In Pokémon GO you can expect some cool events and content in February that will spark a lot of conversation in the community. Trainers are particularly excited about one monster: Deoxys. We at MeinMMO will show you why it is so interesting.
What’s it about? Every month, Pokémon GO offers you special highlights such as various events, special bonuses, or cool raids. You can look forward to quite a bit regarding this in February as well. However, one raid boss in particular is currently the number one topic of conversation among many trainers on social media: Deoxys.
The legendary Psychic Pokémon will appear in its various forms in raids from February 16, 2022, to March 01, 2022. We will show you why trainers are so excited about this monster.
Why is Deoxys causing excitement?
What kind of Pokémon is Deoxys? The legendary Pokémon Deoxys comes from the third generation and is of the Psychic type. According to its lore, it is an extraterrestrial Pokémon resulting from a virus mutation. Deoxys can assume a total of four different forms:
- Normal Form
- Attack Form
- Speed Form
- Defense Form
How strong is the legendary Pokémon? Depending on its form, Deoxys has various strengths. In its Attack Form, it impresses primarily with its extremely high attack value. However, its defense is poor, so it doesn’t belong to the best attackers in Pokémon GO.
While the Normal and Speed forms only show average values, the Defense Form can impress in the Super and Hyper leagues of PvP battles. According to PvPoke, it is among the top candidates there (via pvpoke.com).
What else makes Deoxys interesting? Deoxys is not new to the game in its various forms. However, trainers are full of anticipation for the upcoming raids. Pokémon GO is bringing all forms of the legendary monster in their shiny form into the game for the first time.
While you could already catch the Normal Form as a Shiny in the past, Niantic is finally adding the Attack, Speed, and Defense forms as well, which is generating a lot of excitement in the community. You can recognize the Shinies by their yellow body.
When are the forms of Deoxys in the raid? From February 16, 2022, to March 01, 2022, all of the forms mentioned above will be available sequentially in Level 5 raids. You can find the respective variant during the following periods:
| Time Period | Pokémon |
| 02/16/2022 – 02/19/2022 | Deoxys (Normal Form) |
| 02/19/2022 – 02/22/2022 | Deoxys (Attack Form) |
| 02/22/2022 – 02/25/2022 | Deoxys (Defense Form) |
| 02/25/2022 – 03/01/2022 | Deoxys (Speed Form) |
The switch of the raid bosses will occur, as usual, at 10:00 AM local time. You can read about which other events will take place in February in our related article:
How are the reactions to Deoxys?
Many trainers in the reddit community are excited about the announced raids with Deoxys. Many of them particularly love the Defense Form, which some consider the most beautiful as a Shiny, and they want to secure it for the PvP league.
Kanine_tv writes: “Deoxys Defense Form, I can’t wait! The best shiny version of Deoxys” (via reddit.com).
And the reddit user EatwaD390 also confirms in his comment that this is what makes Deoxys so special for him: “Deoxys (Defense Form) is very good in PvP. It should also be Level 50 for the Hyper League. Besides, there’s a shiny release for 3/4 of its forms.” (via reddit.com).
However, other trainers are still missing some forms of the legendary Pokémon, and of course, they also want to secure the shiny specimens (via reddit.com):
- felixorion: “I am glad that all Deoxys forms are coming back. Probably the only 5* legendary alternative forms that I still need.”
- bodnast: “I am so glad I saved my coins. I need Shiny Deoxys.”
- Hummer77x: “I still miss some Deoxys forms, so I am happy.”
While the excitement about the upcoming raids prevails, some players also express criticism that the individual forms are only available for a short time in the Level 5 raids. Sir_Nikotin writes on reddit: “All Deoxys forms, three of which are new shinies, for only three days? Oh God, why?” (via reddit.com).
A small glimmer of hope may be the two free raid passes per day that will be available to all trainers during this period. Also, there will be a weekly bundle in the in-game shop again in February, where you can purchase a remote raid pass for one Poké Coin.
What do you think of the raids with Deoxys? Will you definitely participate to secure a shiny specimen? Or are you rather looking for a strong Deoxys (Defense Form)? Feel free to share your opinion with us here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other trainers.
In February, you can also look forward to the big Pokémon GO Tour: Johto. We have looked at which spawns you can expect during the Johto Tour 2022 and what bonuses you can look forward to.
