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Max Encounters and Rewards Unveiled in Pokémon GO Battle League

by Oliver Feb 10,2025

The Pokémon GO Dual Destiny season brings exciting updates to the GO Battle League, including rank resets, new rewards, and Pokémon encounters. This guide details all the Dual Destiny encounters and rewards.

Dual Destiny Season Start Date:

The Dual Destiny season commences on December 3, 2024, and concludes on March 4, 2025. Season start means rank resets, offering fresh opportunities to climb the ranks and earn rewards.

Guaranteed Rank-Up Encounters:

Reaching specific ranks guarantees encounters with certain Pokémon.

GO Battle League RankGuaranteed Pokémon Encounter
Rank 1scraggy Scraggy
Rank 6Shiny Sandile Sandile
Ace Rankjangmo-o Jangmo-o
Veteran Rankdeino Deino
Expert Rankfrigibax Frigibax
Legend RankPikachu Libre Costume Cosplay Pikachu Libre

All guaranteed encounters, except Frigibax, have a chance of being Shiny.

Standard Encounters:

These encounters occur repeatedly at various ranks throughout the season.

GO Battle League RankPokémon Encounter
Rank 1Machop Machop, Clefairy Clefairy, Mienfoo Mienfoo, Bunnelby Bunnelby, fletchling Fletchling
Rank 6frillish Frillish, Togedemaru Togedemaru
Rank 11Teddiursa Teddiursa, Shiny Galarian Stunfisk Galarian Stunfisk, phantump Phantump, Cetoddle Cetoddle
Rank 16hisuian-sneasel Hisuian Sneasel, Pancham Pancham, totodile Totodile
Rank 20Currently Active 5-Star Raid Boss
Ace Rankjangmo-o Jangmo-o
Veteran Rankdeino Deino
Expert Rankfrigibax Frigibax

Most standard encounter Pokémon can be Shiny, except 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 with rewards.
  • Enhanced stat ranges for reward encounter Pokémon.

Avatar Item Rewards:

Dual Destiny GO Battle League Avatar Rewards

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GO Battle League RankAvatar Item Reward
Ace RankGrimsley Shoes
Veteran RankGrimsley Pants
Expert RankGrimsley Top
Legend RankGrimsley Avatar Pose

Pokémon GO is available now on mobile devices. This article was updated on 12/4/2024.

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