Niantic has fully revealed what the upcoming vote for our September/October Community Day candidates will entail! This community day, the 3rd of its kind thus far, will allow players to vote for their favorite choice, with the top two picks featured. We're entering fall with a bang, so let's take a look at what we have to pick from!
Community Day Choice 1: Charmander
Community Day Move: Dragon Breath
The original Pseudo-dragon of Generation 1 is being given the opportunity to wield a Dragon type fast move in preparation for its future Fire/Draon Type Mega Evolution; Mega Chartizard X. This move is lackluster in PvE, where it will put Mega Charizard X behind Reshiram as a draon-type attacker, but in PvP it's absolutely one of the defining moves of the game with its powerful 4 Damage per Turn and 3 Energy per Turn profile. It's fast and furious, and could give Charizard a new offensive niche, while securing Mega Charizard X as a serious threat moving forward... though a lot of Pokemon currently learn this move as-is...
Community Day Choice 2: Caterpie
Community Day Move: Hurricane
What's a flying type without a flying move? Butterfree is being given the chance to join its counterpart, Beedrill, as a Community Day Pokemon. Butterfree was never going to get a move that would make it viable for raids, but the recently buffed Hurricane can help a bit in PvP. However, Hurricane doesn't really offer counter-coverage as everything that the original butterfly Pokemon is weak to is either neutral against or resistant to Flying, and it's also a very expensive move as well. It's not a BAD choice given the alternatives, but it's just not as useful as Drill Run was for Beedrill.
Community Day Choice 3: Grimer/Alolan Grimer
Community Day Move: Fire Punch
Fire coverage is valuable to Poison Types, as it can threaten the ubiquitous Steel Type with super effective damage. This is very true, but in this case it's a bit more true on paper. In the Great League, Muk already tends to carry Thunder Punch, which tends to have a bit more valuable coverage given what it tends to go up against. Meanwhile, Alolan Muk tends to need both Dark and Poison coverage in order to serve its niche. This is especially true in the ultra League, where Alolan Muk needs Dark coverage in particular to deal with Giratina. That said, Fire Punch isn't a pure disadvantage and will likely have niche uses and situations that will make it valuable, though it generally feels more like a side-grade than a direct upgrade.
Community Day Choice 4: Porygon
Community Day Move: Tri Attack
The only currently-unavailable shiny of the four votes, Porygon is a bit of an odd duck in this case. Porygon Z is set to receive Tri Attack; a normal type charged move that lowers the enemy attack and defense in PvP. Depending on the damage, energy cost, and odds of stat change, this could make Porygon Z an amazing glass-cannon Pokemon with the ability to harass with stat drops. It's hard to say!
The Vote
| Votes Begin | Votes End |
|---|---|
| August 22 at 6:00 p.m. PDT | August 23 at 6:00 p.m. PDT |
🗳️ Community Day voting is coming back!
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) August 17, 2020
⭐ Votes will be collected via a poll hosted on our @PokemonGoApp Twitter channel.
⭐ The poll will be open for 24 hours.
⭐ The two Pokémon with the most votes will be featured in September and October.
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The poll will be available for the 24 hour period outlined above, and will be posted on Niantic's official Pokemon Go Twitter account, which can also be seen above. While it's hard to say which of these Pokemon would be "best" in general, they're all interesting picks, and we look forward to welcoming two of them into the realm of Community Day Pokemon in the near future!
