Lured Up Podcast 377
Live Streamed on - 1/6/26
Publish Date - 1/9/26
We are back from our holiday break and ready to get back on the grind! We hope everyone had a great end to 2025 and a positive outlook on 2026. From everyone at the Pokémon Professor Network, we hope you have the Happiest of New Years.
Trainers woke up this week to a major spawn point shuffle, with reports of house spawns updating from 10 to as few as 2. Keep in mind you will hear more about the bad stuff than the good, but there have also been reports of spawns increasing in other areas. Our best hunch is this could either have been influenced by an update to the game’s feed from Open Street Map or it is Niantic slash Scopely trying to influence where we play the game. We will have to pay attention to the community to find out if increases are to be found in parks and rural areas.Unfortunately, Niantic Support has been spreading some seemingly incorrect reasoning for the updates, which will only add to confusion and upset Trainers.
This week brings a new Dex entry with Klauf and a new Shiny with Dhelmise during the Pinch Perfect event. Field Research should keep you busy looking for the Win a Raid task which could bring you either of the two of the event’s featured Pokémon. This weekend is going to be great with Kyurem Fusion Raid Day. Thanks to GO Hub, we will run through the best counters for each of the four Raids from the event, with four separate Battle Parties, as well as a single party you can use for all of the Raids during the event.
The January GO Pass is here with the major reward being a Lucky Trinket. End Game Trainers may think it has a little less value, as the post 70 Lucky Friend grind is bringing Trainers multiple Lucky Friends a week. The total rewards as a whole still give the GO Pass great value, with the free version still providing some fun and consistent and daily gameplay.
We wrap up with a chat about some of our plans for the new year, including some IRL short form video and some travel for events. We can’t wait to roll things out soon!
Spawn Point Shuffle
New Year’s Event 2026
Piplup Community Day
Pinch Perfect
Kyurem Fusion Raid Day
Black Kyurem GO Hub
White Kyurem GO Hub
Reshiram GO Hub
Zekrom GO Hub
January GO Pass
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Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
Executive Producer
Xander
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