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Pokémon GO Battle League Top Encounters Revealed

By SamuelJan 22,2025

The Pokémon GO Dual Destiny season brings exciting changes to the GO Battle League. This season, starting December 3, 2024, and running until March 4, 2025, resets player ranks, offering fresh opportunities for rank-up rewards and Pokémon encounters. Let's explore the Dual Destiny season's offerings.

Dual Destiny Season Start Date:

The Dual Destiny season kicks off on December 3, 2024, and concludes on March 4, 2025. Rank resets in the GO Battle League provide a chance to climb the ranks and earn season-exclusive rewards.

Guaranteed Rank-Up Encounters:

Reaching specific ranks guarantees an encounter with a particular Pokémon. These are one-time encounters upon achieving the designated rank.

GO Battle League Rank Guaranteed Pokémon Encounter
Rank 1 scraggy Scraggy
Rank 6 Shiny Sandile Sandile
Ace Rank jangmo-o Jangmo-o
Veteran Rank deino Deino
Expert Rank frigibax Frigibax
Legend Rank Pikachu Libre Costume Cosplay Pikachu Libre

Note that all guaranteed encounters, except Frigibax, have a chance to be Shiny.

Standard Encounters:

Unlike guaranteed encounters, standard encounters offer repeated chances to find featured Pokémon at various ranks throughout the season.

GO Battle League Rank Pokémon Encounter
Rank 1 Machop Machop
Rank 1 Clefairy Clefairy
Rank 1 Mienfoo Mienfoo
Rank 1 Bunnelby Bunnelby
Rank 1 fletchling Fletchling
Rank 6 frillish Frillish
Rank 6 Togedemaru Togedemaru
Rank 11 Teddiursa Teddiursa
Rank 11 Shiny Galarian Stunfisk Galarian Stunfisk
Rank 11 phantump Phantump
Rank 11 Cetoddle Cetoddle
Rank 16 hisuian-sneasel Hisuian Sneasel
Rank 16 Pancham Pancham
Rank 16 totodile Totodile
Rank 20 Currently Active 5-Star Raid Boss
Ace Rank jangmo-o Jangmo-o
Veteran Rank deino Deino
Expert Rank frigibax Frigibax

Most standard encounter Pokémon can be Shiny, excluding Cetoddle and Frigibax.

GO Battle Week Bonuses (January 21-26, 2025):

  • 4x Stardust for win rewards.
  • Increased battle limit (up to 20 battles daily).
  • Battle-themed Timed Research with various rewards (including Grimsley shoes).
  • Expanded Attack, Defense, and HP stat ranges for reward encounter Pokémon.

Avatar Item Rewards:

Dual Destiny GO Battle League Avatar Rewards

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GO Battle League Rank Avatar Item Reward
Ace Rank Grimsley Shoes
Veteran Rank Grimsley Pants
Expert Rank Grimsley Top
Legend Rank Grimsley Avatar Pose

This completes the overview of Dual Destiny encounters and rewards in the Pokémon GO Battle League. Pokémon GO is available now on mobile devices. (Updated 12/4/2024)

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