Pokemon Go Search Tool - How to use it, tips and tricks



The search option in Pokemon go is a very useful. It is worth getting familiar with all the search functions in order to save time, battle more efficiently and even gain extra xp when using a lucky egg for mass evolution.

Niantic first introduced the search bar in the Pokemon list screen in Pokemon Go update 0.67.1 (iOS 1.37.1) and is continuously adding new search options.

Below are the search options and the way you can use them to your advantage.

Search function
Example
Advanced search
function
Advantage
Search for Pokemon to evolve
‘evolve’
Search for specific Pokemon to evolve by Pokedex number or name -  ‘evolve & 10,13,16’/evolve & pidgey, weedle*, **
Shows all the Pokemon which have enough candy to be evolved
Saves time when doing mass evolution with a lucky egg
Search by Pokemon type
‘water’
Fire,flying - shows a list of all FIRE types and FLYING types
Fire&flying/fire|flying - shows a list of Pokemon which are FIRE/FLYING type*, **, ***

Saves time when battling a gym or in a raid. Search for best counter.
Search by move type
‘@water’

Shows Pokemon with an attack of that type (fast or charged or both)
Very useful in raid battles when looking for Pokemon with effective moves
Search by Pokedex number
‘201’
Search for Pokedex range ‘152-248’
Shows the Pokemon with that Pokedex number

Search by CP
‘cp420’
Search for cp range ‘cp2000-2500’
Shows all Pokemon with that CP/ in that CP range
Saves time when placing a Pokemon on a gym in order to control decay rate
Search by HP
‘hp200’
Search for hp range ‘hp200-300’

Saves time when placing a Pokemon on a gym in order to place Pokemon with high Stamina
Search for a move
‘@Stone Edge’’
If you want to search for a specific Pokemon with a specific move you can use ‘&’: Tyranitar&@smach down

Saves time when battling a gym or in a raid by searching for best counter move.
Search for legendary Pokemon
‘legendary’

Shows all legendary Pokemon

Search for mythical Pokemon
‘Mythical’

Shows all mythical Pokemon

Search for Alolan Pokemon
‘Alolan’

Shows all Alolan Pokemon

Search by Pokemon name
‘Eevee’
Search for a specific Pokemon or Pokemon  with that nickname
Shows that Pokemon/Pokemon nicknamed that

Search by nickname
‘Hulk’



Search by Pokemon species
‘+eevee’

Shows all the Pokemon of that species including evolutions

Searching for current gym defenders
‘defender’


Saves time when you want to feed your Pokemon remotely
Search for Shiny Pokemon
‘Shiny’

Shows all your shiny Pokemon

Search for Lucky Pokemon
‘Lucky’

Shows all your lucky Pokemon

Search for weather boosted Pokemon
‘@weather

Shows all the Pokemon with weather boosted moves
Useful when battling gyms or in raids
Search for traded Pokemon
‘Traded’

Shows Pokemon which were traded to  you


*colon(:), semi-colon(;), or a comma(,) have the same function
**search works with spaces or without
***search is not case sensitive
****Shiny search in other languages:
Italian: cromatico
French: chromatique
German: schillernde
Japanese: 色違い
Portuguese: brilhante
Spanish: variocolor




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