Week three of the Ultra Bonus event has gone live today, and Generation 5 Pokemon have made their entry for the first time into the game. Niantic has also teased the first wave of Unova region Pokemon which will be released for the game in an official tweet. Have a look at the tweet below.

The first wave of Generation 5 Pokemon features Unova region starters – Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott. Players will also get the chance to catch Excadrill which one of the best Generation 5 Pokemon for PvE and Raid Battles. The following Pokemon are included in the first wave of Generation 5 release :

Snivy, Servine, Serperior, Tepig, Pignite, Emboar, Oshawott, Dewott, Samurott, Patrat, Watchog, Lillipup, Herdier, Stoutland, Purrloin, Liepard, Pansage, Simisage, Pansear, Simisear, Panpour, Pidove, Tranquill, Unfezant, Blitzle, Zebrastrika, Drilbu, Excadrill, Foongus, Amoonguss, Ferroseed, Ferrothorn, Klink, Klang, Klinklang, Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure, Golett, Golurk, Heatmor, Durant, Deino, Zweilous, and Hydreigon.

Pokemon Go Generation 5

Shiny Mewtwo has also made its debut to the game and will appear as Tier 5 Raid Boss under week three of the Ultra Bonus Event. We have listed below the best counters for Mewtwo, but we will first discuss the arrival of Generation 5 Pokemon to the game.

Niantic has officially released a list of Generation 5 Pokemon that will appear in the wild, eggs & Raids.

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1) Snivy, Tepig, Oshawott, Patrat, Lillipup, Purrloin, Pidove, Blitzle and more Pokémon originally discovered in the Unova region will be appearing in the wild.

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2) Spark has been hard at work walking and incubating Eggs for his research and has found that the following Pokémon have started hatching from Eggs!

2 km Eggs: Patrat, Lillipup, Purrloin, Pidove
5 km Eggs: Snivy, Tepig, Oshawott, Blitzle, Drilbur, Foongus
10 km Eggs: Ferroseed, Klink, Litwick, Golett, Deino

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3) Pokemon including Lillipup, Patrat, and Klink will appear in Raids.

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4) An all-new Unova stone has made its entry into the game; this black-and-white evolutionary item will help specific Pokemon to evolve like Lampent and others.

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5) Blanche, the leader of Team Mystic, has reported that some Pokemon may only appear in some specific region of the world. Following are the Pokemon which will spawn regionally.

Pokemon Go Generation 5

Asia-Pacific: Pansage, the Grass Monkey Pokémon
Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India: Pansear, the High Temp Pokémon
The Americas and Greenland: Panpour, the Spray Pokémon
Western Hemisphere: Heatmor, the Anteater Pokémon
Eastern Hemisphere: Durant, the Iron Ant Pokémon

Pokemon Go Generation 5

Now, let us have a look at the best counters for Shiny Mewtwo. Speaking of Shiny Mewtwo, it has a Raid Boss CP of 66318. Mewtwo is weak against strong Dark and Ghost-Type Pokemon, including Giratina, Tyranitar, and Gengar. Players can catch Mewtwo with the following CP values.

Pokemon-Go-Rayquaza-Counters

2294 – 2387 CP (Level 20)
2868 – 2984 CP (windy weather, Level 25)

Mewtwo counters

Tyranitar

pogo_tyranitar

Fast Move

Bite -DARK

Charge Move

Crunch -DARK

Giratina

pogo_giratina

Fast move

Shadow Claw -GHOST

Charge Move

Shadow Ball -GHOST

Mewtwo

Pokemon-Go-Rayquaza-Counters

Fast move

Psycho Cut -PSYCHIC

Charge Move

Shadow Ball -GHOST

Gengar

pogo_gengar

Fast move

Shadow Claw -GHOST

Lick -GHOST

Charge Move

Shadow Ball -GHOST

Weavile

Pokemon-Go-Rayquaza-Counters

Fast move

Feint Attack -DARK

Charge Move

Foul Play -DARK

Houndoom

pogo_houndoom

Fast move

Snarl -DARK

Charge Move

Foul Play -DARK

Banette

Pokemon Go Generation 5

Fast move

Shadow Claw -GHOST

Charge Move

Shadow Ball -GHOST

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