How do you beat Legendary Raids and Raid Bosses like Mew, Mewtwo, Articuno, Moltres, Zapdos, Raiku, Entei, Suicune, Lugia, Ho-Oh, and Celebi? Here's your guide!
When Pokémon Go launched Battle Raids as part of the game's big summer update, the expectation was that Legendary Raid Battles would soon follow and finally give players a chance to battle and even catch Mew, Mewtwo, Articuno, Moltres, Zapdos, Raiku, Entei, Suicune, Lugia, Ho-Oh, and Celebi.
Well, it looks like those expectations are about to be met!
How to beat regular Raid Bosses in Pokémon Go
What has Pokémon Go said about Legendary Raids?
Pokémon Go has just announced that, as part of Pokémon Go Fest Chicago, players on location and around the world will be able to cooperate to unlock the first Legendary Raid.
From Pokémon Go:
As part of our ongoing celebration of Pokémon GO's one-year anniversary, we're excited to reveal that Legendary Pokémon are nearly here! Soon, millions of Trainers around the world will be able to discover, battle, and catch these extremely rare and very powerful Pokémon.
As Trainers around the world go out and explore their neighborhoods in search of Pokémon and Raid Battles, they can keep an eye out for unique Legendary Eggs appearing at Gyms. If Trainers and their team are able to successfully defeat a Legendary Raid Boss, they'll have the opportunity to catch a Legendary Pokémon of their own! While Legendary Pokémon will help them take on the toughest Raid Bosses and Gym Battles, they're not willing to leave their Trainer's side, so they can't be left to defend Gyms.
On July 22, thousands of Trainers in Grant Park for Pokémon GO Fest and the millions of others around the world will be working together to unlock in-game bonuses for the entire Pokémon GO community. If they manage to catch enough Pokémon during the Pokémon GO Fest Challenge Windows, the first Legendary Pokémon will be revealed in Grant Park. If the Trainers in Chicago succeed in defeating the Legendary Pokémon, that Pokémon will start appearing in Raid Battles around the world, after Pokémon GO Fest.
And from the press release:
In celebration of Pokémon GO's one year anniversary, Niantic, Inc. and The Pokémon Company International have revealed that Legendary Pokémon will begin to soar into the real-world soon. A new Pokémon GO trailer offers a glimpse at the way Trainers will cooperate with one another to discover, battle and catch elusive and extremely powerful Legendary Pokémon. Once in the wild, Trainers can search for unique Legendary Eggs at Gym locations around the world. Players can team up with friends and other Trainers to join Legendary Raid Battle to defeat the Legendary Pokémon and earn a chance to catch it.
The battle against the first Legendary Pokémon will require teamwork from millions of Trainers around the world in order to be revealed at Pokémon GO Fest Chicago at Grant Park on July 22. Trainers from all corners of the earth must work together to catch Pokémon during the Pokémon GO Fest Challenge Windows to unlock in-game bonuses and the chance for the first Legendary Pokémon to appear at Pokémon GO Fest. If Trainers successfully defeat the Legendary Pokemon in Chicago, that Pokémon will start appearing in Legendary Raid Battles around the world beginning July 23, 2017.
So, get ready!
What are the best counters for Legendary Raid Battles in Pokémon Go? (Speculative)
There are a lot of lists out there and a lot of opinions on what it takes to make it on a list. I'm a level 40 players and I've participated in over 100 Battle Raids, so this list is informed not just from DSP or type-matching, but a lot of real world testing. What I've found is that, due to how hard Charge Moves from Raid Bosses are to dodge, and how glitchy the Pokémon Go servers are in general, that Pokémon like Gengar just don't last long enough to really take advantage of their high damage output.
Also, because Stardust, Technical Machines (TM) and other resources are scarce, Pokémon that can be used against several Raid Bosses, like Golem, are better than unitaskers who're only useful against one, like Piloswine.
If you don't have these Pokémon, try to get them from Raid Battles. If you have them but don't have the right movesets, try to change them with TMs. If you absolutely can't get them or get enough of them, use Pokémon of the same type and similar movesets. It's not ideal but sometimes you have to dance with the Pokémon you have.
How do you beat the Legendary Raid Bosses in Pokémon Go? (Speculative)
Golem is the hero in this list, especially against the Legendary Birds so getting one, making sure it has Rock moves, and then powering it up to around Level 30 will be paramount. Rhydon, just like in regular Raid Battles, is a heavy hitter in Legendary as well, especially against the Beasts. Tyranitar, thanks to being the best of the double Dark-types, will be useful against the psychic. Round those three out and you'll be in good shape when Legendary Raids begin!
