In the current Power Plant event, Spark has realized that something bad is soon going to happen. It looks like Team GO Rocket have become aware of the mysterious door and is looking to use the power behind it for nefarious purposes once Spark opens the third mechanism of the door. This event is called the Team GO Rocket Strikes and trainers have to help Spark defeat Team Rocket. Pokemon GO, Pokemon GO Team Rocket, Pokemon GO new event, Pokemon GO Team Rocket Strikes event
Team Go Rocket Strikes: Time Duration and Bonuses
This event will begin at 12:00 AM on 24th January and will continue till 10:00 AM on 30th January. These are the local times of each player.
During this event, Pokemon GO trainers will also receive the following bonuses:
- Team Rocket will be appearing more frequently near Pokestops and balloons on the map.
- Trainers can use a Charged TM to help a Shadow Pokémon forget the Charged Attack Frustration during this event.
- The Team GO Rocket grunts will be providing different types of Pokemons now. Similarly, even Sierra, Arlo, and Cliff will be using different Shadow Pokemons.
❗⚠️ Team GO Rocket incoming ⚠️❗
Oh?! Spark has found a piece of paper that shows that Team GO Rocket has an invasion plan in the works! 😰 Spark’s intuition was right!
As Spark hurries back to warn Willow, Blanche, and Candela, find a way to motivate him here! 😰 pic.twitter.com/HmuWlusXdf
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) January 23, 2022
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Team GO Rocket Strikes: New Shadow Pokemons
Trainers need to help Spark, Blanche, and Candela to defeat Team GO Rocket and rescue the Shadow Pokemons. The following Pokemons will appear in the Shadow forms and trainers need to defeat Team GO Rocket Grunts to save them.
- Shadow Hippopotas
- Shadow Whimsur
- Shadow Totodile
- Shadow Cyndaquil
- Shadow Chikorita
- Shadow Voltorb
The following Pokemons seem to be available from the Team GO Rocket Leaders:
- Arlo
- 1st slot Reward: Bagon
- 2nd slot Reward: Blastoise, Charizard, Steelix
- 3rd Slot Reward: Scizor
- Cliff
- 1st slot Reward: Teddiursa
- 2nd slot Reward: Electivire, Marowak, Omastar
- 3rd Slot Reward: Tyranitar
- Blanche
- 1st slot Reward: Poliwag
- 2nd slot Reward: Exeggutor
- 3rd Slot Reward: Houndoom
🚨⚠️ Team GO Rocket take-over incoming! ⚠️🚨
It’s too late… Team GO Rocket have arrived in some areas of the world to cause mischief again! As Team GO Rocket balloons fly overhead, get your team ready for battle, Trainers! 😰
📝 Learn more here: https://t.co/QkytNevSWh pic.twitter.com/BBar8nkUfm
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) January 24, 2022
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Team GO Rocket Strikes: Additional Pokemons in Field Research Task Encounters
Apart from the Pokemons available in the Field Research Tasks of the Power Plant event, the following ones have also been added with the Team GO Rocket Strikes event.
- Ekans (will have Shiny variant available)
- Croagunk (will have Shiny variant available)
- Skorupi (will have Shiny variant available)
