Pokemon Go Spotlight Hour February 2022 featuring Spritzee, Shiny Spritzee not Available

Dejan Kacurov February 8, 2022Last Updated: November 13, 2023

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Trainers, the next Spotlight Hour event in Pokemon Go brings Spritzee and 2x Catch Stardust.

The second Pokemon Go Spotlight Hour event in February is going live today, February 8, 2022, from 6 PM to 7 PM local time, featuring Spritzee, and 2x Catch Stardust as a special bonus.

Shiny Spritzee is not released in the game, and therefore cannot be caught shiny during the Spotlight Hour event.

Spotlight Hour February 2022 Spritzee

Don’t catch any spawns around you for at least 30-45 minutes before the Spotlight Hour begins. This is because all of these spawns will turn into the Spotlight Hour Pokemon 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
DON’T APPRAISE JUST GRIND! You will have plenty of time, later on, to decide which Pokemon you need. Have in mind that this is ONE HOUR event
Have a high-level Buddy to assist with catching

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 hits 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. As a note, Pokemon from incense do not disappear if you use the quick catch method, so if you’re quick-catching from incense, you need to check your inventory after each throw since they don’t disappear until the next pokemon spawns. This is the same for surprise snapshot encounters.