Seasonal Leaderboard

The Seasonal Leaderboard is a monthly challenge where players earn points by catching wild Pokémon and battling through the Season Battle Tower.

It runs from the first day of each month to the last; when the month is over, all points and ranks are reset. Players who finished in the top 100 will receive (VC) dependent on their final position:

1st place – 5
2nd place – 4
3rd place – 3
4th–10th place – 2
11th–100th place – 1

VC can be spent on Pokémon, items, and avatars exclusive to the Season Rewards Shop, accessible through the Pokémart. Players will have their highest ranking displayed in the Stats section on their profile, as well as their statistics from that season added to the Season Records section on their profile.

Overview

Points are earned through two ways: winning battles in the Season Battle Tower, and capturing Pokémon in the wild.

Season Battle Tower

The Season Battle Tower is a place for players to battle randomly generated computer-controlled opponents. It can be found in the menu under Battles → Season Battle Tower. The number of battles won, and the experience received from winning battles, contribute towards the player's seasonal points.

Note: Battles and experience gained through any other method (defeating wild Pokémon, gyms, other users, etc.) will not count towards the player's seasonal battle count.

Capturing Pokémon

Catching Pokémon in the wild during the season increases the player's seasonal points. Each unique Pokémon caught, and the experience received from the catch, will contribute to the player's total and average season experience.

If a player has already caught a certain Pokémon during the current season, a green plus will appear next to the Pokéball when encountered. Catching a duplicate Pokémon will still add to a player's points, though at a slower rate than if it was unique.

Training Pokémon caught during the season will not increase seasonal points — only experience at the time of capture is used (and battles outside the Battle Tower do not count), unless the player's intent is to evolve it into another unique Pokémon.

Note: Pokémon obtained through any other method (trading or purchasing through PokéBay) will not contribute to the number of Pokémon caught during the season.

Formula

The following formula is used to work out the amount of points a player has in the current season:

(√t * √u * ln(a) * ln(b)) / 1000

Where:

t = Total experience (experience from battles + experience from unique catches)
u = Number of unique Pokémon caught
a = Average experience (total experience / total Pokémon caught)
b = Number of Battle Tower wins

To start receiving points, players must capture at least one Pokémon and have at least two Battle Tower wins (not one, as ln(1) is still zero). Since √x increases faster than ln(x), capturing unique Pokémon has a greater impact on seasonal points than completing battles, especially at larger numbers.

Season Rewards Shop

The Season Rewards Shop can be found under the Pokémart.

Pokémon

There are currently 6 Pokémon available for purchase in the seasonal shop: Porygon (Hammer), Porygon (Shield), Porygon (Sword), Articuno (Galarian), Zapdos (Galarian) and Moltres (Galarian).

Normal ( 1)	Shiny ( 5)	Dark ( 3)	Mystic ( 3)	Metallic ( 3)	Shadow ( 5)

Items

The following items are available to purchase from the season shop:

1x Fossilized Drake ( 2)	1x Fossilized Bird ( 2)	1x Fossilized Fish ( 2)	1x Fossilized Dino ( 2)
10x Mystery Boxes ( 4)	5x Beast Balls ( 1)	3x Ice Stones ( 1)	3x Cracked Pots ( 1)
3x Galarica Cuffs ( 1)	1x N Solarizer ( 1)	1x N Lunarizer ( 1)

Avatars

The following avatars are limited to the seasonal shop only. Each can be purchased for 1.

Shadow Mew	Shadow Celebi	Shadow Rayquaza	Shadow Darkrai	Shadow Genesect
Shadow Zygarde	Shadow Necrozma	Shadow Eternatus	Shadow Darkrown

Events

The following events have taken place using the Season Battle Tower:

The Darkest Day Pt. 1

From the 18th Feb, through to 3rd Mar players had a chance to encounter a battle titled "The Darkest Day" within the seasonal battle tower. Upon defeat, the Rusted Shield would be obtained, which was then used to evolve Zamazenta into the newly released Zamazenta (Crowned).

	Rusted Shield →
Zamazenta	Rusted Shield →	Zamazenta (Crowned)

The Darkest Day