On top of thehost of exciting new eventshappening in Pokemon Go this month, as well as theRowlet Community Day, we have the Porygon Community Day Classic. This event is set to be on January 20th, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm local time.
For those of you who may be experiencing your first Community Day Classic, do not worry about the current Community Day slots for January and February. Community Day Classics will not take up the Community Day slot and instead are repeat events. They do not give you any new features. Rather, this event will just help you to catch the Virtual Pokemon,Porygon. It will be released with all the same movesets as what its initial Community Day event gave it.
Porygon will spawn in outrageous numbers in the wild during this three-hour event. To take the most advantage of this, make sure your Pokemon inventory is sorted and you have space to catch a bunch of these guys. This will give you more chances at finding shinies and hundos.
Porygon is aNormal-typePokemon from the originalgeneration. It evolves intoPorygon2and then eventuallyPorygon-Z. In the base games, Porygon evolves only when given anUpgrade. In Pokemon Go, you will need to evolve Porygon to Porygon2 with anUpgrade, but the evolution from Porygon2 to Porygon-Z requires aSinnoh Stone.
Being aNormal-type, Porygon isresistanttoGhost-typedamage but isvulnerabletoFighting-typedamage.
Any Porygon2 evolved to Porygon-Z during this event will have the chance to learnTri-Attack, aCharged Attackthat has65 powerand a chance to lower an enemy’sAttackandDefenseduringtrainer battles. Duringgym/raid battles, this attack will have75 power. It’s not a bad move to give your Porygon, and arguably the only better option for it would beHyper Beam. That said, when paired up withTackleas itsFast Attack, both movies are viable.
Though the official event page does not list anyStardustorCandyreward multipliers, some goodies are still available. During this event, you’ll have the following bonuses going for you:
And a surprise! Take a few snapshots to find out whatNianticmay be keeping from you.
Community Day Classic-themedField Researchwill be made available during this event. You’ll be able to complete objectives that reward Porygon encounters,Stardust,Great Ballsand more!
Special Research
Like with regular Community Days, this Classic will have a research ticket that you can buy from the in-game shop. This ticket will give you theSpecial Research storyoriginally made available for the Porygon Community Day, in case you missed it the first time it came around.Special Researchstays in your quest log after the event is over, so you don’t have to worry about completing it right away.
Timed Research
This event comes withTimed Researchas well, which will last from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm local time. You have two extra hours to complete this research, and it will be well within your interest. This research dropsUpgrades, and even rarer,Sinnoh Stones. Use these to evolve your Porygons, or any of the otherSinnohPokémon you’ve been waiting for months to evolve.
As far as we are aware, there are no raid updates to keep up with during this time. Historically, Community Days will feature the evolved forms of the Pokémon it is themed on, so you may see somePorygon2raids. If that is the case, build forFighting-typedamage to annihilate these guys.
