Pokemon GO: Pokémon GO Battle League Season 2

UPDATE

Niantic has identified a technical issue that needs to be addressed before transition to Season 2 of GO Battle League. Due to this, they are delaying the start of Season 2 until Monday, May 11, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. PDT (GMT −7). Trainers will also be able to claim their end-of-season rewards then.

Launch of Season 2

Season 2 Planning

Season 2 of the GO Battle League begins on Friday May 1, 2020 at 10 p.m. and ends on July 6, 2020 at 10 p.m. Here is the schedule for this Season 2:

Season 3 will start on July 6, 2020 at 10 p.m.

Season 2 program

The following will be the same as Season 1:

• The distance or Pokecoins to unlock League Battles will not be necessary: 5 series of Battles per day.
• Guaranteed Pokémon encounters will continue to be Metagross at rank 1 and Pikachu Libre at rank 10
• Avatar items will continue to be inspired by Pikachu Libre at rank 7 and Pierre Rochard at rank 10.

The following will be new to Season 2:

• The reward system linked to encounters has been modified: without a pass, you will be able to meet a Pokémon after your 3rd victory, and with a pass, you will be able to meet a Pokémon after your 1st victory.
• The ranking system has been adjusted: more wins are needed to reach ranks 4, 5, 6 and 7.
• Other Pokémon will sometimes be offered as combat rewards:

Stunfisk

Rank 4

Available as a reward

Rufflet

Rank 8

Available as a reward

Scraggy

Rank 9

Available as a reward

Avatars

Rank 10

New avatar pose (unknown)

• The reward for the end of season 1 will be a Fast Move for Trainers of Rank 7 and above! This object will teach a "legacy" attack (available only in events) to one of your Pokémon! Handy if you missed a Community Day!

Trainer Batlles Updates

The trainer fights will be entitled to a few small adjustments:

• Trainer fights between friends are accessible whatever the level of friendship (minimum Good friends)
• Addition of a QR Code allowing Trainers from all over the world to compete, whatever their level of friendship or the distance between them.

Original content by "ZelekThorm".

Pokémon GO: Darkrai, Giratina Altered Forme and Virizion are back to Raid Battles

If the Raids are now possible remotely thanks to the new Passes, three Legendary Pokémon are back on Pokémon GO! From the end of April and in May, you can therefore face Darkrai, Virizion and Giratina to hope to obtain them in shiny.