Niantic have revealed a new feature to Pokémon GO alongside a special video following the teases over the last 24 hours on social media. This is the introduction of Shadow Raid battles, which are avilable as ofthe Rising Shadows event
Shadow Raids come in 1,3 or 5 Star battles and have bosses get more powerful as the battle progresses. You will then get Shadow Shards from Team GO Rocket and can turn them into Purified Gems which can lower the Attack and Defense of Shadow Bosses in battle. Shadow Raid Battles cannot be participated in with Remote Raid Passes
The Rising Shadows Event has also been announced and runs from May 22nd at 10:00 local time to May 28th at 20;00 local time
Shadow Poliwag, Machop, Bellsprout and Beldum will be in 1 Star Shadow Raids
Shadow Bayleef, Quilava, Croconaw and Sneasel will be in 3 Star Shadow Raids
Shadow Mewtwo will be in 5 Star Shadow Raids from May 27th at 10;00 local time to May 28th at 22:00 local time
Clefairy, Tentacool, Marill, Skrelp and Popplio will be in 1 Star Raids
Magneton, Lapras,. Mawile, Empoleon will be in 3 Star Raids
Regigigas and Tapu Fini will be in 5 Star Raids
Ekans, Golbat, Koffing, Houndour, poochyena, Stunky, Skorupi, Hisuian Qwilfish and Scraggy will be in the wild
Team GO Rocket will appear more at Poké Stops and Balloons
Field Research will be available to get Mysterious Components and Stardust