Friday: Pokémon Sword & Shield - Online Competition
20-03-2020 07:42 GMT / 03:42 EDT by Serebii
This update will be amended throughout the day so be sure to check back. If you have any ideas for the site, be sure to send them in
Last Update: 08:10 GMT
Edit @ 08:10: Max Raid Battle Event
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
The next online competition has begun. This competition, Extreme Speed! Single Battles!, is a Single Battle competition runs unique rules with shorter times. It also bans Dynamax and Pokémon Preview. It allows for any Pokémon currently in Sword & Shield to be used, even if transferred from Pokémon HOME. Download Rules are also now available for this competition.
Match Time: 10 Minutes
Player Time: 5 Minutes
Turn Time: 10 Seconds
Pokémon Select Time: 30 Seconds
Battles per day: 15
Pokémon Used: Bring from 1 Pokémon for the battle.
Battles run from March 20th 00:00 UTC to March 22nd 23:59 UTC. All players will get 50BP when rankings go live
In The Games Department
Pokémon Sword & Shield
Yesterday, a new Max Raid Battle event started. Since it started, we have learned of a new element of the event where every non-Gigantamax Pokémon in 3 Star raids and above are 100% guaranteed their Hidden Ability. As such, we have updated our Event page to list the abilities you can get from each Pokémon you find
