EX Raid invitations for Pokémon GO were distributed on January 29th. What medals and levels do the selected trainers have?
A new wave of EX Raid invitations reached Pokémon GO trainers a few hours ago. The community is already discussing who received one of the coveted invitations and thus gets the chance to battle the rare Pokémon Mewtwo.
The website PokémonGOHub conducted an analysis of this wave of invitations and shows which trainers were selected for the current invitations.
Preferred Bronze and Silver Medals?
In their analysis, the experts from GOHub evaluated about 2200 reports from trainers who provided feedback on current EX Raid invitations. Of these 2200 trainers, 51% were invited – 49% went away empty-handed.
- 82% of the trainers who received an EX Raid invitation raided on the weekend before the passes were distributed.
Medals – who was awarded? The following overview shows which gym medals the trainers had who were invited to the EX Raids.
- Gym Medals
- Bronze: 25.67%
- Silver: 40.93%
- Gold: 27.32%
- Legendary Medal
- Bronze: 36.11%
- Silver: 56.59%
- Gold: 2.13%
- Normal Raid Medal
- Bronze: 59.24%
- Silver: 31.93%
- Gold: 3.11%
What level did the trainers who received an EX Raid invitation have?
In an overview, the team shows that mostly trainers with a minimum level of 30 were invited to the EX Raids. The collected data will be analyzed more thoroughly in the coming days.
Which gyms were selected?
As GOHub states, two features stood out in the distribution of gyms:
- They continue to use old OpenStreetMap data
- Despite the last in-game update of the maps, Niantic apparently still relies on OSM data from July to August 2016 to select gyms.
- Level 20 cells are used for determination
- Niantic no longer simply uses Level 20 S2 cells for determining EX Raid gyms, according to recent findings. For a gym to qualify, the center of the respective Level 20 S2 cell must be located in a park.
- Players who engage with the topic must therefore check whether a potential gym is located in an S2 cell, the cell center of which is in a park. Reddit user Tntnnbltn discovered this and illustrated his findings with this graphic:
In the Pokémon GO community, there is still disagreement about whether EX Raids are a meaningful addition to the game. Did you receive an invitation this time?
