Shroomish

Pokémon Spotlight Hour will feature a different Pokémon and a special bonus for one hour at 6:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday during the month of October. Shroomish Spotlight Hour takes place on October 15th, 2024, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon!

This Spotlight Hour is the second October 2024 Pokémon spotlight, and it is especially interesting as Shroomish can be shiny, and is one of the few Pokémon who reward more Stardust when caught!

Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per Pokémon caught. Here’s everything you need to know!

Shroomish Spotlight Hour

Bonuses

• You will get 2x Stardust for catching Pokémon

• Shiny Shroomish is available in Pokémon GO

Note on Stardust Bonus

Shroomish is of the rare Pokémon that give extra Stardust on catch, with a base rate of a whopping 500 Stardust per catch which increases with weather-boost and a Star Piece.

Here’s how much Stardust you can get during Shroomish Spotlight Hour in October 2024, thanks to the 2x Stardust bonus:

Type of catch

Stardust

Regular catch

1000

Weather boosted catch

1250

Regular catch with Star Piece

1500

Weather boosted catch with Star Piece

1876

The best possible scenario you can have is to catch a weather boosted ‘mon with an active Star Piece. As Shroomish is a Grass-type they are boosted by Sunny weather.

To maximise Stardust caught you’ll likely want to use Great Balls to ensure the catch and use a quick catch technique. Otherwise, you could be spending too much time attempting to catch, rather than just catching.

We believe that the baseline for calculating potential Stardust during this hour should be 60 ‘mon. You should be able to get 60 Pokémon during one hour, regardless of if you are using the Fast catch trick, or just catching slowly.

Here’s how much Stardust you should be able to earn during the Spotlight Hour:

Star Piece active

Weather is Rainy or Snow

Stardust

No

No

60,000

No 

Yes

75,000

 Yes

No

90,000

Yes

Yes

112,560

• 60,000 Stardust is your minimal Stardust goal. This means you caught 60 Pokémon, but there was no weather boost and you did not activate a Star Piece.

• 75,000 Stardust is your minimal goal if the in-game weather is Sunny.

• 90,000 Stardust is the minimal amount you are looking for with a Star Piece activated. This should be easy to get if you activate two Star Pieces, regardless of in-game Weather. Star Piece increases your Stardust gain by 50%, which is an additional 30,000 Stardust over the baseline.

• and finally… 112,560 Stardust is the amount of Stardust you will get if you catch 60 Pokémon, with a Star Piece active, during Sunny weather.

The only downside of this event is that Shroomish is relatively difficult to catch, and you will probably want to use Great Balls or Ultra Balls during the event. Otherwise, you could be spending too much time attempting to catch, rather than just catching.

Shroomish Fact Sheet

Shroomish

Shroomish is a Grass-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, with a maximum Combat Power of 916 CP. Shroomish best moveset in Pokémon GO is Tackle and Grass Knot. Shiny Shroomish is available in Pokémon GO. Shroomish is boosted by Sunny weather.

Shroomish is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison moves. It is strong against Electric, Grass, Ground, and Water moves.

Shroomish

50 Shroomish Candy

Breloom

Shiny Shroomish

Shiny Shroomish is easy to spot – its usual green colouring turns orange!

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Regular

Shiny

Shroomish

Breloom

Shroomish CP and IV Chart

LVL

CP

LVL

CP

LVL

CP

1

11 CP

2

35 CP

3

60 CP

4

84 CP

5

109 CP

6

133 CP

7

158 CP

8

182 CP

9

207 CP

10

231 CP

11

254 CP

12

277 CP

13

301 CP

14

324 CP

15

347 CP

16

370 CP

17

393 CP

18

416 CP

19

439 CP

20

463 CP

21

486 CP

22

509 CP

23

532 CP

24

555 CP

25

578 CP

26

601 CP

27

625 CP

28

648 CP

29

671 CP

30

694 CP

31

706 CP

32

717 CP

33

729 CP

34

740 CP

35

752 CP

36

764 CP

37

775 CP

38

787 CP

39

798 CP

40

810 CP

41

820 CP

42

830 CP

43

841 CP

44

851 CP

45

862 CP

46

873 CP

47

883 CP

48

894 CP

49

905 CP

50

916 CP

Mega Pokémon that boost Shroomish

The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Shroomish if they are Mega/Primal evolved:

• Venusaur (Mega)

• Sceptile (Mega)

• Abomasnow (Mega)

• Groudon (Primal)

A Note on Mega Catch Bonus

While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.

Is It Worth Evolving Shroomish?

Breloom is a strange Pokémon in GO’s meta, as its hybrid Grass and Fighting type provides very little coverage in GO Battle League, and it’s currently available moves are not that great either.

Breloom’s best charged move is Grass Knot, which is (unfortunately) a legacy move that can only be obtained by using an Elite Charged TM. We strongly recommend you do not waste your Elite TMs on Breloom, since there is a metric ton of better raid attackers and better PvP Pokémon in the current meta.

So… is it worth evolving a Breloom? Well, given you will be farming Shroomish for Stardust, and given that Shroomish Spotlight Hour does have a 2x EXP bonus for evolving Pokémon, we say yes, go ahead and evolve.

Don’t waste Stardust on powering up Breloom, but do evolve and keep them. If you catch weather boosted Shroomish, you will have a good bench of high CP defenders that you can easily deploy and forget at your local Gyms.

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