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Pokemon GO: Love Cup Date, Rules, and Eligible Pokemon

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Pokemon GO trainers can start preparing for the next big themed PvP event now by checking out this full list of eligible Love Cup Pokemon.

February is right around the corner and love is in the air in Pokemon GO. In addition to any surprise PvE/world in-game Valentine's Day events that arrive in early to mid-February, it seems like Niantic has some big PvP plans to help celebrate the holiday, as well. The player versus player crowd will have a chance to partake in the Love Cup and build a creative themed roster to battle for a limited time.

The Pokemon GO Love Cup is the next major themed PvP cup and will run from February 8 through February 15. The event tasks players with building a roster of red or pink fighters who have a CP of 1,500 or less. That may sound pretty restrictive, but the list of eligible Pokemon is actually longer than some trainers might expect.

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Before diving into the event on February 8, it's important for players to understand the rules. One of the big ones for special cups like this is that Legendary and Mythical Pokemon are off the table. Players who manage to stick to the established rules have the chance to battle over the course of a week and earn the usual collection of PvP battle rewards. There are usually some pretty good items up for grabs, so it's definitely worth taking the time to put together a strong line up for the event...

The Love Cup is an official in-game PvP format. It’s free to participate and all regular Trainer Battle rules apply.

Only red and pink Pokémon with 1,500 CP or less are allowed

Please note that Galarian Mr. Mime, Galarian Darumaka, and Galarian Darmanitan are not eligible

Charmander

Charmeleon

Charizard

Vileplume

Paras

Parasect

Krabby

Kingler

Voltorb

Electrode

Goldeen

Seaking

Jynx

Magmar

Magikarp

Flareon

Ledyba

Ledian

Ariados

Yanma

Scizor

Slugma

Magcargo

Octillery

Delibird

Porygon2

Magby

Torchic

Combusken

Blaziken

Wurmple

Medicham

Carvanha

Camerupt

Solrock

Corphish

Crawdaunt

Kricketot

Kricketune

Burmy (Trash)

Wormadam (Trash)

Magmortar

Porygon-Z

Rotom (Wash)

Tepig

Pignite

Emboar

Pansear

Simisear

Throh

Venipede

Scolipede

Krookodile

Darumaka

Darmanitan

Dwebble

Crustle

Deerling (Autumn)

Deerling (Spring)

Shelmet

Accelgor

Pawniard

Bisharp

Braviary

Heatmor

Fennekin

Braixen

Delphox

Fletchling

Fletchinder

Talonflame

Clefairy

Clefable

Jigglypuff

Wigglytuff

Slowpoke

Slowbro

Exeggcute

Lickitung

Happiny

Chansey

Mr. Mime

Mime Jr.

Porygon

Cleffa

Igglybuff

Flaaffy

Hoppip

Slowking

Snubbull

Corsola

Smoochum

Miltank

Blissey

Whismur

Skitty

Milotic

Gorebyss

Luvdisc

Cherubi

Cherrim (Sunny)

Lickilicky

Audino

Alomomola

Scrafty

As mentioned before, that's a very long list of Pokemon to consider. Luckily, players don't need to stress too much heading into a special themed event like this. In the past, themed events are actually a great time for beginners to jump into the PvP scene and get a feel for the matches. The strict rules tend to eliminate most of the established metagame strategies which opens the doors for players to get creative, silly, and do a whole lot less min-maxing throughout the whole event. Don't worry about memorizing the best Ultra League rosters and counters or anything like that and just focus on having a good time with this one.

Over the next week or so players should begin to learn a lot more about what other events are on the way in February. Be sure to check back in the near future for more Pokemon GO strategy guides, news, and updates. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!

Pokemon GO is available on Android and iOS.

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Source: Pokemon GO Hub

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