The Spring into Spring event is currently active in Pokemon GO with Exeggcute being among the increased spawn rates that players can enjoy. Because of this, Team GO Rocket Grunts having Shadow Exeggcute, and many of the event-exclusive field research tasks requiring Exeggcute catching, players may find themselves with quite the Exeggcute collection.

By using 50 Exeggcute candies in Pokemon GO, players can evolve an Exeggcute into Exeggutor. Kantonian Exeggutor is a dual Grass and Psychic-type Pokemon that is weak to Bug, Fire, Ice, Flying, Poison, Dark, and Ghost-type moves. It however also resists Fighting, Water, Grass, Electric, Psychic, and Ground-type moves.

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While many players would be happy with the standard Kantonian Exeggutor, many would prefer the taller Alolan Exeggutor. This Pokemon is a dual Grass and Dragon-type, meaning that it is weak to Ice, Fairy, Flying, Poison, Dragon, and Bug-type moves. It additionally resists damage from Ground, Water, Grass, and Electric-type moves.

Even if players have a lot of Exeggcute candies, there is nothing that players can do to make their Exeggcute evolve into Alolan Exeggutor. There are also no items or special locations that can influence Exeggcute's evolution. The only way to get Alolan Exeggutor is through catching it in an encounter.

Luckily, there is a way to encounter Alolan Exeggutor at this time. In order to do this, players will need to defeat Alolan Exeggutor as a raid boss. It is currently serving as one of the four possible tier 3 raid bosses alongside Flower Crown Chansey, Togetic, and Azumarill.

Being a tier 3 raid boss, experienced players may be able to take down Alolan Exeggutor by themselves. However, this isn't feasible for the majority of players. Instead, if players want to challenge Alolan Exeggutor, they should contact other players to help with the raid locally or remotely. Players can additionally invite friends from far away through their friend list to help remotely with their own Pokemon teams.

Although it isn't too much trouble when there's more than one trainer, players should still try to play against Alolan Exeggutor's many weaknesses. Some of the best Pokemon that players can have for this battle are:

Galarian Darmanitan - Ice Fang and Avalanche

Black Kyurem - Dragon Tail and Blizzard

Mamoswine - Powder Snow and Avalanche

Weavile - Ice Shard and Avalanche

Glaceon - Frost Breath and Avalanche

Jynx - Frost Breath and Avalanche

After the battle is over, players are recommended to use Razz Berries to help the likelihood of Alolan Exeggutor staying in the thrown Pokeball. It however is much more likely to stay than some of the troublesome legendary raid Pokemon.

Pokemon GO is available on Android and iOS.

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Source: Pokemon GO Info