Pokemon GO Adds New Gigantamax Pokemon In Upcoming Events

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Key takeaways

  • Gigantamax Lapras debuts in Pokemon GO on December 8 during Max Battle Day, offering new raiding 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.



Pokémon GO has announced the debut of Gigantamax Lapras in a new event on December 8th. This is yet another exciting announcement in conjunction with the unveiling of Dual Destiny Season Seventeen Pokémon GO the season which starts in the next few days.

After much anticipation from the players, Pokémon GO have added Dynamax shapes during the Max Out season. This gave the Kanto and Galar starters and their evolutions the Dynamax treatment, as well as other pocket monsters like Greedent and Falinks. Not long after, Niantic introduced the Gigantamax Pokémon, 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 Pokémon GO will soon increase.


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Gigantamax Lapras will debut in Pokémon GO on the upcoming Max Battle Day, which takes place on December 8th from 14-17 local time. During this period, Kanto Pokémon 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 be updated more often, and will host Gigantamax Battles. Additionally, Power Spots will provide 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 debuts in upcoming Pokémon GO events

Another first for Max Battle Day will be the introduction of the Max Mushroom, which, when used, will temporarily boost the Quick Attacks, Charged Attacks, and Max Move Attacks of Dynamax and Gigantamax monsters during Pokémon GOs Max Battles. The attacks will deal twice as much damage, and while using more mushrooms won't increase the damage, it will extend the duration of the effect. The event will have a $5 ticket that grants 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 increase player progress with items.


With the announcement of the Dual Destiny season, which begins on December 3rd, Pokémon GO players have a lot to look forward to in the coming months. Necrozma and its fusions will return to Pokémon GOalong with Hoopa and debuts like 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 to debut during the season.

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