Ho-Oh to appear Pokémon GO raid battles

Following up on its Global Catch Challenge which saw Farfetch’d unlocked worldwide, Niantic has announced that Pokémon GO will be implementing legendary raids for Ho-oh. This legendary phoenix-like creature can now be hunted down now until 12 December 2017.

In case you were not keeping tabs, Ho-oh is the final legendary bird to appear in the game, trailing behind Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres and Lugia which came out in the summer. As Pokémon GO will soon be turning its attention to the third generation of Pokémon, the release of Ho-oh worldwide is rather timely.

To sweeten the experience, the Global Catch Challenge rewards of double XP, double Stardust, increased spawns will also be active until 1 December 2017 as well, so be sure to take advantage of it. Popping a Lucky Egg on when you are about engaged in a raid will net you a grand total of 40k XP.

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