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This Week in Pokémon GO: Jan 31 to Feb 6, 2022

It’s time to have a look at everything Pokémon GO will offer in the coming week.

Another month has passed – in Pokémon GO, the turn of the month means, as usual, that a number of changes are in store for you: A fresh challenge strains your catching skills, a new research breakthrough beckons, and numerous events await. What’s on offer in Pokémon GO in the week from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, 2022? You can read all about it in the weekly preview below.

This Week in Pokémon GO: Power Plant Event Part 2, Minun Spotlight Hour and more

The release week of Pokémon Legends: Arceus has arrived, so Pokémon GO players might be in for a surprise or two.

The time has come: The release week of Pokémon Legends: Arceus has arrived, so Pokémon GO players might be in for a surprise or two – after all, data miners have already tracked down Hisuian Voltorb in the smartphone games’ data. The only question is what plans Niantic has for the promo event – will it be integrated into the ongoing Power Plant event, or will February kick off with an Arceus event? Does the mysterious portal you’re currently exploring as part of the Season of Heritage give us the answer?

More questions pop up every week. But before you endlessly rack your brains over them, you might want to catch some Pokémon – the XP Challenge is slowly winding down. To find out what’s on offer in Pokémon GO during the week of Jan. 24-30, 2022, check out our weekly preview below.

Pokémon GO: How to counter Shock Genesect in Raids

The very best Pokémon to take down Shock Genesect in Raids as fast as possible in Pokémon GO. These are the very best choices.

Genesect has already been available in various forms in Pokémon GO – this interstellar monster is very versatile and can be equipped with various modules that give it different attacks. In this case, Zap Cannon.

Shock Genesect will be available for the first time as a level-five raid boss in the smartphone game from Saturday, January 15, 2022, at 10am local time until Monday, January 24, 2022, at 10am local time. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to capture the Shiny version in this period. You can find the best counters to Shock Genesect in Pokémon GO in this guide – read on below for everything you need to know, and check our complete Raid counters guide for more meta Pokémon counters in Pokémon GO.

You can now catch Ditto in Pokémon GO, and it is required for a Research Task.

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Two LAPD officers were fired for chasing a Snorlax in Pokémon GO while on duty

The in-car video system caught the officers failing to respond to a backup request.

Two LAPD police officers were fired in 2017 for playing Pokémon GO while on duty and a California judge has denied their reinstatement appeal.

A report by VICE notes that, according to court documents, former LAPD officers Eric Mitchell and Louis Lozano lost their jobs for “willfully abdicating their duty to assist a commanding officer’s response to a robbery in progress and playing a Pokémon mobile game while on duty.”

In April 2017, Lozano and Mitchell received instructions to assist with a robbery in progress while being stationed at the LA mall where the incident was taking place. However, neither officer responded to the call. Instead, they chose to chase after a Snorlax, a rare spawn in Pokémon GO.

“For approximately the next 20 minutes, the [in-car video system] captured [Mitchell and Lozano] discussing Pokémon as they drove to different locations where the virtual creatures apparently appeared on their mobile phones,” state the court documents. “On their way to the Snorlax location, Officer Mitchell alerted Officer Lozano ‘a Togetic just popped up’.”

Two cops were fired from the LAPD after they failed to respond to the report of a robbery and drove off to hunt a Snorlax in Pokemon Go.

They appealed (said it wasn't okay for squad car recording of them to be used against them). They lost.

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The officers then proceeded to catch Togetic, exclaiming — per court documents –“Holy Crap. Finally,” Mitchell said. “The guys are going to be so jealous.”

After the incident, both Lozano and Mitchell denied playing Pokémon GO. They tried to appeal on the basis that in-car video should not be used to monitor private conversations. On Friday, Jan. 7, though, a judge stated it was ‘flawed’ logic and denied their appeal.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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All Pokémon GO level up rewards and requirements, 1-50

All Pokémon GO level up rewards, requirements, and tips to get there are listed right here, so you can get to max level as fast as possible.

Raising your trainer’s level in Pokémon GO is one of the big main tasks of the smartphone game – besides catching ’em all and completing the Pokédex, of course. The higher your level rises in Pokémon GO, the more features you can unlock and the higher you can push the CP of your Pokémon to make them stronger in battle. There are a total of 50 trainer levels since the winter 2020 GO Beyond update, the previous maximum being 40.

While levels 2 to 40 only require you to earn experience points (XP), Niantic has come up with a special system for levels 41 to 50: each level up in this range has some additional conditions that you need to fulfill in the form of quests. This guide will show you what you need to do to reach levels 41 to 50 in Pokémon GO and what rewards are waiting for you. In addition, all XP requirements and rewards for all other levels will be listed to help you keep track of everything.

If you want to grind out levels as fast as possible, take a look at our Pokémon GO XP farming guide. It helps if you know your Raid counters, too.

