Nikola (boss)

Nikola
Location		Unknown Place (Trainers Valley)
Cooldown time		21 days
Dates active		2016—present
Basic requirements
Must have successlessly attempted to capture a Legendary Pokémon
Rewards A recompensed chance of battling a squandered Legendary Pokémon

"I feel that you are in need of a rare Pokemon. But... Do you deserve it? Are you willing to attest your merit to me in a battle?"

—Nikola

Nikola is the eponymous boss NPC of the staff member of that namesake.

Nikola is paradigmatically anomalous from most bosses in the sense that his function is specialized strictly in the restitution of squandered Legendary Pokémon, providing renewability to a player's chance at capturing one of the mythical creatures; he does not reward any prizesets beyond that, otherwise. If a player has resultlessly encountered a Legendary Pokémon and are otherwise divested the opportunity of hunting for them again, defeating Nikola will restitute it.

Tallying to his Legendary Pokémon specialty, Nikola is the only boss NPC at this time to marshal multiple Legendary Pokémon in his lineup.

Challenging Nikola

Nikola is stationed in Unknown Place; this is an adjunct map on Trainers Valley. Thereon, he can be found recuperating under a bower of the map's centermost tree.

In order for a battle to be initiable with Nikola, you must have discernibly attempted to capture one of the huntable Legendary Pokémon and unsuccessfully so; this stipulates that you do not have its caught-data entry registered on your Pokédex and that you have battled the Legendary Pokémon in question. If you there is no discernible inopportunity to capture these Legendary Pokémon, no battle will be initiated.

If you have lost to him, he will be rechallengeable after a 21-day-cooldown time.

Lineup

Mewtwo,Charizard X,Kyogre,Arceus,Deoxys,Dragonite

Nikola's Lineup
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.

Rewards

At the fulcrum of Nikola's rewards is the reinstatement of the Legendary Pokémon's battleability or the quest lead-ups needed for it, thereby accessibilizing to you another chance of hunting for them.