General non-gym combat-related research related to Pokemon Go
What To Do During Ultra Unlock Part 2: Strength of Steel! Vol. #9
Ultra Unlock Part 2: Strength of Steel is here, bringing spawns and raids with it from July 25, 10 AM to July 30, 8 PM. This is an amazing event for everyone, even if you're new to PvP or PvE, and I strongly recommend playing it. I answer big questions briefly and...
Cracking the Rocket CP Formula – 2021 edition
Intro The exact stats and CP of Team Rocket Pokémon were unknown since at least the release of Trainer Levels up to 50. This research aims to fill this knowledge gap and allow us to know how to calculate their attack, defense, and stamina which is used to calculate...
Massive Bug with Pokemon Go Mega Boost: Mega Boost is 85.9% with Dual Moves!
This article is no longer the best information about mega Pokemon. Please see the Pokemon Go Mega Boost Update https://articles.pokebattler.com/2020/09/13/mega-boost-bug-update/ Massive Bug with Pokemon Go Mega Boost: Mega Boost is 85.9% with Dual Moves! Mega Pokemon...
MEGA EVOLUTIONS ARE COMING TO POKEMON GO!!! | POKEMON GO BATTLE LEAGUE PVP
Pokemon just announced that Mega Evolutions will be coming to Pokemon GO!! This news brings so much excitement for Pokemon GO Battle League as it will drastically effect Pokemon GO PvP! #MegaEvolutions #PokemonGO...
Testing CMP
If you would like to support me, please donate here https://streamlabs.com/kieng or on my patreon (https://www.patreon.com/pogokieng) Join my Discord - https://discord.gg/rTPDwJn As a huge Pokemon Go fan, I've logged...
Pokebattler’s Comprehensive Mewtwo Raid Guide!
Mewtwo Mewtwo is one of the most iconic and formidable Pokemon from Gen 1, boasting fantastic stats and moves. It was created as a hyper-offensive clone of Mew to be used by Team Rocket as a weapon. That-didn't go as planned. It is perhaps best remembered for it's...
MUST HAVE Pokemon for PvP!! | Pokemon GO PVP
These are the pokemon you MUST HAVE for Pokemon Go PvP. Season 1 of the Silph Arena tournaments is coming to an end, and this is the PERFECT time to start fresh in Season 2! Twitter: @JFarmakis_pogo...
Team Rocket Update
Update #2, A special guest has taken over the Pokebattler channel to provide you critical information about how to build a Team Rocket battle party! On July 22nd, Team GO Rocket started to mysteriously...
Cracking the Case: CP Formula for Team Rocket Shadow Pokemon
Edit: On July 25th Team Rocket returned and has higher stats. Our current hunch is that now defense and stamina are also boosted. A 2.5x multiplier seems to fit the tier 1 invasions. We can use your help for research! Please post videos of your invasions along with...
New Higher Friendship Bonus Research Results!
After Niantic’s announcement about friendship bonus, we have discovered how this has affected Ultra Friend and Best Friend damage bonuses! HUGE news for Groudon on Raikou day! Video analysis In the below videos, we chose Pokemon on the edge of a new breakpoint and...
PoGo Pokédex by the Numbers
Whether you’re a newcomer or a seasoned veteran in Pokémon Go, you might be a little overwhelmed in the task to Catch Them All. This is because the Pokémon available in PoGo are constantly changing due to some being attainable for a limited time and others not being...
Stardust efficiency and breakpoints of lucky Pókemon
First of all, many thanks to Celandro for asking me to write about lucky Pokémon after reading my post on The Silph Road subreddit. This is a more refined article based on said post, reflecting on the questions and criticism of fellow players as well as some aspects I...
Massive Server Bug in Pokemon Go
I don't normally like to create such inflammatory articles, but this time it's absolutely warranted. Something is wrong with the Pokemon Go servers and the results are unexpected. Read on to find out what, or look at the image above closely for spoilers,...
Raid Boss Attacker Rankings
There never seems to be enough stardust is there? While everyone likes to have that level 40 specialized attacker, sometimes we must power up those that will help us over and over again (No I in Team right?). After reviewing "The best generalists for each weather...
The best generalists for each weather (including unreleased Gen3 Pokémon)
Here are my rankings of the best attackers against a neutral target (i.e. not considering type advantages and resistances) for every weather currently available in Pokémon GO. The first table is based on my "Raid Score" metric, where DPS is weighed exponentially and...
