Pokémon Spotlight Hour will feature a different Pokémon and special bonus for one hour at 6:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday during the month of August. Lileep Spotlight Hour takes place on August 13th, 2024, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with 2× Catch Candy bonus.
This Spotlight Hour is the second August 2024 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting as Lileep can be shiny and you will get 2x Candy on catch! In other words, this is a great time to farm those Lileep candies! This spotlight hour is just after the end of the Adventure Week: Taken Over event in Pokémon GO.
Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per Lileep caught. Here’s everything you need to know!
Lileep Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
You will get 2x Candy for catching Pokémon
Shiny Lileep and its evolution is available in Pokémon GO
Note on Catch Bonus
If you do not want to catch the featured Pokémon, you can make use of the 2x Catch Candy bonus by catching any saved Scatterbug, or opening a Mystery Box or Coin Bag! You can stock up field research or leave any special or timed research encounters until Spotlight Hour to make use of this bonus. If you aren’t interested in Lileep candy, you could even use this bonus to get extra candy from catching raid bosses!
Lileep
Lileep is a Rock and Grass-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, with a maximum Combat Power of 1460 CP. Lileep best moveset in Pokémon GO is Acid and Grass Knot.
Lileep is weak to Bug, Fighting, Ice, and Steel moves. It is strong against Electric and Normal moves. Shiny Lileep is available in Pokémon GO. Lileep is boosted by Partly Cloudy and Sunny weather.
Shiny Lileep has a distinctive difference – it’s usual purple tones turn green. This should be an easy one to spot!
| – | Regular | Shiny |
|---|---|---|
| Lileep |  |
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| Cradily |  |
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| LVL | CP | LVL | CP | LVL | CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 CP | 2 | 57 CP | 3 | 96 CP |
| 4 | 135 CP | 5 | 174 CP | 6 | 213 CP |
| 7 | 252 CP | 8 | 291 CP | 9 | 330 CP |
| 10 | 369 CP | 11 | 406 CP | 12 | 442 CP |
| 13 | 479 CP | 14 | 516 CP | 15 | 553 CP |
| 16 | 590 CP | 17 | 627 CP | 18 | 664 CP |
| 19 | 701 CP | 20 | 738 CP | 21 | 774 CP |
| 22 | 811 CP | 23 | 848 CP | 24 | 885 CP |
| 25 | 922 CP | 26 | 959 CP | 27 | 996 CP |
| 28 | 1033 CP | 29 | 1070 CP | 30 | 1107 CP |
| 31 | 1125 CP | 32 | 1144 CP | 33 | 1162 CP |
| 34 | 1180 CP | 35 | 1199 CP | 36 | 1217 CP |
| 37 | 1236 CP | 38 | 1254 CP | 39 | 1273 CP |
| 40 | 1291 CP | 41 | 1308 CP | 42 | 1324 CP |
| 43 | 1341 CP | 44 | 1357 CP | 45 | 1374 CP |
| 46 | 1391 CP | 47 | 1408 CP | 48 | 1425 CP |
| 49 | 1442 CP | 50 | 1460 CP |
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Lileep 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.
Yes! Don’t dilly dally on getting a good CRADILY. It’s more spice than true meta in Open League play, but… well, wait a second there. Check out what happens if you’re able to find #1 IV Cradily… new wins versus Walrein, Drapion, Mew, and Wigglytuff! (And it shows a loss now versus Lickitung, but that’s actually not true). Well, maybe Cradily IS an underrated candidate in open play! Here’s your heads up to see if you can find a good one in the wild during this event.
