Articuno Raid Guide

Articuno

Articuno is a Legendary Level 5 Raid Boss in Pokémon GO. Best Articuno counters are strong Rock type attackers, but Steel, Electric and Fire type attackers can also help you take down the Team Mystic bird. Articuno is an Ice and Flying type Pokémon, with 40165 Boss CP and it can be caught with following perfect CPs:

• 1665 – 1743 CP (raid catch with no weather boost, level 20)
• 2082 – 2179 CP (raid catch with Snow or Windy weather boost, level 25)

A minimum of 2-3 Trainers is required to defeat Articuno when using the most optimal counters, with 4-6 being an ideal group for lower-level raiders. Shiny Articuno is available in Pokémon GO.

Articuno Counters

The top counters to defeat Articuno are:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	39.98	15	392s
2.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	41.28	23	387s
3.	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	38.63	17	405s
4.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	35.18	9	437s
5.	Shadow Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	35.59	16	439s
6.	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	34.59	15	450s
7.	Crowned Sword Zacian	Metal Claw	Behemoth Blade	32.43	8	473s
8.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	34.90	21	452s
9.	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	34.86	22	455s
10.	Shadow Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	34.92	25	449s
11.	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	31.64	10	486s
12.	Shadow Aurorus	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	32.03	12	483s
13.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Metal Claw	Sunsteel Strike	31.16	9	492s
14.	Crowned Shield Zamazenta	Metal Claw	Behemoth Bash	30.89	7	496s
15.	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	32.37	17	482s
16.	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	30.95	15	503s
17.	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	30.32	15	513s
18.	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	29.97	16	518s
19.	Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	28.96	14	535s
20.	Alola Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	29.71	20	526s
21.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	29.13	16	530s
22.	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	30.10	24	519s
23.	Blacephalon	Incinerate	Mind Blown	29.55	23	532s
24.	Shadow Crustle	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	29.63	26	534s
25.	Mega Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	27.13	8	563s
26.	Standard Shadow Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Rock Slide	29.09	23	540s
27.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	28.48	21	550s
28.	Shadow Excadrill	Metal Claw	Rock Slide	28.89	22	543s
29.	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	30.94	37	518s
30.	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	27.19	13	567s

Articuno Stats and Movesets

	Articuno IceFlying
Max CP	3450
ATK	192
DEF	236
HP	207
Weak to	x2
Resists
Fast moves	Ice Shard Frost Breath
Charge moves	Blizzard Ice Beam Icy Wind Triple Axel Ancient Power Hurricane*

*Only obtainable via Elite TM.

Articuno is easy to predict, as it mostly has Ice type moves available, and the time to win is relatively the same for each moveset. Although most Rock type counters don’t resist ice type attacks, their damage output thanks to Articuno’s double weakness to rock type moves makes them amazing counters in these raids.

Articuno Sprites

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Articuno	Articuno