Mega Battle Challenge was an event in Pokémon GO that occurred in the second week of September 2020, as part of Mega September event series.[1]
Features
CP of Mega Beedrill was significantly higher during the event. Regardless of CP level of its standard form, after Mega-Evolving Beedrill, it would have CP equal to Pokémon Level 44.
Featured Pokémon
New Mega-Evolved formsMega Houndoom was unlocked on September 29th after Trainer completed 275 million battles.
Pokémon in wildSelected Bug-type Pokémon had increased spawn rates in the wild and from Incense or Lure Modules:
New 
Field Research event tasks
Field Research tasksThere were several Field Research tasks exclusively for the duration of the event.
Timed Research
Mega Battle ChallengeDuring this event there was a Timed Research series that was titled Mega Battle Challenge in game. A total of 135 Beedrill Mega Energy could be obtained for completing it.
Shop special offer
Special shop offersA one-time purchase bundle of Remote Raid Pass was available from the start of the event.[2]
Trivia
- The official blog claimed that different Shadow Pokémon would be used by Team GO Rocket, but no new lineups were discovered.
- In the first few hours of event, catching any type of Pokémon counted towards the Ledyba task, rather than catching Bug-type only.[4]
References
- ↑ Mega Evolve your Pokémon and get ready for a Mega September event!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2020-08-31.
- ↑ The new box containing 3 Remote Raid Passes is now available to purchase in the shop. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2020-09-11.
- ↑ While no new Shadow Pokemon have been found, the proportion of Psychic, Grass, and Dark type Grunts has increased. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2020-09-14.
- ↑ Catch 5 different species of bug quest has been fixed. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2020-09-13.
