

Enraged Pokemon have boosted attack power and defense, which will make defeating them more difficult than the usual raid. Shadow Raids will function similarly to normal raids-with multiple players attacking a single Pokemon in the center-but with one major twist: when the raid Pokemon reaches half of its health, three- and five-star Shadow Raid Pokemon will enter a new Enraged state that the game will signal with a new animation. Team Go Rocket and Shadow Mewtwo take over Times Square.

One-star and three-star Shadow Raids will begin May 22 with featured Pokemon including Beldum, Poliwag, Machop, and more, and then on May 27 Shadow Mewtwo will become the first-ever five-star Shadow Raid. Shadow Raids will see Shadow Pokemon-Team Go Rocket's sinister spin on normal Pokemon-enter Gym Raids for the first time in the game's history. Pokemon Go will soon have a new Team Go Rocket problem, as Shadow Raids will bring a new stake on the usual Gym Raid experience beginning on May 22.
