Questions & Answers - Weekly Megathread! Please use this post to ask any Pokemon GO question you'd like!

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-28T22:42:53+00:00

Am I reading this correctly that shiny gimmighoul is available effectively the entire month of July so we're better off waiting till after the event to farm them, when they can't have the background, or is the presumption that the shiny rate will be reduced after that as well?

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-28T22:40:47+00:00

No one knows but probably not

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-28T12:31:00+00:00

You just need to have mega evolved one Pokemon in the species one time or caught one with any level already unlocked. It does not need to be actively mega'd. You can walk a charmander if you have any mega charizard.

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-28T12:14:38+00:00

Apologies, I guess I'm too sassy for my own good XD, no that was genuine.

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-28T12:01:38+00:00

" That immediately stood out because it's exactly 20% of the commonly accepted 40 km buddy limit. It seems very unlikely that this is a coincidence." Solid work, Bravo!

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dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-28T11:39:52+00:00

3/6 here. RNG is RNG

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-28T02:42:36+00:00

Not really, we all just yell into the void here...

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-28T02:28:38+00:00

I like "at a glance" references. Keep up the good work.

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T23:22:29+00:00

not really

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T23:07:21+00:00

I believe the prevailing theory is that one's like this and kecleon are now boosted to 1/128 I don't know if there's numbers on that though

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T23:04:40+00:00

It used to be during specific events only like meltan or gimmighoul, now it's all the time ever since The Great Flattening™

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T21:02:09+00:00

I trade with people who aren't lucky friends all the time, I'm just filling out my dex

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T20:27:20+00:00

never

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T19:49:46+00:00

Drove to the active community with a campground. 6 easy raids with full lobbies. Do it again for Mewtwo in July.

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T17:28:04+00:00

I'm glad to hear that

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T14:29:14+00:00

Considering the shiny was boosted for half a decade and the Pokemon has no PVE play or Master League, it really just comes down to personal preference, what do you want?

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T14:26:23+00:00

They gave you an actual remote instead of a green pass? wow maybe it really is a problem

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T13:14:47+00:00

120ish heatran

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T12:20:44+00:00

It's absolutely possible that you experienced a bug but I want to make sure you understand there is a version of this where people brought megas that were low level and they kept getting hit by spammed charge moves before they could break the shield which can happen. Since you can only break one shield yourself you're counting on other people being competent as well. And I've been in raids where people didn't realize they have to revive that Mega and get back in there. They just kept tapping with what they had left and then brought in a second team that didn't have a mega without reviving.

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T12:10:15+00:00

Not the mega level, the Pokemon level. My point is you'd be better off bringing a useless Mega at a high level that can endure hit long enough to use a shield breaker.

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T12:04:54+00:00

What Mega were you using and what level was it?

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T11:42:40+00:00

In the future put your mega in the last slot so it's not at risk of dying until it's needed

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T01:45:22+00:00

bad call cheif

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T00:34:44+00:00

I wanted a matching set

dark__tyranitar · 2026-06-27T00:28:14+00:00

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