Pokémon Spotlight Hour will feature a different Pokémon and a special bonus for one hour at 6:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday during the month of May. This Spotlight Hour takes place on May 28th, 2024, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x XP for catching Pokémon.
This Spotlight Hour is the final May 2024 Pokémon spotlight, and it features Mareanie, the starfish Pokémon. This spotlight hour lands at the end of the Ultra Space Wonders event, where Mareanie makes its shiny debut! Mareanie is a featured Pokémon for Field Research encounters and Wild spawns during the event.
Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per ‘mon caught. Here’s everything you need to know!
- If you want to learn more about Mareanie and Toxapex, check out our Dashing Designs of Mareanie article here.
Spotlight Hour
Bonuses
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You will get 2x XP for catching Pokémon
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The featured Pokémon and its evolution can be shiny in Pokémon GO
Note on XP Bonus
If you do not want to catch the featured Pokémon, you can make use of the 2x catch XP bonus by catching any saved Scatterbug, or opening a Mystery Box or Coin Bag! Remember to stack 2 Lucky Eggs if you’re out for the duration of Spotlight Hour, or make use of Roar of Time to pause your timers.
Mareanie
Mareanie is a Poison and Water-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, with a maximum Combat Power of 1099 CP. Mareanie best moveset in Pokémon GO is Bite and Gunk Shot. It is weather boosted by Cloudy and Rainy weather, and it was originally found in the Alola region. Shiny Mareanie is available in Pokémon GO.
Mareanie is weak to Ground, Electric and Psychic-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Ice, Poison, Steel and Water-type moves.
Mareanie evolves into Toxapex which costs 50 Mareanie Candy.
Shiny Mareanie
Shiny Mareanie is very cool as it takes on a bright pink and pastel orange colour pallet. If you didn’t get a chance to grab this shiny during its Ultra Space Wonders debut, now is your best chance!
| Regular | Shiny | |
| Mareanie |  |
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| Toxapex |  |
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Mareanie CP and IV Chart
| LVL | CP | LVL | CP | LVL | CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 CP | 2 | 43 CP | 3 | 72 CP |
| 4 | 101 CP | 5 | 131 CP | 6 | 160 CP |
| 7 | 189 CP | 8 | 219 CP | 9 | 248 CP |
| 10 | 278 CP | 11 | 305 CP | 12 | 333 CP |
| 13 | 361 CP | 14 | 389 CP | 15 | 416 CP |
| 16 | 444 CP | 17 | 472 CP | 18 | 500 CP |
| 19 | 528 CP | 20 | 555 CP | 21 | 583 CP |
| 22 | 611 CP | 23 | 639 CP | 24 | 667 CP |
| 25 | 694 CP | 26 | 722 CP | 27 | 750 CP |
| 28 | 778 CP | 29 | 806 CP | 30 | 833 CP |
| 31 | 847 CP | 32 | 861 CP | 33 | 875 CP |
| 34 | 889 CP | 35 | 903 CP | 36 | 917 CP |
| 37 | 931 CP | 38 | 945 CP | 39 | 958 CP |
| 40 | 972 CP | 41 | 985 CP | 42 | 997 CP |
| 43 | 1010 CP | 44 | 1022 CP | 45 | 1035 CP |
| 46 | 1048 CP | 47 | 1060 CP | 48 | 1073 CP |
| 49 | 1086 CP | 50 | 1099 CP |
Mega Pokémon that boost Mareanie
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Mareanie 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.
Is it worth evolving Mareanie?
You’re not going to be using Toxapex any time soon for PVE. However, Mareanie and Toxapex can be useful in PVP.
Mareanie’s evolution Toxapex has in some ways been surpassed by the rise of Tentacruel, which is less bulky but a lot more powerful and similar pacing. However, Toxapex still pops up with a degree of frequency in the Great League, particularly in limited metas. The bulkier the better, if you pick up a decent IV variant it is worth hanging onto for sure. Plus, it’s new shiny is one of the key event features, which is a cool flex if you can find one!
For more details check out our PVP Review on the Ultra Space Wonders event here.
