In Pokémon GO there are some changes to monsters and attacks. These could have a significant impact on an aspect of the game.
The new season “Delightful Days” has just started in Pokémon GO. It runs from June 3, 2025, to September 2, 2025. As usual, the new season brings you some new content to the game. Additionally, on June 28 and 29, 2025, the big GO Fest 2025 will take place during the new season.
In the context of the new season, there have also been some changes to attacks and monsters. These could indeed have implications for a part of the game.
These are the changes
Which attacks have been altered? The following attacks have been adjusted in Trainer battles:
- Ember: energy generation has been increased
- Bug Bite: 4 damage instead of 3
- Fury Cutter: 3 damage instead of 2
- Acid: energy generation has been increased
- Bullet Punch: 8 damage instead of 6
- Metal Sound: 5 damage instead of 3
- Double Iron Bash: 55 damage instead of 50
- Doom Desire: 80 damage instead of 75
- Crunch: probability of reducing the opponent’s defense has been decreased
- Wrap: opponent’s monster’s defense is guaranteed to be lowered
- Parabolic Charge: energy costs have been reduced, and the user’s defense is guaranteed to be increased
Which Pokémon can learn new attacks? In addition to the changes to attacks, there are also some monsters that can now learn new attacks.
- Gholdengo: charged attack Power Gem
- Lunala: fast attack Shadow Claw
- Skeledirge: fast attack Hex
- Beedrill: fast attack Poison Sting
- Arbok: fast attack Poison Sting
- Nidoqueen: fast attack Poison Sting
- Nidoking: fast attack Poison Sting
- Tentacruel: fast attack Poison Sting
- Toxicroak: fast attack Poison Sting
- Scolipede: fast attack Poison Sting
- Raichu: charged attack Surf
- Alolan Raichu: charged attack Surf
- Sealeo: charged attack Surf
- Galarian Meowth: fast attack Metal Sound
- Aron: fast attack Metal Sound
- Lairon: fast attack Metal Sound
- Aggron: fast attack Metal Sound
- Dhelmise: fast attack Metal Sound
- Perrserker: fast attack Metal Sound
- Varoom: fast attack Metal Sound
- Revavroom: fast attack Metal Sound
- Pawmi: fast attack Thunder Shock
- Pawmo: fast attack Thunder Shock
- Pawmot: fast attack Thunder Shock
- Lickitung: charged attack Wrap
- Milotic: charged attack Wrap
- Dhelmise: charged attack Wrap
- Galarian Articuno: charged attack Fly
- Galarian Zapdos: charged attack Fly
- Galarian Moltres: charged attack Fly
- Lugia: charged attack Fly
- Metang: fast attack Fury Cutter
- Metagross: fast attack Fury Cutter
- Kleavor: fast attack Fury Cutter
What effects do these changes have? The changes are likely to be particularly interesting in the area of the battle league. With the multitude of new attacks that some monsters can now learn, some monsters may receive a boost and become more flexible in their use.
Among the attacks that have been adjusted, it is noticeable that only Crunch has been degraded. All other attacks that were modified have been improved and strengthened.
How exactly the meta changes as a result and which monsters will perform better than before will become apparent only in the coming weeks.
In Pokémon GO, not only a new season has started, but also a new month. And as usual, it brings you some events and content. What they are and when they take place, you can find out in our overview with all events in June 2025 in Pokémon GO.
