Beldum Raid Guide

Beldum

Beldum is a Tier 1 raid boss in Pokémon GO. Beldum eventually evolves into the powerful Metagross, a top-notch mon in both PvP and PvE. Metagross also has a mega evolution that’s slated to be an absolute beast on its arrival in the future.

Being a Steel and Psychic type, it is weak to the Dark, Fire, Ghost and Ground types.

Beldum can be caught with the following CP values:

• 513 – 558 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 642 – 697 CP at Level 25 with Snow or Windy weather boost

Beldum is one of the easiest solos in the game as a normal raid boss. It is also available as a shadow raid which is slightly trickier, but due to the lack of a decent fast attack should be no problem still. It is available as a shiny as both a normal, and a shadow raid boss!

Shadow Raid Information

As a shadow raid, it will hit harder than the normal raid boss, so make sure your counters are powered up, have the right moveset, and aren’t weak to the raid bosses moves. Lower levels trainers and those without top counters may need to bring a friend. Shadow Raid Bosses will grow enraged as you battle them, boosting their attack and defence. Continue to hold your ground and weaken the Shadow Raid Bosses to subdue them.

You can subdue Shadow Raid Bosses using Purified Gems, a new item that can be assembled from Shadow Shards.

Shadow Shards are mysterious gem pieces that may be dropped by Team GO Rocket. You will need to gather enough shards to use Professor Willow’s newly invented Shard Refiner, and in return you’ll be rewarded with a Purified Gem.

There are multiple ways Purified Gems can assist your battle against enraged Shadow Raid Bosses:

• When you use a Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss’s attack and defence will be lowered temporarily. This can give you the opening you need to take them down.
• You and your fellow Trainers can use more than one Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid. If used at the same time, their effects will stack.
• If enough Purified Gems are used, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss will be subdued—returned to its non-enraged state—which might give you the edge you need to defeat it!

Beldum Raid Counters

Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.

The best counters for Beldum are the following:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Mega Y Charizard	Ember Fire	Blast Burn Fire	7.90s	0.00
2.	Mega Gengar	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	7.97s	0.00
3.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	8.20s	0.00
4.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	8.40s	0.00
5.	Mega Absol	Snarl Dark	Payback Dark	9.00s	0.00
6.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	9.93s	0.00
7.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	10.00s	0.00
8.	Mega Houndoom	Fire Fang Fire	Foul Play Dark	10.05s	0.00
9.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	11.30s	0.00
10.	Darkrai	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	12.40s	0.00
11.	Reshiram	Fire Fang Fire	Fusion Flare Fire	12.50s	0.00
12.	Mega Gyarados	Bite Dark	Crunch Dark	12.70s	0.00
13.	Mega Manectric	Snarl Dark	Overheat Fire	12.72s	0.00
14.	Chandelure	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	12.90s	0.00
15.	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut Psychic	Shadow Ball Ghost	12.97s	0.00
16.	Gengar	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	13.15s	0.00
17.	Darmanitan	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	13.15s	0.00
18.	Mega Ampharos	Charge Beam Electric	Brutal Swing Dark	13.25s	0.00
19.	Pyroar	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	13.38s	0.00
20.	Confined Hoopa	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	13.40s	0.00
21.	Mega Gardevoir	Charge Beam Electric	Shadow Ball Ghost	13.43s	0.00
22.	Unbound Hoopa	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	13.43s	0.00
23.	Blaziken	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	13.53s	0.00
24.	Entei	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	13.60s	0.00
25.	Standard Darmanitan	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	13.60s	0.00
26.	Female Pyroar	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	13.60s	0.00
27.	Origin Giratina	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Force Ghost	13.65s	0.00
28.	Charizard	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	13.80s	0.00
29.	Flareon	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	13.80s	0.00
30.	Moltres	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	13.80s	0.00
31.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	13.80s	0.00
32.	Gholdengo	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	13.82s	0.00
33.	Hydreigon	Bite Dark	Brutal Swing Dark	13.93s	0.00
34.	Salamence	Fire Fang Fire	Fire Blast Fire	14.10s	0.00
35.	Mega Salamence	Fire Fang Fire	Fire Blast Fire	14.10s	0.00

Stats and Max CP

Beldum SteelPsychic
Max CP at Level 40 976 | Max CP at Level 50 1104
ATK 96		DEF 132		HP 120
Weak to			Strong Against
Dark Fire Ghost Ground			Fairy Fighting Poison Ice Rock

Beldum Movepool

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