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Tapu Battles Info!

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The Spirits of the Island Guardians have arrived in Toro!

Hey everyone! There's been some discussion about the Alolan Island Guardians (more commonly known as the 'Tapus') and how they fare in Toro. As many of you know, you can battle them to get a single Z-Crystal of one of the 18 types, or as many special "exclusive" Z-Crystals as you want. We're changing this up a few ways!

First, we've only had one shrine which is currently located on Garnet Island. This is changing - while that shrine will still stay, we'll be adding three more for each Guardian, so all Four Spirits of the Guardians will now be in Toro! You can visit each shrine (if you can find them) and challenge its respective Tapu for Z-Crystals, which leads me to my second point -

You can now battle each Tapu for up to four Z-Crystals of the regular 18 types, one crystal per Tapu. We decided to do this to make Z-Crystals more accessible to people who want to use them for different team compositions and builds. However, you'll need to wait a season (IRL week) in between each Crystal battle, same as you would if you lost the fight. Exclusive Z-Crystals to Pokemon (ex: Pikanium Z, Mimikyunium Z, etc.) will still be able to acquire as many as you desire from said Tapu. The cooldown for getting a new crystal will reset at the beginning of every IRL season!

Finally, we want to clarify how its decided what type of Z-Crystal you get when you do the duel. First, as most commonly done, you can battle using a Pokemon of the type of Z-Crystal you want. So if you use a Roserade, you qualify for Grassnium Z or Poisonium Z. The second option is to use a move of the type you want. So if you use a Gigalith that uses Earthquake, you qualify for a Groundium Z or Rockium Z - your preference!

With these guidelines set, we hope you're excited to continue to challenge the Island Guardians - they sure are excited to battle you!
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