How to get Annihilape in Pokémon Go

Annihilape made its debut in Pokémon Go as a part of Jan. 2024’s “Raging Battles” occasion.

The Gen 9 fighting- and ghost-type evolves from Primeape, and are each a part of Gen 1 Mankey’s evolution line.

There is a particular requirement to fulfil earlier than evolving Primeape — however there are a couple of tips to pace up the method if you would like your fingers on Annihilape as quickly as attainable.

How to evolve Primeape and get Annihilape in Pokémon Go

Following the arrival of Jan. 2024’s “Raging Battles” occasion, you possibly can evolve Primeape into Annihilape by defeating 30 ghost- or psychic-type Pokémon in battle whereas Primeape is your buddy.

Furthermore, know that Primeape doesn’t want to defeat these Pokémon or take part in the battle to progress this evolution requirement. In different phrases, Primeape merely wants to be your buddy as you defeat ghost- and psychic-types with different Pokémon.

Even with this in thoughts, on the floor, it requires a dose of luck in encountering these particular varieties in gyms, raids or Go Battle League. Thankfully, there’s a couple of strategies you should use to pace by way of the method, together with:

• Battling a buddy in native battles with their social gathering stuffed with low stage ghost- or psychic-type Pokémon
• Finding a Team Rocket grunt which has a crew of ghost- or psychic-type Pokémon, defeating the primary two Pokémon, then purposely dropping and replaying the battle
• Fighting Blanche (discovered in the Training space on the backside of the Battle display) in Master League, who could have a Metagross in her line-up (thanks to The Silph Road sub-reddit for the tip!)

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The ‘battling a friend’ methodology is by far the quickest, however requires both somebody prepared to battle you again and again (be sure to return the favor to allow them to evolve their very own Primeape), or having a secondary account on one other system and to undergo the steps solo.

Fighting Blanche is probably essentially the most solo pleasant possibility, nevertheless it’s additionally essentially the most time consuming of those strategies. Either approach, these are quicker than taking place upon these varieties naturally, so flip to them in the event you’re eager to getting Annihilape as quickly as attainable.

Can Annihilape be shiny in in Pokémon Go?

On its debut, Annihilape could be shiny in Pokémon Go. This is as a result of the prior Pokémon in the evolution chain — Mankey and Primeape — are already shiny eligible. (They made their shiny debut as a part of March 2019’s “Battle Showdown” occasion.)

This means if you have already got a shiny Mankey or Primeape, then you possibly can relaxation straightforward realizing it’ll ultimately change into a shiny Annihilape if you ultimately evolve it.