| Pokémon | Type | Best counter | Other counters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Articuno | Flying/Ice | Golem (Rock Throw + Stone Edge) | Flareon (Fire Spin + Overheat) or Tyranitar (Stone Edge) |
| Moltres | Flying/Fire | Golem (Rock Throw + Stone Edge) | Rhydon (Mud Slap + Stone Edge) or Vaporeon (Hydro Pump) |
| Zapdos | Flying/Electric | Golem (Rock Throw + Stone Edge) | Lapras (Frost Breath + Ice Beam or Blizzard) or Tyranitar (Stone Edge) |
| Mewtwo | Psychic | Tyranitar (Bite + Crunch) | Houndoom (Snarl + Foul Play) |
| Mew | Psychic | Tyranitar (Bite + Crunch) | Houndoom (Snarl + Foul Play) |
| Raiku | Electric | Rhydon or Golem (Mud Slap + Earthquake) | Tyranitar (Bite + Stone Edge) |
| Entei | Fire | Rhydon or Golem (Mud Slap + Earthquake) | Vaporeon (Hydro Pump) |
| Suicune | Water | Jolteon (Thunder Shock + Thunderbolt) | Exeggutor or Venusaur (Solar Beam) |
| Lugia | Flying/Psychic | Tyranitar (Bite + Crunch) | Houndoom (Snarl + Foul Play) or Jolteon (Thunder Shock + Thunderbolt) |
| Ho-Oh | Flying/Fire | Golem (Rock Throw + Stone Edge) | Rhydon (Mud Slap + Stone Edge) or Vaporeon (Hydro Pump) |
| Celebi | Grass/Psychic | Tyranitar (Bite + Crunch) | Flareon (Fire Spin + Overheat) or Scizor or Pinsir (Fury Cutter + X-Scissor) |
Golem
Beats Moltres, Ho-Oh, hurts Zapdos, decent against Articuno
Golem has always been a less powerful, harder to evolve, if less vulnerable, version of Rhydon. But thanks to its Rock-type fast move, it comes out of the shadows to be one of the best counters to the Legendary Birds. Like with Charizard, Golem resists Moltres' Fire- and Flying-type moves, and also dishes out double super effective damage with Rock Throw and Stone Edge. Against Zapdos, Golem double resists Electric and resists Flying moves, and deals out super effective damage. Even against Articuno, Golem resists flying and does double super effective damage... but takes super effective damage from Ice-type attacks.
With Mud Slap and Earthquake instead of Stone Edge, Golem can be used to round out a Rhydon army when taking on two of the Legendary Beats, Raiku and Entei.
Evolve: 25 candies from Geodude to Gravler, 100 candies from Graveler to Golem.
Best movesets: Rock Throw + Stone Edge (Moltres, Zapdos, Articuno)
Secondary movesets: Mud Slap + Earthquake (Raiku and Entei)
Tyranitar
Beats Mew and Mewtwo, hurts Celebi
Tyranitar is the Godzilla of Pokémon Go but up until now has also been something of a mixed monster: super-high CP but super weak to Fighting and weak to water. With Legendary Raids, though, you get to put the monster first, and that means Tyranitar's huge stats and double Dark combo with Bite and Crunch punishing to Psychic types, including Mew and Mewtwo.
Many would point out Mew's lack of a Psychic quick move means Gengar is a more damaging counter. In my experience, though, thanks to hard-to-dodge charge moves and glitchy gameplay, Gengar often doesn't last long enough to deliver that damage. So, Tyranitar may just prove the best combination of damage and longevity in both Psychic battles.
If you have Tyranitar with Bite and Stone Edge instead, you can round out Golem attackers in a fight against the Legendary Birds and even Beasts as well.
Evolve: 25 candies from Larvitar to Pupitar, 100 candies from Pupitar to Tyranitar. (But you're better off getting one from a Tier 4 Raid Battle and saving those candies to power it up.)
Best movesets: Bite + Crunch (against Mew and Mewtwo)
Secondary movesets: Bite + Stone Edge (Moltres, Zapdos, Articuno)
Rhydon
Beats Raiku, Entei, helps with Moltres
Rhydon keeps surprising. Last year it got a CP boost that put it among the top Gym squatters. This year, its type-matching and movesets makes it the most versatile Boss-beater in the game. That carries over to Legendaries as well.
Score Mud Slap and Earthquake and it's the best counter to Raiku and Entei. That's thanks to its Ground typing, and totally avoiding its otherwise double weaknesses to Water and Grass. Score Stone Edge, and you can help reinforce your Golems against Moltres too.
All this combines to make Rhydon not just the most versatile regular Raid Boss beater in the game, especially for Tier 1 through Tier 3, but a force to be reckoned with for Legendary as well.
Evolve: 50 candies from Rhyhorn to Rhydon
Best movesets: Mud Slap + Earthquake (Raiku, Entei)
Usable Movesets: Mud Slap + Stone Edge (Moltres)
Which Pokémon Go Legendary Raid Boss beaters are you considering?
If you have other Pokémon higher up on your Legendary Raid Battle counters list, let me know which ones and why!
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