Pokemon GO Tour: Sinnoh Raids Guide - Los Angeles and Global Event Details

The wait is almost over for those who managed to snag a ticket to the Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh Los Angeles event, with the Global event just around the corner. With the excitement building up, it's time to get ready for the raids that will be taking place during both the Los Angeles and Global events.

How Raids Work During Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh

During the Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh Los Angeles event, traditional raids will appear for the first half hour of every hour during your ticketed event time. This means that for the duration of your access to the event, you can expect raids during the top half of every hour.

During the second half of the hour, players will see special space-time anomaly raids, meaning there should be a raid happening for the entire duration of your Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh Los Angeles experience.

Raids work similarly for Pokémon GO Tour: Global, with different raids appearing at different times based on which habitat is currently active. The habitat changes every hour, and so do the raids.

Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh Los Angeles Five-Star Raids

Dialga and Palkia will appear in Five-Star Raids during the Los Angeles Sinnoh Tour event.

During the space-time anomaly period, players will encounter the debut of Origin Forme Dialga and Origin Forme Palkia, including their special new Adventure Effects. The Pokémon that appears will depend on which ticket you chose, with Diamond Version ticketholders seeing Origin Forme Dialga while Pearl Version ticketholders will encounter Origin Forme Palkia.

Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh Global Five-Star Raids

Dialga and Palkia will also feature in Five-Star Raids during the Pokémon GO Sinnoh Tour Global. However, which form appears will depend on which habitat is currently active.

Dialga and Palkia will appear during habitat hours for Bustling Boardwalk and Toxic Digs.

Origin Forme Dialga and Palkia will appear during Ancient Grove and Geothermal Lagoon habitat hours.

Best Counters for Dialga & Palkia Raids

When facing off against Dialga in Raids, you'll want to consider type vulnerabilities. Dialga is a steel and dragon-type Pokémon, making it weak against fighting and ground types. So, bring your best fighting or ground-type Pokémon to the fray against Dialga. Some suggestions include Poliwrath, Lucario, Garchomp, and Mamoswine. Make sure they know a fighting or ground type charged and fast attack for best results.

As for Palkia Raids, you'll be working with a water- and dragon-type Pokémon. This makes Palkia weak against dragon and fairy-type moves, so you'll want to bring Pokémon with these move types into the fray. Keep in mind that your dragon types will also be weak to dragon, so it may be best to stick with fairy types here. Some suggestions include Sylveon, Clefable, or Togekiss.

Best Counters for Origin Forme Dialga & Origin Forme Palkia Raids

The Origin Formes of both Dialga and Palkia have the same types as their standard counterparts, so while Pokémon GO Tour Sinnoh will be their raid debut, we can still plan a strategy for these raids.

We don't know exactly what surprises await with these origin forms, but we can anticipate they'll probably be more powerful versions of the Pokémon. This means you'll want to get your strongest possible Pokémon of the opposing type ready for the raids.

For Origin Forme Dialga, bring a Pokémon with powerful ground or fighting-type moves. If you've got Shadow Pokémon or a Mega Evolution available, that's going to be your best bet. Some suggestions would be Shadow Hariyama or Mega Garchomp. Lucario is a pretty powerful contender as well, if you're short on Shadow and Mega Pokémon.

As for Origin Forme Palkia, counter this Pokémon with your strongest fairy-type moves. I'd stay away from dragon here due to the type being weak against itself, but there are certainly some good Mega Evolution options here such as fan-favorite Mega Rayquaza. Personally, I'd opt for bringing in Granbull or Shadow Granbull here.

Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh Los Angeles Three-Star Raids

Featured Pokémon in Three-Star raids during the Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh Los Angeles event are Torterra, Infernape, and Empoleon.

During the space-time anomaly raid duration, players will see Three-Star raids featuring Hisuian Decidueye, Hisuian Typhlosion, and Hisuian Samurott.

Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh Global Three-Star Raids

While the raid featured Pokémon are the same for the Global event as in Los Angeles, the raid schedule for Pokémon GO Tour Sinnoh Global is tied to the habitat hours.

Torterra, Infernape, and Empoleon will appear during the habitat hours for Bustling Boardwalk and Toxic Digs.