Aggron Raid Guide & Infographic with Weather
High Quality Infographic Download Interactive Aggron Raid Guide Getting to know Aggron The latest Pokemon Go update brought us a new Tier 4 raid boss: Aggron. He happens to be the toughest tier 4 raid boss to beat, needing a minimum of three trainers to take him down....
Ninetales Solo Raid with 5 Unique Pokemon & No Weather Boost with Analysis
This video was graciously shared with us by Trainer Florent, hailing from Belfort, France (where apparently he's a local Pogo celeb). He had a very unusual lineup that managed to beat Ninetales so we...
Analysis on EX Raid Gym Distribution Using S2 Cell Level 12
When EX Raid was first announced, it was not clearly communicated to us how to obtain the elusive EX Raid pass. But on 21st November, Niantic announced the end of Field Test and made EX Raid official. This also came with announcement to do raids at parks and sponsored...
The Most Useful Pokemon Including Gen 3 Infographic
/u/ControvT made an insightful post at ground zero for Pokemon Go analysis, www.reddit.com/r/thesilphroad, using Pokebattler for the analysis. They graciously gave us permission to post it here for your reference. Lots of interesting new Gen 3 mons, although most of...
A more realistic “suggested group size” for raids (v2.0)
Did you ever pay attention to the "suggested group size" for raids? 5 for a Metapod, 9 for a Sandslash, 13 for a Machamp and 20 for a legendary. Of course it doesn't make sense. Here I propose a (simple?) formula to calculate a much more realistic "suggested group...
Announcing the 1st Pokebattler Contest: Solo a Ninetales, win a Year Long Pokebox Membership!
UPDATE: We have a winner! https://articles.pokebattler.com/2017/12/06/ninetales-solo-contest-winner/ Attention trainers, the gauntlet has been thrown down! Oddly enough, the relatively useless Pokemon known as Ninetales is THE hardest Tier 3 raid boss to solo. But we...
Raid Rotation Infographic Update
TLDR: Quick Links Quick download links of all updated infographics Tier 3 Raid Guide Tier 4 Raid Guide Legendary Bird Raid Guide Legendary Beast Raid Guide Mewtwo Raid Guide Ho-oh Raid Guide How to Use Pokebattler Infographics The top Pokemon counters are listed from...
A little guide to solo 2-star raids (Exeggutor, Magmar, Electabuzz, Muk, Weezing)
TL;DR: Exeggutor and Magmar are really easy to solo by exploiting their numerous weaknesses. Weezing is the hardest by far, but it can be tamed with a mix of Psychic glass cannons and sturdy Rhydon/Golem. Electabuzz and Muk are in between. This is meant to be a guide...
Ho-Oh Raid Guide Infographic
Printable High-Resolution Ho-Oh Counter infographic Download. Niantic has just nerfed Ho-Oh's stats, which is exactly what they did right before they released Mewtwo, so Pokebattler is betting that Ho-Oh will be released soon too. Considering we have yet to receive...
Choose Your Attackers v10.0 – added Gen3 (and Suicune with Hidden Power)
A new version of my famous spreadsheet is there. As you probably know, it's a theoretical spreadsheet. If you like exact rankings, I recommend to check the excellent Pokébattler raid rankings because they are based on simulations. However, simulations are as accurate...
Simulating Charge Moves is Hard
Pokebattler takes great pride in high simulation accuracy. This article is about the most recent research in Pokemon Go Gym Combat. Simulations are never going to be an exact replica of the real world but we are getting closer and closer every release. The most recent...
Legendary Beasts Raid Guide
Printable High Resolution Beast Counters Download Hidden Power Detection Guide As usual , the infographic is intended to be easy to use. The best Pokemon are to the left. The best move types are in the upper left under each Pokemon quick attack followed by charge...
Mewtwo Raid Guide
Edit: This is old. Check out our update for 2018 here. High Quality Infographic Download Interactive Mewtwo Raid Guide Update Mewtwo was released overnight in Yokohama as predicted! It is a single catch special edition. As such, you can not use Mewtwo to fight...
Legendary raids are here!
High Resolution Tier 5 Counter Download Printable Tier 5 Counter Download Tier 3 and 4 Raids This article is going to be a bit different than most. Its intended to cover all the events of the last day and a half. There was so many things going on, raids, research,...
A Further Look at the Attack Stat by Type
This was inspired by this post to work as a follow up on my first post about looking ahead at the attack stats by Pokemon type for each generation as we go. I will start with the current situation as we have it now and step through to cover each new generation as it...