6 Minutes of ALL You NEED to Know | Jan 13 - 19 in Pokémon GO (2025)

[@PokeeSeanGO]

*MORE UPDATES:* Friday, January 17 @ 10AM: Timed Research rewarding Dynamax Pokémon super-effective against Dynamax Articuno, along with Candy and Max Particles. *BONUS:* 3/4 Max Particle cost for powering up Max Moves. Looks like they’re trying to get us motivated and just a little more prepared for the Kanto Bird’s arrival in Max Battles, which begins with Articuno on Monday, January 20th. *SHADOW RAIDS UPDATED:* Shadow Ho-Oh Raid Day will now feature the ability to REMOTE RAID Shadow Raids, along with other Shadow Raids, AND the Remote Raid Limit will be raised to 20 from Saturday, January 18, at 4:00 p.m. to Sunday, January 19, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. PST.

[@calebturton1554]

VINDICATIONNNNN

[@HayleyMarieISme]

These videos help me get a handle on the deluge of new events and information each week. As a newer player, I would be lost without the info. Thank you. 🎉

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Happy to help :)

[@naturegirl4074]

Same

[@tron1879]

Im A returning old player and love this because I'm basically new back when it first came out we just caught everything and evolved pidgeys to get higher level but now so many Pokemon the rotation always changing and diff type events it was scary at first but now I found old bud channel I'm loving it cause it keeps me knowing what's up like today I got 14 shadow ho'oh only 1 shiny and no hundos but still was a cracker day out with a bunch of new friends I made thanks to campfire witch I found thru this dude so yeah loving his content

[@anonymousperson9807]

Bro never stop with these weekly videos

[@PokeeSeanGO]

I'll be back again next week :)

[@tron1879]

​@@PokeeSeanGOBro I wish you posted on Sundays like today so I knew what was on all week other then that your like a god and respect ya work I just wanna know my week and plan it out hahahha

[@PokeeSeanGO]

The video goes up on KZbin at 5AM PST on Sunday. I usually need a bit of Saturday to get the edit finished. Just too busy with the kid during the week. Scheduling the video to go up at 5AM seems to please the YT gods 😂🤷🏻 I don’t advertise it, but I put the video out immediately as the edit is done on Patreon. It’s behind the paywall, though. The infographic goes up there early too, since I finish that mid week.

[@tron1879]

@PokeeSeanGO Na your all good bro I understand I got a kid myself a boy was his 7th bday yesterday actually 😂😂😂 but it ended up being alright cause if ya post that same time ya new one ya did I get it like 12.30am and I'm usually up to 1 or 2 in the morning riding around taking all my local gyms so my mins stay in gym while everyone asleep and I get my daily coins 😂😂😂 so was good last night I got to watch what's on for this week and work it all out so worked out well I was thinking I'd get new video today sumtime and was like fuck I can't plan if I wake up early or not but now I can so cheers Bro

[@PokeeSeanGO]

​​⁠gotta love the gym dedication - lol. I exclusively leave Trubbish in gyms when I go into town. One night I want to go around to all the major gyms and have everyone wake up to my trash.

[@Killeean]

I really enjoy the structure and format you are using. It is very concise and efficient.

[@LuckyBunz]

I really enjoyed your chat segment at the end! RIP for that 2nd move Palkia 😅 Keep it up dude, your content creation is improving at such a rapid pace!

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Thanks! I really appreciate you saying that :) I need Palkia in Dmax so I can leave them at spots and farm some of that candy back 😭

[@dave7474]

mega gallade made it so my mom and i can trio shadow registeel. We powered it up and got 2 raids done last night. Super worth it

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Nice! Yeah it’s going to be a good one to have at the top Mega level as well, so if you have a lot of energy, mega evolve it daily to get it up there.

[@DairyCat]

Love you work keep it up. These summaries are honestly a Sunday highlight for me haha.

[@xs0vietmanx]

7:04 i did the same thing to my shiny LA BG palkia by mistake lmao

[@PokeeSeanGO]

At least that has a few special elements going for it!

