Earlier today, Niantic revealed a massive amount of information about the next season in the competitive battling mode of Pokemon GO. Season 7 of the GO Battle League will launch starting on Mar. 1 at 1 PM PST.
Niantic didn’t announce when GO Battle League Season 7 will end. But now that the PvE seasons follow a schedule that’s synchronized with the single-player seasons, we’ll likely see Season 7 end on June 1.
Below you can find the full PvE schedule for Season 7 of the GO Battle League from Niantic (all times are 1 PM PT).
| Event(s) | Start | End |
| Great League | March 1 | March 15 |
| Ultra League, Premier Cup | March 15 | March 29 |
| Master League, Master League Classic, Great League | March 29 | April 5 |
| Great, Ultra, Master | April 5 | April 12 |
| Great League, Great League Remix | April 12 | April 26 |
| Ultra League, Premier Cup | April 26 | May 10 |
| Master League, Master League Classic, Retro Cup | May 10 | May 17 |
| Great, Ultra, Master | May 17 | May 24 |
| Ranked Play Ends | May 24 | — |
| Unranked Kanto Cup | May 24 | May 31 |
You may have noticed a few new cups in the table above like the Retro Cup and Great League Remix.
The Retro Cup will feature a ruleset that only allows players to use CP1500 Pokemon that are of the original 15 types. That means no Dark, Steel, or Fairy-types will be useable for the Retro Cup.
Great League Remix will essentially just be the Great League minus the top 10 most-used Pokemon in that league. It’ll be interesting to see how these special rulesets impact lineups for these competitions.
Then once ranked play ends, the Kanto Cup will make its return. As the name implies, only Pokemon from the original 151 will be eligible for use in this competition. And just like before, the CP cap will be 1500.
If you’re a highly-skilled trainer, then you’ll want to check out the table below that has all of the revealed reward encounters. Niantic hasn’t revealed all of them, but they will likely be discovered throughout the season.
| Rank | Possible Reward Encounters |
| 1 | Zebstrika |
| 1 and up | Poliwhirl, Flaaffy, Pupitar, Galvantula |
| 10 and up | Medicham, Frillish, Stunfisk |
| 15 and up | Scraggy, Lampent, Rufflet* |
| 20 and up | Pokemon currently in Legendary raids |
| Ace and up | Deino |
| Legend | Pikachu Libre |
It’s also important to note that you’ll earn extra Candy XL from Poliwhirl, Flaaffy, Pupitar, Medicham, Scraggy, Galvantula, Lampent, and Stunfisk if you catch them as a GO Battle League reward encounter.
Finally, Niantic also announced that they decided the pre-pandemic walking requirements for GO Battle League will not return. It’s not entirely clear if they mean just for the remainder of this season or forever even after pandemic restrictions are lifted.
You can check out the official release about Season 7 of the GO Battle League right here.
Published: Feb 22, 2021 10:45 pm