A Pokémon GO World Championships Celebration: Our Favorite Picks!

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August 10, 2023

A Pokémon GO World Championships Celebration: Our Favorite Picks!

Now that we’ve covered the basics, let’s go over some of the Pokémon we recommend keeping an eye out for this weekend!

Our favorite 2023 World Championships celebration event picks

Scrafty

Scraggy evolves into Scrafty, a versatile Dark- and Fighting-type Pokémon that is a strong contender in both the Great League and the Ultra League, filling a unique role as a Pokémon that can counter both Steel-type and Ghost-type Pokémon.

Recommended Leagues:

Great League

Ultra League

Medicham

Meditite evolves into Medicham, whose unusual dual Psychic and Fighting type allows it to beat other Fighting types. Plus, its wide pool of Charged Attacks make it a versatile option. Almost every Regional Champion in the 2023 Play! Pokémon series included a Medicham on their team of six*!

Recommended Leagues:

Great League

*Note that teams of six Pokémon only apply to the World Championships competitive format. The GO Battle League requires teams of three Pokémon.

Walrein

Spheal evolves into Sealeo, which then evolves into Walrein. A Walrein that knows the Community Day–exclusive attacks Powder Snow and Icicle Spear is a powerful asset against many common Flying types or Dragon types that your Pokémon might face. It is an excellent and versatile Pokémon in both the Great League and Ultra League.

Recommended Leagues:

Great League

Ultra League

Quagsire

Wooper evolves into Quagsire, whose recently added Mud Bomb complements the other Charged Attacks it can learn! From Stone Edge to Sludge Bomb, Earthquake and more, Quagsire can deal good damage to almost any other Pokémon! Additionally, it only takes supereffective damage from one type—Grass!

Recommended Leagues:

Great League

Little Cup (as Wooper)

Lanturn

Chinchou evolves into Lanturn, the Light Pokémon, whose dual Water and Electric typing allows it to counter both Flying types and other Water-type Pokémon. In addition, it has multiple viable Fast Attacks that it can learn—such as Spark and Water Gun—which you can choose between depending on what your team needs.

Recommended Leagues:

Great League

Little Cup (as Chinchou)

Lickitung

Lickitung is an excellent Pokémon in the Great League, as its high Defense and HP allow it to comfortably manage Ghost-type opponents and deal neutral damage to many Pokémon. It takes a lot of Candy XL to fully power it up, though, so try and catch each one you see. The ability to learn Body Slam enables it to deal reliable damage to almost every Pokémon, while Power Whip gives it great coverage against Water Pokémon, such as Lanturn or Swampert.

Recommended Leagues:

Great League

Dubwool

Dubwool is a powerful Normal-type Pokémon. It can learn attacks that are Normal-, Electric-, Fighting-, and Dark-type, making it incredibly versatile! As a Normal type, Dubwool is only weak to Fighting-type attacks. Dubwool can find success in both the Great League and the Ultra League.

Recommended Leagues:

Great League

Ultra League

Don’t forget about these event perks!

Featured attacks and an Elite Fast TM

In addition to looking out for all of these Pokémon in the wild, don’t forget to evolve your Alolan Sandshrew, Seel, and Sealeo! If you evolve these Pokémon during the event, their Evolutions will know powerful featured attacks. And if you missed out on getting a featured attack in a previous event, don’t worry! There will also be Timed Research awarding an Elite Fast TM, an item that lets you teach a Pokémon a Fast Attack of your choosing—even a featured attack!

GO Battle League bonuses

And finally, make sure to bring all of your new Pokémon to the GO Battle League during the event. Not only will you be able to battle in twice as many sets as usual, but the Pokémon in reward encounters may have stats better suited to battling!

Tune in to the Pokémon GO World Championships this weekend!

The 2023 Pokémon World Championships will take place from August 11 to 13, 2023, in Yokohama, Japan.

The top qualifying Pokémon GO players from around the globe will compete to determine who will be crowned the 2023 Pokémon GO World Champion!

Tune in and watch all the action beginning at 9:00 a.m. JST each day!

Trainers who tune into Twitch may even spot codes to receive rewards!

English Stream

Japanese Stream
https://www.pokemon.co.jp/ex/wcs_event/2023/ja/howtowatch/

That’s all from us for now, Trainers! Best of luck in the GO Battle League!

Sophtoph

Sophtoph is a contributing writer for Pokemon.com.

SpeediestChief2

SpeediestChief2 is a Pokémon GO caster for the Pokémon Company International.