Pokemon GO: How to Evolve Galarian Farfetch’d into Sirfetch’d

Six years on from its original release, Pokemon GO continues to expand with new events, features, and Pokemon. While it launched with only 150 Pokemon, Pokemon GO now features over 700 for players to catch, covering every generation of the original Pokemon games.

One of the later-generation Pokemon that took a few years to be added to Pokemon GO is Sirfetch’d, the unique evolution of Galarian Farfetch’d. The Wild Duck Pokemon is a pure Fighting-type with a knightly motif and some powerful Fighting, Flying, and Bug-type moves, but evolving one isn’t as easy as spending Candy.

How to Evolve Galarian Farfetch’d into Sirfetch’d

The first step to getting is a Sirfetch’d is to catch a Galarian Farfetch’d. Fortunately, the Farfetch’d can both be found in the Wild and acquired from Pokemon GO’s 7km eggs. Once players have their Galarian Farfetch’d, they’ll need to make it their Buddy using Pokemon GO’s Buddy system.

With the Galarian Farfetch’d as their Buddy, players will next need to land 10 Excellent throws in order to unlock the Sirfetch’d evolution. This is the hardest kind of throw, and requires players to hit the smallest version of the circle when catching a Pokemon. Fortunately, players won’t need to do all 10 throws in a row, so it should only be a matter of time to get all 10.

To speed up the process, try and focus on Pokemon that have a larger base throwing circle, or are more sluggish in their movements. Feeding the target Pokemon a Nanab Berry will stop it from moving, making it much easier to catch on the next attempt. Once players have managed to land their 10 Excellent throws, they will be able to evolve Galarian Farfetch’d in the normal way using 50 Candies.

Best Sirfetch’d Movesets in Pokemon GO

Like its unevolved form Galarian Farfetch’d, Sirfetch’d is a pure Fighting-type Pokemon. This means it’s resistant to Bug, Dark, and Rock, but weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic. Its best Fighting moves are particularly strong against Dark, Ice, Normal, Rock, and Steel Pokemon, but less effective against Bug, Fairy, Flying, Poison, and Psychic-types. Meanwhile, Ghost-types are completely immune to Fighting moves.

To avoid over-specializing in Fighting, the best moveset for Sirfetch’d is the combination of Counter and Brave Bird, or Counter and Leaf Blade. These sets add Flying and Grass-type damage into Sirfetch’d’s arsenal, allowing the Wild Duck Pokemon to deal with a wider range of potential adversaries.

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