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 January. Ralts Spotlight Hour takes place on January 16th, 2024, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with 2× Transfer Candy bonus.
This Spotlight Hour is the third January 2024 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting as Ralts can be shiny and you will get 2x Candy on transfer! In other words, it’s a great time to have a clear out of your Pokémon storage.
Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per Ralts caught. Here’s everything you need to know!
Ralts Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
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You will get 2x Candy for transferring Pokémon
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Shiny Ralts and its evolutions are available in Pokémon GO
Note on Transfer Bonus
If you do not want to catch the featured Pokémon, you can make use of the 2x Transfer Candy bonus by transferring any saved Scatterbug, or opening a Mystery Box or Coin Bag! This is a great opportunity to clear out your storage, transfer Legendary Pokémon you have been clinging onto, and rare Pokémon you need more candy for. If you need help managing your Pokémon storage, check out our full guide here.
Ralts
Ralts is a Psychic and Fairy-type Pokémon. Ralts is weak to Ghost, Poison, and Steel-type moves. Ralts has a Max CP of 609 in Pokémon GO, it is weather boosted by Windy and Cloudy weather, and it was originally found in the Hoenn region. Shiny Ralts is available in Pokémon GO.
Ralts evolves to Kirlia with 25 Ralts Candy. Only male Kirlia can evolve to Gallade with 100 Candy and a Sinnoh Stone. Gardevoir evolves from Kirlia with 100 Candy
| Regular | Shiny | |
| Ralts |  |
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| Kirlia |  |
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| Gallade |  |
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| Gardevoir |  |
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| Mega Gardevoir |  |
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| LVL | CP | LVL | CP | LVL | CP |
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| 1 | 7 CP | 2 | 23 CP | 3 | 40 CP |
| 4 | 56 CP | 5 | 72 CP | 6 | 89 CP |
| 7 | 105 CP | 8 | 121 CP | 9 | 137 CP |
| 10 | 154 CP | 11 | 169 CP | 12 | 184 CP |
| 13 | 200 CP | 14 | 215 CP | 15 | 231 CP |
| 16 | 246 CP | 17 | 261 CP | 18 | 277 CP |
| 19 | 292 CP | 20 | 308 CP | 21 | 323 CP |
| 22 | 338 CP | 23 | 354 CP | 24 | 369 CP |
| 25 | 385 CP | 26 | 400 CP | 27 | 416 CP |
| 28 | 431 CP | 29 | 446 CP | 30 | 462 CP |
| 31 | 469 CP | 32 | 477 CP | 33 | 485 CP |
| 34 | 493 CP | 35 | 500 CP | 36 | 508 CP |
| 37 | 516 CP | 38 | 523 CP | 39 | 531 CP |
| 40 | 539 CP | 41 | 546 CP | 42 | 552 CP |
| 43 | 559 CP | 44 | 566 CP | 45 | 573 CP |
| 46 | 580 CP | 47 | 588 CP | 48 | 595 CP |
| 49 | 602 CP | 50 | 609 CP |
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Ralts 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.
Gallade doesn’t hold much of a place in the PVP meta. In terms of PVE it is outshined by stronger Psychic or Fighting type attackers such as Alakazam, Metagross and Terrakion. However, if you do not have any of the strong Legendaries for PVE it would be useful to have some strong CP Gallades or Gardevoirs for Raids or Gym Battles. On another note, it would be worth trying to find a strong IV Male Ralts to evolve into Gallade. Although Mega Gallade is not yet released in game, there is no harm in getting ahead of the game.
Check out this article by one of my fellow writers here at GO Hub for a more in depth analysis of Mega Gardevoir and Mega Gallade in PVP, and this article for PvE.
