A bug, of course.

If you wanna use the shadow legends immediately, I suggest doing it today. , and then amp up the defense decrease from -2 to -3.

If not, just do the research any time.

This allows you to make full use of the move’s stats, without having to deal with the -defense downside. With its current moves, it's looking like it'll be one of the top Anti-Psychic and Anti-Ghost Pokémon, so when it shows up in raids in a few days it'll definitely be worth the passes!

Gamepress writer with a focus on theorycrafting and gameplay optimization with a background in business management and freelance writing. Rinse and repeat about 3 times. Consider supporting GamePress and the author of this article by joining GamePress Boost! Victory Sign Search your deck for up to 2 basic Energy cards of different types and attach them to your Pokémon in any way you like. While we don't have a lot of information right now, the bit that we do have could be earth-shattering for Pokemon Go moving forward. Yes! Pokémon GO Live.Retrieved on 2020-02-29. Pokemon GO Wiki - GamePress Victini. Victini is probably a perfectly fine pick for Great League. But beyond that, Victini’s got some pretty rough meta issues as well. Of course, as a Psychic-type, you’re not happy to run into Giratina-Origin either, who wins easily just going straight Ominous Wind! Like with Close Combat (and its zappier clone, Wild Charge), the optimal strategy is likely to be “build up enough energy to land 2, fire them both off, and switch”. Just when I thought things couldn't get dumber. Better DPE (damage per energy) than Overheat (which currently has the best DPE in the game). In the age of megas, is slowbro or slowking better? Victini, the Victory Pokémon is coming to GO with GoFest 2020! Mine has focus blast. Basic Pokémon. We won't go into much detail here, as we're working on an article outlining this new feature and what we know about it currently, but at last we know that it's real! Probably not fantastic for either PvE or PvP with its current movesets. Gamepress writer with a focus on theorycrafting and gameplay optimization with a background in business management and freelance writing. As a very effective check to Charmers, Poliwrath, Venusaur, Gengar, and Registeel, Victini’s pretty happy in Ultra League. I'm still waiting on that "something very different" that Niantic told us on announcement because mythical pokemon is standard for go fest and Rocket is nothing different or new. Is it busted enough to make Victini overpowered? That said, having Confusion is often good enough on its own.

Deoxys got Psycho Boost and Jirachi got Doom Desire, so what’s to stop Niantic from giving …

I forgot what happened with that situation in particular but nonetheless I am excited to try this guy out in GL! V-Create/Psychic, then, gives a solid double-STAB set with reasonable baiting power and one fantastically hard-hitting nuke. V-Create exists in game and as far as I know it’s decent, Victini just lacks a fire fast move. Press J to jump to the feed. Of course, as a Psychic-type, you’re not happy to run into Giratina-Origin either, who wins easily just going straight Ominous Wind! ↑ Stardust bonuses, Shadow Entei, Thundurus in raids, and more in March!. The latest in a the line of "Mew" type mythical Pokemon released for Pokemon Go's premier event, Victini is a bit of an interesting choice as it skips multiple similar mythical Pokemon from Generation 4. I'm speechless.

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It’s a defense debuff, not an attack, so it can store energy to fire them off back to back without dealing less damage. Is it busted? More posts from the TheSilphRoad community.

This is all a tie-in with the Isle of Armor update for Pokemon Sword and Shield, which releases world-wide today. But as with the rest of those, they were available to non-gofest attendees later, so I'm assuming(??) bulky, but it’s not exactly squishy either. Victini already has a signature move called V-create in the MSG so... Did they actually say it was coming with go fest? Then, shuffle your deck. This Fighting Type variant is not only unique in appearance and typing, it's also the only pre-evolution to the fighting type Sirfetch'd, release in Generation 8 Sword/Shield. So, basically, take Close Combat, make it 5 energy cheaper and 5 power weaker, and then amp up the defense decrease from -2 to -3.

Victini is a major GL threat to the big name Steels, Grasses, Ghosts, Ices, Fighters, Charmers, and others. GO Battle League Team Builds: Ultra League.

Edit: I was incorrect about the double jirachi, thanks everyone for clearing that up! V-Create: is it good? Ultra League looks promising too, and again, likely with V-Create and Overheat. Mine has v-create. That’s….pretty good. Everyone get the gofest mythical, ticket users just get it early so no worries :), More posts from the TheSilphRoad community. That’s….pretty good. Find Victini in the Pokédex Explore More Cards Victini.

Confusion’s just overall better than Quick Attack, and Focus Blast is too expensive. Azumarill, Altaria, Umbreon, Alolan Marowak, Deoxys-Defense, Bastiodon, Sableye, Whiscash, and Swampert all have pretty safe wins against the Victory Pokémon. Also ultra premier will run this season so - unless someone is a huge fan of Victini - the investment in it is kind of redundant. No, when the public research becomes active, those with already a Jirachi (or Celebi) only get 20 candies at the end. i know that i got jirachi as a gofest attendee and then when the research was released for everyone i just got 20 jirachi candy. To reach the first Psychic to bait, you need 5 Confusions, and then to reach Overheat after that is another 5 Confusions. All images and names owned and trademarked by Gamefreak, Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Niantic are property of their respective owners.

i dont think i got 2 jirachi. Then again it's Niantic so who knows?

Gamepress writer with a focus on theorycrafting and gameplay optimization with a background in business management and freelance writing. Grass is relatively common, as is Steel, so being able to effectively answer them is pretty nice. Weird. 5 … That’s a lot of things you’ll have to cover if you want to include Victini on your team, and that’s kinda scary.

I know Jirachi was, I think Celebi was as well?? Niantic never release something limited to money. With its current moveset it's....idk. Thanks to the PokeMiners, we’ve now got potential numbers for Victini’s signature move, V-Create! Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. hkn July 27, 2020, 1:12pm #2. Since what they said during the event was that it would be coming in 2020. Switching Overheat out to V-Create, though, you get a really solid boost! If you want to catch up, take a second to watch the presentation for yourself.

Victini maxes out at 3,265 CP, which is already not ideal for Master League. Approximate raider number? Getting to V-Create after a Psychic bait only takes 3 Confusions, a solid 8 turn/4 second speed-up!

V-Create exists in game and as far as I know it’s decent, Victini just lacks a fire fast move. Getting all 3 shadow birds, shadow mewtwo and victini through the quest line is pretty impressive ngl. Get hyped for Darkrai! That’s not unique to Victini, it’s just nice in general. The Isle of Armor set is free for all players, while the Galarian Farfetch'd set does cost a bit to obtain.