pokemon go has an Axew Community Day event June 10 from 2pm to 5pm in your local time.
We want to remind people check for hazardous conditions before heading to your local parks and outdoor centers to play. Your health is much more important than a Pokémon, and Axew will be available everywhere later this year during the December Community Weekend event, when it’s (hopefully) safer to be outside.
That being said, you can also find alternate areas to play if you really need to hunt shiny Axew, such as covered malls and areas like that. We’ve had good luck running an incense at home during the event period, so you can always do that to maximize your own safety!
As expected at a Community Day event, axe will spawn in large numbers with a high chance of appearing shiny. There are also several other bonuses and benefits, which we list below.
How do I catch a shiny Axew?
According to original research conducted by the now-defunct Pokémon community site The Silph Road, the shiny percentages on Community Days are about 1 in 24, meaning if you keep playing for the three hours, you should find quite a few shiny Pokémon.
Image: Julia Lee/Polygoon | Image source: Niantic
If you’re short on time or Poké Balls, you can get one Incensethen quickly tap each Axew to check for shiny ones, walking away from any that aren’t shiny. Notably, any Axew you’ve already tapped will face where your player is standing, so that should help identify which ones you may have already checked.
Which Community Day movement is learning the evolution of Axew?
If your Fraxture evolves into Haxorus between 2pm and 10pm in your local time, it learns the loaded move Swipe break.
If you can’t develop it during this time, you can probably develop it during a Community Day weekend event in December to get Breaking Swipe. If you don’t want to wait, you can use an Elite TM to get started.
How does Haxorus fare in the meta?
Haxorus is a great dragon-type PvE attacker, if you don’t already have a large collection of Salamence, Rayquaza, and the other powerful Pokémon in the same category. Sure, it lags behind shadow Pokemon, but if you need dragon types, grab some powerful Axew and let them evolve. Compose it with Dragon tail And Swipe break for success.
The Community Day move, Breaking Swipe, does help Haxorus in PvP, especially in Master Leagues and some specific cups. Make sure to develop your Fraxure and grab a Haxorus with Breaking Swipe if you’re into PvP.
How do I get the most out of Axew Community Day?
The following bonuses are active during Axew Community Day:
- Tripled XP for catching Pokémon
- Doubled candy for catching Pokémon
- Doubled chance for Level 31+ Trainers to get XL Candies by catching Pokémon
- Incense lasts three hours
- Lure Modules last three hours
- Use special photo bombs when taking snapshots
- An extra special transaction
- Stardust cost halved for trade
That said, you should definitely pop a Lucky Egg and an Incense and try to get your hands on a powerful Axew.
If you can Mega evolve Charizard X, Ampharos, Sceptile, Altaria, Salamence, Latias or Latiosscore your extra Axew Candy per catch.
In addition to all this, Niantic still runs special four star attacks from 5pm to 10pm where if you clear the Fraxure attack Axew will spawn in a 300m radius around the gym for 30 minutes. These raids cannot be done remotely. If the usual increase in spawn between 2pm and 5pm doesn’t give you the Axew you wanted, you can try raiding for another chance.