Pokemon Go will soon have a new Team Go Rocket problem, as Shadow Raids will bring a new stake on the usual Gym Raid experience beginning on May 22.
Shadow Raids will see Shadow Pokemon–Team Go Rocket’s sinister spin on normal Pokemon–enter Gym Raids for the first time in the game’s history. One-star and three-star Shadow Raids will begin May 22 with featured Pokemon including Beldum, Poliwag, Machop, and more, and then on May 27 Shadow Mewtwo will become the first-ever five-star Shadow Raid.
Shadow Raids will function similarly to normal raids–with multiple players attacking a single Pokemon in the center–but with one major twist: when the raid Pokemon reaches half of its health, three- and five-star Shadow Raid Pokemon will enter a new Enraged state that the game will signal with a new animation. Enraged Pokemon have boosted attack power and defense, which will make defeating them more difficult than the usual raid.