The Vacation Cup: Little Version is a limited-time cup that celebrates the winter holidays within the Pokémon Go Battle League. With a small number of eligible Pokémon varieties and a really low CP restrict to stick to, it’s going to require some cautious planning and a little bit of luck to place collectively the perfect crew doable.
You’ll be able to compete within the Vacation Cup: Little Version from Dec. 17 to Dec. 24, 2024. It can then return from Dec. 31, 2024, to Jan. 7, 2025. With a complete of two weeks to participate, it’s value investing some assets into making a stable crew. We’ve rounded up a number of the finest choices beneath.
Vacation Cup: Little Version restrictions
Like most themed cups, there are fairly just a few restrictions to pay attention to when coming into the Vacation Cup: Little Version. Solely electrical, flying, grass, ice, regular, and ghost-type Pokémon are eligible, whereas the ‘little’ half means there’s a 500 CP restrict on all Pokémon.
When it comes to varieties, there are six to select from, which is sort of beneficiant when in comparison with different limited-time cups that solely permit just a few varieties of Pokémon to enter. Keep in mind which you can additionally use dual-type Pokémon, which makes the team-building course of just a little simpler.
The five hundred CP restrict generally is a profit or a hindrance, relying on the state of your present Pokémon assortment. Typically, having a low CP restrict makes a cup extra accessible, as you gained’t want as many assets or high-level Pokémon to be in with an opportunity of successful.
However, many Pokémon are caught above the five hundred CP restrict, otherwise you may need beforehand powered up the proper Pokémon too excessive for it to compete. With these themed cups, it’s usually a case of creating the perfect of what you’ve already acquired in your assortment.
Vacation Cup: Little Version finest crew
Right here’s the most effective groups you should use for the Vacation Cup: Little Version in Pokémon Go:
- Pachirisu
- Litwick
- Alolan Vulpix
Collectively, these three Pokémon will provide you with a variety of protection choices to sort out most opponents you’ll come throughout — together with Smeargle, which has the potential to be a large risk within the Vacation Cup: Little Version meta this time round.
They’re additionally pretty straightforward to acquire beneath 500 CP, and none of them require XL Sweet to achieve that restrict. There are some doubtlessly stronger Pokémon that you would use within the Vacation Cup: Little Version, however the possibilities of getting them beneath 500 CP are very slim. We’ve determined to deal with Pokémon which can be accessible whereas nonetheless placing in a superb efficiency.
Past that, different Pokémon we will advocate are Pikachu Libre, Flying Pikachu, Joltik, Alolan Sandslash, Fletchling, and Wigglytuff. There’s additionally the matter of Smeargle — however there’s a superb clarification as to why we haven’t included it in our greatest crew.
A fast have a look at PvPoke’s rankings reveals that Smeargle has the potential to be an absolute menace within the Vacation Cup: Little Version. Nevertheless, the circumstances required to get this particular Smeargle construct are extremely tough to attain, which is why we’ve chosen to not embody it in our greatest crew suggestion.
Smeargle’s distinctive quirk in Pokémon Go is that its moveset is determined by the Pokémon it photobombs when taking snapshots. To get the optimum moveset for this cup — Incinerate and Flying Press — you’ll want Smeargle to photobomb a Pokémon that is aware of Incinerate in addition to a Charged Transfer that Smeargle can not study, akin to Frustration. At that time, it’s as much as destiny whether or not the random Charged Transfer it should study is Flying Press.
As you possibly can think about, the possibilities of this taking place — particularly on a Smeargle that has good IVs — are extremely slim. Because of this, it’s onerous to foretell how a lot of a presence Smeargle will even have within the Vacation Cup: Little Version. You may face Smeargle with Lock-On and Flying Press, as this has been a well-liked construct in earlier cups, however we’d think about even that will probably be few and much between.
One benefit of Smeargle is which you can catch one at any time by taking snapshots of your Pokémon, though there’s a restrict of 1 encounter per day. It’s value making an attempt to get a Smeargle that is aware of the really useful moveset for this cup, however don’t get your hopes up too excessive. Consider it as a pleasant bonus fairly than vital Pokémon.
Vacation Cup: Little Version finest Pokémon strikes and IVs
Listed here are a number of the prime Pokémon you should use within the Vacation Cup: Little Version in addition to their finest movesets and IVs:
Pokémon Smeargle | Kind Regular | Finest Quick Transfer Incinerate or Lock-On | Finest Charged Strikes Flying Press | Excellent IVs 15/15/15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pikachu Libre | Electrical | Thunder Shock | Flying Press and Thunder Punch | 7/15/13 |
| Litwick | Ghost/Hearth | Ember | Mystical Hearth and Flame Cost | 4/10/14 |
| Alolan Vulpix | Ice | Powder Snow | Climate Ball (Ice) and Darkish Pulse | 5/13/2009 |
| Pachirisu | Electrical | Volt Swap | Thunder Punch and Thunderbolt | 6/12/12 |
| Joltik | Bug/Electrical | Sucker Punch | Cross Poison and Discharge | 7/14/13 |
| Alolan Sandslash | Ice/Metal | Powder Snow | Ice Punch and Drill Run | 4/4/13 |
| Fletchling | Regular/Flying | Fast Assault | Fly and Swift | 4/13/13 |
| Wigglytuff | Regular/Fairy | Attraction | Swift and Icy Wind | 7/15/14 |
| Flying Pikachu | Electrical | Thunder Shock | Fly and Wild Cost | 7/15/13 |
Good luck on this yr’s version of the Vacation Cup, trainers!
