Season 1o of the Pokémon Go Battle League is underway and features its own set of challenges and rewards. Outside of Raid Battles and battling Team Rocket, Pokémon Go allows players to battle against one another. In a three-on-three Pokémon battle, trainers will pit their best Pokémon against each other to determine which is the best. There's an entire competitive league dedicated to Pokémon Go and it's already on its 10th season. Not only that, but participating in PvP can provide players with rare encounters.

Season 10 of the Battle League will run from November 29th to February 28th. During this time period, several small cups will be taking place, each with its own rulesets and rewards. For example, there's a PvP cup where only Pokémon that are pink are allowed to enter. Winning matches will raise the player's rank and pit them against trainers in the same range. It's important to use the best Pokemon for PvP in order to win. Although, losing battle will still give players smaller rewards for participating.

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To begin battling in Season 10, trainers can select the Pokéball icon on the bottom of the screen. From this menu, select 'Battle', and trainers can see which rewards are available in the bar. Although, some of them will be hidden on the player's screen. With the cups switching so often, there's a lot to keep track of for Season 10. These are the types of challenges ahead.

Pokémon Go - Battle League Season 10 Guide

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Reward Encounters For Reaching Certain Ranks

  • Rank 1: Pyroar Male
  • Rank 6: Mienfoo
  • Veteran Rank: Niobat
  • Expert Rank: Deino. It has the chance to be Shiny.
  • Legend Rank: Pikachu Libra. It has the chance to be Shiny.

Every Standard Encounter For Season 10

  • Rank 1+: Bayleef, Quilava, Croconaw, Spinarak, Chinchou, Azamarill.
  • Rank 6: Mienfoo.
  • Rank 11+: Noctowl, Forretress, Shieldon, Skuntank, Frillish Male.
  • Rank 16+: Larvitar, Scraggy, and Rufflet.
  • 2500+ Rating: Noibat.
  • 2700+ Rating: Deino.
  • Rank 20: Whichever five-star raid battle is active during the time.

Season 10 Avatar Items and Rewards

  • Ace Rank: Lysandre Gloves
  • Veteran Rank: Lysandre Shoes
  • Expert Rank: Lysandre Pants
  • Legend Rank: Lysandre Jacket and Lysandre Pose
  • Rank 19: Elite Charged TM.
  • End of Season Reward: Elite Fast TM.
  • Rank 3: Pikachu Libra Avatar Items.

Season 10 Balance and Move Changes

  • Aggron can learn Rock Tomb
  • Bug Buzz will now do 100 damage instead of 90.
  • Claydol can learn Rock Tomb.
  • Donphan can learn Body Slam
  • Lairon can learn Rock Tomb
  • Magcargo can learn Incinerate and Rock Tomb.
  • Noctowl can learn Shadow Ball.
  • Octillery can learn Lock-On
  • Pound now does four damage instead of five.
  • Rock Tomb will now lower the opposing Pokémon's attack damage.
  • Sudowoodo can learn Rock Tomb

Season 10 Battle Days (These run from 12 am to 11:59 pm)

Trainers can participate in a total of 100 battles for the day and will receive x4 Stardust for winning.

  • Saturday, January 8, 2022: The Master League and the Master League Classic will be active.
  • Sunday, January 23, 2022: The Great League and the Sinnoh Cup will be active.
  • Sunday, February 6, 2022: The Great League and the Sinnoh Cup will be active.