[@junrycalvo]

This guy deserve more subscribers. This calendar structure method is very efficient. Rather than listening to more yapping & watching a random video on screen. Thank you so much keep this up!

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Thanks! :)

[@joshuaaldons7115]

Great video as always. Thanks.

[@MeIsCucumber]

Love the high pace. All the info I need in 6 minutes is gold 🤩

[@BuffDudley]

Great video, super helpful. Keep these coming.

[@evilras]

As someone with ADHD and a brain that's basically a rock being played by lots of monkeys, these updates and especially the download graphic really helps me!

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Saaaame! Having a kid is a form of brain damage 😂

[@evilras]

Yeah mines 5 now so he's into Pokémon the series and we have a lot of plushies from the Pokémon center. Shiny Rayquaza being one of the Santa gifts. It's nice having shared hobbies! And with my brain being scrambled and trying to be a parent.. yeah, your graphics are perfect!

[@sheeringobject]

You know you can choose video playing speed with 5% accuracy

[@PlanttoLive]

Always a comprehensive video

[@20907Luis]

Update! You CAN remote raid ho-oh and other shadows for the event starting 18 Jan

[@PokeeSeanGO]

It’s true! I made a pinned comment and updated the description and sent out a community post - but more reminders can’t hurt 😂

[@3ricArjona]

You are on to something here. My new pogo go to videos.

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Thanks! :)

[@ViSion3.14]

Its 2025 amd we getting the same spotlight hours as 2024.

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Yeah, it recycles pretty quick. 52 spotlights per year, some have multi mons. 500 or so Pokémon families, then you exclude legendary, rare, and unreleased… Should be a lot to draw from, but most of it is pretty underwhelming.

[@Raigeko_13]

thanks for another video, goat

[@unclejamesx9808]

Awesome vid

[@bobzboo]

I still have a hard time figuring everything out with the Pokémon terminology - BUT you and your videos have helped me so much. Being a re-newer - I was gone due to illness, for 4 years and just got back in September. I’ve having a blast. Thank you!

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Are there any terms that stand out as confusing? I try to balance the content between being understandable for newcomers and brief for experienced players, but am always interested to know if I have a blind spot that I should address.

[@bobzboo]

Actually nothing comes to mind right now. I listen to your videos at least 3 times and I slow it to 85% speed so I can follow along better. I go straight to the hub to learn any new terms AND I take notes. 😂 It’s a learning curve. What I wanted to do was to thank you because you have really been a life saver for me learning and catching up. Lots of things have changed in the last 4 years and your videos have made it so I know what’s going to come up, what I need to do and to HAVE FUN 👏 Thanx!

[@PokeeSeanGO]

@@bobzbooI’m glad to have helped :) I have trouble focusing on what’s most important in the game, so analyzing everything to make the video is my way of sorting through it and making sure I keep it fun for myself and not frustrating.

[@davidalingasa7031]

Just found this hidden gem, this info would be very helpful to me in the following weeks. This deserves a sub 🎉

[@VQuinn-he9rv]

Great video as always. Loved CtrlZ lol… at least you didn’t accidentally masterball a grimer or stg. I have good weather now but I was snowed in plus caught covid during go wild, was such bad timing cos I liked that event a lot. Thanks for reminding I need to clear our space before unova tour!

[@PokeeSeanGO]

I’ve come close to using the master ball on trash. Running out of pokeballs and muscle memory moving to select ultra balls. 😂

[@VQuinn-he9rv]

@ yes exact same thing bound to happen to me one day !!

[@trevorlairson497]

so no one is gonna talk about 1:28 when he put groudon in the grass type attacker list😭

[@PokeeSeanGO]

lol it’s not listed as an attacker - that’s for candy bonuses. Primal Groudon boosts candy for 3 types: ground, fire, grass (the “clear” weather boosted types).

