Raid Battlesoccur when a Boss Pokémon takes over a Gym. Your goal is to defeat this powerful Pokémon. If you and your young man Trainers are successful, you'll be rewarded with special items and a chance at communicable that Pokémon. You lot can't do it alone; y'all'll need assist from fellow Trainers to raid the Gym and (hopefully) prevail.

Raid Battles aren't your typical Gym Battle; your opponent is more difficult to defeat than most other Pokémon. Raids have iv tiers of difficulty: tier 1, tier 3, tier 5, and Mega Raids. The college the difficulty, the stronger the Raid Boss and the more than players you'll need in order to succeed.

Mega Raid Battlesare difficult Raid Battles featuring Mega-Evolved Raid Bosses. Defeating a Mega Raid Boss gives yous Mega Energy, a resources required to Mega Evolve Pokémon.

EX Raid Battlesaresectional raids where you'll accept an opportunity to grab some of the well-nigh sought afterwards Pokémon. Unlike other raids, y'all need to be invited to attend an EX Raid at a specific Gym at a specific time. If you are selected to participate in an EX Raid, you will receive an invitation in advance so that you can coordinate and strategize for the chance at defeating the powerful EX Raid Boss.

FINDING A RAID BATTLE

You'll receive a notification of Raid Battles happening nearby. Y'all can besides use the Nearby feature to locate raids happening around you or accept a raid invitation from a friend, no matter how far away you lot are from the Raid Battle.

Earlier the raid begins, a Raid Egg will appear on acme of the Gym. A inaugural will display the fourth dimension until the Egg hatches and the battle begins. Don't worry if yous miss a hazard to join a Raid Battle as they happen often.

To participate in EX Raid Battles, you need an EX Raid Laissez passer. An EX Raid Laissez passer serves as an invitation to join an EX Raid at a specified time and place. You lot will receive a notification when you receive an EX Raid Pass stating where and when your EX Raid will occur. Y'all can review the details of your upcoming EX Raid past viewing the EX Raid Pass in your inventory.

RAID PASSES

Raid Passes are items required to join Raid Battles. There are 4 types of passes:

Raid Laissez passer


Y'all can earn a Raid Laissez passer by spinning the Photo Disc at a Gym. You tin can only hold i Raid Laissez passer at a time, and you lot tin can only receive ane per day. This pass grants access to Tier 1-five Raid Battles.

Premium Battle Laissez passer


If yous have already used your Raid Pass, you lot tin participate in another Raid Boxing by purchasing a Premium Boxing Pass from the Shop. Unlike the Raid Laissez passer, you lot can concord more than one Premium Battle Pass in your inventory at a time. Like the Raid Pass, the Premium Battle Pass also grants admission to Tier 1-5 Raid Battles. Premium Battle Passes can too be used to unlock Premium rewards in Get Battle League.

Remote Raid Pass

With aRemote Raid Pass, Trainers tin can bring together any Raid Boxing that'south on the Nearby screen or tappable from the Map View. Learn more about raiding remotely.

EX Raid Pass


This pass grants you lot access to an EX Raid. This pass can only exist used at a specific Gym at a specific fourth dimension. To receive an EX Raid Pass, you must have successfully completed a raid recently past defeating a Raid Boss at the Gym where the EX Raid Battle will be taking place.

To increase your chances of receiving an EX Raid Pass:

  • Join more than Raid Battles.The more Raid Battles you successfully complete, the greater your chances to receive an EX Raid Laissez passer.

  • Attempt completing raids at a variety of different Gyms.

  • Earn more than Gym Badges.Trainers with a high-level Gym Bluecoat are more than likely to be invited to EX Raid Battles taking identify at that Gym.

JOINING A RAID BATTLE

Once the Egg hatches, the raid begins and you have 45 minutes to defeat the Boss. Any number of Trainers tin join a raid, but only in groups of up to 20 Trainers. If you would similar to be in the same group as your friends, you can join the raid privately. Otherwise, yous will be automatically matched with other players in the antechamber.

  1. Enter the Gym- Tap a Gym while a raid is in progress. To bring together remotely, you can likewise go to the Nearby screen and tap "View" under the raid you desire to join.

  2. Join the Battle - Choose how yous'd like to bring together: TapBattle to be automatically matched with other players. TapJoin Privately to enter an existing grouping. You'll be asked to provide a group code.

  3. Use Raid Laissez passer - Yous'll exchange your Pass for entry into the raid.

  4. Pick your Pokémon - Just like in a Gym Boxing, you'll choose 6 Pokémon to battle in the raid. If yous want your friends to join your group, share the grouping code displayed on the acme right.

  5. Begin Battle

Contesting IN A RAID

One time in the battle, you tin can perform i of three dissimilar actions:

Fast Attack

Tap anywhere on the screen to perform a Fast Attack. Fast Attacks charge your Charged Attack meter.

Charged Assail

Once your Charged Set on meter is total, the Charged Assail push button volition go enabled. Tap the push to perform a Charged Assault. Charged Set on causes large amounts of damage.

Dodge

Swipe to the left or right to dodge incoming attacks from the opponent. At any time during the battle, you can abscond to heal your Pokémon using Potions or Revives then rejoin the battle.

After THE RAID Boxing

If you lot are not able to defeat the Dominate in the battle, you may rejoin the raid and battle again. You won't need to use some other Raid Pass to rejoin; your pass volition grant you admission to the battle for the elapsing of the raid. You can bring together as many times as you'd like before the raid ends.

If you and your fellow Trainers are successful in defeating the Raid Dominate, you'll earn special items and a adventure at catching the Pokémon. Special items may include Golden Razz Berries, Fast and Charged TM, or Rare Processed.

You may notice that you or your boyfriend Trainers receive a Trainer Achievement, highlighting special circumstances like the Trainer who delivered the final attack during the Raid Battle. Receiving a Trainer Achievement will as well contribute to your Raid Adept Medal. Tap the download push to save the Accomplishment to your device's photo app and share on your favorite photo sharing app!

After the Raid Battle, you'll as well receive a number of Premier Assurance used for catching the Raid Dominate. The number of Premier Balls you receive in a Raid Boxing depends on how much damage you deal, whether the Gym is controlled by your squad, and how speedily you defeat the Raid Boss.

Note: In Mega Raid Battles, Trainers receive extra Mega Energy instead of extra Premier Balls for defeating the Raid Boss quickly.

You can't use Great Balls or Ultra Balls here; you'll only exist able to use these Premier Balls to catch the Boss Pokémon. Nevertheless, you can utilize Berries to aid capture this Pokémon. Aim carefully — once all of your Premier Balls run out, the Boss will flee.

One time you take defeated the Boss, you won't be able to collaborate with the Gym until the raid has completed. After the Raid Battle has completed, the Gym is restored to its state before the raid. Any Pokémon previously assigned to the Gym render to defend the location.