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This Week in Pokémon GO: 1-7 May 2023

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Wednesday May 3rd 6pm till 7pm local time Shock Drive Genesect will be appearing in raids for raid hour and it can be shiny!From May 2 to May 9 Shock Drive Genesect will appear in five-star raids and be available as shiny. Geodude (Alola) From April 17 to May 2  Tapu Bulu  will appear in five-star raids and will be available shiny for the first time! Raid Hour Genesect (Shock Drive) GO Battle League: Rising Heroes will start on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. PT. From May 2 to May 11 Mega Scizor will appear in Mega Raids. The following Pokémon hatch from Eggs this Season. These are just some highlighted Egg hatches, more Pokémon can hatch from each egg group! Scizor (Mega) Seasonal bonuses: Rising Heroes From May 2, 2023 10:00am to May 8, 2023 8:00pm local time the Instinctive Hero event takes place. Larvesta and Volcarona will make their debut, shiny Mantyke is released, and special research will be available that rewards an encoun...

Mamoswine as an Ice and Ground-type raid attacker: Is 6*L50 Shadow Mamoswine worth it?

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Edit: I forgot to consider Zygarde raids, which are also best countered by Mamoswine. It should still be duoable by L30 regular Mamoswines with best friends, but harder than Rayquaza and Landorus. More discussions here . However, there are several downsides that are not frequently recognized, especially for regular Mamoswine . Within its own type, Galarian Darmanitan now slightly edges it out. When compared to others, even non-legendaries like Dragonite, Rampardos/Rhyperior and Electivire/Magnezone come on top, sometimes by a lot. The Rayquaza and Landorus duos, which do require Ice , are so easy that even L30 regular Mamoswine teams do the job . The elephant in the room is that you don’t have to build a Shadow Mamoswine solely as a Ground attacker! Once you build it as an Ice type, you can unlock a second charged move or use Charged TMs to get yourself a top Ground attacker for free! It might have been harder to justify the investment as a Ground type alone, but treating i...

Regional Pokémon AR Showcase

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By ShantanuR3597 , Noida, India. ‘I had a blast’ by u501 , Hitachi Seaside Park, Japan. ‘Happy go Ducky!’ by PkmnGoMatt , East Grinstead, United Kingdom. Table of Contents ‘Nice to meet you, Vivillon’ by nana15AR , Hiroshima City, Japan. ‘Precious smile’ by nana15AR , Hiroshima City, Japan. Any day spent with you is day.’ ‘Way too heavy for this bridge’ by Sogeflo , Cosse-le-Vivien, France. ‘No venomous snakes in the area’ by YubelBuster, Near Wiesbaden, Germany. ‘Tropius Lift-Off’ by SuperDrogon1, Hyderabad, Telangana , India. ‘Sun Vivilion amongst the Sunset’ by Kingofshinies , United Kingdom. ‘Flowers look good’ by nana15AR , Hiroshima City, Japan. ‘Series from my ar pokedex’ by Phillw_pogo , Czech Republic. ‘Plusle and Minun in the city’ by pokemoninlife , Shin Sei Green Waterway, Taichung, Taiwan. For our next theme, we’d love to see photos of your favourite black and white Pokémon ! Submit by 25th May...