Pokémon GO is continuing its Halloween celebrations in style, with a special day being dedicated to the ghostly Gengar.
On Saturday 3rd November, Gengar will appear in Raid Battles in Gyms across the world. It'll only be available for three hours, though, so if you're hoping to snag one for yourself, you'll have to act fast. We've got the specific times for your region down below.
- Nov. 3, 2018
- Asia-Pacific: 12pm to 3pm JST (GMT +9)
- Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India: 9am to 12pm UTC (GMT +0)
- The Americas and Greenland: 11am to 2pm PST (GMT −8)
To help you on your mission to catch a Gengar, players will be able to receive up to five Raid Passes from nearby Gyms at no cost. This way, if you mess up on your encounter, you won't have to fork out the cash to grab yourself a Premium Raid Pass to try again. If you're lucky, you might even encounter a shiny Gengar on the day, too, so make sure to be prepared before the big day.
Of course, the main Pokémon GO Halloween event is still taking place as we speak, finishing up on 1st November. At present, Ghost and Dark type Pokémon are littering the scene, and players can earn double the candy with each capture. There are also new Special Research tasks and avatar items to explore, so make sure to get out there and start catching 'em all.
Will you be going on the hunt for a Gengar? Let us know in the comments.
[source pokemongolive.com]
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An important detail this news article has missed is that this Gengar will know a special move it normally does not learn in Go: Psychic.
However a lot of people aren't happy about this, because Psychic is actually one of the worst moves in Pokémon Go.
It's so bad, that against fighting types Gengar is more effective using Shadow Ball instead of Psychic!
@RupeeClock Ugh, how do you muck up one of the most powerful OG special attacks?
I tend to make room in my day for these raid events, but not only do I have plenty of Gengar already, but the special move is kinda lame, and the shiny varient is barely even noticeable unless you're looking at them side by side.
I'll participate if I happen to be around a gym, but I'm not going out of my way to leave the house if I don't have to.
@Fuz My friends saw Unown at NY Comic Con earlier this month. The ones there were N, Y, C, O, M, and I so you can spell out "NY Comic Con"
But I just finished taking full advantage of the Halloween event, using Pinap Berries while catching Gastly to get four times as much candy, just to evolve Gastly into a Gengar. Unless I find a shiny with a higher CP, couldn't really care less.
This event should be fun to do with my raid-friends.. we can all zip around in a car & smash Gengars, looking to find a 100%. However, I'm not too happy with a non-Legendary getting the "day" treatment. It feels too much like Niantic purely trying to wring even more premium pass money out of the hardcore players.
@KayFiOS Gengar is one of the best counters against psychic at the moment, even without it's legacy move (Shadow Claw). I'm currently farming stardust to finish powering up my full team of six.
@Desrever I suppose the only real benefit of shiny Gengar is that it's one of the best shiny mega-forms as of Gen 7... it's a long way away, but work picking up at least one decent shiny for.
@RupeeClock @HobbitGamer Go Hub also confirms that Gengar will be learning Lick, a fast move that is on par if not better than Shadow Claw... Gengar's best legacy move. While Psychic is indeed garbage on Gengar, just give it a Charge TM & your Lick, Shadow Ball Gengar will be at the top of it's game.
@DanteSolablood nice, they should gotten the news out about lick sooner, a lot of people were upset about psychic.
@RupeeClock Agreed, Niantic seem to be good at making the worst of a good situation.
Underwhelming. I feel like these kinds of raids should be legendary pokemon or rare Pokemon. Gengar isn't especially rare for anyone who has played around Halloween.
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