Pokemon GO's April Community Day may have just wrapped up, but it's never too soon to dive headfirst into the next event for the mobile AR game. This week, players have another chance to takedown Latios and this time around there should be a shiny variant to collect, as well. So finish organizing your shiny Bagons and get ready for some Legendary Raids.

Latios isn't the most powerful dragon-type in the current Pokemon GO metagame, but it is definitely still an important part of my rosters thanks to its dragon- and physic-type combination. Even if players already have enough copies of this Legendary, the added motivation of finding a shiny version is definitely going to be enough to make this week's raid event very popular.

Be sure to consult our previous Latios counter guide before heading out to raid this week.

Latios - Dragon-, Psychic-type

Dates

April 15 at 1pm - April 22 at 1pm

Shiny Model

The official press release did confirm a shiny chance, so players should be ready to see this variant if they are lucky...

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High Level Counter Guide

Dragon movesets are your friend for this encounter.

Rayquaza - Dragon Tail, Outrage

Salamence - Dragon Tail, Outrage

Palkia - Dragon Tail, Draco Meteor

Dialga - Dragon Breath, Draco Meteor

That should be everything you need to know for this event. If additional features or bonuses pop up once things get started, we'll be sure to post an update.

Be sure to check back in the coming days for more Pokemon GO news, strategy guides, and updates. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!

Pokemon GO is currently available in select regions on Android and iOS devices.

Source: Pokemon GO Live