Niantic has announced that a Pokemon Go Extraordinary Raid Week is coming soon. They’ve already revealed its release date, a special Lapras raid, and shiny Bronzor appearances that players will want to know about. Find out everything about the Pokemon Go Extraordinary Raid Week by reading on.
Pokemon Go Extraordinary Raid Week | Release date
The Pokemon Go Extraordinary Raid Week will have a global release date of Tuesday, May 21. It’ll kick off at 1 PM PT (4 PM ET, 8 PM BST, and 7 AM AEDT on Wednesday, May 22).
It’ll last for a week, so you’ve got until Tuesday, May 28 to explore everything that this event will bring. It should finish at the same time that it starts too, so bear that in mind.
Pokemon Go Extraordinary Raid Week | Lapras Raid day
As part of the Pokemon Go Extraordinary Raid Week, Niantic revealed that a Lapras Raid will be available for one day only. It will begin on different days depending on what region of the world you’re in too.
If you live in North America, South America, Europe, Greenland Africa, the Middle East, or India, your Lapras raid will take place from 11 AM to 2 PM local time on Saturday, May 25. If you live in the Asia-Pacific region, it’ll occur between 11 AM and 2 PM on Sunday, May 26.
Lapras will appear as a Raid boss and allow you to battle it. Beat it, and you’ll have the chance to catch it and add it to your collection. You may also strike lucky and encounter a shiny Lapras, so it’s well worth taking part in. Finally, you can receive up to five Raid Passes from Gyms at no extra cost, which is perfect if you’re looking to partake in the Lapras Raid.
Pokemon Go Extraordinary Raid Week | Shiny Bronzor and bonuses
Other features that will be part of the Pokemon Go Extraordinary Raid Week include the chance to encounter a shiny Bronzor in Raid Battles. This Pokemon is available as a tier one Raid boss so it won’t be difficult to find.
Trainers will have the opportunity to earn twice as much Raid Stardust and Raid XP from any battle you partake in. A special Raid Hour event will also be available to players on Wednesday, May 22. During the hour between 6 PM and 7 PM local time, the number of Raids of all levels will increase. That seems as good a time as any to try and get that shiny Bronzor then.
Abandoned Pokemon
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10 Abandoned Monsters That Need Help in Pokemon Sword and Shield
There are a lot of Pokemon. Each generation brings around 100 new ones while also maintaining the massive number of returning favorites. Some are bound to be left by the wayside, but it doesn't have to be this way. Here are 10 Pokemon that deserve support in Pokemon Sword and Shield -
Alomomola
Some Pokemon landed on this list because of untapped potential. Alomomola landed on this list because it needs a purpose. It's one of the dozens of water types that never get any attention, it can't evolve, and there's nothing else notable about it. You'd think it would be an evolution to Luvdisc, but it instead just feels like 'dex filler. -
Carbink
Carbink has a cool design and a relation to the Mythical Pokemon Diancie. Sadly, because Mythical Pokemon can't evolve, they have no gameplay relation, just a lore one. Carbink is just left alone as a neat design with neat typing and nothing else going for it. -
Carnivine
Carnivine basically serves a second stab at the Venus Fly Trap Pokemon concept after the Bellsprout line. Despite having a much better design than its Gen 1 compatriots, it gets no love and no support. It's time to see what Carnivine could do with a bigger set of jaws. -
Castform
One of the many gimmick Pokemon that could fill this list, Castform changes into one of several different elemental forms in weather. Despite that being its gimmick, Castform hasn't gotten updated forms as the games have gone on. There are way more than Sunny Day and Hail in Pokemon now, but Castform is trapped in the past. -
Fearow
Some Generation 1 favorites get all the luck. Sure, we probably don't need more birds, but Fearow is an old school favorite that has needed a boost since the original games. The design is there, and some fans still hold out hope for a third evolution whenever a new game emerges from Game Freak. -
Inkay
Inkay has one of the most obtuse and silly evolution requirements of any Pokemon. It requires you to hold your system upside down in order to reach its evolved form. It's cute exactly once, and then it becomes a burden. Will this weird requirement work on future systems? Or will future games have the "Upside Down Chamber" to go with the everpresent Moss Rock? -
Shuckle
When Gold and Silver introduced Shuckle's ability to create Berry Juice by holding a Berry, it was pretty clever. However, besides that and its bizarre stats, there hasn't been much to go around for this classic turtle friend especially since Berries aren't really a thing anymore. -
Stunfisk
Stunfisk got a bum rap going into the previous generation. One of its signature abilities prevented it from being Paralyzed, which is now a standard feature of all Electric types. That means that half of all Stunfisk now have a distinct disadvantage over other members of its species. A Pokemon with such weird typing deserves better. -
Zangoose
Look at Zangoose. In any other monster-driven RPG, Zangoose would be right near the top of the list in terms of sheer cool factor. Because this is Pokemon, it's a crowded field, and this cat ferret Pokemon only gets a rivalry with a similarly overlooked poison snake. Justice for Zangoose. -
Farfetch'd
If I had to rank all these Pokemon, I think Farfetch'd would take the top spot. He's has a great look, his name is fun to say, he has a stick, and yet he has no support. Probably one of the least usable Pokemon out of Generation 1, Farfetch'd deserves way better than he got.