[@trevorlairson497]

ohhhhh thank you i actually did not realize thats what that list was🙏

[@Urrrraaaaaa]

I also have a second move to my palkia when I tried using special rend. At least I did it to my best palkia since I have a bad habit of just using any palkia I have with special rend to use the ability to

[@raphaeld4313]

Shadow Palkia would have helped in some situations of soloing Palkia itself or Giratina. Draco meteor is a bit more valuable in the new raid meta

[@PokeeSeanGO]

I’ve been finding Fairies to be less annoying to use against Palkia. When the boss Palkia has Draco, it just wipes out my dragons too fast.

[@raphaeld4313]

@PokeeSeanGO Palkia solo is probably the only case where fairies don't work. Even with two players, they'd effortlessly do the job indeed, let alone in a full group

[@naturegirl4074]

Yea! I need ca day for Rosalia. She’s good

[@mariusbhn]

You want a shadow hooh for masterleague even though its lower ranked, it does what you want hooh to do better than the regular one (this is because the regular one more easily gets walled even when ahead in energy or shields)

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Interesting. Thanks for the tip!

[@damangood]

Yes, an undo option would be awesome. Control z!

[@Thesixthy9]

Great video👍

[@roivisions5537]

I can hear the frustration in how you’re addressing this

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Part of that is just how I talk 😂 I’m actually mostly OK with things, and more curious than anything. I’m annoyed at the entire gaming landscape, especially live service and “freemium” games, so that’s my underlying frustration.

[@ahdavinho3558]

@@PokeeSeanGO I think they were making a PUN joke lol "Frustration"

[@PokeeSeanGO]

lol I should have caught that.

[@aznreaper07]

What's the 9 am walk bonus?

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Every Monday at 9, the “adventure sync rewards” are granted. Depending on how much you walk (tracked through GPS with the game open, and through steps if it’s closed, assuming you have adventure sync turned on in the settings), you’ll get a big drop of items and stardust. It goes up to 100km, which is 20 thousand stardust.

[@troytrick3325]

Ok so exactly what date and times can i remove frustration?

[@PokeeSeanGO]

During the Taken Over event, starting Wednesday, January 15, at 12:00 a.m. to Sunday, January 19, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

[@captainmaza]

Thanks again

[@vincepeterson2834]

Thank you.

[@rio23xh89]

Love the charts

[@prashant_kb]

Will they will give extra purified gems for the shadow raid day?

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Probably not, but you get quite a few shards for doing a 5star raid. Definitely ideal if you have a group of 8 so everyone only uses 1 gem per raid and you can maintain them.

[@tristan4543]

Are non shiny costume mons worth keeping? I don’t really care for them and only have one shiny.

[@PokeeSeanGO]

They’re just a collection item. If you have people to trade with, they can be valuable for that, depending on what people are after.

[@PatrickVieiradeSousa]

Did they Nerf the pokémon spawn?

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Funny you say that, I’ve noticed MORE spawns in my rural area, and some spawn points have moved around. Definitely changed something.

[@umut_-rb4ei]

How many people are needed for ho ho ?

[@PokeeSeanGO]

It’s double weak to Rock, so it may be duo-able. That’s 4 gems from each person, though.

[@ImpatientPlatypus]

Decent difficulty duo, probably want at least 3

[@NapoleonDoppel]

Thank you.

[@Genuinely_Vague]

I’m tired of costume pokemon that can’t even evolve.

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Agreed. At the very least they should evolve. Even if it loses the costume.

[@Genuinely_Vague]

@ facts, or if you’re going to take the time to create a costume then make an evolution. Nothing is worse than spending time looking for shinys. To get one of a favorite and it be a shiny evolution locked because of a costume.

[@azzamakbar6931]

I think I can't defeat any 5 star shadow raid,bc there is not so many ppl in my area are playing pogo :(

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Yeah, it’s a shame the raid difficulty doesn’t scale based on player density. All you can do is become a multi account player - but that’s not exactly affordable.

