Ho-Oh Raid Guide

July 5, 2026

With a double weakness to Rock these will be your key to victory over the rainbow Fire bird in almost any weather conditions and particularly in Partly Cloudy. Shiny Ho-Oh is available from raids and in the right conditions can be duo’d with a strong selection of Rock Pokémon but if you don’t have optimal counters a group of 4+ will be able to tackle it.

Ho-Oh Raid Boss CP is 50,064 and it can have Max Capture CP of:

2207 CP (Level 20, perfect 100% IV)
2759 CP (Level 25, perfect 100% IV Sunny and Windy weather)

Ho-Oh Counters

With that being said, here are the best counters for Ho-Oh in Pokémon GO:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	36.64	26	430s
2.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	33.48	14	462s
3.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	33.85	19	465s
4.	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	34.37	22	441s
5.	Shadow Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	33.17	22	461s
6.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	35.21	40	454s
7.	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	31.38	24	493s
8.	Shadow Gigalith	Lock-On	Meteor Beam	31.22	28	490s
9.	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	30.45	32	527s
10.	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	28.95	22	520s
11.	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	28.75	21	535s
12.	Incarnate Shadow Landorus	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	29.60	32	539s
13.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Ancient Power	27.25	17	570s
14.	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	28.84	29	546s
15.	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	29.98	39	523s
16.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	26.57	20	583s
17.	Gigalith	Lock-On	Meteor Beam	27.63	27	558s
18.	Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	26.96	23	575s
19.	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	27.00	30	566s
20.	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	26.85	30	563s
21.	Shadow Archeops	Wing Attack	Ancient Power	27.34	43	589s
22.	Shadow Aurorus	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	26.90	39	585s
23.	Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	25.85	32	615s
24.	Stonjourner	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	25.74	29	608s
25.	Mega Blastoise	Rollout	Hydro Cannon	25.14	27	623s

Weather Influence on Ho-Oh

Weather	Pros	Cons
Sunny	—	Boosts its Fire Blast and Solar Beam attacks
Partly Cloudy	Boosts all Rock type move	—
Cloudy	No pros nor cons
Rainy	Boosts all super effective Water and Electric type moves	—
Windy	—	Boosts its Extrasensory and Brave Bird attack
Fog	No pros nor cons
Snow	—	Boosts its Steel Wing attack

Ho-Oh Stats and Moves

	Ho-Oh FireFlying
Max CP	4367
ATK	239
DEF	244
HP	214
Weak to	x2
Resists
Fast moves	Extrasensory Hidden Power Incinerate Steel Wing
Charge moves	Brave Bird Solar Beam Fire Blast Earthquake* Sacred Fire*