Next breaktrough encounter?
Wich Pokemon do you think it will be the next encounter for weekly research breaktrough after Suicune?
Considering after the birds it was BS Snorlax
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"Snorlax could get away with it, because I mean, look at him. Exudes sex appeal."
Yes, in a very Ron Jeremy sort of way, I suppose.
1) This could be the window where we get Shadow Claw Gengar rereleased, limited to 5 per trainer by the format, although it's just after Halloween, not just before.
2) We could dive right into the weather trio, which would rock. Or we might get saddled with three months of Regis, one after another.
(Hint to Niantic - Maybe keep the Regis to a shorter time frame, serious players don't need 4-5 of each. Two weeks is long enough to get one for casual players.)
3) Chansey? Seems not so critical, given they were spawning occasionally during the latest Kanto event, but would be useful for new players.
4) Lugia or Ho-Oh, cause they are from Gen2, like the beasts, and because we haven't had them come back over and over until people are sick of them, ... oh, wait, never mind that.
5) Smeargle, finally? Doubt that, since they would probably want to make an event of that, not automatically hit everyone up with 4-5.
I suspect that all of my guesses are wrong, but one can speculate.
6) (edit) Saw below, someone suggested Latios and Latias. That's where my money is right now. I suspect they will want to save the shiny Groudon and Rayquaza for a big event.
Yep.
https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/pokemon-stat-change
Niantic changed the formulas they use for converting base stats from the core games to PoGo. This change was implemented shortly after an event in Japan with increased Lapras spawns. So they delayed changing Lapras' stats for those people that had traveled to Japan for that event.
If it is not a legendary I think it would be a pokemon without any evolutions, just like Snorlax and legendaries. It would not make sense to release a second-stage or third-stage evolution in Research Breakthrough Encounter.
Probably also something rare.
So Lapras, Aerodactyl, Miltank or something like that. Or why not Mawile or Absol (only from raids) or Unown (!).
Could be Lick or SC Gengar, doesn't miss Halloween by much. Lugia or Ho-Oh is another possibility, they've been released enough times in raids already.
EDIT: I also highly doubt RT Omastar or PB Chansey could be rereleased. Their movesets got changed because they can't learn those moves in the main series and Niantic has stuck like glue to that principle ever since. It may even be required of them by Nintendo considering how religiously they adhere to it.
I assume it will be a fairly rare single-stage Pokémon.
Legacy Lapras, Lugia, or Ho-Oh are all possibilities.
I’m missing the Eon Duo and Weather Trio so personally I hope for any of those, but we’ve yet to get Groudon or Rayquaza with shiny variants and if I remember correctly the Eon Duo have only been in raids once so that’s unlikely.
Probably Lugia or Ho-oh. Dont think it will be a legacy mon because gen 1 only had 3 legendaries that were normally obtainable, mew and mewtwo had special conditions, the special research and Ex raids respectively while gen II had the beasts and ho oh and lugia as standard raid legendaries. Other than that I think it might be a gen 3 legendary, but im thinking they'd stick with gen 2 pokemon as this is a johto celebration in the same vein as the 4 months prior to raikou were a kanto one
And seeing as SC Gengar's not October's event, I have a feeling we wont be getting any legacy moves with the possible ecveption of SD tyranitar, but even that I think is slim to none.
