Battle Minigames are a feature during Trainer Battles in Pokémon GO. When a Trainer uses a Charged Attack animated Type icons appear on their screen. By swiping or tapping as many icons as they appear, the attack will become more effective. Different types have different patterns in which the icons appear.
List of patterns by Type[]
| Type | Pattern |
|---|---|
 Bug |
Icons enter from the right and exit to the left in a wave pattern. |
 Dark |
Arcs of 4 icons in 8 waves, centering on the Pokémon. |
 Dragon |
Circular packets of 5 icons falling from top left to bottom right in 7 waves (accompanied by Draco Meteor animation). |
 Electric |
Icons falling from above in a zigzag pattern. |
 Fairy |
Icons appearing in sequence in a big circular pattern. |
 Fighting |
Icons randomly appear broadly near the middle of the screen. |
 Fire |
Icons appear from the bottom and rising in a column. |
 Flying |
Icons blown in from the right and to the left in a wave pattern. Similar to Bug, but with a larger wave magnitude. |
 Ghost |
Icons rise from beneath in a 2-3-2-3 etc. pattern. |
 Grass |
Icons blown in from the left and to the right in a wave pattern, similar to Flying but opposite direction. |
 Ground |
Icons briefly pop up from beneath before falling back down, going back and forth from left to right. |
 Ice |
4 icons in a row "snow" down from above in 8 waves. |
 Normal |
Clusters of 5 icons bursting in various spots of the screen. |
 Poison |
Icons "bubble" up from lower-middle screen with limited movement. |
 Psychic |
Icons forming a spiral like the shape on the icon itself. |
 Rock |
8 waves of 4 icons similar to Ice, but from top left to bottom right. |
 Steel |
Diagonal line of 4 icons appear in the middle, with 6 waves. |
 Water |
Icons "rain" down from the top right corner towards the bottom left corner. |
Trivia[]
- This feature first became variable in version 0.149.0. It was officially released on July 19th, 2019.