Summary
- Gigantamax Lapras debuts in Pokemon GO on Dec 8 during Max Battle Day, offering new raid opportunities.
- Max Mushroom introduces temporary attack enhancements during Max Battles, with exclusive rewards for ticket holders.
- An upcoming season in Pokemon GO will feature the return of Necrozma, new debuts, and promises of more Dynamax and Gigantamax forms.
Pokemon GO has announced the debut of Gigantamax Lapras in a new event on December 8. This is yet another exciting announcement made with the unveiling of the Dual Destiny season, the seventeenth Pokemon GO season, which will kick off in the next few days.
After much anticipation from players, Pokemon GO has added Dynamax forms during the Max Out Season. This gave the Kanto and Galar starters and their evolutions the Dynamax treatment, as well as other pocket monsters such as Greedent and Falinks. Not long after, Niantic introduced the Gigantamax Pokemon, giving new forms to Venusaur, Blastoise, Charizard, Gengar, and Toxtricity. Now, with the announcement of a new event, the list of Gigantamax monsters available in Pokemon GO will soon increase.
Gigantamax Lapras will debut in Pokemon GO on the upcoming Max Battle Day, which will take place on December 8 from 2-5 pm local time. During this period, the Kanto Pokemon will appear in six-star Max Raids, with trainers having the chance to find a Shiny. Among the bonuses, the Max Particle collection limit will increase to 1600, Power Spots will refresh more often, and will host Gigantamax Battles. In addition, Power Spots will give eight times more Max Particles. Trainers will earn double particles when exploring, and will only need a quarter of the distance to acquire particles.
Gigantamax Lapras Debuting in Upcoming Pokemon GO Event
Another first for Max Battle Day will be the introduction of Max Mushroom, which, when used, will temporarily amplify Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, and Max Move attacks from Dynamax and Gigantamax monsters during Pokemon GO's Max Battles. The attacks will cause twice as much damage, and although using more mushrooms won't increase the damage, it will extend the duration of the effect. The event will have a $5 ticket granting access to exclusive Timed Research, which will reward 1 Max Mushroom, 25000 XP, double XP from Max Battles, and increase the Max Particle collection limit to 5600. The Pokemon GO Web Store will sell two boxes, one for $6.99 and the other for $7.99, to boost players' progress with items.
With the announcement of the Dual Destiny season, which starts on December 3, Pokemon GO players have a lot to look forward to in the coming months. Necrozma and its fusions will return to Pokemon GO, along with Hoopa and debuts such as Sinistea and Polteageist. The game will also add Dynamax Machop and Dynamax Krabby at a later date, with the promise of new Dynamax and Gigantamax forms debuting during the season.
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