Thursday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Isle of Armor Coverage Day 2
18-06-2020 04:05 BST / 23:05 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 17:51: Series 5 Ruleset | Edit @ 21:01: Pokémon GO
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield Coverage Day 2
The Pokémon Sword & Shield Isle of Armor patch is now live and our copy is downloading. As such, our usual discoveries shall begin. As usual, I'll be posting the main focal points here, while more in-depth details go on the discovery thread on the forums If you want to remain unspoiled, do not click the spoiler tag, nor visit the Sword & Shield section until you have your game. Don't worry as blatant spoilers will NOT be on the home page.
Edit @ 04:04: We have updated both our Pokédex and Pokéarth section with locations for Pokémon. These are preliminary as we try to catalogue the locations of the 200+ Wandering Pokémon and the Max Raid Battles so will be updated periodically over the next few days.
Edit @ 04:15: You can now speak to a person in the Battle Tower who will let your Pokémon be able to be used in Ranked Battles if it has been transferred. To do this, the Pokémon has to forget all of the moves it had known and will reset to its standard learnset. Any rare moves will be forgotten but this means Pokémon you bred in X & Y, or any prior game, can be used in Ranked Battles
Edit @ 04:28: We have updated our Version Exclusives page
Edit @ 05:22: We have updated our Useful Characters page
Edit @ 06:12: We have updated our Diglett Hunting page with more Diglett locations
Edit @ 07:00: We have created aIsle of Armor Move Tutor page
Edit @ 08:26: We have updated Pokéarth - Galar to include details on all trainer battles
Edit @ 08:29: We have updated the Max Raid Battles page to list new CPU partners when raiding without 3 other players
Edit @ 12:05: We have updated Pokéarth - Galar and the Item Database with non-hidden item locations
Edit @ 12:34: We have updated our Diglett Hunting page with all Diglett locations
Edit @ 12:40: Updated the Gift Pokémon page with a list of more gifts
Edit @ 13:34: Updated the In-Game Trade page with a list of more trades
Edit @ 15:43: Updated the Weather page with guaranteed weather patterns in the Isle of Armor.
Edit @ 17:04: Updated the Max Raid Battle Den Listing to show what Pokémon can be found in which den. With huge thanks to LeanYoshi for helping collate the locations. Do note, the water dens may have been mixed up. If you notice a discrepency, be sure to contact us
Edit @ 17:07: We have updated Pokéarth - Galar to showcase the raids in each area
Edit @ 17:47: We have updated our Pokédex to fully list out locations for Pokémon in the Isle of Armor for Max Raid Battles. We're still working on the Wandering Pokémon, but as there's over 200 it will take some time
Edit @ 19:02: We have updated our Trainer Customisation section to add the new features for male players. Female player choices will be added soon
Edit @ 19:23: We have updated Pokéarth - Galar with more details
Edit @ 20:55: I have updated the Unobtainable Pokémon List
Edit @ 21:11: I have updated the Transfer Only Pokémon List now that many Pokémon previously on the list are now natively available
Edit @ 21:29: Created a page on Max Soup
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield - Series 5
The next Pokémon Sword & Shield Competitive Ruleset has been announced. Starting in July, Ranked Battle and any VGC event will run the following rules:
Pokémon Restrictions: Galar Pokédex, Isle of Armor Pokédex, National Dex Numbers #638-640 and #722-730. Pokémon require the Galar Mark or the Battle Ready Mark
Pokémon Limits: Team of 3 to 6 Pokémon from Level 1 to Level 100. All Pokémon then set to Level 50
Match Length: No limit
Allowed Gigantamax: Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Butterfree, Pikachu, Meowth, Machamp, Gengar, Kingler, Lapras, Eevee, Snorlax, Garbodor, Rillaboom, Cinderace, Inteleon, Corviknight, Orbeetle, Drednaw, Coalossal, Flapple, Appletun, Sandaconda, Toxtricity, Centiskorch, Hatterene, Grimmsnarl, Alcremie, Copperajah, Duraludon, Urshifu
Battle Time: 20 Minutes
Your Time: 7 Minutes
Team Preview: 90 Seconds
Turn Time: 45 Seconds
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced two new features for Pokémon GO. Soon, these two features will start to roll out
The first are Daily Guaranteed Encounters. During this test, you'll receive a Special Incense that will attact a Pokémon once a day only for you
The second is a Daily Free Box in the shop. This will give a variety of items, different every day, to players completely for free.
At the moment these features are being tested in limited amounts
In addition to this, three new boxes have gone live:
Special Box - 480 COins - 2 Premium Battle Pass, 2 Super Incubators, 3 Star Piece
Ultra Box - 1480 Coins - 16 Premium Battle Pass, 4 Super Incubators, 3 Star Piece, 3 Lucky Egg
Adventure Box - 1480 Coins - 14 Super Incubators, 3 Star Pieces, 4 Egg Incubators, 3 Lucky Egg
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters
The next Special Event has been begun Pokémon Masters. This event is the Challenge Unova event. It also runs alongside a Spotlight Scout for Burgh. This gives the ability to get the Sync pair of Burgh & Leavanny. In addition to this, the Story Event: The Importance of Elegance has also begun for a second run
