PoGO – Pokémon GO: The arenas are here - what you need to know about the arena

In Pokémon GO, the arenas were finally reopened last night, on June 22. In our guide, you can find out everything you need to know about the reworked arena feature, such as how to collect Pokécoins, how the new raid challenges work, and what other changes have been made to the arenas.

Wow – that was fast. The Pokémon GO arenas were only closed on June 19, but now (or since yesterday at 10:00 p.m.) they are already back online! The arenas were deactivated because Niantic wanted to completely overhaul them in the course of the recently released update. The time for the reactivation of the arenas was not known, until yesterday trainers had to be satisfied with the message “Arenas under construction” in the game.

Pokémon GO: Raids and Poké Coins

But what all has changed? Well, for one, there have been some changes to the coins you can collect with your Pokémon in arenas. You can find out all the important information about Pokémünzen in the following guide:

Pokémon GO: How to earn Pokécoins after the arena update.

It will also soon be possible to fight raid bosses in the arenas. Here, too, we have already summarized all the important information in an extra guide:

Pokémon GO: How to defeat raid bosses and get rare Pokémon.

Another new feature is that you can rotate the arena icons just like PokéStops – this will give you helpful items. In addition, your arena prestige no longer needs to be increased; instead, an arena now has six fixed slots that can be filled with Pokémon from the same team. However, the days of four Heiteras, three Garados and three Despotar are over, as each defending Pokémon must be unique.

Just like in the original Nintendo games, there are finally Arena Orders in Pokémon GO. However, they don’t show you how many arenas you’ve conquered, but how big your share in the success of your arena team was. You can increase the level of your medals by rotating the arena symbol, fighting, or feeding berries.

Pokémon GO: The new arenas – here’s how it works

In Pokémon GO’s arenas, you’ll battle Pokémon from opposing teams for control of each arena. The controlling team leads six Pokémon into battle, and if the attacker can defeat them, control of the arena is transferred to them.

The following stats are crucial to victory or defeat:

HP are the health points of a Pokémon and indicate how much the little rascal can take.
WP are the competition points of a Pokémon and indicate how much the little rascal can dish out.
In addition, each Pokémon has a motivation indicator that determines how motivated the Pokémon is to defend the arena. If the motivation drops to zero (due to defeats or over time), the Pokémon leaves the arena and returns to its trainer.

So the goal of the attackers is to lower the motivation of defending Pokémon to zero. Once you’ve beaten all the defenders home, the arena is yours. As a defender, you need to keep the Pokémon’s motivation high, which you can do with the Himmihberries. If the defenders are too strong, you can team up with other trainers to break through the defensive wall of Pokémon.

Pokémon GO: The new arenas – this is how you fight.

Approach an enemy arena and tap on it to attack it. Next, select the six Pokémon with which you want to attack. After pressing the battle button, you’re off! Important:

Once the battle has begun, you will have three different action options: fast attack, charged attack, and dodge.
To use the fast attack, tap once on the screen. This attack charges up a meter that you need for the charged attack.
Once your charged attack meter is filled, tap and hold the screen to perform a charged attack and deal a large amount of damage.
To dodge an opponent’s attack, swipe left or right on the screen.

If you lower a Pokémon’s HP to zero, you win the round. After that, you decide whether you want to play another round or end the battle. If, on the other hand, all of your Pokémon lose all of their health, you will lose. By the way, you can replenish life with potions, and there are also so-called revitalizers, which you can use to boost defeated Pokémon.

Pokémon GO

Pokémon Go is the mobile spin-off of Nintendo’s popular Pokémon game series for Android and iOS. It is a so-called “location-based game”, i.e. a game that uses the player’s immediate surroundings. It is based on the principle of augmented reality.

Pokémon Map: Between landmarks and sights

Pokémon Go uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) to determine the player’s location and displays it on a map that also represents the playing field. The map is based on OpenStreetMap maps. The game is played mostly outdoors and uses landmarks, landmarks and other notable or eye-catching objects in the world to position either PokéStops or arenas there for you to battle for supremacy. Join either Team Intuition (Team Yellow, Zapdos), Team Wisdom (Team Blue, Arktos), or Team Daring (Team Red, Lavados). Under their flag you can then fight for the arenas, which are placed at hotspots like churches or similar. Pokémon can appear anywhere, though.

Pocket monsters visible on the Pokémon Go Map are randomly loaded into the game’s virtual map by the game server. If several players are playing in the same location, each player can see and catch the Pokémon independently of the others.

Pokémon Go Updates, News, Raids and More

The developers at Niantic regularly provide Pokémon Go with new updates or special raids that should only be tackled in a group of several people. The Pokémon Go Raids are therefore very popular, as they also offer the prospect of particularly rare Pokémon. For example, in the past, legendary Pokémon could always be caught on special occasions (Pokémon Go events). For particularly eager mobile or smartphone Pokémon trainers, there is also an external IV calculator, such as the online tool from Pokemon.gameinfo.io or on Pokefans.net, to check the values of your Pokémon.