[@Flistered]

i choose to spoof rather than not being able to really play or enjoy the game. my hometown has something like less than 20 pokestops and nobody is ever at raids which makes catching cool legendary pokémon impossible unless you trade which is a whole other issue. I don’t want to recommend spoofing as it’s technically speaking not allowed by niantic but i mean it makes playing the game fun again when in places that are not exactly pokémon go friendly.

[@azzamakbar6931]

Just use pokeraid if you need to get limited pokemon,but shadow raid is nearby player only

[@azzamakbar6931]

Im afraid using spoof bc its can get banned,just walk or use car when raid is nearby gym

[@PokeeSeanGO]

@Flistered I have nothing against it as long as you’re not griefing other players by kicking them from gyms/entering showcases. I’m curious though what makes GO more appealing than the mainline games, in your case? I mainly stick with GO because of the 1 or 2 times a month I can meet up with the community.

[@NvrGoATM]

Will shadow ho oh be apex??

[@PokeeSeanGO]

It will not, unfortunate. The Apex may not come back at all, unless they repeat the Tour events in a few years and cycle back to Johto.

[@chewypr]

I think at least carching a defense deoxys if you PvP would be useful.

[@PokeeSeanGO]

It's rank #521 on PVPoke for Master League, and a bit better in Ultra at #230. Worth having on hand in case of a meta shakeup, but save the stardust for now. 👍

[@ThuGnificent1236]

@@PokeeSeanGOwhich deoxys would be the best to get ? I want to catch the normal one

[@PokeeSeanGO]

@@ThuGnificent1236The standard one isn’t going to be available this time, just attack and defence forms. Defence is higher ranked (the one with the high shoulders) in PVP, and could become relevant with a PVP change. I’d just go for whichever one you like better, if you’re just going to do 1.

[@ChaloopaJoe]

WAIT YOU CAN ADD A SECOND CHARGED ATTACK?! man im behind AHAHA

[@PokeeSeanGO]

For a hiiiiigh price.

[@t3hsolo]

It cost more to give a shadow pokemon a second move, not worth it to test

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Agreed. My guess is that a purified ho oh can’t learn SF for free :(

[@ArunMadisetti]

Finally! someone on YT calling the event pokemon exactly what they are - useless. Just a way to make you get more storage. Same wiht the other useless spawns popping up all over. Give us a Cosmog day so we can fuse Necrozma and others.

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Ugh, I know! Where’s that Cosmog?! And these costume mons should at least be able to evolve. Never cared less to catch a Kirlia.

[@hyperdymented7448]

Yet another shadow legendary that I'll miss out on ;(

[@PokeeSeanGO]

It will be double weak to Rock, if you’re able to scramble another person or two together.

[@hyperdymented7448]

@@PokeeSeanGO but that's the problem, there is nobody else

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Only option becomes gathering up some old phones and playing waaaay too much to build up a couple more accounts so you can be a 1-player raid machine. 👀

[@Intano]

Is there no info on what the rocket leaders exactly have?

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Not yet. Usually they wait until just before the change is going to happen.

[@LSLANEYFPL]

Love the vids, but the video is 10 minutes not 6!

[@PokeeSeanGO]

The info is in the first 6 minutes - the extra 4 is me rambling ;)

[@LSLANEYFPL]

@PokeeSeanGO ohh my fault!

[@PokeeSeanGO]

@@LSLANEYFPL No worries! Just trying out some stuff with the channel. KZbin really hates when my videos are too short... So the info will be up front, with the back half being some extra thoughts and musings. Hopefully that will satisfy the audience and please the KZbin overlords.

[@Smitty.91x]

👌🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bobw21]

clog up your pokedex with mostly useless Pokemon... You are the best!

[@PokeeSeanGO]

😂

[@Urrrraaaaaa]

I also have a second move to my palkia when I tried using special rend. At least I did it to my best palkia since I have a bad habit of just using any palkia I have with special rend to use the ability

[@PokeeSeanGO]

Lucky there. I’m hoping someone wants my Ctrl-Z in a lucky trade at some point and will unlock a second move on theirs for an even trade 😂