Pokémon GO Battle League: Sinnoh Cup meta tier list

Full tier lists for all roles in your Pokémon GO Battle League team. Dominate the Sinnoh Cup with this tier list.

Season 10 of GO Battle League is currently underway in Pokémon GO, and the next change in format is due to take place: Master League – the highest weight class – will take a well-deserved break at 10pm local time on January 10, 2022. At that time, Great League and Sinnoh Cup will step in. If you’re competing in the Great League, make sure to check our Great League tier list.

This guide is about Sinnoh Cup, a limited format that only allows Pokémon with a maximum of 1,500 Competition Points (CP) to compete that have a Pokédex ID between #387 and #493 and thus originate from the eponymous region. If you need more Pokémon GO tips, take a look at our raid counters guide.

Pokémon GO: How to counter Heatran in raids

Here’s how to counter the fiery Heatran in Pokémon GO raids, or wherever else you find it.

Heatran is fiery foe to go up against in Pokémon GO. If you encounter this Pokémon in Raids, when facing off against enemies in battles, or perhaps in a gym, you need to know the best ways to take it down. This guide will assume you’re fighting Heatran in a Raid – its most powerful incarnation by far – but of course these tips will apply when fighting Heatran in any situation in Pokémon GO.

If you’re having trouble when battling against this hot-headed monster, just read through our detailed guide below and you’ll soon be able to take down Heatran no matter where you find it.

Heatran: Weaknesses

In the role of a fifth-level raid boss, Heatran commands 49,192 Competition Points (CP). After defeating the monster, you can capture it with a strength between 2,058 and 2,681 CP. The most powerful specimens appear in clear weather and snow. The Fire and Steel-type Pokémon is imbued with several resistances – the most effective moves are limited to the Water, Fighting and Ground types. Ground is easily the type which deals the most damage, is therefore what our list below focuses on.

Heatran: Best Counters

Garchomp (Mud Shot, Earth Power)
Landorus (Therian Forme) (Mud Shot, Earthquake)
Rhyperior (Mud-Slap, Earth Power)
Landorus (Incarnate Forme) (Mud Shot, Earth Power)
Groudon (Mud Shot, Earthquake)
Excadrill (Mud-Slap, Drill Run)
Rhydon (Mud-Slap, Earthquake)
Golurk (Mud-Slap, Earth Power)
Krookodile (Mud-Slap, Earthquake)
Golem (Mud-Slap, Earthquake)
Donphan (Mud-Slap, Earthquake)
Swampert (Mud Shot, Earthquake)
Flygon (Mud Shot, Earth Power)
Mega Blastoise (Water Gun, Hydro Cannon)
Mamoswine (Mud-Slap, Bulldoze)

Ground attacks deliver double the punch because the Fire and Steel types have a common weakness in them. It’s easy to see the impact of this by the fact that the powerful Mega Blastoise – usually a mighty DPS guarantor – only appears at the bottom of the list. If you want to bring Heatran to its knees quickly, Ground attacks are the easiest way to go.

Written by Marco Wutz on behalf of GLHF.

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Pokémon GO Eevee evolutions: name trick and evolve conditions

All the Eevee names Pokémon GO has to offer to help you evolve the right eeveelution.

Eevee is the cutest and most versatile of all Pokémon. Eight different evolutions, nicknamed eeveelutions by the fans, for the little pocket monster are now available in Pokémon GO, and not even all types are covered by those yet. Evolving Eevee in the smartphone game has become a scientific discipline in its own right – especially if it is to be done in a targeted manner.

See, if you simply evolve an Eevee in Pokémon GO, the resulting evolution is going to be randomized. But in most cases, you’re looking to get a specific Pokémon out of it. This guide will show you to get the specific eeveelution you desire. Check out our XP farming guide to get to max level fast.

Pokémon GO: All regional Pokémon and locations

If you want to catch them all you will have to start traveling – or become friends with someone that already has.

Regional Pokémon are a thorn in the side of all monster collectors in Pokémon GO – this guide shows you where you can find all the hidden creatures in 2022.

The Pokédex is an ever-expanding compendium of all existing pocket monsters – filling it is the end goal and ambition of every trainer in Pokémon GO, as in all the mainline games of the series. In the main games, there are version-exclusive Pokémon that can only be obtained by trading with the owner of the other edition. In Pokémon GO there is a different restriction – a regional one.

Pokémon GO: XP farming guide

Farm XP in Pokémon GO as effectively as possible with this handy guide.

In Pokémon GO, Experience Points (XP) are used to raise your trainer level. By leveling up you unlock various game features – such as the right to nominate new PokéStops – and increase the maximum level of your own Pokémon. In addition, as part of the Season of Heritage, Team Leader Spark’s XP Challenge in January 2022 expects you to collect 240,000 XP within a month to unlock various rewards. This guide shows you how to farm XP in Pokémon GO as effectively as possible.