Pokemon GO Gen 2

A PvP Analysis on the Johto Tour Exclusive Legendary Moves

Hello again, fellow PvPers! Quite a while ago, I started reviewing the new moves coming to Johto's Legendary Birds and Celebi during this coming...

Pokemon GO Delibird: release date, Holiday 2017 event and moves

Delibird moves have been added to Pokemon GO in 0.85.1! We believe that Delibird will be released during the 2017 Holiday event, starting around...

Nocturnal species of Pokémon GO (Generation 1, 2 and 3)

We've recently published a research analyzing how time of day influences various Pokémon Type spawns. As the research gained traction, a number of interesting questions surfaced. Among those...

The origins of Legendary Beasts: Raikou, Entei and Suicune

With the release of Legendary Beast trio, a number of trainers asked what is their origin story, should we call them "Beasts" or "Dogs"...

Super Incubator

Super Incubator is a new type of Egg Incubator. Super Incubator enables faster (more efficient) egg hatching by applying a 0.667x distance multiplier value,...

Pokémon GO Shiny Pokémon

Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon GO are special variants of regular Pokémon models, colored differently than their originals. All Generations of Pokémon have Shiny variants, but they...

Generation 1 and 2 Pokémon that do not hatch from Eggs

With the release of Generation II, a number of Pokémon shifted through out Egg hatching groups, with several Generation I losing their place in Eggs. This...

Pinap Berry in Pokemon GO: “The power of Pinap!”

USER GUIDE | Submitted by JustBurris on March 11 2017 With the introduction of the Pinap Berry comes a whole new way to play the game....

Metal Coat in Pokémon GO: should you use Metal Coat on Steelix or Scizor?

USER GUIDE | Submitted by JovJov14 on March 11 2017 The Metal Coat dilemma Say you were lucky enough to get a Metal Coat after your fingers have gone...

Researching Pokémon GO Spawn Mechanics

Spawn points are the core of Pokémon GO, spread across the world like a network of bee hives that create wild Pokémon encounters. It's the...

Pokémon GO Blissey: the tank of all tanks | Max CP, stats, spawn locations

USER GUIDE | Submitted by JustBurris on March 9th 2017In terms of Pokémon GO, Blissey has been a meta defining Pokémon, mostly in Gyms and in...

King’s Rock in Pokémon GO: “Congratulations, you have a King’s Rock. Now what?”

USER GUIDE | Submitted by Larian on 8th March 2017With the release of Generation II, you have a lot of new Pokémon to evolve. One of the...

Poliwrath versus Politoed

USER GUIDE | Submitted by marcosm8 on 8th of March 2017With branched evolution currently active in the game, we would like to discuss the best option...

Six million spawns later: conclusions and confirmations

As our regular readers know, we've been in possession of a database containing 1.8 million recorded Pokémon encounters, which we've been heavily using in...

Pokemon GO Max CP Chart Per Level

Pokemon GO Max CP Chart Per Level Pokemon GO Max CP Chart is updated as new info comes out or when the underlying formula for...

Tyranitar vs Dragonite: round two

USER GUIDE | Submitted by ChaterangaAt the beginning of the year I examined the strengths and weaknesses of these two widely popular Pokemon and made...

Piloswine – piles of awesomeness!

USER GUIDE | Submitted by JovJov14I first saw Swinub​ on social media. It was posted in one of the groups that I joined about Pokemon...

Scizor Pokémon GO: Scizor cuts paper and rock!

Scizor cuts paper and rock! USER GUIDE | Submitted by JovJov14After numerous spins of those Pokéstops, I finally got one. It was sheer unexpected luck. A Metal...

Analysis of how time of day influences different Pokemon Type spawns

Introduction After receiving several reports of anecdotal evidence that Dark Pokemon spawn more during the evening hours of the day, we went on to investigate. Our...

Announcing a week of Generation II Spawn Analysis!

Trainers, recently we were very lucky to acquire a dataset containing roughly 1.8 million Pokémon spawns collected from February 18 through February 22. For the next...

Gen 2 PokéStop Item Drops: Berries and Evolution Items changed it all!

Trainers, we are currently doing a research on PokéStop drops. Currently we are at 23700 recorded drops and will continue to aggregate data submitted by researchers and...

How to evolve Tyrogue into Hitmontop, Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan

In the core game series, Tyrogue evolves into one of its' three forms based on it's highest stat. The same behaviour has been confirmed in...

Generation 2 Region Exclusive Pokémon

Trainers, there has been a lot of debate on which Generation II Pokémon are region exclusive and where they are. We've seen a huge amount of...

Pokémon GO Heracross Max CP, Stats and Moves

The Bug is out There Heracross, the elusive. Heracross, the one to lead the Bugs. That's how people usually refer to Heracross both inside and...

Mareep, Flaaffy and Ampharos Overview | Max CP, Stats, Moves

You've been Thunderstruck With the advent of moves like Volt Switch ELECTRIC and the addition of a stamina heavy Electric Sheeps, the current runs high again. Ampharos is...

Pokémon GO Gen II Buddy Tier List

Trainers, Generation II brought us some big changes to Egg hatches and Buddy Candy distances. In order to help you get the maximum out of your Buddy,...

Pokemon GO Noctowl: “Why not nurture that Noctowl?”

Why not nurture that Noctowl? USER GUIDE | Submitted by JovJov14 on Feb 22 2017 I’ll start this with a note that I love Noctowl. When I watched the...

How to evolve Umbreon and Espeon using Night and Day in Pokémon GO

Trainers, we've been collecting data and testing several Eevee-lution theories for the past few days. Today, we'll be presenting the results of our research and...

Pokémon GO Larvitar, Pupitar and Tyranitar | Max CP, Stats and Moves

At the Feet of a Giant Before Generation II launched Tyranitar was the most hyped Generation II Pokémon, with numerous threads, articles and speculations highlighting...

Best Prestigers for Generation 2

Trainers, this page represents the best prestigers now that Generation 2 has landed. Credit, where credit is due: the initial results were calculate by /u/pulsivesilver on...