Black Kyurem Raid Guide

Black Kyurem

Black Kyurem is a Tier 5 Raid Boss in Pokémon GO. Defeating it rewards an encounter with Kyurem (in their non-fused form) and Volt Fusion Energy. This Dragon and Ice Raid Boss be caught in their unfused Kyurem form with the following CP values, with an IV floor of 10/10/10:

• 1957 CP – 2042CP (no weather boost, 100% Kyurem at Level 20)
• 2446 CP – 2553 CP (Windy or Snow weather, 100% IV Kyurem at Level 25)

Black Kyurem is weak to Dragon, Fairy, Fighting, Rock, and Steel type Pokémon, so you have a wide variety of different counters available to defeat them.

This Raid Boss can be duoed under the right circumstances by trainers with optimal counters that are fully leveled up. For most communities, we would recommend 3-5 trainers, but newer trainers or those without ideal counters will need a larger group.

Best Black Kyurem Counters

The best non-mega Raid counters according to our GO Hub battle simulator for Black Kyurem are listed below. In general, best Mega counters for Black Kyurem are Mega Lucario, Mega Blaziken, and Mega Metagross.

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Crowned Sword Zacian	Metal Claw	Behemoth Blade	42.74	10	371s
2.	Crowned Shield Zamazenta	Metal Claw	Behemoth Bash	42.60	9	374s
3.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm	Aura Sphere	43.66	17	380s
4.	Mega X Mewtwo	Counter	Dynamic Punch+	42.89	16	386s
5.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Metal Claw	Sunsteel Strike	42.13	14	390s
6.	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Aura Sphere	42.41	21	406s
7.	Eternatus	Dragon Tail	Dynamax Cannon	40.02	19	406s
8.	Resolute Keldeo	Low Kick	Secret Sword	37.69	19	444s
9.	Mega Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	35.78	13	455s
10.	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	36.49	19	461s
11.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	38.83	26	430s
12.	Mega Y Mewtwo	Counter	Focus Blast	35.68	21	472s
13.	Mega Gallade	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	35.90	25	483s
14.	Mega Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	35.70	17	429s
15.	Origin Dialga	Metal Claw	Roar of Time	34.14	18	484s
16.	Shadow Dialga	Metal Claw	Draco Meteor	34.80	23	478s
17.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Aura Sphere	34.61	27	490s
18.	Black Kyurem	Dragon Tail	Outrage	34.06	29	511s
19.	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	33.17	23	506s
20.	Lucario	Force Palm	Aura Sphere	33.09	26	516s
21.	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Aura Sphere	34.75	36	523s
22.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Upper Hand	32.42	26	531s
23.	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	31.11	19	533s
24.	Primal Groudon	Dragon Tail	Precipice Blades	30.77	16	524s
25.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword	32.36	27	532s
26.	Single Strike Urshifu	Counter	Dynamic Punch	26.30	35	603s
27.	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Aura Sphere	28.30	48	544s
28.	Palkia	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	26.64	38	590s
29.	Kartana	Fury Cutter	Sacred Sword	26.46	40	590s
30.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Metal Claw	Moongeist Beam	25.72	39	619s

How to Fuse Black Kyurem

Black Kyurem

Kyurem can fuse with Zekrom using Volt Energy to become Black Kyurem. It will require 1000 Volt Fusion Energy, 30 Kyurem Candy, and 30 Zekrom Candy for the fusion to take place.

Requirements to fuse Black Kyurem

Black Kyurem Stats and Moveset

	Black Kyurem DragonIce
Max CP	5206
ATK	310
DEF	183
HP	245
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Dragon Tail Shadow Claw
Charge moves	Outrage Blizzard Stone Edge Iron Head Freeze Shock*

*When Zekrom is fused with a Kyurem that knows the attack Glaciate, the Black Kyurem gains access to the new Ice type Charged Attack Freeze Shock.

• Freeze Shock changes back into Glaciate when unfused.
• It is one of the Signature Moves of Black Kyurem.

Black Kyurem Sprites

You cannot catch Black Kyurem in their fused form from Raids. Instead, you will encounter a regular Kyurem which can be shiny.

	Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Black Kyurem	Black Kyurem	Black Kyurem
Kyurem	Kyurem	Kyurem