Starting with Pokémon GO Tour: Kalos, new Mega Evolutions, like Mega Victreebel and Mega Malamar, are being discovered in Pokémon GO, will be appearing in an all-new kind of Raid Battle: Super Mega Raids! (Plus, some previous Mega-Evolved Pokémon will also be appearing in these Raids:
You’ll need to band together with at least seven other Trainers who all have at least one Mega-Evolved Pokémon in their battle party to take on exceptionally powerful Mega-Evolved Pokémon. Some Pokémon, like Legendary Pokémon, may require more Trainers to defeat.
During Super Mega Raids, you may find that the opposing Mega-Evolved Pokémon becomes enraged and puts up shields, reducing the amount of damage it takes from normal attacks. You and your teammates will need to work together to take down its shields—but each Trainer can only take down one shield!
Once the opposing Pokémon becomes enraged and activates its shields, a Mega-Evolved Pokémon from your battle party will be automatically sent into battle if you do not have one out already.
Your Mega-Evolved Pokémon’s next attack will be powered up significantly, allowing you to break one of the opposing Pokémon’s shields easily!
After you and other Trainers have broken enough shields, the opposing Pokémon will return to its normal state, and your attacks will do normal damage again until the end of the battle.
Successfully defeating them with your fellow Trainers will yield substantially more rewards than standard Mega Raids, including more Mega Energy!
Beginning with Pokémon GO Tour: Kalos, all Mega Raids, including Super Mega Raids, can be entered using a new type of resource, Link Charges. You collect Link Charges using the new Link Holder, which can only hold a certain amount of Link Charges at a time. You will receive the Link Holder in your Item Bag automatically when you collect your first Link Charges. The Link Holder is a Key Item and cannot be removed from your Item Bag.
The best way to collect Link Charges is adventuring with friends, old and new! You will be able to earn Link Charges by completing weekly challenges, opening Gifts from friends, and checking into select community meetups via Campfire. (They can also be purchased from the web store.)
Continue to Mega Evolve your Pokémon to reach new heights at the newly discovered Mega Level: Super Max! Bonuses for Super Max Megas are greatly enhanced CP, increased Catch Candy, Catch XP, and Candy XL chance for catching Pokémon that share a type with your Mega-Evolved Pokémon, and the Pokémon’s rest period before it can Mega Evolve without Mega Energy decreases to 24 hours.
To help your Pokémon reach Super Max Level, Mega Evolving alone won’t be enough—you’ll need to use that Pokémon’s Mega Energy to power it up! Participate in Super Mega Raids to earn lots of Mega Energy to help complete this task.
