Pokémon GO: Five-Star Legendary Raid Week

Niantic’s latest Pokémon GO raid rotation has put three Ultra Beasts back into five-star raids through May 19, 2026, according to current event listings from Pokémon GO Hub and Leek Duck. The lineup is split by geography rather than offered globally. For players in Norwalk, Connecticut, that means local raid groups should be seeing Buzzwole rather than Pheromosa or Xurkitree during the current window. May 13 marked the start of the current five-star cycle, and the event runs through Monday, May 19, in local time, the two trackers said. The same listings also show Mega Glalie in Mega Raids during the same stretch, but the Ultra Beast rotation is the main draw for players chasing region-specific legendary-style bosses. (pokemongohub.net) ### Which Ultra Beast is actually available in Connecticut right now? Buzzwole is the active five-star boss for the Americas and Greenland from May 13 to May 19, according to Leek Duck’s event page. Norwalk falls inside that regional pool, so Connecticut players joining in-person or app-based local coordination groups should expect Buzzwole raids at nearby gyms during the current cycle. (pokemongohub.net) Pokémon GO Hub’s weekly event roundup lists the same May 13 raid-boss change and names Buzzwole, Pheromosa and Xurkitree as the returning five-star bosses. That corroborates the regional split now in effect. ### Where are Pheromosa and Xurkitree showing up instead? Pheromosa is appearing in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India during the same May 13-19 window, Leek Duck said. (leekduck.com) Xurkitree is appearing in the Asia-Pacific region. Players outside those areas generally would need remote invitations from trainers in those regions if remote access is enabled for those raids, though the event listings reviewed here focus on where the bosses spawn rather than on remote-raid policy. (pokemongohub.net) A 2020 official Pokémon GO post about a different regional raid event shows that Niantic has previously used region-based five-star raid distributions for legendary Pokémon. That older post does not cover the current Ultra Beast event, but it provides precedent for the format now described by current community trackers. ### How long do local players still have to catch Buzzwole? (leekduck.com) May 19, 2026, is the end date listed for this raid window by both Pokémon GO Hub and Leek Duck. Because Pokémon GO events typically switch on local time, U.S. players still had the rest of Sunday, May 17, plus Monday, May 18, and part of Tuesday, May 19, depending on the exact in-game turnover time used by Niantic for this rotation. That timing is an inference from the event listings’ date range and Pokémon GO’s usual local-time formatting. (pokemongolive.com) May 13 also featured a Raid Hour for these Ultra Beasts in their respective regions from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. local time, Leek Duck said. That one-hour spotlight has already passed, but standard five-star raids remain available during the broader event window. ### Why are Norwalk players talking about local raid groups? (pokemongohub.net) Norwalk players rely on the same gym map and raid-timer system as the rest of Pokémon GO’s in-person community, so region-locked bosses tend to push coordination into neighborhood chats, Discord servers and campfire-style meetup tools. The current setup matters because a Connecticut player can confirm Buzzwole locally without needing to sort through reports from Europe or Asia-Pacific, where different bosses are live. (leekduck.com) That geographic split is stated in the current event listings. The Americas-only placement also means local groups can plan around a single target instead of a mixed five-star pool. For raid organizers, that usually simplifies callouts for gym locations and counters because every eligible five-star egg in the region resolves to the same Ultra Beast during the event window described by the trackers. (leekduck.com) ### Where should players check before the rotation ends? Leek Duck and Pokémon GO Hub both have live event pages listing the May 13-19 Ultra Beast rotation and the regions attached to each boss. The current cycle is scheduled to end on May 19, 2026, so Norwalk-area players looking for Buzzwole still have one more full day after Sunday before the next five-star change. (pokemongohub.net) (leekduck.com)