A couple weeks ago Niantic announced that the EX raid boss would change its form for the first time. As we know, Deoxys has four forms based on the attributes. The change in form brings different stats that players will need to play against when reading it. As I have not been very active, I really didn’t expect to see one for sometime. However, I was lucky enough that one of my friends had gotten a raid pass for a Saturday in which he invited me to participate.
It has been a couple months since I haven’t done an EX Raid so I did not know what to expect given how recent this new boss was. Interestingly, only about a dozen people showed up for the raid at the start time. While others could’ve gone after we quickly grouped up by the teams we represented and it only took about five trainers in my group to defeat Deoxys. This Pokémon has been somewhat underwhelming when compared to the previous EX raid boss me into which is why less people are actively pursuing it. In fact, that same friend said he had another pass for this coming week and I have decided to pass on it given my disinterest.
While Niantic still has two new forms to release, I think many players are anxiously waiting for the next EX Raid boss to come along. Given that Deoxys is a Generation three Pokemon, it may still have some time before the next one comes around given the two additional forms that still need to be released. I would imagine that a new EX Raid Boss will not come until all Generation Four Pokemon, including Legendaries are released as that is how Deoxys came about. So, we stil have time to catch Deoxys for a good period of time.
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