Lugia and Ho-Oh Raid Weekend Guide: Dec 20 – 23 2019

Hello Trainers!  Lugia and Ho-Oh are coming back during a special raid challenge weekend, starting this Friday, December 20, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. PST to Monday, December 23, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. PST (GMT −8).

Features

• Legendary Pokémon Lugia and Ho-Oh will be joining Raid Battles!
• If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny Lugia or Shiny Ho-Oh!

Just like last year, we don’t have any information if Lugia’s signature move Aeroblast and/or Ho-Oh’s signature move Sacred Fire will be released. This time last year we speculated that it would be the perfect opportunity to release them, and it didn’t come to pass.  So we’ll have to wait and see!

I’ll quickly go over the top 5 Pokemon for both Lugia and Ho-Oh, but you can find the full raid guides here:

• Lugia’s Raid Guide
• Ho-Oh’s Raid Guide

Be mindful of the weather out there trainers, as it can quickly get extreme this time of year.  So, as always, stay safe out there!

Onto the counters!

Lugia counters

Lugia PsychicFlying

The best Lugia Raid counters are strong Dark-types, Electric-type, and also strong Rock-types with access to Smack Down and Stone Edge. Watch out for Lugia’s Hydro Pump, it’ll take your rock types out very quickly.

CP Range:

• 2028 – 2115 No weather boost
• 2535 – 2645 Windy

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	1034.3s	31
2.	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	1088.4s	28
3.	Tyranitar	Bite	Stone Edge	1132.0s	25
4.	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	1066.5s	34
5.	Giratina (Origin)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	1098.1s	32
6.	Weavile	Snarl	Avalanche	1060.6s	36
7.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock	Thunderbolt	1108.1s	36
8.	Hydreigon	Bite	Dark Pulse	1140.3s	32
9.	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	1061.7s	43
10.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	1175.0s	37
11.	Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	1104.7s	45
12.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	1089.0s	47
13.	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	1018.8s	54
14.	Golem (Alola)	Rock Throw	Wild Charge	1200.8s	37
15.	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Stone Edge	1215.6s	38
16.	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	1058.0s	56
17.	Glaceon	Ice Shard	Avalanche	1168.3s	47
18.	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	1097.7s	53
19.	Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	1021.7s	64
20.	Jolteon	Thunder Shock	Thunderbolt	1196.2s	48
21.	Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	1192.8s	47
22.	Aggron	Smack Down	Stone Edge	1461.7s	29
23.	Omastar	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	1312.8s	44
24.	Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	1208.0s	55
25.	Deoxys	Charge Beam	Thunderbolt	1103.0s	67
26.	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	1489.8s	30
27.	Gardevoir	Charge Beam	Shadow Ball	1365.8s	42
28.	Jynx	Frost Breath	Avalanche	1231.0s	55
29.	Raichu (Alola)	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	1309.3s	49
30.	Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	1275.0s	52

Ho-Oh counters

Ho-Oh Fire Flying

The best Ho-Oh Raid counters are strong Rock-types.

CP Range:

• 2119 – 2207 CP No weather boost
• 2649 – 2759 CP sunny & windy

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	494.7s	29
2.	Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	624.8s	22
3.	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	587.4s	30
4.	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Stone Edge	642.2s	24
5.	Aggron	Smack Down	Stone Edge	755.3s	20
6.	Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	650.7s	30
7.	Omastar	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	684.1s	27
8.	Golem (Alola)	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	721.2s	27
9.	Regirock	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	800.8s	23
10.	Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	718.7s	31
11.	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Ancient Power	818.3s	27
12.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock	Ancient Power	841.5s	28
13.	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	844.1s	28
14.	Lunatone	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	780.4s	33
15.	Solrock	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	781.8s	33
16.	Moltres	Wing Attack	Ancient Power	907.3s	28
17.	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	898.7s	28
18.	Sudowoodo	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	847.5s	37
19.	Kyogre	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	902.7s	34
20.	Probopass	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	1004.2s	26
21.	Kabutops	Waterfall	Ancient Power	897.7s	37
22.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	937.9s	35
23.	Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	852.5s	43
24.	Palkia	Dragon Tail	Hydro Pump	977.4s	31
25.	Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	969.1s	33
26.	Ampharos	Charge Beam	Power Gem	932.5s	37
27.	Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	918.9s	38
28.	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	879.4s	43
29.	Emboar	Low Kick	Rock Slide	900.3s	41
30.	Armaldo	Fury Cutter	Rock Blast	886.2s	45