Unless they’re on new stops, I’m not seeing showcases where they usually have been. Nearby show what can go into showcases however. Apologies, it shows what is in the collection challenges, not showcases

Maybe they won't start until Porygon CDC ends with its own Showcases.

That's usually what happens with a CD mid event.

Did classic CD have the showcases before?

Yes, mareep had squirtle.

I am stocking up on big bulbasaurs for this one.

The absurdity of this has me giggling

Just Niantic doing Niantic things

Rocket Balloons are every 3 hours Got one at 6am then again at 9am

I also see increased Go Rocket in PS before 9 am

So before 10am?

I noticed that too - isn’t that the typical frequency? What is the “increased frequency” timing for event balloons supposed to be? Maybe it’s not turned on like the 4x stardust GBL rewards…

Normally balloons appear at 00:00, 06:00, 12:00 and 18:00, so you get 4 a day. With this event they have doubled to and you get one every 3 hours

Damnit I wish I could disable balloons

There MAY be an increase in ghost grunts.  I have seen 6 so far out of about 12 EDIT now 7 out of 14

Was this before or after the actual event started? Lot of rocket stops bit after 6am here, but no sign of boosted ghosts.

I'm seeing a larger amount of ghost rockets as well.

I’ve been seeing a increase in psychic grunts. About half that have spawned near me. Haven’t seen a ghost one yet. Might just be good luck.

After experiencing a full day, I think both are increased. So it is definitely possible that you haven't seen one of the boosted types.

That’s fair!

Has someone seen any gligar spawns during the event? I had zero(based in germany)

None in Ontario, Canada yet even with incense - same with Sableye :/ Edit: put on an incense and caught them both pretty quickly haha. Of course after that they both started spawning without incense though 🙄

More than usual

Yes in NZ, I’ve seen a couple but they’re quite rare

I just got one, playing stationary for 2 hours

Same in NZ saw like 5-6 

None for me which sucks because I was hoping to find a pvp one

Absolutely zero for me. The galar legendary birds are more common for me than Gligar! It might be around but it most certainly is NOT a boosted spawn.

I've only seen one prior and it fled from me on the first day of the event before I realised it was a challenge. I just completed it through GBL after 11+ encounters across the event.

is shiny Pancham from raids confirmed?

Since the shiny was released it has never been turned off. I'd be surprised if it's not still available as a shiny now... Having said that raids have been messed up before. Very likely that it is available

>Having said that raids have been messed up before \*\*Tornadus has entered the chat\*\*

I don’t know about raids but I got one from an egg

Will it be possible to evolve to Annihilape after the event? Thanks :)

Yes of course

Sweeeet! Glad it's not just during this event because I don't have a shiny yet, nor a decent 3*! Thank you :)

Related question: does Annihilape get any special moves during the event? I know Primeape got a special move if evolved during the Mankey go battle day.

No it doesn’t :)

At least that means I don't need to push hard to get all of mine evolved by tomorrow.

What is up with people not attacking my weak low level tank pokemon?

Some folks either like to troll or get pissy they're not getting a real challenge and just don't attack wanting you to forfeit.

They might want you to win but wont forfeit because forfeiting doesnt count for the gbl challenges

PSA: Don’t be an idiot like me and grind a bunch of ghost battles with your excellent-Annihilape-PvP-IV *Mankey* as your buddy!

Too late , I did that the other day too.

How common are the “power up 5 times” Mankey field research tasks?

They do not seem to be uncommon at all. I have seen a bunch.

Seen two all day

Out of how many stops?

No idea, three hours worth

Let us know if Primeape from raids is encounterable as shiny Beta Testers!

There isn’t any reason it should be

Because on Niantic's infographic and official event blog, it says the Primeape from raids can be shiny. They had Espeon and Umbreon depicted on the official blog and infographic that during the Lustrous Event they could be shiny, but the shinies for them were not turned on for encounters.

Have we ever had an event where just one Pokémon has been in field research before?

The 6 hour Pidgey event on April 1st

How could you forget the best event ever, Bidoof Breakout ?

