In Pokémon GO a current change is causing frustration and doubt in the community. The main question is: is this intentional?
If you have currently tried to catch monsters in Pokémon GO, you may have noticed a change. Many trainers report that the behavior of Pokémon has significantly changed, making it much harder to catch them.
While some trainers are using an expensive workaround for particularly good monsters, some trainers are simultaneously asking: is this intentional, or just a temporary problem?
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What is this change? While most monsters are generally quite calm in the catching screen, they have recently become very aggressive and are bouncing around a lot. This makes catching significantly more difficult. Especially with legendary monsters from raids, which are already harder to catch, this is problematic.
How this can currently look with legendary monsters can be seen in this video on Reddit:
Which workaround is being used? If you want to catch legendary monsters and own a black Kyurem, you can use its adventure effect Frostvolt to make catching easier. This calms the monsters down, giving you a greater chance of catching them.
However, since you need to use 5,000 Stardust and especially 5 Kyurem candies to activate the effect for 10 minutes, it is an expensive workaround that is only worth it for particularly powerful monsters. For the regular monsters that you can catch in the wild, this approach is likely too expensive for most trainers.
Is the change intentional? Whether it is a permanent change that is intended by Pokémon GO remains unknown. Since some trainers report that they do not experience the issue, it could also be an A/B test. However, no further details are known.
What is an A/B test?
In an A/B test, changes are not activated for all trainers simultaneously, but only for a portion of the trainers. This allows Scopely to better test how certain updates are received by players and draw conclusions about whether and in what form the changes will be implemented for all trainers.
What does the community say about it? The current behavior is causing significant frustration among trainers. Some comments in another post on Reddit state:
- “This nonsense is the reason my wife stopped playing the game. The raids didn’t bother her, but the catching phase felt more like a punishment than a reward for successfully completing the raid,” writes AnonymousBnS
- “It particularly frustrates me when I have paid for the Remote Raid Pass and still cannot catch the Pokémon, even after using 18 golden raspberries and making excellent throws. That’s theft,” says abs_fudd
- “The normal spawns are going totally crazy,” DJhussler also notes
What about you? Have you experienced the issue as well? Feel free to let us know in the comments. If you want to know how the current month looks in the game and what content it brings, please check out our overview with all events in August 2026 in Pokémon GO.
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