There are many different powerful Legendary Pokemon that players can obtain and use in Pokemon GO. While many of these Pokemon from Pokemon GO are reasonably popular, one of the fan favorites is Mewtwo, a Pokemon known for both its power and lore.
Updated July 19, 2021 by Mina Smith: Mewtwo is a coveted Pokemon in all the games it appears in, and players of Pokemon GO will also want this great psychic fighter for themselves. As Mewtwo is incredibly rare and always part of events, the way to get one in the game changes all the time. Some months, players cannot catch one at all. After the Kanto event ended in February, players might be looking for a new way to get a Mewtwo, and it's now finally available again through raids. And if players miss this opportunity, they'll most likely see this popular Pocket Monster back again soon.
Mewtwo is a pure Psychic-type Pokemon in Pokemon GO, making it weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-type moves. It also resists Fighting and Psychic-type moves, but while type defensiveness isn't its main appeal, its pure attack power makes Mewtwo helpful in many different situations. There are multiple ways for players to currently obtain Mewtwo, but some players may have already used up some of these methods.
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Mewtwo is currently part of raids for July 2021. Mewtwo and Armored Mewtwo have been in the regular rotation of five-star raid for Pokemon GO for quite some time now. So if you miss catching on this month, there will most likely be more opportunities to do so in the future. Mewtwo has also been part of a Pokemon GO Tour event from February of this year and was part of the rewards for defeating Team Rocket back in October of 2020. There is also a chance that players of Pokemon GO will see a Mega Mewtwo evolution sometime in the coming months.
That being said, once the Pokemon GO Fest with Mewtwo as the five star raid boss is over this July, Mewtwo will most likely pop up again as a prize if players missed their chances of catching it this time.
In order to get the Mewtwo for this month, players will need to defeat then catch the Mewtwo in the Go Fest 2021 raid. The best counters for the well-known psychic Pokemon are:
- Gengar (Mega) - Shadow Claw/Shadow Ball
- Gyarados (Mega) - Bite/Crunch
- Houndoom (Mega)- Snarl/Foul Play
- Giratina (Origin) - Shadow Claw/Shadow Ball
- Darkrai - Snarl/Shadow Ball
- Chandelure - Hex/Shadow Ball
- Mewtwo - Psycho Cut/Shadow Ball
- Hydreigon - Bite/Dark Pulse
- Yveltal - Snarl/Dark Pulse
- Tyranitar - Bite/Crunch
After defeating the raid, players will have a limited amount of time to catch the defeated Mewtwo. Use Premier balls and Razz Berries to catch 'em before the Mewtwo escapes.
This method is a lot more difficult to do currently, but there may be some players that have access to a Super Rocket Radar. It isn't currently being given out in Pokemon GO, even for the Team GO Rocket Celebration Event, but the item can still be used.
The Super Rocket Radar allows players to track down and eventually battle the boss of Team GO Rocket, Giovanni. Once players do find and defeat him, they will be rewarded with an encounter with a Shadow Mewtwo that they can rescue. Like with raids, players should use whatever helpful berries they can to make the job easy.
While the majority of the content involved within the upcoming Pokemon GO Tour: Kanto Event is locked behind a paywall, there are still plenty of things non-paying players can enjoy. One of these things are the raid bosses that will be present for the event. Of course, Mewtwo will be making appearances as one of the four possible raid bosses.
Mewtwo will be a tough Pokemon to deal with while challenging it. It is highly recommended players challenge Mewtwo with other players using Pokemon that can take advantage of its weaknesses.
Once players take Mewtwo down, they will get the opportunity to catch it. Thanks to the Pokemon GO Tour: Kanto Event, it even has the chance to appear in its shiny form. Players are recommended to use whatever Golden Razz Berries and normal Razz Berries to increase the odds of this Pokemon staying in the Pokeball.
The Pokemon GO Tour: Kanto Event will be on Saturday, February 20, 2021 and will be running from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. in players' local times. Players will only have the event's duration to challenge Mewtwo in a legendary raid.
Pokemon GO is available now on Android and iOS devices.
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