Pokémon Spotlight Hour will feature a different Pokémon and a special bonus for one hour at 6:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday during the month of September. Dewpider Spotlight Hour takes place on September 10th, 2024, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon!
This Spotlight Hour is the second September 2024 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting as Dewpider can be shiny!
Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per Pokémon caught. Here’s everything you need to know!
Dewpider Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
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You will get 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon
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Shiny Dewpider is available in Pokémon GO
Note on Stardust Bonus
Dewpider is unfortunately NOT of the rare Pokémon that give extra Stardust on catch, so there is a base rate of 100 Stardust per catch which increases with weather-boost and a Star Piece.
Here’s how much Stardust you can get during Dewpider Spotlight Hour in September 2024, thanks to the 2x Stardust bonus:
| Type of catch | Stardust |
|---|---|
| Regular catch | 200 |
| Weather boosted catch | 250 |
| Regular catch with Star Piece | 300 |
| Weather boosted catch with Star Piece | 375 |
The best possible scenario you can have is to catch a weather boosted ‘mon with an active Star Piece. As Dewpider is a dual WaterBug-type they are boosted by Rainy.
To maximise Stardust caught you’ll likely want to use Great Balls to ensure the catch and use a quick catch technique. Otherwise, you could be spending too much time attempting to catch, rather than just catching.
We believe that the baseline for calculating potential Stardust during this hour should be 60 ‘mon. You should be able to get 60 Pokémon during one hour, regardless of if you are using the Fast catch trick, or just catching slowly.
Here’s how much Stardust you should be able to earn during the Spotlight Hour:
| Star Piece active | Weather is Rainy or Snow | Stardust |
|---|---|---|
| ❌ No | ❌ No | 12,000 |
| ❌ No | ✅ Yes | 15,000 |
| ✅ Yes | ❌ No | 18,000 |
| ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | 22,500 |
- 12,000 Stardust is your minimal Stardust goal. This means you caught 60 Pokémon, but there was no weather boost and you did not activate a Star Piece.
- 15,000 Stardust is your minimal goal if the in-game weather is Rainy.
- 18,000 Stardust is the minimal amount you are looking for with a Star Piece activated. This should be easy to get if you activate two Star Pieces, regardless of in-game Weather. Star Piece increases your Stardust gain by 50%, which is an additional 3,000 Stardust over the baseline.
- and finally… 22,500 Stardust is the amount of Stardust you will get if you catch 60 Pokémon, with a Star Piece active, during Rainy.
The only downside of this event is that Dewpider is relatively difficult to catch, and you will probably want to use Great Balls or Ultra Balls during the event. Otherwise, you could be spending too much time attempting to catch, rather than just catching.
Dewpider
Dewpider is a Water and Bug-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, with a maximum Combat Power of 807 CP. Dewpider best moveset in Pokémon GO is Bug Bite and Bubble Beam. Shiny Dewpider is available in Pokémon GO. Dewpider is boosted by Rain weather.
Dewpider is weak to Electric, Flying, and Rock moves. It is strong against Fighting, Ground, Ice, Steel, and Water moves.
Shiny Dewpider is easy to spot – it goes from its neon green colouring on its body to a rich purple!
| — | Regular | Shiny |
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Araquanid |
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| LVL | CP | LVL | CP | LVL | CP |
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| 1 | 10 CP | 2 | 31 CP | 3 | 53 CP |
| 4 | 74 CP | 5 | 96 CP | 6 | 117 CP |
| 7 | 139 CP | 8 | 161 CP | 9 | 182 CP |
| 10 | 204 CP | 11 | 224 CP | 12 | 245 CP |
| 13 | 265 CP | 14 | 285 CP | 15 | 306 CP |
| 16 | 326 CP | 17 | 347 CP | 18 | 367 CP |
| 19 | 387 CP | 20 | 408 CP | 21 | 428 CP |
| 22 | 449 CP | 23 | 469 CP | 24 | 489 CP |
| 25 | 510 CP | 26 | 530 CP | 27 | 551 CP |
| 28 | 571 CP | 29 | 592 CP | 30 | 612 CP |
| 31 | 622 CP | 32 | 632 CP | 33 | 643 CP |
| 34 | 653 CP | 35 | 663 CP | 36 | 673 CP |
| 37 | 683 CP | 38 | 694 CP | 39 | 704 CP |
| 40 | 714 CP | 41 | 723 CP | 42 | 732 CP |
| 43 | 741 CP | 44 | 751 CP | 45 | 760 CP |
| 46 | 769 CP | 47 | 779 CP | 48 | 788 CP |
| 49 | 798 CP | 50 | 807 CP |
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Dewpider if they are Mega/Primal evolved:
A Note on Mega Catch Bonus
While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.
Here’s a full analysis of Araquanid in PVP, which is a great read. The bottom line is that Araquanid can be viable pretty much only in Great League. It’s dual typing brings about some great resistances and can be pretty bulky too.
