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Pokemon GO Battle League Max Out Encounters & Rewards

by Gabriella Feb 11,2025

The Pokémon GO Dual Destiny season brings exciting changes to the GO Battle League. This season, starting December 3, 2024, and ending March 4, 2025, resets player ranks, introduces new rewards, and offers fresh Pokémon encounters. Let's dive into the details of what awaits trainers in the Dual Destiny GO Battle League.

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 fresh start for all players.

Guaranteed Rank-Up Encounters:

Reaching specific ranks guarantees an encounter with a particular Pokémon. These are one-time encounters upon reaching 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: All guaranteed encounters, except Frigibax, have a chance to be Shiny.

Standard Encounters:

Unlike guaranteed encounters, standard encounters offer repeated chances to catch featured Pokémon after reaching a certain rank.

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 encounters can be Shiny, except for 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
  • Wider range of stats for reward encounters

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 concludes the overview of Dual Destiny encounters and rewards in the Pokémon GO Battle League. Pokémon GO is available on mobile devices. (Article updated 12/4/2024)

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