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Pokémon GO embarrasses itself at World Championship

Unfortunately, Pokemon Go is embarrassing itself in front of everyone.

The Pokémon World Championships is the biggest stage for everything competitive in Pokémon, and Pokémon GO is taking part for the first time in London in 2022 – but unfortunately, it’s embarrassing itself in front of everyone.

Ever since the GO Battle League was added as a feature to Pokémon GO about two years ago, bugs and connection issues have plagued the PvP mode. Competitive fans keep trying to force a response from developer Niantic, who keeps communicating a willingness to work on the mode, but in reality, it seems the California-based company just can’t get a handle on the plague of errors.

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After Pokémon GO already attracted the wrong kind of attention at the Pokémon 2022 European Championships in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, which took place in April, due to a host of technical glitches harrying the competition, Niantic paused the ranking of the GO Battle League for a season to work intensively on the PvP mode. They probably wanted to polish and stabilize it primarily to get it esport-ready for the big show in London.

We can now safely call that an utter failure. The very first day of the World Championships brought the next wave of embarrassment: the first games of the Last Chance Qualifiers got delayed for two hours because the competitors had to deal with so much lag at the venue, that they couldn’t start playing. The nine games scheduled for the first day took players up to seven hours to complete – usually, a trainer battle lasts only a few minutes, but people had to re-connect again and again to even get started. This has been a known issue for big Pokémon GO events for years at this point, so how it could take the organizers by surprise is quite unfathomable. And if they didn’t care, well, that’s even worse.

In addition, the participants had to throw virtually all competitive integrity overboard once they actually got into their matches: the connection problems meant that some of the players’ inputs were simply not registered. Attack commands didn’t go off at all or were delayed, which is disastrous – in Pokémon GO’s battles, victory or defeat often depends on executing attacks at the perfect time in order to make effective use of the monsters’ energy budget. Strategies are planned with razor-thin energy margins in mind. You can forget about all that when half your moves aren’t even registered by the game. Imagine you’re a player and you’re close to making it into the World Championships – and then you’re facing problems like this, tanking your chances.

If Niantic and The Pokémon Company really want to push Pokémon GO as a serious competitive game with esports potential, why are they not holding all of the World Championships on a separate server and with wired connections, as is the standard with offline events for many competitive titles? They even used a separate network for the games shown on stream, so why not give everyone competing there an equal chance to have optimal playing conditions?

For the community, it’s a big mystery. If Niantic and TPC want Pokémon GO to be a staple in the esport space for mobile games instead of the farce it is now, they need to take it seriously – or just leave it be entirely. This half-baked approach certainly is not working out and can only lead to further embarrassment down the line.

The Pokémon GO community and the competitors deserve better.

Let’s concentrate on some positive news to end this: while the World Championships aren’t going well, the in-game event accompanying the competition is going as planned, with Research Tasks and raid battles against the Legendary Pokémon Zacian and Zamazenta being available to tackle.

Written by Marco Wutz on behalf of GLHF.

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Pokémon Go: The best counters for the Zacian raid

Here are the top 15 counters for this tricky Raid target.

As part of the Pokémon World Championships currently taking place in London, Pokémon Go has a number of themed Research Tasks and Raids for players to take part in.

The box legendary for Pokémon Sword, Zacian, is now available as part of a five-star raid where you can catch your own powerful pup. It is unfortunately not possible for your Zacian to be Shiny but it is still a strong Pokémon to add to your team. It is weak to both Steel and Poison types, so here are the top 15 counters for this tricky Raid target.

Pokémon Go: The best counters for Zamazenta raids

Zamazenta, is now available in five star Raids in Pokemon Go. Here are the best Pokemon and moves to counter it.

To celebrate the first time that Pokémon Go will appear in the Pokémon World Championships, legendary Pokémon, Zamazenta, is now available in five star Raids, starting today, Aug. 18, until the end of the month.

This is the Hero variant of Zamazenta and, unfortunately, it is not possible to land a shiny. While it’s a hard ‘mon to take down. It does have a few weaknesses that you can exploit: Flying, Psychic and Fairy. Here are the Pokémon and moves we recommend taking into these raids.

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Pokémon Go: Everything you need to know about the World Championships Research Tasks

Here is a breakdown of what Pokémon Go players can enjoy while the event is going on in London.

Pokémon Go will appear for the first time at 2022’s Pokémon World Championships and to celebrate, the mobile app has a number of new challenges and events. Here is a breakdown of what Pokémon Go players can enjoy while the event is going on in London.

Pokémon GO: Daily Adventure Incense is a game changer

Daily Adventure Incense is a big plus, especially for the often forgotten rural players.

The community likes to grumble about Pokémon GO’s developer Niantic, but the game’s newest feature has been received extremely positively: Daily Adventure Incense is a big plus, especially for the often forgotten rural players.

Niantic is currently rolling out a fresh feature for Pokémon GO worldwide, the Daily Adventure Incense. Rhi presents the item to you during the Special Research “A Mysterious Incense” and guides you through the first usage. As the name suggests, it’s an incense item that you get to use once per day. It remains active for 15 minutes, during which time it will attract Pokémon to your position, as long as you are moving.

Daily Adventure Incense attracts Pokémon that are otherwise hard to find in the wild – and here’s the absolute bombshell: The item even attracts the Legendary Pokémon Galarian Articuno, Galarian Zapdos, and Galarian Moltres. The trio is extremely difficult to catch, with data miners having revealed their catch rates as the lowest in the entire game, but since you might encounter the Legendaries on a daily basis, you should be able to secure the three birds over time. There are already reports of players catching their first Galarian birdie.

