Charizard Raid Boss Counters

Charizard

Charizard is one of the strongest Raid bosses available in game so far. It is not easily soloable and it will take at least 1-2 Trainers with high CP and high HP Pokémon that benefit from super effective moves against Charizard. Remember that Charizard has a double weakness to rock moves!

Charizard can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

• From 1574 CP to 1651 CP, with no weather boost
• From 1968 CP to 2064 CP with Sunny and Windy weather boost

Best counters for Charizard Raid

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	57.62	2	63s
2.	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock	55.78	2	65s
3.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	50.54	1	72s
4.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	60.03	3	60s
5.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	50.44	2	72s
6.	Shadow Gigalith	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	51.49	2	70s
7.	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	49.81	2	73s
8.	Rhyperior	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock	46.27	2	78s
9.	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	45.12	2	80s
10.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	50.37	3	72s
11.	Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	44.56	2	81s
12.	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	43.62	2	83s
13.	Gigalith	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	43.19	2	84s
14.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	40.33	2	90s
15.	Tyranitar	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	41.62	2	87s
16.	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	46.56	3	78s
17.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail Dragon	Ancient Power Rock	40.61	2	89s
18.	Alola Shadow Golem	Rock Throw Rock	Stone Edge Rock	42.83	3	85s
19.	Shadow Golem	Rock Throw Rock	Stone Edge Rock	42.83	3	85s
20.	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	44.12	3	82s
21.	Stonjourner	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	39.42	2	92s
22.	Shadow Archeops	Wing Attack Flying	Ancient Power Rock	44.12	4	82s
23.	Mega Blastoise	Rollout Rock	Hydro Cannon Water	38.28	2	95s
24.	Shadow Regirock	Rock Throw Rock	Stone Edge Rock	37.09	2	98s
25.	Omastar	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	36.34	2	100s
26.	Shadow Carracosta	Rock Throw Rock	Ancient Power Rock	36.89	2	98s
27.	Mega Swampert	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	35.78	2	101s
28.	Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	38.93	3	93s
29.	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch Electric	Power Gem Rock	36.91	3	98s
30.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	37.27	3	97s

Charizard Raid Counters Analysis

Charizard takes Double Super Effective damage from rock type Movesets due to its dual fire and flying type. It also takes Super Effective damage from water and electric type moves.

The best Pokemon to fight Charizard is Golem with Rock Throw / Stone Edge moveset. In general, any Pokémon with Stone Edge is a great fit for fighting Charizard. Also Rock type Pokemon take reduced damage from fire type moves, which makes them last a bit more.

We would highlight two Water Types also: Vaporeon and Lanturn. Both are great, but Lanturn is surprisingly tanky and constantly deals SE damage, while managing to stay alive long enough to deal a lot of damage.

Additional Counters

• Lanturn with Water Gun/ Hydro Pump
• Feraligatr with Water Gun/ Hydro Pump
• Lapras with Water Gun/ Hydro Pump
• Aerodactyl with Bite/ Ancient Power
• Kabutops with Fury Cutter (legacy)/ Ancient Power
• Kingdra with Water Gun/ Hydro Pump

Considerably weaker, but still viable counters, mostly used in large groups as throw away attackers:

• Kingler with Bobble/ Hydro Pump
• Slowbro with Water Gun/ Water Pulse
• Magcargo with Rock Throw/ Stone Edge
• Sudowoodo with Rock Throw/ Stone Edge