Good day, Pokémon Trainers! Pokémon GO Tour season is upon us and heading first to Tainan and Los Angeles! This time it’s focused in on Pokémon from Kalos. Which brings up the ever-popular question,
What are the best Pokémon to catch?
Well, not to worry fellow trainer, I’m here to help narrow the field! But before we get to that it’s worth noting that this guide only accounts for those that we know for sure will be available during the Global GO Tour period according to the information shared by Niantic.
With that out of the way, Which Pokémon are truly worth getting?
Let’s begin and find out!
Wild Pokémon
Wild Pokémon available during the event will be seperated via habitats. Habitats are select locations in Tainan Metropolitan park and Rose Bowl Stadium that will spawn specific Pokémon during Tainan and LA GO Tours respectively. As such, let’s start off by looking at Pokémon worth cathing in each habitat:
Central Village
The following Pokémon are cozying up at the central village:
Chespin
Chespin
Starting with the Grass-type starter from the X and Y games, Chespin eventually evolves in Chesnaught. It’s a Grass and Fighting type Pokémon and is a fantastic choice as a Grass-type raid attacker. In fact, Shadow Chesnaught is one of the best Grass-type raid attackers in general, but even if the shadow variant won’t be available in the event, the regular one is quite solid as well.
On the other end, Chesnaught isn’t too great for PvP but it can still be a fun spice/limited meta pick. Worth noting that with most Grass-starters, you want the legacy move Frenzy Plant to truly make use of Chesnaught.
Bunnelby
Bunnelby
Bunnelby’s evolution Diggersby generally performs well in the Great League PvP format. It has immense bulk, and fast attacks that can generate energy quickly. It’s also a Normal/Ground type which makes it really solid defensively in general.
Fletchling
Fletchling
Fletchling is unique in that it starts off as a Normal/Flying-type and eventually evolves into the Fire/Flying Talonflame. Talonflame also happens to be one of the best Pokémon currently in the Great League thanks to how much damage it can do with its combination of fast and charged attacks. It can be decent in the Ultra League as well.
Skiddo
Skiddo
Skiddo and its evolution Gogoat don’t do anything exceptionally well but it’s a decently rare Pokémon and can be used as a Grass-type raid attack or a Great League/Ultra League spice pick.
Coastal Laboratory
The Coastal Laboratory is home to many marine Pokémon, along with alien or ancient ones. Such as:
Froakie
Froakie
Froakie is the Water-type starter from Kalos, and eventually evolves into the Water/Dark-type Greninja. Greninja is a very attack-focused Pokémon which makes it a fantastic Water-type raid attacker. Other than that, it can be an interesting spice-pick in the Great and Ultra Leagues as well, where it can deal damage really quickly but can also faint really quickly as well. Though, with any Water-type starters, you want the legacy move Hydro Cannon to truly make use of Greninja.
Inkay
Inkay
Inkay and its evolution Malamar, have the unique type combination of Dark and Psychic. This makes it rather unique as it leaves it with just 2 weaknesses in Bug and Fairy. Not only that, it has a fantastic move combination of Psywave, Superpower, and Foul Play always keeps opponents guessing. This makes Malamar a fantastic choice for the Great and Ultra Leagues.
Skrelp
Skrelp
Skrelp’s evolution Dragalge can be a solid choice for the Great League and the Ultra League. Not only that, Skrelp itself can perform well in certain limited Little Cup metas.
Clauncher
Clauncher
Clawitzer, Clauncher’s evolution is a solid Water-type raid attacker. It also doesn’t need any legacy moves to be a good raid attacker.
Tyrunt & Aurorus
The members of the Fossil Pokémon duo from Kalos both have their uses. Starting with Tyrunt, its evolution Tyrantrum is a fantastic Rock-type raid attacker, and can be half-decent Dragon-type raid attacker as well.
On the other hand, Aurorus can be a solid pick for PvP in the Great League and the Ultra League, though you have to be careful about the fact that Aurorus has a whole bunch of weaknesses.
