Reshiram will appear on 1st, 8th and 15th December, Zekrom will be on 1st, 8th and 15th December as well, and then Kyurem will be on the 22nd and 29th December. Each of these three Pokémon will also be appearing in Raid hours.Įvery Wednesday between 6-7pm local time, there will be a Tier 5 Raid boss on every gym that will last for an hour.

Also having its shiny form spotted by its pink/purple toned skin, Kyurem is weak to Dragon, Fairy, Fighting, Rock and Steel, so your best counters are Lucario, Metagross and Rhyperior. Then, from 16th December (10am local time) to 31st December (10am local time), Kyurem will take over as the Tier 5 Raid Boss. Be wary of the movesets though, and remember Dragon types are weak to Dragon type moves. Zekrom is weak to Dragon, Fairy, Ice and Ground, so your best counters are Palkia, Zekrom, Reshiram and Dialga.

Reshiram is weak to Dragon, Ground and Rock, so your best counters are Dialga, Rayquaza, Rhyperior and Rampardos. Both of them will also have their shiny forms released, being identifiable by Reshiram’s gold collar and tail, and Zekrom’s green tinge. Depending on your timings, you should be able to get at least four Deino encounters if you manage to do a Research task every day, which is doable due to Niantic auto sending you a task at the beginning of each day.ĭecember brings both new Tier 5 Raid Bosses and Mega Raid bosses.įrom 1st December (10am local time) until 16th December (10am local time), both Reshiram and Zekrom will be coming back into Tier 5 raids. The Dark/Dragon type is highly sought after, due to still being rare in the game, and even more so currently as the green shiny form of Deino has been previously released. November saw you have the chance to encounter Vullaby, and this time around, from 1st December at 1pm PST (GMT -8) right up until 1st January at 1pm PST (GMT -8), you will have the chance to encounter Deino. Completing seven of these gives you the chance for your Research Breakthrough encounter.

If you complete a Research task that you get from spinning a Pokéstop, you’ll get a date stamp on your game. With a new Research Breakthrough encounter, new Shiny Legendaries and Raid/Spotlight hours a plenty, there’s definitely something for everyone in the upcoming Pokémon GO Holiday Events. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and Niantic are making sure that Pokémon GO players are able to get in the holiday spirit with a new event for 2021.

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