Alolan Marowak Raid Guide

Marowak (Alola)

Alolan Marowak is a Tier 3 Raid Boss in Pokemon GO, with a boss CP of 13525 and sporting a very cool typing of Fire and Ghost. Alolan Marowak counters are varied, featuring a mix of Water, Rock, Ground, and Ghost types. Alolan Marowak’s max capture CPs are as follows:

• 988 – 1048 CP (no weather boost, level 20 100% IV)
• 1235 – 1311 CP (weather boosted in Fog and Sunny, level 25 100% IV)

As of the release of Mega Pokemon and the removal of Tier 4 raid eggs, Alolan Marowak is soloable! This is made even simpler with a weather advantage, alongside extra raiders and the friendship bonus from such. Header image credit goes to LimeCatMastr on Deviantart

Alolan Marowak Counters

As a Fire and Ghost type, Alolan Marowak is weak to Water, Rock, Ground, Ghost and Dark-typed attacks.

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Kyogre (Primal)	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	96.43s	0.83
2.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	99.76s	1.17
3.	Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	125.48s	1.75
4.	Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	125.33s	2.17
5.	Hydreigon	Bite Dark	Brutal Swing Dark	130.04s	1.75
6.	Giratina (Origin)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Force Ghost	131.67s	1.67
7.	Tyranitar	Bite Dark	Brutal Swing Dark	130.10s	1.92
8.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	124.96s	3.55
9.	Darkrai	Snarl Dark	Shadow Ball Ghost	130.44s	2.50
10.	Chandelure	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	128.16s	2.78
11.	Greninja	Water Shuriken Water	Hydro Cannon Water	130.38s	2.58
12.	Gengar	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	126.42s	4.00
13.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap Ground	Rock Wrecker Rock	137.30s	2.00
14.	Kingler	Bubble Water	Crabhammer Water	133.94s	2.44
15.	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	136.61s	2.33
16.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	136.26s	3.00
17.	Garchomp	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	140.07s	1.38
18.	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	140.07s	1.67
19.	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	134.68s	2.25
20.	Crawdaunt	Snarl Dark	Crabhammer Water	134.88s	3.25
21.	Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	141.37s	1.33
22.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Shadow Ball Ghost	140.88s	1.00
23.	Gholdengo	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	133.18s	3.50

In larger groups, Marowak can be effectively countered by almost any Pokemon of the aforementioned super-effective types. Additional choices may include Weavile, Samurott, Blastoise, Milotic, Omastar, Alolan Golem, Banette, Starmie, or even Sharpedo. If the boss doesn’t have Ghost moves, even Water set Golducks could finish the job, and if the raid boss doesn’t have Fire type moves, Cacturne with Dark moves is a viable (but glassy) option also. At the end of the day, Alolan Marowak’s terrible ATK stat of 144 shouldn’t pose a huge threat to its counters even when dealing super-effective damage.

Alolan Marowak Movesets

Alolan Marowak has access to the following moves:

• Rock Smash Fighting (fast)
• Hex Ghost (fast)
• Shadow Ball Ghost (charged, 2-bar)
• Bone Club Ground (charged, 3-bar)
• Fire Blast Fire (charged, 1-bar)
• Shadow Bone Ghost (charged)

Rock Smash and Shadow Ball is the most difficult moveset to go up against, with Fire Blast sets coming in as the second-hardest and Bone Club sets as the easiest to beat.

Weather Influence

TL;DR: Raid Marowak with Kyogres in rainy weather if possible! Here’s a handy chart, though, to help you visualize the types of weather that will boost the boss and its counters.

Shiny Marowak

You heard that right, shiny Alolan Marowak is available through these raids, which makes them relevant again! Take a look at the normal and shiny sprites below!

Normal	Shiny

Cute purple body, for your shiny collection. Good luck out there!