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 February. Dratini Spotlight Hour takes place on February 6th, 2024, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x XP for catching Pokémon.
This Spotlight Hour is the first February 2024 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting as Dratini can be shiny! Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per Dratini caught. Here’s everything you need to know!
Dratini Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
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You will get 2x XP for catching Pokémon
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Shiny Dratini and its evolutions are available in Pokémon GO
Note on XP Bonus
If you do not want to catch the featured Pokémon, you can make use of the 2x catch XP bonus by catching any saved Scatterbug, or opening a Mystery Box or Coin Bag! Remember to stack 2 Lucky Eggs if you’re out for the duration of Spotlight Hour.
Dratini
Dratini is a Dragon-type Pokémon. Dratini is weak to Dragon, Fairy, and Ice-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Electric, Fire, Grass, and Water-type moves. Dratini has a Max CP of 1136 in Pokémon GO, it is weather boosted by Windy weather, and it was originally found in the Kanto region. Shiny Dratini is available in Pokémon GO.
Dratini evolves to Dragonair with 25 Dratini Candy. Dragonair evolves to Dragonite with 100 Dratini Candy.
Shiny Dratini has a wonderful pink colour, so it very easy to see. Good luck if you’re going on a shiny hunt!
| Regular | Shiny | |
| Dratini |  |
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| Dragonair |  |
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| Dragonite |  |
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| LVL | CP | LVL | CP | LVL | CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 CP | 2 | 44 CP | 3 | 74 CP |
| 4 | 105 CP | 5 | 135 CP | 6 | 165 CP |
| 7 | 196 CP | 8 | 226 CP | 9 | 256 CP |
| 10 | 287 CP | 11 | 315 CP | 12 | 344 CP |
| 13 | 373 CP | 14 | 401 CP | 15 | 430 CP |
| 16 | 459 CP | 17 | 488 CP | 18 | 516 CP |
| 19 | 545 CP | 20 | 574 CP | 21 | 602 CP |
| 22 | 631 CP | 23 | 660 CP | 24 | 689 CP |
| 25 | 717 CP | 26 | 746 CP | 27 | 775 CP |
| 28 | 803 CP | 29 | 832 CP | 30 | 861 CP |
| 31 | 875 CP | 32 | 890 CP | 33 | 904 CP |
| 34 | 918 CP | 35 | 933 CP | 36 | 947 CP |
| 37 | 961 CP | 38 | 976 CP | 39 | 990 CP |
| 40 | 1004 CP | 41 | 1017 CP | 42 | 1030 CP |
| 43 | 1043 CP | 44 | 1056 CP | 45 | 1069 CP |
| 46 | 1082 CP | 47 | 1095 CP | 48 | 1109 CP |
| 49 | 1122 CP | 50 | 1136 CP |
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Dratini 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.
There’s something about the Dratini family that makes them special. Last season TontonBatteuse wow’d the European Internationals stage with his Dragonair. And now Wdage is out here getting the first on-stream tournament win of the season with a Dragonite.
Now, does that mean Dragonite is the new replacement for the now nerfed Altaria as a fellow Dragon Pokémon? I personally don’t think so. While they do share the typing, Dragonite only benefits as a type defensively, as it doesn’t typically want to run any flying-type moves. And even then, the type does make Dragonite even worse against Registeel than Dragon types already were. As Registeel’s Zap Cannon is now going to do neutral damage, as opposed to being resisted by Dragonite.
Nevertheless, Dragonite was never a bad Pokémon for the Great League despite its main home being the Master League. And it definitely worked out well for Wdage, helping him win the Pittsburgh Regional.