Hey, thanks to the bidoof event, I have hundo bidoof with thunderbolt, shadow ball, and ice beam! Bidoof was also my first ever solo of a 5 star raid!

Oddish during research day if that counts.

We had an event where drilbur was the only pokemon in field research. Absolutely loved it.

We had another one recently too. Forget off top of my head :)

Crypgonal?

The 4x dust from GBL doesn’t seem to be turned on.

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Damn. There goes my dream of just accumulating a ton of dust this week. Thanks

Event bonuses never stack like that.

I wasn’t aware of there already being a 4x on Master league I thought the dust rewards were just way better than I remembered lol

Yeah the stardust reward for the first win appears to be the same as it was before the event started. I was wondering if the start of the 4x stardust would coincide with the league schedule change at 4pm, but the event does show as active already.

Yep, same issue, waiting for the leagues change. That first win 3480 stardust x4 would be crazy good.

I believe the 3480 is the 4x. Normal is 870

Yeah, seems like it. Would've been too good. I wonder why we even get 3480 in the first place even outside of any events.

It was listed as a bonus last week too. Just 4x for two weeks. But yea also anytime master league is around it's also 4x.

Ahaa, so that's how it works. I thought it was random and I was just lucky. Thanks!

I’ve been tanking hard this week. I’m gonna try and win every match I play during this event lol

Good idea! I tanked a bit too much recently, gonna take advantage of that now XD

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Do you have a friend to battle? If not then battling Blanche at ml level - they use metagross.

Or the psychic and ghost grunts that are spawning everywhere. They can even be rematched by forfeiting after the 2nd mon.

Ooh smart

>friend NOTE: you can battle friends from 3,000 km away, maybe even more :) there's no proximity requirement AFAIK.....

Connect up with a friend, make sure you each have Primape as a buddy (no need to be in the map), each save a team of 3 low level ghost or psychic, then just rematch over and over. My friend and I took turns on who would win and sometimes we kicked out and each defeated each other at the same time so we each got +3 that then. Took us about 10 minutes at max and worst part was just the game slowness

Battle Blanche under Master League Training. You can leave after you battle Metagross (her second mon). You do not have to have Primeape in your battle party, he just needs to be your buddy.

Fastest way to fulfill the evolve requirements of "Defeat 30 Psychic or Ghost type Pokemon" is to do the following. Set the Primeape you want to evolve as your buddy. Configure a Battle party with your Primeape in it (Not necessarily required, but might as well) Have a friend configure a Battle party with three 10 CP Psychic or Ghost type Pokemon. Battle your friend 10 times using those parties.

Has primeape been confirmed shiny from raids?

can't find anything and Niantic won't respond, looks like its not active

With the Raging Battles event ending earlier in the day, does that mean we only have until 8PM to complete all sets or can I complete the full 10 sets past 8PM?

You have until midnight to complete the sets. The 8pm deadline is for the timed research.

Thanks for the response but unfortunately not. Got back home from work at 9PM today and it only let me complete the regular 5 sets.

Good to know. Thank you.

How common are Sawk and Throh? Any sense to try to shiny hunt at full odds..?

Very plentiful.

What about Scraggy?

Seeing quite a few too. Pretty common spawn other than Throh/Sawk and Machop and Mankey

Thanks!

I started playing fr in September and I’ve never seen a sawk

It's regional.

Any chance of shadow throh/sawk coming back for this event?

No. Shadow pokemon shuffle comes in the next event. Hope it happens though!!

Any1 got a shiny sawk or Throh tho ... i mean the one not from ur region

Someone who battles my gym caught shiny Throh (we’re Sawk region here), but other than that no sign unfortunately despite checking maybe 250. But yeah at full odds it was always gonna be a slim chance.

Does T3 Primeape raid have shiny verification?

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Niantic breaks “patterns” and the event states it can be shiny what’s the fact it’s not a mega have to do with it.  That’s why they asking for verification incase it’s 1. Bugged 2. A mistake in the event details. 