Every Upcoming Season 10 Cups

  • Sinnoh Cup: The Pokémon must be below or at 1,500 CP to participate. This Cup will only allow Pokémon that originate from the Sinnoh region to participate. Their Pokédex numbers range from 387 to 493.
  • Great League Remix: 20 Pokémon are banned from being used in this cup since they are the most used by Ace Rank Trainers. They are Venusaur, Nidoqueen, Alolan Ninetails, Azumarill, Umbreon, Skarmory, Swampert, Vigoroth, Sableye, Medicham, Altaria, Defense Forme Deoxys, Bastiodon, Scrafty, Jellicent, Galvantula, Galarian Stunfisk, Mandibuzz, Talonflame, and Obstagoon
  • Ultra League Remix: 10 Pokémon are banned from being used. These are  Alolan Muk, Altered Forme Giratina, Obstagoon., Cresselia, Empoleon, Swampert, Talonflame, Togekiss, Umbreon, and Venusaur.
  • Holiday Cup: Pokémon must be below or at 1,500 CP to participate. Only Normal, Grass, Electric, Ice, Flying, and Ghost-type Pokémon are allowed to enter.
  • Johto Cup: The Pokémon must be below or at 1,500 CP to participate. This Cup will only allow Pokémon that originate from the Johto region to participate. Their Pokédex numbers range from 152 to 251.
  • Love Cup: The Pokémon must be below or at 1,500 CP to participate. This Cup will only allow Pokémon that are red or pink to participate. This includes Accelgor, Alomomola, Ariados, Aromatisse, Attack Form Deoxys, Audino, Autumn Form Deerling, Bisharp, Blaziken, Blissey, Braixen, Braviary, Camerupt, Carvanha, Chansey, Charizard, Charmander, Charmeleon, Cherubi, Clefable, Cleffa, Combusken, Corphish, Corsola, Crawdaunt, Crustle, Darmanitan, Darumaka, Defense Form Deoxys, Delibird, Delphox, Dwebble, Electrode, Emboar, Exeggcute, Fennekin, Flaaffy, Flareon, Fletchinder, Fletchling, Galarian Slowbro, Galarian Slowking, Galarian SlowPoké, Goldeen, Gorebyss, Groudon, Happiny, Heatmor, Ho-Oh, Hoppip, Igglybuff, Jigglypuff, Jynx, Kingler, Krabby, Kricketot, Kricketune, Krookodile, Latias, Ledian, Ledyba, Lickilicky, Lickitung, Luvdisc, Magby, Magcargo, Magikarp, Magmar, Magmortar, Medicham, Mesprit, Mew, Milotic, Miltank, Mime Jr., Mr. Mime, Munna, Musharna, Normal Form Deoxys, Octillery, Pansear, Paras, Parasect, Pawniard, Pignite, Porygon, Porygon-Z, Porygon2, Rotom, Scizor, Scolipede, Scrafty, Seaking, Shelmet, Simisear, Skitty, Slowbro, Slowking, SlowPoké, Slugma, Smoochum, Snubbull, Solrock, Speed Form Deoxys, Spring Form Deerling, Spritzee, Sunny Form Castform, Sunshine Form Cherrim, Sylveon, Talonflame, Tepig, Throh, Torchic, Trash Cloak Burmy, Trash Cloak Wormadam, Venipede, Vileplume, Voltorb, Whismur, Wigglytuff, Wurmple, Yanma, Yveltal, and Clefairy.

Master League will be the main Cup for this season. With it, there is no limitation of what a Pokémon's CP can be. There are also no limitations on which Pokémon can join, which means trainers can battle with their favorite Mythical and Legendary Pokémon. While many Pokémon Go players don't participate in the game's PvP mode, it is a valuable way for players to earn evolutionary items. It's common for trainers to be given Unova or Sinnoh stones for reaching certain tiers.

At any point, players can open up the Battle tab to find their PvP record. Here, it will show players how many battles they've won, participated in, and their longest win streak. It will also display how much Stardust the trainer has earned from battles. Participating in PvP is a great way to get more Stardust in Pokémon Go. At the bottom of this very screen, it's possible for the player to battle against the Gym Leaders. Blanche, Spark, and Candela will accept the challenge from the player and offers the option of Great, Ultra, or Max League battles. Winning at least one of these battles a day will also give rewards. There's a ton to look into when aiming to be the very best.

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Pokémon Go is available now on iOS and Android.