Get ready, Pokémon GO players, for a very special Battle Showdown event starts up today! Fighting-type Pokémon will begin appearing more frequently in the wild later this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. PT | 3:00 p.m. CT | 4:00 p.m. ET.
Alongside the appearances of ‘mon like Machop and Makuhita, you’ll also receive 2x bonus XP for Gym Battles and Raid Battles until May 14th. You’ll score a guaranteed 3,000 Stardust simply for participating — and then one Rare Candy if you win. Woot!
Bonuses, including a 2x Badge multiplier, will be offered by performing several actions at Gyms, which means that it’s possible for you to earn even more benefits at a location you frequent. As an extra bonus, spinning the Photo Disc at Gyms will give you more items.
Go get ’em, Trainers!
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Written by Lauren Ganos
Creative Director, Managing Editor
Designer and writer by day, gamer by night, Lauren dreams big when it comes to creative endeavors. Perhaps that's why she's taken on the roles of creative director and managing editor for Nintendo Wire. If she had a video game superhero alias, it might just be The Visionary, a true keeper of imaginative order.
