Pokemon GO: Roselia Spotlight Hour Guide

Pokémon GO keeps things exciting with weekly events like Max Mondays, Raid events, and the ever-popular Spotlight Hour. This guide focuses on Spotlight Hour, a Tuesday event featuring a different Pokémon each week, offering increased rewards and a chance to snag a Shiny version.

Beyond the boosted catch rates, Spotlight Hour provides an excellent opportunity to quickly evolve your featured Pokémon. Transferring extras nets you bonus candies, accelerating your evolution progress.

Roselia Spotlight Hour Guide

This week's Spotlight Hour, featuring Roselia, takes place on January 14th, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Stock up on Berries, Poké Balls, and Incense to maximize your catches. This event also includes a 2x Catch XP bonus, providing a quick XP boost.

Roselia (#0315), a Grass and Poison-type Pokémon from the Hoenn region (Generation 3), boasts a max CP of 2114, 186 Attack, and 131 Defense. It's part of a three-stage evolution line: Budew evolves into Roselia (25 Candies), then Roselia evolves into Roserade (100 Candies and a Sinnoh Stone).

Catching Roselia rewards you with 3 Candies and 100 Stardust. Roselia is tradable within Pokémon GO and can also be transferred to Pokémon HOME.

As a Grass and Poison-type, Roselia is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-type attacks (160% increased damage taken). It resists Electric, Fairy, Fighting, and Water-type attacks (63% reduced damage taken), with Grass-type attacks causing the least damage (39% reduced damage). Its best moveset is Poison Jab (Poison) and Sludge Bomb (Poison), delivering 10.96 DPS and 99.91 TDO, boosted further in Cloudy Weather.

A Shiny Roselia is available! Increase your chances by using Incense and plenty of Berries to secure a catch. The Shiny Roselia boasts a brighter green body and purple and black roses.