PoGO – Pokémon GO: Which Pokémon you want to hunt during the Kanto event

The Kanto event in Pokémon Go is active until April 17. This means that rarer Kanto Pokémon will spawn, you will receive double bonbons, and more Kanto bosses will appear in the raids. But which Pokémon are worth catching, and which can you safely leave behind? With a look at future generations that will sooner or later be released in Pokémon Go, here are some tips on which pocket monsters you should currently be hunting.

Until April 17, 2018, the PoGo community is celebrating Kanto Week in Niantic’s AR game Pokémon Go. During the event, you’ll collect double the amount of candies for all activities that grant bonuses, Kanto raid bosses will appear in arenas, and rare spawns from the first Pokémon generation will also appear more frequently. Reason enough for the trainers among you to go out and catch Pokémon. Because there are some pocket monsters out there in the wild that you’ll want to hunt – because they’re already pretty strong right now, for instance, and nothing’s going to change in the near future. Or because with the release of Generation 4 in Pokémon Go, more evolutions will become available that you’ll want the candies for.

The staff at PokémonGoHub has put together a handy guide on which Pokémon you should currently catch and which you can safely ignore. What’s generally recommended when you’re hunting for Mon and candies: use Sanana Berries to get more candies!

Machollo for Machomei

A must-have catch is always Machollo, because the final evolution Machomei is still one of the strongest battle Pokémon you can use in a Raid. So it makes sense not to leave a Machollo out if you don’t already have a team of six strong Machomeis in your collection.

Owei for Kokowei

If you want a strong Grass Pokémon, don’t leave out Owei either so that you can secure the evolution Kokowei. Although it is believed that Kokowei will be replaced as the strongest Grass mon by Tangoloss once Generation 4 is released. However, it is not yet clear when Generation 4 will be released. Until then, Kokowei remains quite strong, and thanks to Grass and Psycho typing, quite universal.

Karpador for Garados and Mew Quest

If you’re currently busy with special research and haven’t completed step 6 yet, you’ll definitely want to collect every Karpador that flops across your path. The evolution Garados has already been overtaken by Kyogre in terms of its raid strength, making it no longer the strongest Water Pokémon. But that doesn’t change the fact that Garados is still very strong and fast. Back to the special research, for which you finally get Mew: on step 6 of the quest series you have to evolve a Karpador. So that means you need 400 Karpador candies.

Evoli for Folipurba and Glaziola

With the 4th generation, Evoli evolution becomes available in Pokémon Go in Folipurba (Grass) and Glaziola (Ice). That being said, the Evoli evolutions that are already available are also currently very useful to fill up raid teams with when you need strong glass cannons.

Magnetilo, Rihorn and Tangela

Magnetilo becomes Magnezone with Generation 4, one of the strongest Electric Pokémon that can outrun even the legendary Pokémon Zapdos and Raikou. Tangela becomes Tangoloss with Generation 4, expected to knock both Kokowei and Bisaflor off the throne of Grass Pokémon. Rihorn, on the other hand, will be able to evolve into Rihornior with Generation 4, which is expected to become similarly strong to Groudon – assuming, of course, that Rihornior gets the right skills.

Other Pokémon receive evolutions in the 4th generation, but they are not considered to have a particularly strong impact on the metagame. These include Elektek, Magmar, and Porygon. The following Pokémon and their evolutions can fill roles in some Raid situations, so you can also collect Nebulaks, Abras, Chaneiras, and Kleinsteins. You can find the original overview on the PokémonGoHub website.

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.