Pokemon Sword and Shield introduced a number of special Gigantamax Pokemon players can’t obtain through normal gameplay. Gigantamax Toxitricity is one of them, but the latest Sword and Shield event will give us all a chance to snag one (or more if we’re lucky).
The event begins Friday, February 7 and runs for a month, ending on March 9.
Like Gigantamax Snorlax before it, Gigantamax Toxitricity undergoes a complete form change. It’s on all fours now until it attacks, and it mixes the Amped and Low-Key Forms. In true rockstar form, Gigantamax Toxitricity smashes its electric guitar to perform its attacks.
Its special attack is G-Max Stun Shock, which deals damage to opponents in addition to potentially causing paralysis or poison. Despite potentially causing the poison condition, G-Max Stun Shock is an electric attack, and all Toxitricity’s electric attacks turn into it.
As when encountering Pokemon in Max Raids, you’ll get the usual array of type-relevant TMs and TRs, along with candy hordes if you complete the battle or catch Gigantamax Toxitricity.
It’s great we get the chance to nab this rare G-Max Pokemon, and you can bet we’ll be keeping this one trained up ahead of Pokemon‘s first-ever DLC expansion, The Isle of Armor, when it releases this summer.
Whether this Pokemon can go toe-to-toe with the new mythical Pokemon getting added to the games on Pokemon Day, we’ll just have to wait and see.
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