Those who cheat in Pokémon GO benefit from several advantages. But is cheating really that bad? After all, there is no proper PvP mode where one can be excessively strong.
Here’s how to cheat in Pokémon GO: Cheaters in Pokémon GO are called Spoofers. They manipulate their GPS so they can walk around anywhere in the world while lying on their sofa at home.
Fundamentally, they do not harm other players. Just because one catches monsters somewhere else in the world does not harm a fellow player. So is cheating harmless? We explain the advantages a cheater has and want to hear your opinion.
Cheaters in Pokémon GO – These Are the Advantages of Cheaters
What can one achieve by cheating? Fundamentally, a cheater can gain numerous advantages:
- Through maps, one can see where rare Pokémon with good IVs are currently appearing in the world – they can be hunted easily
- Cheaters can do infinite raids if they invest enough raid passes. There are special cheating forums where one can spoof from gym to gym – however, fair players also have similar freedoms now through remote raids
- As a cheater, one is significantly faster because one can jump from place to place – fair players, on the other hand, always have to walk
Nevertheless, cheating in Pokémon GO is relatively easy. When a player reports a cheater, Niantic usually does not react at all.
Where do fair players now have disadvantages due to cheaters? There are only a few points in Pokémon GO where players compete directly with each other. One case is, for example, the gyms. If one wants to take them, one must kick other players from the opposing team out of the gym. This often leads to real battles over gyms with cheaters. A fair player takes a gym and is on their way to the next. At the same time, the cheater has already taken back the first gym and jumps quickly to the second gym.
There are reports in various forums that Spoofers terrorize entire cities. They simply hold all the gyms in the city, and if a fair player takes one, they are kicked out again a few minutes later.
Another encounter of players occurs in the PvP mode. There, one randomly competes against other players from all over the world. If a fair player is unlucky, they may encounter a cheater who has cheated their perfect team and leaves them with no chance.
Especially with the introduction of level 50, the advantage of cheaters has increased. Some good Pokémon in the PvP league are incredibly rare in Pokémon GO. If one levels them to level 50, they become even stronger and would defeat the same Pokémon at level 40. As a fair player, it is challenging to get the XL candies of rare Pokémon so that one can push themselves to level 50. As a cheater, one jumps from Pokémon to Pokémon and quickly gets the necessary XL candies. In battles, the player who has the Pokémon at level 50 wins.
It should be noted: Only in a few situations do cheaters negatively affect fair players. In raids, they fight together, so fair players are not disadvantaged. When catching Pokémon, each trainer is on their own – other trainers play no role.
So if one does not like to fight in PvP and easily earns their coins through gym battles, they might face little disadvantage compared to cheaters.
Now it’s your turn: What do you think about cheaters in Pokémon GO? Should Niantic take tougher actions or do you see no problem because the cheaters do not affect you? Vote in our poll, but keep in mind that you only have one vote:
Feel free to share your detailed opinion about cheaters in the comments and discuss with other trainers!
We at MeinMMO spoke with a cheater who has a completely different perspective on cheating. He believes that he primarily helps fellow players:
