GO Battle League: Forever Forward brings a new ranked season with weekly league rotations, featured cups, Cynthia avatar rewards, rank-up encounters, Timed Research, Stardust bonuses, and major move updates.

Season Start, Rank Reset and Early Details

GO Battle League: Forever Forward will start on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. PDT(GMT −7).

At the start of the Season:

• End of Season rewards become available on the Battle screen.
• Your GO Battle League rank will reset.

GO Battle League: Forever Forward Schedule

The following leagues will begin and end at 1:00 p.m. PST (GMT −8) on the dates listed below. Starting March 10, rotations will end at 1:00 p.m. PDT (GMT −7).

(*) 4× Stardust from win rewards (this does not include end-of-set rewards)

Guaranteed Rank-Up Encounters

You can encounter the following Pokémon once per Season at the designated ranks.

If you’re lucky, some may be encountered in their Shiny forms.

Standard Encounter Pool

Throughout the Season, you may encounter the following Pokémon at various ranks:

Rank 1+

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Rank 6+

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Rank 11+

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Rank 16+

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Rank 20+

Active 5★ Raid Boss encounter becomes available.

After reaching Rank 20, the currently active five-star Raid Boss may appear as a reward encounter. This pool includes several Pokémon relevant for PvP evolution lines, giving competitive players useful resource-building opportunities.

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Rank 2000+ Points

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Rank 2500+ Points

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Rank 2750+ Points

GO Battle League Timed Research Pass

A free battle-themed Timed Research pass will be available in the in-game shop once the Season begins.

The first page requires catching Pokémon and awards encounters designed to help build competitive teams. Each subsequent page requires:

• 100 battles
• 50 wins

Rewards include:

• Stardust
• Rare Candy XL
• Elite Fast TM
• Elite Charged TM

Avatar Rewards

This season’s avatar items are inspired by by Cynthia, the Pokémon Champion of the Sinnoh region.

Forever Forward Cups

Here’s the full line-up of themed Cups this Season:

Pokémon North America International Championships 2026 Cup: Great League Edition

• Pokémon must be at or below 1,500 CP to enter.
• Only Fairy-, Normal-, Psychic-, and Water-type Pokémon are eligible.
• Pokémon that are also Dark, Grass, or Steel type are not eligible.
• Shadow Pokémon are eligible.
• Mega-Evolved Pokémon are not eligible.

Banned: Clefable, Wigglytuff, Poliwrath, Farfetch’d, Lickitung, Chansey, Furret, Chinchou, Lantern, Lugia, Medicham, Claydol, Gastrodon (East and West Sea Forms), Lickilicky, Wash Rotom, Cresselia, Jellicent (Male and Female), Diggersby, Dedenne, Carbink, Toxapex, Araquanid, Oranguru, Golisopod, Greedent

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Sunshine Cup: Great League Edition

• Max 1500 CP
• Only Normal-, Fire-, Grass-, and Ground-type Pokémon are eligible.
• Banned: Charizard

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Summer Cup: Great League Edition

• Max 1500 CP
• Only Normal-, Fire-, Water-, Grass-, Electric-, and Bug-type Pokémon are eligible.

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Fantasy Cup: Ultra League Edition

• Max 2500 CP
• Only Dragon-, Steel-, and Fairy-type Pokémon are eligible.

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Retro Cup: Great League Edition

• Max 1500 CP
• Dark-, Steel-, and Fairy-type Pokémon are not eligible.

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Master Premier

• Mythical and Legendary Pokémon are not eligible.

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Weather Cup: Great League Edition

• Max 1500 CP
• Only Fire-, Water-, Ice-, and Rock-type Pokémon are eligible.

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Evolution Cup: Great League Edition

• Max 1500 CP
• Only Pokémon that have evolved at least once and can evolve again will be eligible.

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Scroll Cup: Great League Edition

• Max 1500 CP
• Only Water-, Fighting-, and Dark-type Pokémon are eligible.
• Banned: Primarina

Attack Changes

Attack Availability Updates

The following Pokémon gain access to new moves:

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