It’s almost time to crown a new Pokémon GO World Champion, and Trainers can follow the action taking place in Yokohama, Japan, via Twitch from August 11 to August 13, 2023. And if you want your piece of the action, you can celebrate in Pokémon GO from August 11, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. to August 15, 2023, at 8:00 p.m. local time. Passimian, the Teamwork Pokémon, will make its Pokémon GO debut, and Pikachu will be appearing wearing a 2023 Pokémon World Championships jersey.

Additionally, Pokémon that perform well in the GO Battle League’s Great League will show up in the wild and in raids, offering plenty of opportunities to strengthen your team. Plus, you can teach some of those featured Pokémon attacks that are usually only available by using an Elite Fast TM or an Elite Charged TM. And you’ll have plenty of opportunities to hone your team—the maximum number of sets you can play per day in the GO Battle League will increase from five to 10 throughout the event. Finally, you can be a Timed Research champion by completing themed tasks to earn an Elite Fast TM, an encounter with World Championships 2023 Pikachu, and more.

The following GO Battle League mainstays will appear in the wild, although you might want to evolve some of them before adding them to your battle team!

• Machop

• Onix

• Lickitung

• Chinchou

• Wooper

• Sableye

• Meditite

• Spheal

• Drilbur

• Scraggy

• Bunnelby

• Wooloo

Similarly, the Pokémon appearing as Field Research task encounters include several GO Battle League favorites.

• World Championships 2023 Pikachu

• Alolan Sandshrew

• Seel

• Magikarp

• Galarian Zigzagoon

• Spheal

• Passimian

• Wimpod

Take part in the following raids to build up your teams.

• One-Star Raids

  • World Championships 2023 Pikachu

  • Alolan Sandshrew

  • Gligar

  • Scraggy

• Three-Star Raids

  • Skarmory

  • Galarian Stunfisk

  • Passimian

• Five-Star Raids

  • Cresselia

• Mega Raids

  • Mega Gyarados

Once you’ve caught new Pokémon for your GO Battle League team, you can get them fighting-fit by teaching them the right attacks. Throughout this event, you can evolve the following Pokémon to get a Pokémon armed with a featured attack that can usually only be acquired during a special event or by using an Elite Fast TM or an Elite Charged TM.

• Evolve Alolan Sandshrew to get an Alolan Sandslash that knows the Fast Attack Shadow Claw

• Evolve Machoke to get a Machamp that knows the Charged Attack Payback

• Evolve Seel to get a Dewgong that knows the Fast Attack Ice Shard and the Charged Attack Icy Wind

• Evolve a Sealeo to get a Walrein that knows the Fast Attack Powder Snow and the Charged Attack Icicle Spear

• Evolve a Galarian Linoone to get an Obstagoon that knows the Charged Attack Obstruct

Happy 2023 Pokémon World Championships, Trainers!