Pokémon Go: How to Find and Battle Challengers

Pokémon Go World Championship Challengers can be found during the current Pokémon World Championship event. If you want to complete the Pokémon World Championship 2022 timed research quest, you must defeat these challengers. But it isn't immediately obvious who these Pokémon Go challengers are or what you need to do with them. If you want to get the most out of the event, it's important that you learn how to find and battle World Championship Challengers to progress.

There's a lot going on in the world of Pokémon Go right now.

The Pokémon World Championship event runs through Tuesday, August 23, at 8 PM (local time). During this time, players get three opportunities to participate in a Pokémon Go Twitch code giveaway, which will grant them the special Team Building research quest.

Additionally, there will be two Go Battle League bonuses running concurrently alongside the event. One bonus lets you play in up to 10 Go Battle League matches, and the other bonus will net you three Stardust items when you win.

With all that in mind, there's plenty to see and do during this limited-time event. But if you want to rack up the best rewards throughout, you'll definitely want to go out to Poké Stops and take on matches with the challengers waiting there. As these teams have been pulled together with Pokémon Go Regional Championship winners in mind, there's going to be a considerable difficulty spike than with your run-of-the-mill battles.

If you're ready to go out and take on all comers in Pokémon Go with World Championship Challengers, here's everything you need to know.

How to Find and Battle World Championship Challengers in Pokémon Go

To find and battle challengers, you'll want to head out into the world and find Poké Stops. Certain World Championship Challengers appear at these locations scattered throughout the real world. If you find a Poké Stop that appears to be moving around and jiggling, you've found one with a challenger. Just head to the Poké Stop and you'll be able to begin a battle.

The battles are largely the same as those you'll partake in with regular trainers. The World Championship Challengers do come with a few differences, though. They don't use shields, and you won't receive a battle with a Pokémon to capture once you defeat them. You'll get Poké Balls, Stardust, Potions, and an assortment of other items. Overall, however, they're just tougher battles that you'll definitely be able to overtake with a little pushing on your end.

Be sure to go into each battle with a Challenger with the strongest team you can put together possible, and plenty of supplemental items if you happen to need them. You'll have plenty of time to practice with these challenger battles, as they'll appear quite often. Rack up the rewards and get the most out of this event, because completing the Pokémon World Championship 2022 timed research quest will net you some awesome rewards.

Here are the current rewards for battling a certain number of Challengers:

• Battle 1 Challenger – 10 Poké Balls
• Battle 2 Challengers – 1 Fast TM
• Battle 3 Challengers – 10 Great Balls
• Battle 4 Challengers – 1 Charged TM
• Battle 5 Challengers – 10 Ultra Balls

Ultimately, you may even receive a World Championships Pikachu encounter as well as 1 Elite Fast TM and 1 Elite Charged TM. It's well worth the effort, so you might want to go ahead and get started now.

Pokémon Go is available to play for free on iOS and Android now.