Pokémon GO Fest Copenhagen 2026 features a huge selection of Pokémon, but some catches are far more valuable than others. Between powerful raid attackers, useful PvP Pokémon, regional exclusives, rare costumes, shiny debuts, and the arrival of Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Mewtwo Y, there is plenty to prioritize during the event.
This guide highlights the best Pokémon to catch at Pokémon GO Fest Copenhagen 2026 based on their value in raids, PvP, and collection. It covers confirmed wild encounters and raid bosses, including the Pokémon worth farming for Candy, good IVs, shinies, and future investment.
For Gameplay
Unlike previous GO Fest events, Copenhagen will not feature traditional habitat rotations. Instead, different areas of Fælledparken will focus on specific gameplay features, with event Pokémon appearing throughout the park and across Copenhagen during the city experience.
As such, this guide will be divided into three main segments, Pokémon worth catching for gameplay purposes, Pokémon worth catching for collections and the use cases of Pokémon that will be available in raids during the event. Starting with the gameplay focused ones:
Charmander
Charmander
Wearing a Pikachu Visor
Charmander’s final evolution, Charizard is almost a secondary mascot for the Pokémon franchise. So it should come as no surprise that Charizard has multiple uses across Pokémon GO’s various gameplay modes. While regular Charizard isn’t particularly exceptional, it’s shadow form often finds itself in the Great, Ultra and Master Premier Leagues, thanks to its many legacy attacks. Shadow Charizard and Mega Charizard Y are also fantastic Fire and Flying type raid attacker, whereas Mega Charizard X is a solid Fire-type raid attacker and even a decent Dragon-type raid attacker. Charizard even has a Dynamax Form, which is a solid Mega Raid Pokémon.
While these special forms of Charizard aren’t going to be available during GO Fest, it is still a good way to get some candies and a special costumed form of the Charmander-line to boot!
Alolan Marowak
Alolan Marowak
While the original Kantonian Marowak outperforms its Alolan counterpart in the Great League, Alolan Marowak can still be a decent spice pick as well. It has decent bulk and can be quite spammy with Bone Club and the legacy move, Shadow Bone.
Scyther
Scyther
Scyther’s evolution Scizor is a Bug and Steel type that performs exceptionally well in the Great and Ultra Leagues in its shadow form. Other than that, both Scyther and Scizor can be solid Bug-type raid attackers. And Scizor has a mega form which works well as a Steel-type raid attacker as well.
Bagon
Bagon
Bagon is the famous psuedo-legendary from Hoenn, which eventually evolves into Salamence. As with other psuedo-legendary Dragon-types, Salamence has multiple uses. In any of its forms, Salamence is a solid Flying and Dragon-type raid attacker. Other than that, Salamence in its shadow form can actually be a viable Pokémon for the Master League.
Mudbray, Dhelmise and Sinistea
Slowing down a bit, Mudbray’s evolution Mudsdale can be a decent Ground-type raid attacker, but not much else. The same applies for Flareon, Eevee’s Fire-type evolution, and Dhelmise. Dhelmise is an okay Ghost-type raid attacker, and does have some spice potential in the Ultra League, but is largely outphased by Trevenant in its type category. Whereas Flareon can be an okay Fire-type raid attacker if you’re lacking in options.
For Collection
While not necessarily ones that provide specific gameplay benefits, these rare Pokémon are still worth collecting if you’re following the motto of “Gotta Catch ‘Em All” and want to add some rather exclusive Pokémon to your roster. Starting with:
Costumed Pikachu And Caterpie
We already took a look at the new costumed Charmander but Charmander’s Kantonian companions Pikachu and Caterpie are getting costumes at GO Fest as well. Pikachu adds to its expansive list of costumes by adding a hat to represent Team Valor, whereas Caterpie gets the second closest thing to a cowboy hat.
Regional Exclusives
Comfey, which are typically only found in Hawaii and Combat Breed Paldean Tauros, a type of Tauros only found in the Iberian Peninsula will be available to catch during the event. Paldean Tauros will be available via raids, wheres Comfey will be out in the wild. Though its worth noting that Comfey is shiny locked and only the non-shiny variant will be available.
Unown
Unown
Every form of Unown will be available during the event! If you’re trying to complete your Unown dex, or the much more difficult shiny Unown dex, this is a great opportunity to catch the ones you might be missing.
New Debuts
The shiny form of Wash Rotom will be available for the first time in Pokémon GO during GO Fest, additionally the Mythical Pokémon, Zeraora will be making its debut and ticket-holding trainers will be able to complete a special research to encounter one.
Raid Pokémon
Almost all raid Pokémon have some use, whether that be for collecting or gameplay. So at last, we will take a look at all the raid Pokémon and what they can be used for:
Three-Star Raids
Paldean Combat Breed Tauros
As mentioned before, this breed of Tauros is only available in the Iberian Peninsula, arguably making it the hardest to come by of the three Paldean breed, so this is a good opportunity to catch it for those living in other parts of the world.
Five-Star & Five-Star Shadow Raids
Lots of 5-star raids to tackle this GO Fest but Mewtwo definitely feels like the star of the show! In fact, Mewtwo will be available during raids in multiple unique forms, two of which we will take a look at later. While Regular Mewtwo is outclassed by the Shadow form, it is still one of the best Psychic-type raid attackers you can ask for, along with being a solid choice for the Master League.
The two Fire-type legendaries Entei and Moltres are both some of the best Fire-type raid attackers, especially in their shadow forms. Moltres’s both versions generally outperform Entei’s both versions, as in Shadow Moltres outperforms Shadow Entei, whereas Regular Moltres outperforms Regular Entei. Though ultimately, both are very very solid choices. Moltres in both forms are fantastic Flying-type raid attackers as well.
Finally, Shadow Groudon and Shadow Kyogre are among the absolute best as Ground and Water-type raid attackers respectively, though for PvP their regular variants outperform. It’s also worth noting while they are among the best, they are not THE best, for that we have to look at:
Primal Raids
So, Primal Groudon and Kyogre, which behave like Mega forms of Groudon and Kyogre will also be available during GO Fest. These are the strongest Ground and Water-type raid attackers you could ask for right now, and will likely be so going into the future. Not only that, Groudon in its primal form gets a secondary Fire-typing making it a solid Fire-type raid attacker as well. However, despite that, these two are not the highlights of the raids in GO Fest this year. That honor goes to:
Super Mega Raids
Mewtwo’s two mega forms will debut during GO Fest this year and are definitely the highlights of this year’s events. A timed research must be acquired which will allow you to participate in the recently introduced Super Mega Raid against either Mega Mewtwo X or Mega Mewtwo Y. Mega Mewtwos caught during these raids will have at least Mega Level 1 unlocked with the potential to have Mega Level 2 and 3 being unlocked from the start as well if you are lucky. With how strong Mewtwo already is Mega Mewtwo X and Y are likely to become some of the strongest raid attackers after they are available!
Conclusion
GO Fests have recently begun changing the formula around and this year is no different. Not only do we have gameplay focused areas as opposed to habitats to look forward to and a seperate city experience, we also have the debut of the much beloved Mega Mewtwo X and Y with the equally new and novel Super Mega Raids. With an all new experience to look forward to in this year’s GO Fest, I’m sure it’ll be a fun experience and I hope this article has helped you narrow down what to focus on. Have fun, and stay safe out there.
Goodbye for now, Pokémon trainers. Priom-out!