Hisuian Decidueye, Hisuian Typhlosion, and Hisuian Samurott will show up during the space-time anomaly habitat hours of Ancient Grove and Geothermal Lagoon.

Best Counters for Torterra, Infernape, and Empoleon Raids

Torterra is a grass and ground-type Pokémon, making it weak against ice, flying, bug, and fire-type moves. This gives you a good variety of Pokémon to choose from when planning your counters for Torterra raids. Rayquaza is a strong contender here, especially Mega Rayquaza. Mamoswine and Glaceon are also excellent choices.

Infernape combines the fire and fighting types, with a weakness against ground, water, flying, and psychic types. When looking to counter Infernape in raids, bring in strong movesets featuring these types. Some great options would be Rayquaza, Alakazam, or Shadow Kingler.

As for Empoleon, this Pokémon is an ice and water type. This makes it weak to electric, fighting, and ground-type moves. Pokémon with strong ice or electric-type moves like Mamoswine and Electabuzz will be powerful counters for Empoleon Raids.

Best Counters for Hisuian Decidueye, Hisuian Typhlosion, and Hisuian Samurott Raids

Players will likely have their Hisuian Decidueye raid strategy well-honed from the recent Raid Day event featuring this grass- and fighting-type Pokémon. For this time-space anomaly raid, bring your powerful flying- and/or fire-types, such as Charizard or Blaziken, in their Mega Evolutions if possible.

As for Hisuian Typhlosion raid counters, you'll want to plan for a ghost- and fire-type Pokémon with weaknesses to several types including dark, ghost, water, ground, and rock. Mega Blastoise and Shadow Tyranitar are both good options here.

Finally, we've got Hisuian Samurott raids to contend with. The best counters for this water- and dark-type Pokémon will be bug, electric, grass, fighting, and fairy-types. We'd recommend Mega Venasaur, Zapdos, or Mega Manectric here.

Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh Los Angeles One-Star Raids

Trainers will see Sinnoh starters Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup during One-Star Raids at the Sinnoh Tour Los Angeles.

In the space-time anomaly One-Star Raids, trainers can expect to see Rowlet, Cyndaquil, and Oshawott.

Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh Global One-Star Raids

In one-star raids, trainers participating in the Sinnoh Tour Global will encounter Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup in raids during the Bustling Boardwalk and Toxic Digs habitat hours.

During the space-time anomaly hours for Ancient Grove and Geothermal Lagoon, trainers will have a chance to take on raids featuring Rowlet, Cyndaquil, and Oshawott.

Best Counters for Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup Raids

Going into these One-Star raids, their weaknesses will be similar to the more-evolved counterparts we'll see in Three-Star Raids during the Sinnoh Tour Los Angeles. That said, they often haven't grown into their secondary types yet, so it's essential to keep this in mind when planning counters for the starters.

For Turtwig raids, we're looking at a grass-type Pokémon, making a fire-type your best counter. Bring your favorite fire-type for this One-Star raid and it shouldn't give you too much trouble.

As for Chimchar, this one is all fire-type at this stage. Grab your favorite water- or ground-type Pokémon and you'll put a damper on this guy in no time.

Finally, Piplup is a water-type vulnerable to grass or electric moves. Grab one of your many event Pikachu or another favorite grass- or electric-type to counter Piplup in raids.

Best Counters for Rowlet, Cyndaquil, and Oshawott Raids

During the time-space anomaly period for Pokémon GO Tour Sinnoh Los Angeles, we'll see three more starter Pokémon in one-star raids. Because they're one-star early evolutions, the raids shouldn't give you too much trouble, but if you're looking for the best counters, let's take a look at each of these Pokémon.

For Rowlet raids, you'll want to bring Pokémon that are strong against grass- and flying-types. Your best bet here would be ice-type Pokémon like Glaceon or Mamoswine.

When looking at Cyndaquil, we're fighting against a fire-type Pokémon. That means bringing in a water- or ground-type Pokémon will put you at an advantage. Mamoswine can serve well again here, or you can opt for Blastoise or Kingler.

As for Oshawott, you're taking on a water-type Pokémon. Grab your favorite electric-type or grass-type Pokémon to counter Oshawott, such as Pikachu or Venasaur.