Lurking Shadow

The first legendary event ran from December 5 to 18, 2019. It was focused on the sync pair, Giovanni and Mewtwo. As with other events, the player can earn vouchers to exchange with special items at the shop. Also, once the player collects 800 Custom Voucher 1, the final part of the story "A Questionable Alliance" is unlocked where the player is able to recruit Giovanni and Mewtwo.

Custom items can also be obtained to unlock moves and passive skills, increase the level cap and the potential of the Giovanni and Mewtwo sync pair.

Unlike previous events, this legendary event may return. As a result, vouchers are not automatically exchanged with coins, but will carry over.

This event reran from March 6 to 16, 2020. This included new single-player battles.

This event ran for a third time from February 8 to March 10, 2021. For this rerun, the vouchers and custom items were replaced with Legendary Prize Coins that could be used to draw items from a Prize Box pool. If the grand prize is drawn, players can advance to the next pool; the grand prizes include 3★ Level-Up Manuals, Co-op Sync Orbs, Custom ★ Power-Ups for Giovanni and Mewtwo, and a Strike Move Candy Coin. Extra Legendary Prize Coins are automatically exchanged with coins once the event is finished.

This event ran for a fourth time from July 26 to August 19, 2021. Players could earn Legendary Prize Coins that could be used to draw items from a Prize Box pool. If the grand prize is drawn, players can advance to the next pool; the grand prizes include 3★ Level-Up Manuals, Co-op Sync Orbs, 5★ Scout Tickets, Custom ★ Power-Ups for Giovanni and Mewtwo, and a Tech Move Candy Coin. Extra Legendary Prize Coins are automatically exchanged with coins once the event is finished.

This event ran for a fifth time from September 16 to October 16, 2021. It also comes with 6★ EX upgrade of Giovanni and Mewtwo. Players could earn Legendary Prize Coins that could be used to draw items from a Prize Box pool. If the grand prize is drawn, players can advance to the next pool; the grand prizes include 3★ Level-Up Manuals, Co-op Sync Orbs, 5★ Scout Tickets, Custom ★ Power-Ups for Giovanni and Mewtwo, and a Support Move Candy Coin. Extra Legendary Prize Coins are automatically exchanged with coins once the event is finished.

This story was added to Legendary Adventures on November 24, 2021.

Plot

The event starts with Giovanni asking Mewtwo to sow seeds of chaos.

At the Pokémon Center, Trista relays news of a strong sync pair causing trouble and warns the player to take caution when exploring the beach.

Brock, Misty, and the player go out to the beach to help stop the trouble. They overhear some Team Break masked men discuss how strong the Trainer is and wonder whether they can make him their boss. However, one of them reveals that he had previously stated not being interested as he was already leader of Team Rainbow Rocket. Brock and Misty interrupt their conversation and Misty realizes that this must mean that Giovanni has come to Pasio. Brock explains to the player that Giovanni is the leader of Team Rocket in Kanto. They decide to stop him but the Team Break thugs try to stop them and start a battle. After being defeated, the masked men leave.

Brock, Misty and the player head into the cave where Giovanni is. After some time, they eventually find him. Misty confronts Giovanni asking what he is up to despite Team Rocket having being disbanded. Giovanni is surprised that Team Rocket is disbanded and guesses he is doomed to be a criminal no matter which world he is in.

Giovanni reveals he was able to mine a sync stone from the cave. He reveals his aim to bend the power of the sync stone to his will and to unleash the hidden power in them. He brings out Mewtwo and battles them to see what the sync stone is capable of.

After the battle, Giovanni sees that it is possible for the bond of a sync pair to manifest great strength. Brock doubts Giovanni will give up on seeking power and believes he was not treating that as a serious battle. Giovanni remarks that the battle was a test run. He dares the player to follow him to for a rematch and then disappears with a snap of his fingers.

