Season 8

Season 8 of GO Battle League lasts from May, 2021 to August , 2021. It is preceded by Season 7 and will be succeeded by Season 9.

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)

Trivia

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