Niantic made a critical update to Pokemon GO to put an end to certain types of cheating

Niantic made a critical update to Pokemon GO that all trainers need to be aware of. The stats of wild Pokemon are now randomized based on player levels, which has upset so-called spoofers, snipers, and other types of cheaters.

Before the update, they implemented bots to search the game world for Pokemon and generate reports for their stats. They include metrics like movesets, height, and weight. The beasts would always appear with the same stats, making hunting the right Pokemon too easy and systematic.

The game becomes more random, with the sizes and unique abilities of Pokemon getting harder to predict. And following the changes, cheating tools will only report the types of Pokemon found. There are still some rules to govern Pokemon spawns, though. SlashGear has the list: