Pokémon Global GO Fest 2024: Mega Evolution Guide

G’day PoGO lovers! Pokémon GO Fest 2024: Global is fast approaching, and it can be overwhelming to try and work out what your priorities should be during these types of huge weekend-long events. With the various habitat spawns, new shinies, raids, eggs, research tasks and other in-game experiences happening, it’s best to go in with a plan for how you want to tackle the day. 

This is where Mega Evolutions come into play. From my perspective, it is really important to prioritise your Mega Evolutions throughout the weekend according to what types of Pokémon are:

• Spawning in the wild;
• You want to raid (this one will be fairly obvious – the newly released Necrozma);
• Relevant for PvP / PvE which require XL candy;
• Which Pokémon you have maxed out in terms of their mega evolution power.

Here is a quick summary of the Mega and XL situation to help you decide where you want your focus to be throughout the weekend. Note this article is focusing primarily on spawns and the Ultra Beasts.

TL;DR

• You could ignore all the event spawns and focus solely on Necrozma. By mega evolving your max Psychic type megas and keeping them on rotation, you can maximise the amount of XL candy you’ll get from raiding Necrozma throughout the event. 
• Unfortunately, there are no Psychic type PvP or PvE relevant GO Fest spawns, so there is a lack of crossover in utility. The most spawns that appreciate an XL candy investment are Dragon and Normal types. That said – my personal pick for your best mega evolution throughout the event is Mega Gardevoir – its Psychic type works for a potential Necrozma XL candy boost, its Fairy type covers Carbink XL candy (see below), and its overall utility in Guzzlord and Buzzwole raids is amazing.
• The number 1 XL candy priority grind for wild spawns should be Carbink, which aside from the recent Spelunker’s Cove event has not been available in the wild for optimal PvP IVs. Carbink is available during the Darkest Night rotations on the Saturday, or at all hours on the Sunday. Not sure about its spawn rates (might be low), but still potentially a great opportunity to get the one you want for PvP.
• Although each rotation has at least one high priority pick for PvP, most players should have enough XL candy through recent events, community days, or longevity in the game. I have detailed which spawns do require an XL investment at different leagues throughout the article, including their priority for grinding.
• When it comes to the Ultra Beasts raids, Necrozma, Kartana and Xurkitree should be your PvE priorities, while Buzzwole and Guzzlord should be your PvP picks (more detail throughout the article).
• For Sunday – Dawn Wings and Dusk Mane Necrozma. If you are PvP or PvE focused, this should be your sole focus for the day, in particular getting enough candy and fusion energy to obtain both formes.
• New shinies! Jangmo-o, Buzzwole, Xurkitree, Necrozma and Pheremosa are all available as shinies for the first time, and all look pretty swish.

Priority Spawns and XL Priorities

This table details the priority spawns per area, the league they are best suited to, and whether an XL candy investment will be required. I won’t go into too much detail on these today, in summary:

• For newer players looking to expand their PvP rosters, the highest priority picks for XL are Carbink, Pidgeot, Dragonite, Garchomp and Mandibuzz. 
• 2nd tier priority picks for XL grinding are Ferrothorn, Galarian Stunfisk, Kommo-o, Chandelure, Trevenant and Ursaluna.
• Many other spawns throughout the event are PvP relevant (eg: Hoppip, Snivy, Noctowl, Emolga, Charjabug, etc) but don’t require XL candy investment in their relevant leagues.
• Hydreigon is the main mon that has PvE utility. It needs its community day move Brutal Swing to have any viability in raids, but is very decent if you have it.

Environment	Spawn	PvP Evolution	League/s	Types	Priority
Dawn Meadow	Pidgey	Pidgeot	UL	Normal Flying	High
Dawn Meadow	Wingull	Pelipper	UL	Water Flying	Low
Dawn Meadow	Ferroseed	Ferrothorn	UL	Grass Steel	Medium
Dawn Meadow	Axew	Haxorus	MLPC	Dragon	Low
Dawn Meadow	Galarian Stunfisk		UL	Ground Steel	Medium
Shining Day	Dratini	Dragonite	ML, MLPC	Dragon	High
Shining Day	Helioptile	Heliolisk	UL	Normal Electric	Low
Shining Day	Jangmo-o	Kommo-o	MLPC	Dragon	Medium
Creeping Dusk	Eevee	Umbreon	UL	Normal	Low
Creeping Dusk	Gible	Garchomp	ML, MLPC	Dragon	High
Creeping Dusk	Litwick	Chandelure	MLPC	Fire Ghost	Medium
Creeping Dusk	Phantump	Trevenant	UL	Grass Ghost	Medium
Darkest Night	Teddiursa	Ursaluna	ML, MLPC	Normal	Medium
Darkest Night	Amaura	Aurorus	MLPC (spice)	Ice Rock	Low
Darkest Night	Carbink		GL	Rock Fairy	Highest*
Darkest Night	Vullaby	Mandibuzz	UL	Dark Flying	High

Below shows the total number of high priority PvP spawns by type across the full event.

Ultra Beast	League/s	Types	PvP Priority	PvE Priority
Necrozma	ML	Psychic	Highest	High
Buzzwole	GL, UL, ML	Bug Fighting	High	Low
Kartana	NA	Grass Steel	Low	High
Guzzlord	GL, UL, ML (spice)	Dark Dragon	High	Low
Xurkitree	NA	Electric	Low	High
Nihilego	NA	Rock Poison	Low	Medium
Celesteela	GL, UL (spice)	Steel Flying	Low	NA
Pheromosa	NA	Bug Fighting	NA	Low

I hope this quick guide has helped you prioritise your PvP and XL grinding for the weekend. You can always find me on Twitter or Instagram for more PoGO analysis. The GOHub team have also been busy at work producing a range of other articles to support you throughout the weekend:

• Global GO Fest 2024 – comprehensive event details
• Pokemon to look out for during Global GO Fest
• Ultra Beasts PvP analysis
• Global GO Fest Preparation Guide

Good luck throughout the weekend with your XL grinding and the shiny hunt!

See ya later,

JTizzle