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Alolan Marowak Raid Guide

October 31, 2020

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

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Alolan Marowak Counters

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

Here are the top 10 counters based on stat totals (a calculation based on damage-per second (DPS) and total-damage output (TDO):

Alolan Marowak counters
#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Blastoise (Mega)	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	128.7s	2
2.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick	Shadow Ball	106.7s	4
3.	Houndoom (Mega)	Snarl	Foul Play	132.7s	3
4.	Kyogre	Waterfall	Surf	147.1s	3
5.	Rhyperior	Mud Slap	Rock Wrecker	146.5s	3
6.	Giratina (Origin)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	152.5s	2
7.	Landorus (Therian)	Rock Throw	Earth Power	141.1s	3
8.	Darkrai	Snarl	Dark Pulse	141.7s	4
9.	Swampert	Mud Shot	Hydro Cannon	155.4s	3
10.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earthquake	159.2s	3
11.	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	151.9s	4
12.	Feraligatr	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	158.4s	3
13.	Kyurem (Black)	Shadow Claw	Stone Edge	153.8s	4
14.	Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	165.3s	3
15.	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	136.2s	5
16.	Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	146.0s	4
17.	Palkia	Dragon Tail	Hydro Pump	169.3s	3
18.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	156.4s	3
19.	Hydreigon	Bite	Dark Pulse	163.3s	3
20.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Earthquake	160.6s	4
21.	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	140.9s	5
22.	Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	162.7s	3
23.	Crawdaunt	Snarl	Crabhammer	147.4s	5
24.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	154.2s	4
25.	Salamence	Bite	Hydro Pump	175.5s	3
26.	Gengar	Hex	Shadow Ball	138.4s	6
27.	Empoleon	Waterfall	Hydro Cannon	159.3s	5
28.	Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	173.8s	4
29.	Krookodile	Snarl	Earthquake	169.2s	4
30.	Vaporeon	Water Gun	Hydro Pump	186.7s	3

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.

Weather	Pros	Cons
Sunny	Boosts counters’ Ground moves	Boosts Alolan Marowak’s Fire Blast and Bone Club
Partly Cloudy	Boosts counters’ Rock moves	—
Cloudy	—	Boosts Alolan Marowak’s Rock Smash
Rainy	Boosts counters’ Water moves	—
Fog	Boosts counters’ Ghost and Dark moves	Boosts Alolan Marowak’s Hex and Shadow Ball
Snow	—	—
Windy	—	—

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!