Especially for rural players, who are often neglected when it comes to new features, Daily Adventure Incense comes with a huge bonus: if you have 30 or fewer balls in your inventory when you activate the Daily Adventure Incense, you will automatically get 30 Pokéballs. For those who don’t have easy access to PokéStops to fill their reserves, this is an absolute game changer.

How to use Daily Adventure Incense in Pokémon GO

Once you’ve completed Rhi’s’ introductory Special Research, you can easily find the Daily Adventure Incense in your inventory, where you activate it just like regular Incense. It will then disappear from your inventory, but will return the next day. Remember: the effect only works as long as you move during activation. Both types of Incense also cannot be active at the same time.

Reactions by the community so far have been stellar – which is unusual these days, as Niantic more often than not comes under fire for being out of touch with what players actually want. This time, it seems Niantic nailed it. Going out to explore and being able to stumble over excitingly rare, even Legendary Pokémon? Yeah, that’s what Pokémon GO is supposed to be like.

Written by Marco Wutz on behalf of GLHF.

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Catching Meltan in Pokémon GO and obtaining the Mystery Box

Steel Pokémon Meltan can be caught in Pokémon GO in three different ways. Let’s have a look.

Steel Pokémon Meltan can be caught in Pokémon GO in three different ways: first, via the special research story Let’s Go Meltan, second, via the Mystery Box and third, via rare event tasks, such as the current Pokémon TCG Crossover event. This guide introduces you to all three ways to catch Meltan in 2022.

Pokémon GO: Mewtwo Raid Counters

In this guide, we show you the best counters to Kanto’s most menacing Legendary.

Mewtwo graces the fifth-level raids in Pokémon GO with its presence – in this guide, we’ll show you the best counters to Kanto’s most menacing Legendary.

Mewtwo will be available in Pokémon GO’s raids from June 10 to July 1, 2022. As usual, beating the boss enables you to catch a specimen after the raid battle is over. Mew’s tragic clone might even show up as a Shiny variant with some luck, so if you’re still lacking one of these for your collection, this two-week period is a great opportunity to go on the hunt. The Psychic-type is also an excellent addition to your PvE and PvP arsenal – just in case you needed another reason to try your hand at catching one.

Pokémon GO: Best Kyogre raid counters

This guide shows you the best counters against Kyogre, the Legendary from Hoenn.

Kyogre can be found in the Level 5 Raids of Pokémon GO throughout June 2022, and this guide recommends the best counters to the Legendary Water Pokémon.

Hoenn’s watery god is one of the best competitive Pokémon in both the smartphone game and the mainline titles of the series. Therefore, every appearance in the game’s raid battles is a more than welcome opportunity to get your hands on a specimen of the species with particularly advantageous stats – the jackpot is, of course, a Shiny variant with strong stats.

To ensure that Kyogre doesn’t cause you any problems in Pokémon GO’s raids, this guide shows you the best counters against the Legendary from Hoenn.

Ultra Beasts may be coming to Pokémon GO Fest 2022

Developer Niantic posted a teaser showing an Ultra Beast in the form of Nihilego.

Currently, you won’t find any Ultra Beasts in Pokémon GO, but they could make their debut at GO Fest 2022 – an official teaser seems to confirm rumors of this nature.

Developer Niantic published a short teaser on Twitter on Tuesday, which showed the first Ultra Beast in the form of Nihilego. The monster, also known as UB-01 Symbiont, belongs to the Rock and Poison types. The video also shows a mysterious background reminiscent of a wormhole. This also fits the Ultra Beasts, as these are Pokémon from other worlds and dimensions that randomly appeared in wormholes in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. Finally, the teaser shows a uniform of the Ultra Recon Team.

Those don’t look familiar…what’s going on, Trainers? pic.twitter.com/jQgm0srljK

— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) May 24, 2022

With this, Niantic seems to confirm rumors that have been circulating since the announcement of the contents of GO Fest 2022. To be specific, the types of Unown available at the event this year, namely U, B, G, and O – as in Ultra Beasts and Pokémon GO – seemed like a hint.

In addition, the event takes place following the Season of Alola currently underway, which is the region where Ultra Beasts first appear in the games mentioned above.

Ultra Beasts are a third type of very rare Pokémon – alongside Legendary and Mythical pocket monsters. Whether there will be a new catching mechanic associated with them in the game or they will simply appear as raid bosses at gyms instead of Legendaries is currently as unclear as everything else. Randomly appearing wormholes that pop up during walks may be another option in line with Niantic’s philosophy. At least it is now certain that the Ultra Beasts will indeed appear in the near future.

The first portion of GO Fest 2022 is set to take place on June 4 and 5, 2022.

Written by Marco Wutz on behalf of GLHF.

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Pikmin Bloom expedition guide for more stars

Need to get more stars in expeditions to complete challenges? Everything you need to know about expeditions is in this guide.

Pikmin Bloom is currently Niantic’s most recent foray into AR games and uses one of Miyamoto’s own creations, the Pikmin creatures. These plant-animal-insect hybrids can be used to help you journey through dangerous lands in the mainline Pikmin games, but in Pikmin Bloom you’ll be growing Pikmin, sending them on short missions, and nurturing them in order to gather exclusive Decor Pikmin.

On your journey you’ll be undertaking plenty of expeditions. In order to unlock more expeditions, and get as many stars as possible, read through our tips below. If you’re struggling to complete the challenges you need to level up, we have the information you need.