Pokemon Go January 2022 Spotlight Hour featuring Plusle and Shiny Plusle

Trainers, Plusle is in the Spotlight Hour today, and you can also catch Shiny Plusle and earn twice the Candy for catching Pokemon.

The next Spotlight Hour event in January is going live today, on January 18, 2022, featuring Plusle and 2x Catch Candy. The Plusle Spotlight Hour runs from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, so make sure to participate and have fun.

Now, let’s see how to make the most of Plusle Spotlight Hour.

Plusle Spotlight Hour Tips

• Don’t catch any spawns around you for at least 30-45min before the Spotlight Hour begins. This is because all of these spawns will turn into the Spotlight Hour Pokemon, in our case Plusle, when the event starts
• Find out where the biggest spawn groups in your area are and take advantage of it
• Don’t rely on Lures, unless you’re a rural player. This is because Lures can’t do much to help you grind and the spawns are limited to 1 Pokemon every 3 minutes
• Use the fast catch trick – NOTE: This useful trick doesn’t work on Pokemon that spawns from Incense. What is the fast catch trick? See below for details
• Walk around constantly
• Excellent throws will get you a ton of XP
• Have as much Pokemon Storage as you can
• Have as many PokeBall as you can 

Fast Catch Trick

• Hold the phone with your hand and use your thumb to tap and hold onto the ball selection circle in the bottom right
• While still holding your thumb on the ball selection circle, slide your thumb from the bottom right towards the bottom left of the screen. If you did this right, the ball icon should slide slightly to the left and change color slightly to a more opaque white
• While keeping your left thumb held down, throw the ball with your right hand. After throwing, you can release your left thumb. If you did this all correctly, the exit button should appear in the top left corner

As soon as your Pokeball has hit the Pokemon, the catch is decided, so you can leave the encounter immediately, skipping the ball rocking and catch screen animations. You can check your inventory to see if you caught it or not, or just click back on the Pokemon on the map. If it disappears, you either caught it or it ran away.

With practice, this becomes very quick and allows you to catch and walk reliably.

The last Pokemon Spotlight Hour event for the month of January is going live next week, on January 25, 2022, featuring Minun and double transfer Candy.