Bellsprout Raid Guide

Bellsprout GrassPoison

Bellsprout is currently featured as a Tier 1 raid boss in Pokémon GO, and it can be caught with the following CP values:

• 543 – 590 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 679 – 738 CP at Level 25 with Sunny or Cloudy weather boost

It is a GrassPoison type Pokémon, which makes it weak to Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic type moves.

It is available as both a normal, and shadow raid boss. It can be shiny from a normal raid, but it cannot be shiny from a shadow raid.

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!

Bellsprout Raid Counters

Bellsprouts best raid counters are listed below, according to our Pokémon GO DB battle simulator:

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	4.80s	0.00
2.	Blaziken (Mega)	Fire Spin Fire	Blaze Kick Fire	4.86s	0.00
3.	Alakazam (Mega)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psychic Psychic	5.10s	0.00
4.	Houndoom (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Crunch Dark	5.10s	0.00
5.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Charge Beam Electric	Psychic Psychic	5.07s	0.00
6.	Gengar (Mega)	Hex Ghost	Psychic Psychic	5.17s	0.00
7.	Latios (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Dragon Claw Dragon	5.80s	0.00
8.	Pidgeot (Mega)	Air Slash Flying	Aerial Ace Flying	5.95s	0.00
9.	Deoxys (Attack)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Dark Pulse Dark	6.00s	0.00
10.	Charizard (Mega X)	Wing Attack Flying	Flamethrower Fire	6.50s	0.00
11.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Fire Blast Fire	6.50s	0.00
12.	Exeggutor	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	6.65s	0.00
13.	Glalie (Mega)	Ice Shard Ice	Avalanche Ice	6.70s	0.00
14.	Darmanitan	Incinerate Fire	Psychic Psychic	6.77s	0.00
15.	Darmanitan (Standard)	Incinerate Fire	Psychic Psychic	6.82s	0.00
16.	Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	6.85s	0.00
17.	Beedrill (Mega)	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	6.90s	0.00
18.	Glaceon	Frost Breath Ice	Ice Beam Ice	6.90s	0.00
19.	Espeon	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psybeam Psychic	7.00s	0.00
20.	Metagross	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	7.00s	0.00
21.	Latias	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	7.00s	0.00
22.	Latias (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	7.00s	0.00
23.	Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	7.00s	0.00
24.	Magmortar	Fire Spin Fire	Psychic Psychic	7.00s	0.00
25.	Delphox	Fire Spin Fire	Psychic Psychic	7.00s	0.00
26.	Flareon	Fire Spin Fire	Flamethrower Fire	7.20s	0.00
27.	Moltres	Fire Spin Fire	Sky Attack Flying	7.20s	0.00
28.	Heatran	Fire Spin Fire	Flamethrower Fire	7.20s	0.00
29.	Abomasnow (Mega)	Powder Snow Ice	Weather Ball Ice	7.22s	0.00
30.	Chandelure	Fire Spin Fire	Flame Charge Fire	7.50s	0.00
31.	Braviary (Hisuian)	Air Slash Flying	Psychic Psychic	7.50s	0.00
32.	Tornadus (Therian)	Gust Flying	Psychic Psychic	7.50s	0.00
33.	Yveltal	Gust Flying	Psychic Psychic	7.50s	0.00
34.	Lunala	Air Slash Flying	Psychic Psychic	7.50s	0.00
35.	Gallade	Confusion Psychic	Synchronoise Psychic	7.56s	0.00

 

Stats and Max CP

Bellsprout GrassPoison
Max CP at Level 40 1033 | Max CP at Level 50 1168
ATK 139		DEF 61		STA 137
Weak to			Strong Against
Fire Flying Ice Psychic			Water Grass Fairy Ground Rock

Moveset

Fast Moves	Charge Moves
Acid Poison Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass Sludge Bomb Poison Wrap Normal

Weather Influence

Weather will likely only help you out against Bellsprout. Since its strongest counters are mostly fire types, Sunny weather will benefit you more than it does Bellsprout. Its move pool does not offer good coverage and poison type attacks are not super effective against its counters, so even in Cloudy weather, the empowered poison type attacks shouldn’t cause you too much pain.

Final Notes

• Use your best Fire types when in doubt, especially in Sunny weather
• It is possible to encounter a shiny Bellsprout after the raid.
• This raid boss can be taken down solo
• If low on Fire types, use your best Flying and Psychic types

Victreebel (Bellsprout’s evolution) is actually a very strong razor blader in great and ultra league. If you have a good shadow one to use, I definitely suggest raiding for candy to power it up. Weepinbell is a strong contender in great league as well, with access to some useful legacy moves if you have some elite TMs to spare.

In summary, if you need more candy to power up some good PvP Pokémon, then I would suggest to raid a few while you can. However, if you already have your Victreebel or Weepinbell squared away, then you can use your free daily raid pass for that shiny Bellsprout chance. The shiny form is pretty cool!

We hope you found this raid guide useful, happy hunting!