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All Battle League changes coming to Pokémon Go in Season 6 on January 11 – Great, Ultra, and Master League dates

Pokémon Go Season 6 change announcements have arrived.
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Published: Jan 5, 2021 09:41 pm

Pokémon Go will be receiving several new changes at the midway point of Season 6, the longest season to happen in the mobile game so far. The next half of Season 6 will be restarting the three different cups, and several move changes are coming to the PvP portion of the game.

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First off, the Great, Ultra, and Master Leagues will have a second-round for all players to go through them again for another round. Here are all of the dates for those leagues.

  • Great League: January 11 at 1 PM PT
  • Ultra League: January 25 at 1 PM PT
  • Ultra Premier Cup: January 25 at 1 PM PT
  • Master League: February 8 at 1 PM PT
  • Master Premier Cup: February 8 at 1 PM PT
  • Master League Classic: February 8 at 1 PM PT
  • Special Unnanounced Cup: February 8 at 1 PM
  • Kanto Cup: February 22 at 1 PM PT

Once the Master League leagues finish up on February 15, all of the leagues will be available on February 15 at 1 PM PT. A new reward has become available for Battle League players, and it’s Frillish. You need to reach rank 20 to encounter it potentially.

Next is the attack update, and this one features plenty of changes for old and new favorites to Pokémon Go.

  • Ember: This Fire-type Fast Attack will now deal more damage.
  • Karate Chop: This Fighting-type Fast Attack will now generate more energy.
  • Bubble: This Water-Type Fast Attack will now deal less damage.
  • Razor Leaf: This Grass-Type Fast Attack will now deal less damage.
  • Crabhammer: This Water-type Charged Attack will now deal more damage.
  • Sky Attack: This Flying-type Charged Attack will now deal less damage.
  • Rock Slide: This Rock-type Charged Attack will now deal less damage.
  • Shadow Bone: This Ghost-type Charged Attack will now deal less damage.

Pokémon can now learn these moves.

  • Fire-type Weather Ball: This powerful Fire-type attack will now be available to Vulpix and Ninetales originally discovered in the Kanto region.
  • Ice-type Weather Ball: This powerful Ice-type attack will now be available to Vulpix and Ninetales originally discovered in the Alola region.
  • Water-type Weather Ball: This powerful Water-type attack will now be available to Politoed.
  • Ice Punch: This powerful Ice-type attack will now be available to Primeape.
  • Ice Beam: This powerful Ice-type attack will now be available to Claydol.
  • Shadow Ball: This powerful Ghost-type attack will now be available to Claydol.
  • Tri Attack: This powerful Normal-type attack will now be available to Porygon-2.
  • Mud Shot: This powerful Ground-type Fast Attack will now be available to Excadrill.

There are a few things being changed up to make the next portion of Season 6 a bit more exciting. Hopefully, this remains a trend, and players can look forward to every half of a season to make it a unique experience, and new rewards to increase the competition.

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Zack Palm is the Senior Writer of Gamepur and has spent over five years covering video games, and earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Oregon State University. He spends his free time biking, running tabletop campaigns, and listening to heavy metal. His primary game beats are Pokémon Go, Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XIV, and any newly released title, and he finds it difficult to pull away from any Star Wars game.