As usual, the following will occur at the beginning of the season:
Combat System Changes
For this season, the switch timer in the GO Battle League will be changed from 50 seconds to 45 seconds. In addition to the Go Battle League, this change will also impact Trainer Battles against friends, Team GO Rocket battles, and team leader battles.
This experimental change will be reevaluated for play in the next and subsequent seasons.
League Schedule
The following leagues will begin and end at 1:00pm (PDT), on the dates listed below:
Trainers will receive a bonus 4× Stardust from win rewards (not including end of set rewards) for leagues and cups marked with a * in the above list.
Cup Details
Cup Name Entry Restrictions Great League
Great League RemixPokémon must be at or below 1,500 CP to enter.
The 20 Pokémon that are most used by Trainers ranked Ace and above in the Great League are not eligible in the Great League Remix.Ultra League Pokémon must be at or below 2,500 CP to enter. Master League
Master League: Mega Edition
Master PremierAll Pokémon are eligible to enter, regardless of CP.
Mega-Evolved Pokémon are allowed to enter the Mega Edition only.
Legendary Pokémon, Mythical Pokémon, and Ultra Beasts are not eligible in Master Premier.Retro Cup: Great League Edition Dark-, Steel-, and Fairy-type Pokémon are NOT eligible to enter.
Pokémon must be at or below 1,500 CP to enter the Great League Edition.Summer Cup: Great League Edition All Normal-, Fire-, Water-, Grass-, Electric-, and Bug-type Pokémon are eligible to enter.
Pokémon must be at or below 1,500 CP to enter the Great League Edition.Willpower Cup: Great League Edition Fighting-, Psychic-, and Dark-type Pokémon are eligible to enter, with the exception of Gardevoir, Zorua, and Zoroark
Pokémon must be at or below 1,500 CP to enter the Great League Edition.Fantasy Cup: Great League Edition Dragon-, Steel-, and Fairy-type Pokémon are eligible to enter.
Pokémon must be at or below 1,500 CP to enter the Great League Edition.Jungle Cup: Great League Edition Normal-, Grass-, Electric-, Poison-, Ground-, Flying-, Bug-, and Dark-type Pokémon are eligible to enter, with the exception of Gligar and Galarian Stunfisk.
Pokémon must be at or below 1,500 CP to enter the Great League Edition.Halloween Cup: Great League Edition Poison-, Bug-, Ghost-, Dark-, and Fairy-type Pokémon are eligible to enter.
Pokémon must be at or below 1,500 CP to enter the Great League Edition.2025 Championship Series Cup Ice-, Flying-, Psychic-, Ghost-, and Dragon-type Pokémon are eligible to enter, with the exception of Alolan Sandshrew, Alolan Sandslash, Alolan Ninetales, Lapras, Galarian Corsola, Kingdra, Jellicent (Male and Female), Honedge, Doublade, Aegislash, and Corviknight.
Pokémon must be at or below 1,500 CP to enter.Catch Cup: Tales of Transformation: Great League Edition All Pokémon caught during the Tales of Transformation season, and that are at or below 1,500 CP, are eligible to enter.
GO Battle Weekend: Tales of Transformation
A special GO Battle Weekend will be held from Saturday October 25th at 10:00am local time, through to Sunday October 26th at 11:59pm local time, overlapping with the simultaneous run of the Great League, Ultra League, and Master League.
During this event, the following bonuses will be active:
GO Battle Weekend Timed Research
Free battle-themed Timed Research will be available over this Battle Weekend. Completing the free Timed Research will award Trainers with the Clemont-style glasses avatar item, among other rewards.
GO Battle League: Tales of Transformation Rewards
Guaranteed rank-up encounters
Trainers can encounter the following Pokémon once per season at the designated ranks:
Standard Encounters
Trainers can encounter the following Pokémon in reward encounters throughout the season on completing a set of 5 battles:
Avatar Items
At certain ranks, Trainers will also be able to earn avatar items and a pose inspired by Clemont, he Gym Leader of Lumiose City's Gym in Pokémon X and Y.
Go Battle League Timed Research Pass
A pass to access free battle-themed Timed Research will available to claim from the in-game shop from the start of the season. This Timed Research will keep track of Trainer's victories throughout the season, with each page requiring 100 wins to complete. Completing a page will award an amount of Stardust and items such as Rare Candy XL, with additional rewards including an Elite Fast TM at 400 wins, and an Elite Charged TM at 500 wins.
Attack Updates
Attack Changes
The following changes will go live in-game from the beginning of this season.
Charged Attacks
Fast Attacks
Attack Availability Updates
The following additional attacks will now be able to be learned by the listed Pokémon:
Charged Attacks
Fast Attacks