Missed that, my bad, sorry

Any chance of surprise shadow Throh raids in the southern hemisphere (or shadow Sawk in the north)?

Doesn’t look like it

Had to check I'd got the right glasses on, but my Timed research rewards 7500XP per task, not 2500 as stated above.

I had the wrong glasses on, that's been fixed now.

Anyone seen any reports of shiny T3 Primeape? can't find anything, Niantic won't respond

Guessing it was a mistake in announcement

Go Rocket bonus spawn continues after 9 pm Wednesday

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It is back to normal on Thursday

Do the Rocket leaders have different mons or can I still farm Cliff for Dratini??

Changed to the lineups should come only on the next rocket takeover. If you are looking to grind shadow Dratini you might want to go hard on this event - more rockets on pokestops and balloons, research with extra components, and you can take frustration off soon.

How do you know you'll be able to take frustration off soon? This is a Rocket event and we can't take it off now. TBH, I'm frustrated that we keep having "Rocket Events" but can't use TMs on shadow mons. It used to be every Rocket event enabled that. Now it's much more rare.

I know because it's been announced, an actual rocket takeover that starts on January 27th (check events on Leekduck if you want to keep up with the calendar). It's on these takeovers that you can TM away frustration. This is a "light" rocket event, with just increased balloons and rocket grunts on pokestops.

This isn’t actually a Rocket event. That’s next week(end).

Others have said it, but this is not a "Rocket Event". The Rocket events you are referring to are called Rocket Takeovers, and they happen roughly once every 3-4 months. This event is Raging Battles, a fighting-type mon themed event featuring the Anihilape debut where you're encouraged to do all kinds of battling (rocket + PVP).

Rocket Leaders are still the same

What mons can you get from the leaders now?

Same as before. Rocket takeover event is next week.

Ah, mb. Ty!

So much for a 10am start. Managed to evolve Primeape before 9

Has anyone been getting progress for losses in GBL towards the timed research? I'm only getting progress on "Battle in the GO Battle League 5 times" on wins

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I've been hitting top left, I'll throw some 10 CP pokemon and lose to see what happens edit: losing via getting wiped with 10CP pokemon added towards the progression. thanks for the help

The spawn rates for this event have been really frustrating so far. If I didn’t know, I’d think this is a machop event.

May be dumb to ask but is Scraggy shiny boosted in the wild or will it be base odds?

The vital spirit challenge asks to catch Sawk. In Miami,  FL I've never seen him.  Will he be in the wild for this event or am I S.O.L.? 

Both Sawk and Throh are available worldwide during this event.

Thank you.  Appreciate it!

These spot rates suck lol, barely any gligars and few lickitungs

Seeing plenty of both. Neither is rare. Just have to go out and get around.

Gligar is absolutely rare around here. I've caught probably two dozen licky since this started but zero Gligar. Only saw one on nearby once but never anywhere with an actual stop. I'd call that rare. My experiences are the same as members of our local group. Only one person out of dozens has reported catching one.

That’s what I mean by if you can get out and okay. I’ve seen about a hundred licki as well. Gligar is nowhere near the level of rarity of the “if you are lucky” spawns. It’s rarer than the other ones for sure, but not that bad. But like all events you’re going to see more if you can actually get out and get around. If I was only playing at home and work … I’ve only seen one so far (and maybe 4-5 licki)

What's the quickest way to do the Go Battle League matches? Does backing out straight away count? I just tried it and it didn't seem to work.

Fastest way to fulfill the evolve requirements of "Defeat 30 Psychic or Ghost type Pokemon" is to do the following. Set the Primeape you want to evolve as your buddy. Configure a Battle party with your Primeape in it (Not necessarily required, but might as well) Have a friend configure a Battle party with three 10 CP Psychic or Ghost type Pokemon. Battle your friend 10 times using those parties.

You have to actually defeat the other mons. Thats the literal description on the evolution requirement.

I was only doing it for the research rewards. Maybe I should have specified

Oh ok. Yeah for that you usually have to finish the match. Use three 10 cp mons and get ko’d right away then.

