we will break these counters down individually, creating teams for[...]

Credit: Niantic. Catching Pokémon Tasks Catch 3 Fighting-type Pokémon: Machop (shiny available, full odds) Catch 3 Pokémon with Weather Boost: Meditite (shiny available, full odds) Catch 5 Pokémon with Weather Boost: Poliwag (shiny available, full odds), Vulpix Catch 10 Pokémon: Magikarp (shiny available, full odds) Catch a Dragon-type Pokémon: Dratini (shiny available, full odds) Use 5 Berries to help catch Pokémon: Croagunk[...]

Niantic shocked its player base last week by introducing the ultra-rare Gible into raids in Pokémon GO for the first time, and now that little shark-like wild boy is back for Ultra Unlock: Dragon Week Gible is now appearing in Tier Two raids with its Shiny form available, along with the legendary dragon Rayquaza[...]

Credit: Niantic. Should I spend Rare Candy on Legendary Pokémon? Yes! Legendary Pokémon are the best option for Rare Candy, because unlike wild Pokémon or Egg hatches, the only way to get more Candy for them is to raid… which costs money Legendaries are also very unlikely to be caught without a Golden Razz Berry, which makes[...]

Niantic has announced a three-hour make-up day for GO Fest 2020 as recompense for the server errors that made the game unplayable during the Friendship habitat on the first day Though the rest o the event went off without a hitch once servers were fixed, it would be more an hour until gameplay resumed, leaving[...]

In addition to introducing the formerly GO Battle League exclusive Scraggy into the Research Breakthrough Box, Niantic has announced the next four Spotlight Hours in Pokémon GO Here's a breakdown on how to use these hours to hunt for Shiny Pokémon and best capitalize on all of the bonuses. Pokémon GO August Spotlight Hours will have[...]

This January, Niantic announced that Lapras would be that month's Research Breakthrough, kicking off what would be the longest stint that the weekly Pokémon GO reward would not offer players a Legendary Pokémon since the beginning of the game The Research Breakthrough box, which requires players to do daily tasks to unlock special rewards, used to[...]

Credit: Niantic. Top Rayquaza Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Rayquaza counters as such: Shadow Mewtwo (Psycho Cut, Ice Beam) Galarian Darmanitan (Ice Fang, Avalanche) Shadow Weavile (Ice Shard, Avalanche) Mamoswine (Powder Snow, Avalanche) Glaceon (Frost Breath, Avalanche) Weavile (Ice Shard, Avalanche) Shadow Articuno (Frost Breath, Ice Beam) Mewtwo (Psycho Cut, Ice Beam) Shadow Porygon-Z (Hidden Power[...]

Credit: Niantic. Currently, Arlo has three slots of Pokémon, with the following possibilities: SLOT ONE: Pineco SLOT TWO: Charizard, Blastoise, Steelix SLOT THREE: Scizor, Dragonite, Salamence Unfortunately, these Pokémon don't have an abundance of shared weaknesses in Slot Two Where we could break down individual scenarios for Sierra's counters, it would be better to understand Arlo's Pokémon individually. Slot #1: Pineco Fire-type[...]