How to Battle Team Rocket in Pokemon GO

How to Battle Team Rocket in Pokemon GO has been teased for a while. Pokemon GO's Twitter has featured Rocket Grunts on their banner, a Rocket hot air balloon was spotted at the last Pokemon GO Fest in Germany, and now data miners have found evidence that soon you will be able to battle Team Rocket in Pokemon GO.

How to Battle Team Rocket in Pokemon GO

Dataminer Chrales on Twitter seemingly uncovered that the event will be called Team Rocket Invasion. You would encounter Team Rocket at PokeStops, where they will engage you in a PvP battle with a Shadow Pokemon. Similar to Pokemon Colosseum and Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness, the Shadow Pokemon will have supernormal stats and have the move Frustration. Defeating one will give you a chance to purify it, and will allow them to use the Charge move Return.

It is unknown is this will actually happen, or when the event would begin.

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