The Pokemon Company has just announced a new giveaway event forPokemon SwordandShield, a Shiny Amoongus that will be offered to players starting on August 9th. There is one catch, however:the mystery giftwill only be to given away to players in Korea.
The Amoonguss being given away matches the Amoonguss used by World Champion Senior Top 4 player in the 2019Pokemon SwordandShieldWorld Championships. It has the moves Clear Smog, Spore, Protect and Rage Powder and comes at Level 50.
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It is a shame that it will only be given away in Korea, however. Amoongus has been a very popular Pokemon ever since it was first introduced 10 years ago inPokemon BlackandWhite.The Pokemon was heavily used competitively back in Pokemon VGC 2015, as well as 2018 and 2019. It’s incredibly varied and strong move-set allows for some very competitively viable strategies.
The mushroom Pokemon is a dual grass/poison type, with Pokeballs imprinted on its skin. It shares the same typing as many other popular Pokemon such as Venusaur and Vileploom, but the thing that really sets it apart is its excellent moveset - namely, it’s access to the move Spore. The affect of Spore is the same as Sleeping Powder, Hypnosis, or Sing, but its main differing factor is the fact that it has a 100 percent accuracy. Paired with Amoonguss’s great stats and movepool, the Pokemon becomesone of the best grass types in the entire game.
Despite gaining quite a bit ofcontroversy and criticism from longtime fans,Pokemon SwordandShieldhave gone on to become the fastest selling titles on the Nintendo Switch, as well as thefastest selling mainlinePokemontitleswith the games reaching over 16 millions sales in just their first two months following their release in November of last year.
The games are still receiving additional content, witha Season Pass currently in the middle of releasing. The first half of the Season Pass, entitled The Isle of Armor, was released on July 28, 2025. The second half of the Season Pass, called The Crowd Tundra, is set to release later this Fall forSwordandShield.
Pokemon SwordandPokemon Shieldare available exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
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