GO Battle League Season 1: Everything You Need to Know – Pokemon GO Hub

Trainers, attention! The GO Battle League preseason is coming to an end, and Niantic has just announced that Season 1 starts this month on Friday, March 13, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. PDT (GMT 7)!

Niantic has prepared a metric ton of events, rewards and challenges in the period leading up to the start of Season 1, all of which weve collected and broken down in this article. New shiny Pokmon and Elite Fast and Charged TMs are on their way as well!

Note for all events mentioned in this post: In-game events for may vary in the following areas until further notice. Players in these areas can stay tuned to official Niantic and GO Hub channels for updates.

As a thank you for participating in Preseason, Trainers who achieved rank 4 or higher will receive a Premium Battle Pass as part of their end-of-preseason rewards.

To celebrate the end of the preseason, from today, Thursday, March 5, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. PST (GMT 8) to Friday, March 13, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. PDT (GMT 7), all three leagues will be available to play in the GO Battle League!

For a limited time, Darkrai, Altered Forme Giratina, and Thundurus will be coming to the GO Battle League as rare reward encounters, starting at rank 4! Darkrai and Altered Forme Giratina especially can be powerful additions to your Ultra League and Master League teams, so be sure to catch them if you can!

Leading up to and at the beginning of Season 1, look forward to the following GO Battle Leaguethemed events to help you catch strong Pokmon to use in battle and gain more Stardust to power up your Pokmon.

Please note, the event-exclusive Pokmon appearing in raids and in the wild will not occur in Japan, South Korea, and Italy. Event bonuses will still occur in Japan, South Korea, and Italy.

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Strong Pokmon will be appearing in raids, including Skarmory, Swampert, Shieldon, and more! Registeel and Cresselia will be appearing in five-star raids. Youll also earn twice the usual Stardust from Raid Battles and Trainer Battles during this event. Please note that this bonus will not apply to GO Battle League Trainer Battles.

Featured Pokmon:

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More Pokmon thought to be powerful in the GO Battle League will be available in raids, including Altered Forme Giratina in five-star raids. Fighting-type Pokmon will also be appearing more frequently in the wild! Also if youre lucky, you might find a Shiny Timburr! Your best bet would be battling and catching it in one-star raids!

There will also be the following GO Battle League bonuses during the event period.

Featured Pokmon

Niantic is tuning and tweaking several aspects of the GO Battle League. Were excited to announce the following changes to the GO Battle League for Season 1:

Season 1 will rotate through leagues, just like the preseason did. Season 2 is set to begin in early May, but please note that all these dates are still tentative. Stay tunedwell update you as soon as anything changes.

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GO Battle League Season 1: Everything You Need to Know - Pokemon GO Hub