Niantic has announced that they will be removing Tier 2 and Tier 4 raids from Pokémon GO. Both tiers were in a weird place difficulty wise, and the removal should make it easier to balance rewards and raiding difficulty across the board. Here’s what Niantic shared via Twitter:
Trainers, we’ve made some changes to the raid tiers:
- There will no longer be two-star or four-star raids.
- Pokémon from two-star and four-star raids have been added to the tier below them, respectively.
- Rewards for one-star raids and three-star raids are increased to what two-star and four-star raids awarded, respectively.
We’ll be releasing a more detailed update on these changes soon. Thank you!
Raid bosses after Tier 2/4 removal
| Tier 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
 Timburr |
 Prinplup |
 Gligar |
 Marowak |
 Kingler |
 Shinx |
 Oshawott |
 Sandshrew |
 Wailmer |
| Tier 3 | ||
 Marowak (Alola) |
 Rhydon |
 Onix |
 Raichu (Alola) |
 Vaporeon |
 Claydol |
 Machamp |
 Donphan |
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| Tier 5 | ||
 Heatran |
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