Season 6 of GO Battle League lasted from November 30th, 2020 to March 1st, 2021.[1] It is preceded by Season 5 and succeeded by Season 7. Starting on this GO Battle League Season, all future Seasons run concurrently with in-game Season. This GO Battle League Season ran concurrently with Season of Celebration.
As mentioned in the GO Beyond announcement, the GO Battle League will expand from 10 to 24 ranks, and the top four ranks will have all-new names and corresponding badges, namely Ace, Veteran, Expert and Legend. The expanded ranks will be accompanied by a totally new reward structure, which gives Trainers more opportunities to earn exclusive rewards through ranking up. Rewards are tied to the theme of the Season as well.
Ultra Premier Cup and Master League Classic were introduced in this Season. The latter only allows Pokémon that have not been powered up by Candy XL.
Information of the second half of this Season was announced on January 5th, 2021. It also mentioned Master League will be reworked.
During this Season, Trainers still did not require walking to unlock battle sets.
Formats[]
| Formats | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
 Great League
|
November 30th, 2020 | December 14th, 2020 |
 Ultra League Premier Cup
|
December 14th, 2020 | December 28th, 2020 |
 Master League Premier Cup Master League Classic Holiday Cup
|
December 28th, 2020 | January 4th, 2021 |
| Great League Ultra League Master League Ultra Premier Cup
|
January 4th, 2021 | January 11th, 2021 |
| Great League
|
January 11th, 2021 | January 25th, 2021 |
| Ultra League Premier Cup
|
January 25th, 2021 | February 8th, 2021 |
| Master League Premier Cup Master League Classic Love Cup
|
February 8th, 2021 | February 15th, 2021 |
| Great League Ultra League Master League Ultra Premier Cup
|
February 15th, 2021 | February 22nd, 2021 |
 Kanto Cup
|
February 22nd, 2021 | March 1st, 2021 |
Holiday Cup: Only Normal-, Grass-, Electric-, Ice-, Flying-, and Ghost-type Pokémon allowed. 1,500 CP limit.
Love Cup: 1,500 CP limit. Allowed Pokémon:
Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Vileplume, Paras, Parasect, Krabby, Kingler, Voltorb, Electrode, Goldeen, Seaking, Jynx, Magmar, Magikarp, Flareon, Ledyba, Ledian, Ariados, Yanma, Scizor, Slugma, Magcargo, Octillery, Delibird, Porygon2, Magby, Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken, Wurmple, Medicham, Carvanha, Camerupt, Solrock, Corphish, Crawdaunt, Kricketot, Kricketune, Trash Cloak Burmy, Trash Cloak Wormadam, Magmortar, Porygon-Z, Wash Rotom, Tepig, Pignite, Emboar, Pansear, Simisear, Throh, Venipede, Scolipede, Krookodile, Darumaka, Darmanitan, Dwebble, Crustle, Autumn Form Deerling, Spring Form Deerling, Shelmet, Accelgor, Pawniard, Bisharp, Braviary, Heatmor, Fennekin, Braixen, Delphox, Fletchling, Fletchinder, Talonflame, Clefairy, Clefable, Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, Slowpoke, Slowbro, Exeggcute, Lickitung, Happiny, Chansey, Mr. Mime, Mime Jr., Porygon, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Flaaffy, Hoppip, Slowking, Snubbull, Corsola, Smoochum, Miltank, Blissey, Whismur, Skitty, Milotic, Gorebyss, Luvdisc, Cherubi, Sunny Form Cherrim, Lickilicky, Audino, Alomomola, and Scrafty.
Ranks and Ratings[]
This Season saw an increase in the ranking system with it going from 10 to 24 ranks. Rating is only shown after reaching rank 20.[2]
There were some differences of requirements in game code before Season 6 started, which can be found in this link.
| Rank | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Start |
| Rank 2 | Complete 5 Battles |
| Rank 3 | Win 3 Battles (after reaching rank 2) |
| Rank 4 | Win 4 more Battles |
| Rank 5 | Win 5 more Battles |
| Rank 6 | Complete 5 more Battles |
| Rank 7 | Win 7 more Battles |
| Rank 8 | Win 8 more Battles |
| Rank 9 | Win 9 more Battles |
| Rank 10 | Win 10 more Battles |
| Rank 11 | Complete 5 more Battles |
| Rank 12 | Win 12 more Battles |
| Rank 13 | Win 13 more Battles |
| Rank 14 | Win 14 more Battles |
| Rank 15 | Win 15 more Battles |
| Rank 16 | Complete 5 more Battles |
| Rank 17 | Win 17 more Battles |
| Rank 18 | Win 18 more Battles |
| Rank 19 | Win 19 more Battles |
| Rank 20 | Complete 5 more Battles |
| Ace | Reach rating of 2000+ |
| Veteran | Reach rating of 2500+ |
| Expert | Reach rating of 2750+ |
| Legend | Reach rating of 3000+ |
Rewards[]
This Season included a unique reward track in certain ranks, meaning all five slots give the same rewards in those tracks.
