Pokémon Go is having a Jangmo-o Community Day event on June 21 from 2-5 p.m. in your local time.
As expected with a Community Day event, Jangmo-o will spawn in huge numbers with a high chance to appear shiny. There are also several other bonuses and perks, which we’ve list out below.
How do I catch a shiny Jangmo-o in Pokémon Go?
As per old research by the now-defunct website The Silph Road (via Wayback Machine), Shiny rates on Community Days are about 1 in 24, which means that if you keep playing throughout the three-hour window, you should find quite a few shiny Pokémon.
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If you’re short on time or Poké Balls, you can pop an Incense, then quickly tap each Jangmo-o to check for shiny ones, running from any that aren’t shiny. Notably, any Jangmo-o you’ve already tapped will face where your player is standing, so that should help identify which ones you may have already checked.
What Community Day move does Jangmo-o’s evolution learn?
If you evolve Hakamo-o into Kommo-o from June 21 at 2 p.m. until June 28 at 10 p.m. in your local time, it will learn the charged move Clanging Scales.
If you miss out on evolving it during this period, you will likely be able to evolve it during a Community Day weekend event in December to get Clanging Scales. If you don’t want to wait, you can use an Elite TM to get the move.
How does Kommo-o do in the meta?
For PvE (raids and gyms), you’re better off using literally any of the other dragon-types. Kommo-o is a little disappointing stat-wise when compared to its pseudo-legendary dragon brethren, so stick to those (Garchomp, Salamence, Dragonite) or the actual Legendary dragons (Rayquaza, Black Kyurem, Origin Forme Palkia) instead.
In terms of PvP, Clanging Scales is actually pretty powerful, so Kommo-o will actually be pretty decent, especially in the Ultra League. Give it Dragon Tail with Clanging Scales and Close Combat for it to be most effective.
How do I make the most of Jangmo-o Community Day?
The following bonuses will be active during Jangmo-o Community Day:
- Tripled XP for catching Pokémon
- Doubled candy for catching Pokémon
- Doubled chance for level 31+ trainers to get XL candy from catching Pokémon
- Incense lasts three hours
- Lure Modules lasts three hours
- Jangmo-o special photobombs when taking snapshots
- One additional special trade
- Stardust cost halved for trading
That said, you should definitely pop a Lucky Egg and an Incense and try to nab some powerful Jangmo-o.
If you can Mega Evolve Charizard X, Ampharos, Sceptile, Altaria, Salamence, Latias, Latios, Rayquaza, or Garchomp, you’ll score additional Jangmo-o Candy per catch.
There will also be “Community Day Continued” Timed Research until June 28 that will reward more Jangmo-o, including ones with special themed backgrounds. This research will keep the increased shiny rate for Jangmo-o, even after the three-hour event is over, so make sure you complete them for extra chances to get a shiny.
