In Pokémon GO the battle league has been temporarily disabled. The reason is an exploit that allegedly allowed players to execute charge attacks much faster.
What exactly happened? On June 13, Niantic announced that the GO Battle League would be disabled until further notice. A severe exploit was cited as the reason.
The developers emphasize in an official statement that knowledge and skills in the GO Battle League should determine victory and defeat, not cheating by players:
As a team, we believe there is a “social contract” in the GO Battle League: You should always feel that your knowledge and skills determine the outcome of your battles. Cheating directly undermines this social contract, and we cannot tolerate that.
Due to this zero-tolerance policy and the current situation, we have disabled the GO Battle League.
Official Statement from Niantic
If you want to succeed in the PvP league without exploits, we at MeinMMO have compiled 10 tips for the battle league.
Exploit allegedly allows faster charge attacks
What exactly is the problem? On Twitter, user @PoGoKieng posted a video where he faced player JesusG1310. His opponent was able to execute multiple charge attacks with the Pokémon Melmetal in no time.
This allegedly involves an exploit where quick attacks can be performed while the charge attack is still being executed (via Pokémon GO Hub).
How exactly the error occurs is still unknown.
How much has been benefited from the exploit? The already mentioned player JesusG1310 has climbed to the top of the GO Battle League with the help of the exploit.
With 2,977 points, he currently leads the league. Notably: He only needed 274 battles for that. Players in positions 2 to 6 have waged between 498 and 817 battles.
In Pokémon GO, the raid weekend with Latias and Latios runs until Monday, June 15. We at MeinMMO have gathered everything about the upcoming events in Pokémon GO in June.