- Rank 5: Mysterious Item
- Rank 10: 750 (Basic) / 1500 (Premium) Stardust
- Rank 15: 1 (Basic) / 2 (Premium) Rare Candy
- Rank 19: Pokémon Encounter
The rewards of the remaining ranks stayed the same as previous Seasons.[2]
Basic
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1×
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3×
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Premium
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1×
|
|
6×
|
5×
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Stardust
| Rank | 1st win (Basic) | 5th win (Basic) | 3rd win (Premium) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 300 | 600 | 900 |
| 2 | 330 | 660 | 1000 |
| 3 | 330 | 660 | 1000 |
| 4 | 370 | 740 | 1100 |
| 6 | 400 | 800 | 1200 |
| 7 | 430 | 860 | 1300 |
| 8 | 430 | 860 | 1300 |
| 9 | 470 | 940 | 1400 |
| 11 | 530 | 1060 | 1600 |
| 12 | 530 | 1060 | 1600 |
| 13 | 570 | 1140 | 1700 |
| 14 | 600 | 1200 | 1800 |
| 16 | 700 | 1400 | 2100 |
| 17 | 730 | 1460 | 2200 |
| 18 | 770 | 1540 | 2300 |
| 20 | 870 | 1740 | 2600 |
| Ace | 900 | 1800 | 2700 |
| Veteran | 900 | 1800 | 2700 |
| Expert | 900 | 1800 | 2700 |
| Legend | 900 | 1800 | 2700 |
The random items can include:
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- or .
Reaching rank 19 awarded:
Reaching Legend rank awarded avatar items and an avatar pose inspired by N from Pokémon Black and White.
Pokémon[]
Bulbasaur was the first guaranteed encounter. After that, each Starter Pokémon was the first guaranteed encounter of the rank shown below, those from ranks 2 to 14 being encountered only once. Frillish was a guaranteed encounter at rank 20 once it released. Pikachu Libre was the first encounter in Legend rank, one only.[2][3]
Tier 5 Raid Bosses could be obtained starting at rank 20 during their time in raids.
New 
New 
| Unlock Rank | Possible Pokémon Encounters |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 |            |
| Rank 2 |  |
| Rank 3 |  |
| Rank 4 |  |
| Rank 6 |  |
| Rank 7 |  |
| Rank 8 |  |
| Rank 9 |  |
| Rank 11 |  |
| Rank 12 |  |
| Rank 13 |  |
| Rank 14 |  |
| Rank 16 |  |
| Rank 17 |  |
| Rank 18 |  |
| Rank 20 |                  |
| Legend |  |
End-of-Season rewards[]
- (rank 19 or above)
Attack updates[]
These Attack updates went live on January 11th, 2021:
Attack changes[]
- Ember: Base power increased from 6 to 7 in Trainer Battles.
- Karate Chop: Energy gain increased from 7 to 8 in Trainer Battles.
- Bubble: Base power reduced from 8 to 7 in Trainer Battles.
- Razor Leaf: Base power reduced from 11 to 10 in Trainer Battles.
- Crabhammer: Base power increased from 75 to 85 in Trainer Battles.
- Sky Attack: Base power reduced from 80 to 75 in Trainer Battles.
- Rock Slide: Base power reduced from 80 to 75 in Trainer Battles.
- Shadow Bone: Base power reduced from 80 to 75 in Trainer Battles.
Attack availability[]
Some Pokémon received new Attacks to their standard Attack pools:
| Moves | Eligible Pokémon |
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Events[]
- GO Battle League was temporarily closed for a while after the global downtime on December 7th, 2020.[4]
- Suicune was erroneously in the rewards on January 31st, 2021 for few hours. The correct Pokémon was supposed to be Raikou.[5]
- GO Battle League was temporarily closed twice during Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto on February 20th, 2021.[6][7]
References[]
- ↑ GO Battle League Season 6 begins Monday, November 30, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. PST (GMT −8). Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2020-09-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Game Master Update for GBL Season 6 /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2020-12-01.
- ↑ GBL encounter rewards for rank 1 /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2020-12-04.
- ↑ NianticHelp. Trainers, GO Battle League is currently unavailable as we continue investigating this issue. We apologize again for the inconvenience, and will continue to update here.. Twitter. Retrieved on 2020-12-10.
- ↑ poke_miners. Suicune has replaced Entei in GBL rewards (starting 10am local time on the 31st).. Twitter. Retrieved on 2021-01-31.
- ↑ NianticHelp. Trainers, #GOBattleLeague is currently unavailable as we investigate server issues. We apologize for the inconvenience, and will continue to update here.. Twitter. Retrieved on 2021-02-22.
- ↑ NianticHelp. Trainers, #GOBattleLeague is currently unavailable as we investigate issues. We apologize for the inconvenience, and will continue to update here.. Twitter. Retrieved on 2021-02-22.
