Bagon for Community Day Classic in April 2024 in Pokémon GO

Niantic has released full details for the upcoming April 2024 Community Day Classic. This time, it will feature Bagon! Bagon's final evolution, Salamence, is a popular psuedo-Legendary Pokémon that also has a Mega Evolution. The last time Bagon was featured for a Community Day was April 2019, so it's nice to see it return!

Bagon Community Day Classic will take place on Sunday, April 7, 2024 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time.

Salamence will know Outrage upon evolution. Outrage is a powerful Dragon-type Charged Attack which makes it a viable Dragon-type attacker for raids.

linkEvent Bonuses

• Salamence will learn Outrage
• 3x XP for catching Pokémon
• 3-hour Lure Modules
• 3-hour Incense
• Snapshots for additional encounters
• Showcases at PokéStops featuring Bagon
• Community Day Special Research Story ($1.00 USD)
• A Web Store Bundle for $9.99 USD giving 120 Ultra Balls, 15 Silver Pinap Berries, 6 Incubators, and One Incense
• Event bundles in the in-game Store with the expensive option giving an Elite Charged TM

The Special Research Story will, as usual, provide a few additional encounters with Bagon as well as a guaranteed Shelgon and Salamence.

linkEvent Analysis

It's a Community Day Classic. Salamence is already known to be a powerhouse Dragon-type attacker in PvE situations. It's pretty terrible in PvP situations (double weakness to Ice!), but as we all know a few move shake-ups could potentially change that.

I'd recommend getting a few good Bagon to evolve into Salamence if you don't have some already. Of course, Shundo Salamence hunting is always fun (a shundo is a Shiny with perfect stats)!

As for the bundles, I wouldn't recommend getting them. If you're low on Ultra Balls and really need an Elite Charge TM, then it might be worth it to you. The $1 Ticket is usually pretty fun especially if you aren't playing very long, but it's ultimately up to you.