Season 8

Season 8 of GO Battle League lasted from May, 2021 to August , 2021. It is preceded by Season 7 and succeeded by Season 9. This GO Battle League Season ran concurrently with Season of Discovery.

In this season, Element Cup, Bidoof Cup and Ultra League Remix were introduced.

Formats
Great League Remix: 1,500 CP limit. Top 20 Pokémon banned.

Ultra League Remix: 2,500 CP limit. Top 20 Pokémon banned.

Element Cup: 500 CP limit. Only Fire-, Water-, and Grass-types allowed. Only Pokémon that can evolve and that are the first in their Evolutionary line.

Bidoof Cup: 500 CP limit. Only Bidoof allowed. Available only on July, 2021.

Ranks and Ratings
The requirements were different from Season 7.

Rewards
Basic Premium

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Reaching Legend rank could earn avatar items and a pose inspired by Korrina.

Pokémon
Guaranteed first Pokémon encounters:
 * Machamp: rank 1 (one only)
 * Mienfoo: rank 5
 * Current Legendary Raid boss: rank 20
 * Gible: Veteran rank
 * Deino: Expert rank
 * Pikachu Libre: Legend rank (one only)

The following Pokémon were released with the start of the season:

Certain Legendary Pokémon could be obtained starting at rank 20 during their time in tier 5 Raid Battles.

End-of-season rewards

 * (rank 19 or above)

June, 2021
GO Battle Night took place on June, 2021 from 6 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. local time. Great League was available during this GO Battle Night.

July, 2021
GO Battle Night took place on July, 2021 from 6 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. local time. Stardust bonus during GO Battle Night did not combine with the 2× Stardust bonus that was active from June to July, 2021. Master League, Master League Classic and Element Cup were available during this GO Battle Night.

August, 2021
GO Battle Night took place on August, 2021 from 6 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. local time. Great League, Ultra League and Master League were available during this GO Battle Night.

Attack Updates
At the start of this Season, certain Attacks had their stats changed, certain Pokémon received updates to their obtainable Attacks, and new Attacks were added.

Attack Changes

 * Acid Spray: Energy cost decreased from 50 to 45 in Trainer Battles.
 * Poison Jab: Base power increased from 6 to 7 in Trainer Battles.
 * Poison Sting: Energy gain increased from 8 to 9 in Trainer Battles.
 * Cross Poison: Base power increased from 40 to 50 and 12.5% chance to increase the user's Attack by 2 stages in Trainer Battles.
 * Poison Fang: 100% chance to lower the opponent's Defense by 1 stage in Trainer Battles.
 * Dragon Tail: Base power increased from 9 to 13 and energy gain reduced from 10 to 9 in Trainer Battles.
 * Focus Blast: Base power increased from 140 to 150 in Trainer Battles.

Attack Availability Updates
Some Pokémon received updates to their obtainable Attacks. These were added to their standard Attack pools.

Trivia

 * Bidoof was available as the Legendary Pokémon encounter at Rank 20 for one day on July, 2021.