Goomy
Goomy
Goomy’s final evolution Goodra is extremely bulky and benefits from having a variety of charged attacks. This makes it a solid choice for the Ultra League and the Master League. However, it doesn’t do particularly well in the Great League.
Mountain Manor
These are the Pokémon you can expect to find if you dare to brave the Mountain Manor:
Fennekin
Fennekin
We finally reach the Fire starter from Kalos, Fennekin. Its evolution Delphox is a solid choice as a Fire-type raid attacker with the legacy move, Blast Burn. It also sees some play in the Master League Premier format.
Carbink
Carbink
Carbink is a personal favorite of mine. It is very bulky in the Great League and can deal consistent damage as well. However, it is overshadowed by other bulky Pokémon such as Bastiodon.
Phantump and Pumpkaboo
Phantump and Pumpkaboo are similar in that their evolutions, Trevenant and Gourgeist are both Ghost/Grass-types that are solid for the Ultra League. For Gourgeist, you want the largest one referred to as “Super”.
All Habitats
These Pokémon can be found in every habitat:
Eevee
Eevee
Eevee is a Pokémon with many evolutions, so it has many uses as well. To start off, Sylveon, Espeon, Glaceon, and Jolteon are all solid raid attackers in their own type categories. Leafeon and Flareon can be half decent as raid attackers as well.
As for PvP, Sylveon can be solid for the Master League, and the Master League Premier formats. On the other hand, Umbreon can sometimes be good in the Great League thanks to its immense bulk.
Flabébé
Flabébé’s final evolution Florges is fantastic. With its legacy move Chilling Water, Florges is strong in all three of the main PvP formats, with its best performance being in Ultra League. It’s also a decent raid attacker even without Chilling Water.
Pikachu
These will be the unique costumed Pikachu for this event. You can get them in all habitats as rare encounters, snapshot encounters, or incense encounters. If you’re trying to collect all the costumed Pikachus, or even all the SHINY costumed Pikachus, you definitely want to get these two.
Unown
These Unown will be available to catch as incense encounters during GO Tour: Kalos. If you’ve taken the daunting task of catching every shiny Unown, you don’t want to miss these!
Eggs
There will be Pokémon that you can get by hatching eggs in the event, with boosted shiny chances for 2km and 10km eggs. All of them have some uses which are highlighted below:
2 KM Eggs
All four of these Pokémon play a similar role. Their evolutions perform well in the Master League and are all good raid attackers in their own type category. Beldum is a particular standout as it does well as both a Steel and a Psychic-type raid attacker as well as being really good in the Master League.
5 KM Eggs
Flabébé’s many uses have already been discussed. But if collecting is more your thing, hatching eggs would be the primary way to get Flabébés of every color.
10 KM Eggs
All four of these Pokémon are typically available only in select real-life locations. So, once again, these make fantastic collections if you don’t already have them.
Raid
5-Star Raids
Both of these legendaries perform exceptionally well in the Master League. Not only that, they are both excellent raid attackers, Yveltal as a Dark and Flying-type, and Xerneas as a Fairy-type.
Mega Raids
While Mega Pokémon typically cannot be used for PvP, they tend to be good raid attackers. Which is true for all of the first four Mega Pokémon listed here. All of them are fantastic in their type categories, but Mega Lucario deserves particular mention as it is really really great as a Fighting-type raid attacker.
Mega Victreebell and Malamar will likely be the focus for many people during the event as they are completely new megas, they will very likely be solid raid attackers as well.
Conclusion
Pokémon GO Tour: Kalos is approaching fast! Hopefully, I have helped you narrow down which Pokémon you want to focus on during this event. Whether you have an interest in PvP, PvE, or just collecting all the unique Pokémon there are definitely some Pokémon to be excited about no matter your interest. Many of the regional Fufrou trims will be available in timed research as well. So stay safe and have fun out there. I wish you all an amazing GO Tour 2026!
Goodbye for now, Pokémon trainers. Priom-out!
