Pokemon Go has always found new ways to reinvent itself and this time they are bringing a whole lot of changes that we’ve been wanting for quite some time. Pokemon Go is going through an overhaul and soon your Pokemon will be able to learn new attacks that they couldn’t before.<\/p>\n
Niantic released a statement which outlined all the changes that they are bringing to the mobile-based game.<\/p>\n
The statement reads:<\/p>\n
Trainers,<\/p>\n
In our previous Community Note, we outlined some changes that came to Pok\u00e9mon GO that made Trainer Battles a more fun and competitive experience. In this update, we\u2019re excited to announce more changes focusing on Trainer Battles!<\/p>\n
Over the next couple of weeks, you\u2019ll see some changes in Pok\u00e9mon GO\u2019s various combat systems.<\/p>\n
Updates to the combat system<\/strong><\/p>\n Our team has polished the existing system to make Trainer Battles and Team GO Rocket battles more intuitive and responsive in Pok\u00e9mon GO version 0.157.0.<\/p>\n The timing for damage dealt and energy charged has been improved. Exciting updates to existing attacks in Pok\u00e9mon GO!<\/strong><\/p>\n Along with updates to the combat system, there will also be some updates to select attacks.<\/p>\n Bubble Beam<\/strong> – Bubble Beam will now have a reliable attack debuff, which decreases an opponent Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s attack stat by one stage. We\u2019re excited to see what strategies this change kicks off.<\/p>\n Power-Up Punch<\/strong> – Power-Up Punch\u2019s primary purpose was intended to be rapidly boosting the attack of your Pok\u00e9mon if your opponent doesn\u2019t respond quickly. The damage for Power-Up Punch will be decreased in order to help Pok\u00e9mon that can learn Power-Up Punch play differently from one another by using their other attacks for damage. This should also provide clearer counterplay\u2014not blocking your opponent\u2019s Power-Up Punches is now a more obviously right response!<\/p>\n Psychic<\/strong> – Psychic will now deal more damage and be usable sooner in Gym, Raid, and Trainer Battles. This rework is intended to make Psychic a more viable Psychic-type attack in both raids and Trainer Battles. Trainers now also have the chance to decrease an opponent Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s defense stat whenever the move is used in Trainer Battles.<\/p>\n Snarl<\/strong> – Snarl has been updated to have a clearer energy-generation role among Dark-type Fast Attacks. This should help the primarily offensive-leaning Pok\u00e9mon with Snarl, like Arcanine and Luxio, use important Charged Attacks before fainting, as well as giving the more defensive Suicune and Umbreon more frequent access to their Charged Attacks.<\/p>\n More attacks will also be coming to Pok\u00e9mon GO!<\/strong><\/p>\n Certain Pok\u00e9mon will soon be able to learn attacks that hadn\u2019t yet been seen in Pok\u00e9mon GO!<\/p>\n Thunder Fang: An Electric-type Fast Attack – Arcanine, Steelix, Mightyena, Hippowdon Fire Fang damage has been increased to match the damage that Thunder Fang and Ice Fang deal.<\/p>\n Additional moveset updates<\/strong><\/p>\n The following Pok\u00e9mon will be able to learn attacks they couldn\u2019t before:<\/p>\n 026 Alolan Raichu: Thundershock – This Fast Attack will let Alolan Raichu surf its way to faster Charged Attacks to help make up for its light defenses.<\/p>\n 028 Alolan Sandslash: Ice Punch – This Charged Attack lets Alolan Sandslash more reliably dish out fast and high-powered Ice-type damage in the Great and Ultra Leagues.<\/p>\n 038 Alolan Ninetales: Charm – This addition allows Alolan Ninetales to have a powerful Fast Attack option as an alternative to its more Charged-Attack-focused Ice-type attack set in the Great and Ultra Leagues.<\/p>\n 055 Golduck: Bubble Beam, Synchronoise, Cross Chop – With access to a few new tricks, Golduck has a new and unique pool of Charged Attacks that should help it stand out against the many other Water types in Ultra League.<\/p>\n 105 Alolan Marowak: Fire Spin, Flame Wheel – Alolan Marowak\u2019s original move pool made it hard to use any Fire-type attacks in practice. Adding Fire Spin and Flame Wheel should give this Pok\u00e9mon options to reliably deal Fire-type damage.<\/p>\n 226 Mantine: Bubble Beam – Giving Mantine the new and improved Bubble Beam gives it a more supportive role among Great League Water types.<\/p>\n 303 Mawile: Fire Fang, Ice Fang, Power-Up Punch – Fire Fang or Ice Fang combined with Power-Up Punch allow Mawile to pose a real threat in Great League. Mawile\u2019s weakness to Fire-type attacks keeps it a balanced competitor.<\/p>\n 461 Weavile: Snarl – Snarl allows Weavile to hold its own as a fragile but powerful Dark-type attacker against Team GO Rocket, Raid Bosses, and Master League opponents.<\/p>\n We\u2019re excited to see the teams you build with these changes, Trainers. Stay tuned, as we\u2019ll be sharing more updates like these in the future. Good luck on the battlefield!<\/p>\n \u2014The Pok\u00e9mon GO team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Check out all the changes Niantic is implementing for Pokemon Go, this will surely change some of the aspects of the game and it more fun <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,347],"tags":[114,115,263,262],"class_list":{"0":"post-9328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-pokemon-go","9":"tag-android-games","10":"tag-ios-games","11":"tag-niantic","12":"tag-pokemon-go"},"yoast_head":"\n
\nWe understand this issue provided a possible knowledge gap that players could learn to work around, giving them an edge in battle. We chose to adjust this since we think it was fundamentally unintuitive that damage and energy changes always ran one move late. Unlike with quickly switching before a predicted Charged Attack, we don\u2019t think the particularities of our refresh rate make for interesting gameplay decisions.
\nA Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s health bar will briefly pulse when it receives damage.<\/p>\n
\nIce Fang: An Ice-type Fast Attack – Suicune, Mightyena, Mawile, Hippowdon, Drapion<\/p>\n