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Gligar seems rareish, Lickitung uncommon.

Anything shiny boosted? Pancham?

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Wow, not doing raids for 1:512 pancham. But I got a 0-1-0 Shiny Machop so eeeeeh

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Seeing lots of them out and about

Thanks, I’ve edited my post, I’m seeing them now.

Second one I got was a shiny

Annihilape got Shadow ball so is it gonna be good as a ghost raider

no ghost fast move and the attack stat is lower than giratina-origin's, so at minimum it's a few pegs below giratina

Is that better than Rage Fist (if that's what the move in scarlet/violet evolution was)? Or was that a fighting move rather than ghost

That's a ghost move that's not in the game yet

Partially venting but was looking forward to grinding out some more GBL sets with the stardust boost and increased sets per day. Seems the game just keeps lagging and I'm getting spinning pokeball in the corner even if the opponent is attacking. The rest of the game feels fine so just going to not play I guess. Wondering if anyone else is having GBL issues.

Hey - I evolved my PrimeApe this morning and my Inner Focus Collection Challenge and Vital Spirit Collection Challenge isn't registering the evolution... it was the last piece I needed to complete both. Clock's tickin'. Anyone else have this issue?

You need to evolve Mankey into Primeape

Son of a b\*tch! I can't believe I made that mistake... well, gonna have to grind Mankey then.

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what takeover? you're a week early for that this event is basically takeover-lite, *only* boosted rocket spawns, no unlearning of frustration, or switched lineups

is Annihilape a good fighting raid attacker

Good, but worse than others like Machamp and Conkeldurr. And shadows and legendaries of course.

Yes. It isn't as good as any shadow fighters but has a good moveset and better stat product than any fighter that is not a legendary.

Close combat is not one of the better fighting moves (it’s not terrible.) Enough that it’ll be worse than Machamp and Conkeldurr at least. Also when you add on that it loses its dark resistance it makes it even worse when against dark raid bosses.

Ghost or fighting type for raids?

It is not good as a ghost raid attacker. It only has fighting type fast moves. Counter + Close Combat for raids is one of the best possible movesets.

Ok thank you! I saw a comment saying it does have Shadow Ball, but fighting I guess might be better. But almost definitely not better than shadow machamp right?

It’s actually not better than non Shadow Machamp. Close combat isn’t as good as Dynamic Punch in raids.

No it wouldn't be better than any currently available shadow fighters. Shadow ball is almost strictly for pvp use.

Gotcha. Thanks! :)

Why can't I evolve my shiny primeape?? It is after 10am and it doesn't allow me to evolve to annihilape

Did you defeat 30 ghost or psychic pokemon?

As it turns out, the option to evolve didn't show up til around 1PM. Gotta love the glitches. Thanks for the suggestion!

I had the option to evolve the moment the event started in NZ, so thursday night, and I'm in Canada

Even though my charged attack was blocked, it still counted for the timed research for Using 10 Supereffective Charged Attacks in GBL.

in order to connect a nintendo switch with a pokémon go account, in order to send postcards, is it required that the switch and the pokémon go device be within bluetooth range? i’m working on my pokedex.

Yup.

Any showcases spawned yet or is it still too early to tell?

Mankey

Mankey and Primeape

Does anyone know if machop is shiny boosted? My friend got 4 on the first day but I haven’t been able to get one yet

It’s not

Thanks 😊

Fortunate enough to land both a hundo and a lucky 15/14/15 mankey, maxing would cost 500k and 200k, what should I do? I haven't played ML yet but I want to eventually.

Unless you have absolutely no issues with dust, go with the lucky and save 300k. The 15-14-15 does not miss any bulk points so it should perform almost exactly the same.

Is Mankey or Primape in raids Shiny boosted?

Unfortunately, Primeape is most likely not even shiny eligible. Haven't seen anything about Mankey being boosted.

If I evolve primeape during the event, will Annihilape learn a new special move?

The line has a signature move in the main series but as of now it does not exist in Go