A special Battle Weekend will take place in Pokémon GO on July 9th and 10th, 2022. You can look forward to numerous encounters with Team GO Rocket, new Crypto Pokémon and cool bonuses in the GO Battle League. We at MeinMMO have summarized all the content of the mini-event for you.
What is this event? Pokémon GO is currently celebrating its 6th birthday and is therefore throwing an anniversary event. Part of this event is the so-called Battle Weekend.
This revolves around Team GO Rocket and the GO Battle League. But you can also benefit from one or the other bonus in raids. We have summarized all the special features of the fight weekend for you below.
When is Fight Weekend? The Battle Weekend starts on July 09, 2022 at 00:00 local time and runs until July 10, 2022 at 23:59. So you have two full days to use the event content.
All Team GO Rocket Battle Weekend bonuses
The highlight of the event will be the return of Rocket leader Giovanni. Many players have been waiting for this for a while. By reaching the hyper bonus during the GO Fest in Berlin, you could earn additional bonuses or improve the planned ones again.
Enjoy the following Rocket Bonuses during Battle Weekend:
Above all, the chance to unlearn the Frustration attack from your Crypto Pokémon will be very interesting for many players. You only get this opportunity a few times a year, so make sure you take advantage of it. You can find out which Pokémon are particularly suitable for unlearning their frustration and how you have to do this in our related article:
Pokemon GO: Unlearn Frustration – 15 Monsters Worth It
All new Shadow Pokémon
Just in time for the start of the battle weekend, a few of the Crypto Pokémon used in battle by the louts and the rocket bosses Arlo, Sierra and Cliff are also changing. And Giovanni has also brought legendary reinforcements into his team with Crypto-Latios.
You can meet the following new Crypto Pokémon from the battle weekend:
Should Niantic announce further crypto-Pokémon, we will add them to the article accordingly.
All GO Battle League Battle Weekend Bonuses
If you prefer to be in the GO Battle League, you can also look forward to one or the other bonus there at the weekend. The following special features await you:
In which leagues can you play? During Battle Weekend, you can compete against other Trainers in the GO Battle League in the following leagues:
You need to know: When choosing your teams, note that depending on the league, the monsters can only have a maximum number of CPs. Only Pokémon up to 1,500 WP are allowed in the super league and up to 2,500 WP in the hyper league. In the master league there is no upper limit.
More Battle Weekend bonuses
In addition to the bonuses for Team GO Rocket and in the GO Battle League, the Battle Weekend has other special features in store for you:
Which monsters get an event attack when evolving? When you evolve the starter Pokémon of the first 5 generations of the game, they get an event attack. They have already been able to learn this at other events in the past, such as the Community Day.
How are you enjoying the Battle Weekend bonuses? Which will you use? Or do you all find the content rather uninteresting and rather skip the mini-event? Write us your opinion on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers.
There’s a lot coming up in Pokémon GO in the coming weeks. We’ll show you all the events in July and which ones are particularly worthwhile.