The player finally corners Giovanni in a cave. He admits being impressed with the team's full power and asks whether they would like to work with him. Brock does not want to get involved with his evil schemes. Giovanni understands their doubts and states he has been thinking about changing his ways and starting afresh in this new part of the world. Both Brock and Misty are skeptical but Brock suggests that the player could keep an eye on Giovanni by letting him join the team. Giovanni promises not to get involved with Team Break and just to enjoy the PML. As they leave, Giovanni reflects that he has been able to infiltrate their unit successfully and is still deciding whether to truly start afresh or to plan something else.

Battles

Single player

Name	Difficulty	Trainer	Pokémon			Stamina	First-Time Rewards	Completion Rewards	Battle Rewards
			Left	Middle	Right
Get to Giovanni!	Normal	Masked Man	Grumpig Weakness:	Gengar Weakness:	Mareanie Weakness:	10*	Gems ×30 Legendary Adventures: 4★ Level-Up Manual ×15 Ultra Buff Blend ×113 Great Buff Blend ×225 Gym Leader Notes ×3	First run: 75 coins Custom Voucher 1 Custom Training Machine Second run: Custom Voucher 1 ×2 Custom Training Machine ×2 Third/fourth/fifth run: 400 coins Legendary Prize Coin D/J/P ×14 Legendary Adventures: 400 coins	Legendary Prize Coin D/J/P ×1-3*
Mewtwo Strikes!	Hard	Giovanni	Staraptor Weakness:	Mewtwo Weakness:	Drifloon Weakness:	15*	Gems ×30 Legendary Adventures: 4★ Level-Up Manual ×15 Buff Blend + ×200 Ultra Buff Blend ×375 Elite Four Notes ×2 Gym Leader Notes ×7	First run: 150 coins Custom Voucher 1 ×2 Custom Super Voucher 1 Custom Training Machine Second run: Custom Voucher 1 ×4 Custom Training Machine ×2 Third/fourth/fifth run: 600 coins Legendary Prize Coin D/J/P ×27 Legendary Adventures: 600 coins	Legendary Prize Coin D/J/P ×1-6*
Mewtwo Strikes! Round 2*	Very Hard					15*	Gems ×30 Legendary Adventures: 4★ Level-Up Manual ×15 Psychic Tome, Vol. 1 ×50 Great Buff Blend + ×150 Buff Blend + ×300 Elite Four Notes ×5	Second run: 180 coins Custom Voucher 1 ×10 Custom Training Machine ×2 Custom Buff Blend ×2 Third/fourth/fifth run: 1000 coins Legendary Prize Coin D/J/P ×33 Legendary Adventures: 1000 coins	Legendary Prize Coin D/J/P ×1-8*
Challenge Team Break: Part 1*	None	Masked Woman	File:Masters308.png Medicham Weakness:	Nidoqueen Weakness:	Hariyama Weakness:	—	Gems ×30	240 coins Custom Voucher 1 ×15 Custom Training Machine ×3 Custom Buff Blend ×3 Custom Great Buff Blend ×2	—
Challenge Team Break: Part 2*							Gems ×30	300 coins Custom Voucher 1 ×19 Custom Training Machine ×5 Custom Buff Blend ×5 Custom Great Buff Blend ×5
Take Down Giovanni! Round 1*	Super Hard	Giovanni	Solrock Weakness:	Mewtwo Weakness:	Lunatone Weakness:	20*	Gems ×30 Legendary Adventures: Giovanni Custom Voucher ×4	Third/fourth/fifth run: 1500 coins Legendary Prize Coin D/J/P ×58 Legendary Adventures: 1500 coins	Legendary Prize Coin D/J/P ×1-14*
Take Down Giovanni! Round 2*	Ultra Hard					20*	Gems ×30 Legendary Adventures: Custom ★ Power-Up ×20	Third/fourth/fifth run: 2000 coins Legendary Prize Coin D/J/P ×80 Legendary Adventures: 2000 coins	Legendary Prize Coin D/J/P ×1-20*

Co-op

Once per day, the rewards (except first time rewards) are tripled.

