It's finally time for Mega Mawile's debut in Pokemon Go, featured for the first time this week through its own Raid Day event. Like others hosted in the past, the Mega Mawile Raid Day will give you several opportunities to participate in this Pokemon's new Mega Raid, in addition to different Raid-themed bonuses.
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Posts 1The Mega Mawile Raid Day will take place on Saturday, October 12, 2024, active from 2pm local time to 5pm local time. Our complete guide for this event can be found below, including details and tips regarding this Raid Day, so that you can take advantage of all that is being offered.
Featured Pokemon: Mega Mawile
Mega Mawile will be the featured Pokemon for this Raid Day, appearing in Pokemon Go for the first time during this event. Being the featured Pokemon, you can expect to see several Mega Mawile Mega Raids at different Pokemon Gyms throughout the three hours of this event, appearing more often than on other days outside this event.
Following the successful completion of a Mega Mawile Raid, you will be rewarded with different in-game items, and a chance to catch a Mawile. This includes Mawile Mega Energy, a resource you will need to Mega Evolve any Mawile in your Pokemon Go collection.
It will be difficult to obtain Mawile Mega Energy from other sources outside its Mega Raid.
For this reason, make sure to take advantage of this event and stock up on this rare resource.
Additionally, any Mawile encountered as a Raid reward during this event will have increased chances of being Shiny. With the number of Mega Mawile Raids available during this event, this will give you decent odds of encountering and catching this rare Mawile variant.
Raid Day Bonuses
The standard two Raid Day bonuses will be active during this event, allowing you to participate in more Raids than usual. These two Raid-focused bonuses include:
- Five extra free Raid Passes from visiting different Pokemon Gyms.
- Use up to 20 Remote Raid Passes (Friday, October 11, at 5pm PDT to Saturday, October 12, at 8pm PDT).
Utilizing these two bonuses above, you should be able to complete several Mega Mawile Raids during the 3-hour window of this event, whether it be in-person or through the use of Remote Raid Passes.
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PostsRaid Day Event Ticket
There will also be a Mega Mawile Raid Day event ticket available for purchase until the end of this event. This ticket will cost $5.00 USD, and can be purchased through the Pokemon Go in-game shop.
Those who purchase this additional event ticket will unlock four different in-game bonuses, active on Saturday, October 12, 2024, from 2pm to 10pm local time. This extends past the conclusion of this Raid Day, so make sure you take advantage of these bonuses even after this event has ended.
Below we have provided the four bonuses that event ticket-holders will benefit from.
- Earn double the Stardust from Raid battles.
- Earn 50 percent more XP from Raid battles.
- Collect up to eight additional free Raid Passes from Pokemon Gyms (total of 14 for the day of this event).
- Higher likelihood of earning Rare Candy XL from Raid battles.
Mega Mawile Raid Strategies
To fully take advantage of the different bonuses being offered for this Raid Day, it is important that you are prepared to battle against Mega Mawile in its new Mega Raid. This means putting together a team of Pokemon that specifically counter Mega Mawile and take advantage of its weaknesses.
With Mega Mawile being a Steel and Fairy dual-type Pokemon, you will want to make sure to use strong Pokemon with either Ground or Fire-type attacks. These two attack types will deal Super-Effective damage, proving to be the most effective against Mega Mawile.
Pair these two attack types with Pokemon of matching types.
This will activate the Same Type Attack Bonus, STAB for short, further increasing the damage of these attacks.
Additionally, there will be several attack types that you will want to avoid using in this Raid battle due to their ineffectiveness against Mega Mawile. This includes Poison, Normal, Flying, Rock, Grass, Psychic, Ice, Dark, Fairy, Bug, and Dragon-type attacks, all dealing reduced damage against Mega Mawile.
Lastly, it is essential that you are attempting this Raid battle with a sufficient number of players, ensuring that you will be able to defeat Mega Mawile in the set time limit. For this specific Raid battle, that means going into the battle with a group of at least three to five experienced Trainers.
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