Name	Difficulty	Trainer	Pokémon			Completion Rewards	Battle Rewards
			Left	Middle	Right
Take Down Giovanni! Round 1	Normal	Giovanni	Crobat Weakness: ↓ Dusclops Weakness:	Mewtwo Weakness:	Honchkrow Weakness: ↓ Sigilyph Weakness:	150 coins Custom Voucher 1 Custom Super Voucher 1 Custom Training Machine Custom Buff Blend*	Custom Voucher 1 Custom Super Voucher 1 Custom Training Machine Custom Super Training Machine* Custom Buff Blend* Custom Great Buff Blend*
Take Down Giovanni! Round 2	Hard					300 coins Custom Voucher 1 Custom Super Voucher 1 Custom Training Machine Custom Super Training Machine* Custom Buff Blend* Custom Great Buff Blend*
Take Down Giovanni! Round 3	Very Hard		Solrock Weakness:	Mewtwo Weakness:	Lunatone Weakness:	500 coins Custom Voucher 1 Custom Super Voucher 1 Custom Training Machine Custom Buff Blend* Custom Great Buff Blend*
Take Down Giovanni! Round 4	Super Hard					N/A	Buff Blend + Tech Tonic + Aid Ade +

All first time rewards give the player 30 gems, except "Take Down Giovanni! Round 4" which rewards the player with 300 gems.

Prize Pool

September 16 - October 16, 2021

Prize Pool	Grand Prize
1	3★ Level-Up Manual ×50
2	Co-op Sync Orb ×2,000
3	5★ Scout Ticket ×2
4	5★ Scout Ticket ×2
5	Custom ★ Power-Up ×5 (Giovanni & Mewtwo)
6	Custom ★ Power-Up ×5 (Giovanni & Mewtwo)
7	Custom ★ Power-Up ×5 (Giovanni & Mewtwo)
8	Custom ★ Power-Up ×5 (Giovanni & Mewtwo)
9	Support Move Candy Coin
10	Elite Four Notes ×10

Shop

Initial Run

Item given		Item received	Notes
Custom Voucher 1 ×1000	→	Giovanni & Mewtwo	Max 1 exchange
Custom Voucher 1 ×2000	→	Giovanni & Mewtwo
Custom Super Voucher 1 ×500	→	Giovanni & Mewtwo
Custom Super Voucher 1 ×1000	→	Giovanni & Mewtwo
Custom Voucher 1 ×100 Custom Voucher 1 ×300 Custom Voucher 1 ×500 Custom Voucher 1 ×700 Custom Voucher 1 ×900 Custom Voucher 1 ×1100 Custom Voucher 1 ×1300 Custom Voucher 1 ×1500 Custom Voucher 1 ×1700 Custom Voucher 1 ×2000	→	Custom ★ Power-Up (Giovanni & Mewtwo)
Custom Super Voucher 1 ×100 Custom Super Voucher 1 ×150 Custom Super Voucher 1 ×200 Custom Super Voucher 1 ×250 Custom Super Voucher 1 ×300 Custom Super Voucher 1 ×350 Custom Super Voucher 1 ×400 Custom Super Voucher 1 ×500 Custom Super Voucher 1 ×600 Custom Super Voucher 1 ×700	→	Custom ★ Power-Up (Giovanni & Mewtwo)
Custom Super Voucher 1 ×250	→	Elite Four Notes	Unlimited number of exchanges possible
Custom Voucher 1 ×200	→	Gym Leader Notes
Custom Super Voucher 1 ×100	→	Buff Blend + ×50
Custom Voucher 1 ×20	→	Ultra Buff Blend ×50
Custom Voucher 1 ×15	→	Great Buff Blend ×50
Custom Voucher 1 ×10	→	Buff Blend ×50

Legendary Adventures

Item given		Item received	Max exchanges
Giovanni Custom Voucher ×1	→	Giovanni & Mewtwo	4
Custom ★ Power-Up ×10 (Giovanni & Mewtwo)	→	5★ Power-Up	Unlimited
Custom ★ Power-Up ×1 (Giovanni & Mewtwo)	→	3★ Power-Up