Blitzle Raid Guide

Blitzle

Blitzle is now available in Tier 1 raids in Pokémon GO and you should have no problem taking it down as it is a very easy raid boss to defeat. 

After the raid, Blitzle can be caught with the following CP values 

• 461 – 504 CP, at Level 20 with no weather boost 
• 577 – 630 CP, at Level 25 with weather boost, during Rainy weather conditions

Blitzle is a pure Electric type Pokémon, and also has a shiny variant in the game so it can be encountered shiny after a raid battle. It is a full odds shiny–1/500. 

Blitzle 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 figures in our database for DPS and TDO are calculated using Level 40 Pokémon with perfect IVs.

The best counters for Blitzle are the following:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Alakazam (Mega)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psychic Psychic	5.13s	0.00
2.	Gengar (Mega)	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	6.25s	0.00
3.	Swampert (Mega)	Mud Shot Ground	Hydro Cannon Water	6.70s	0.00
4.	Beedrill (Mega)	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	6.90s	0.00
5.	Latios (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	7.00s	0.00
6.	Garchomp	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	7.10s	0.00
7.	Landorus	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	7.10s	0.00
8.	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	7.10s	0.00
9.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Flamethrower Fire	7.20s	0.00
10.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Synchronoise Psychic	7.40s	0.00
11.	Latias (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Psychic Psychic	7.50s	0.00
12.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap Ground	Drill Run Ground	7.50s	0.00
13.	Charizard (Mega X)	Ember Fire	Blast Burn Fire	7.90s	0.00
14.	Banette (Mega)	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	7.89s	0.00
15.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	8.00s	0.00
16.	Salamence (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Outrage Dragon	8.10s	0.00
17.	Sceptile (Mega)	Fury Cutter Bug	Leaf Blade Grass	8.10s	0.00
18.	Blaziken (Mega)	Counter Fighting	Blast Burn Fire	8.30s	0.00
19.	Houndoom (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Foul Play Dark	8.32s	0.00
20.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap Ground	Bulldoze Ground	8.40s	0.00
21.	Absol (Mega)	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	8.47s	0.00
22.	Golurk	Mud-Slap Ground	Earth Power Ground	8.50s	0.00
23.	Pinsir (Mega)	Bug Bite Bug	X-Scissor Bug	8.67s	0.00
24.	Kyogre (Primal)	Waterfall Water	Surf Water	8.80s	0.00
25.	Gyarados (Mega)	Bite Dark	Outrage Dragon	8.83s	0.00
26.	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot Ground	Bulldoze Ground	8.88s	0.00
27.	Venusaur (Mega)	Razor Leaf Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	9.30s	0.00
28.	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail Dragon	Outrage Dragon	9.46s	0.00
29.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Fire Punch Fire	9.45s	0.00
30.	Blastoise (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	9.52s	0.00
31.	Mewtwo	Confusion Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	9.58s	0.00
32.	Deoxys (Attack)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Dark Pulse Dark	9.59s	0.00
33.	Pheromosa	Bug Bite Bug	Close Combat Fighting	9.56s	0.00
34.	Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	9.85s	0.00

Blitzle as a Tier 1 raid boss and has a CP of only 2895, so any generalist Pokémon should be fine while taking it down in raids. 

Stats and Max CP

Blitzle Electric
Max CP at Level 40 882 | Max CP at Level 50 998
ATK 118		DEF 64		HP 128
Weak To: Strong Against: Ground Flying, Water, Electric, Steel

Moveset

Unfortunately, Blitzle and its evolution Zebstrika have no use in either PVP or as raid counters. But it does have a nice and rare shiny, so it might be worth using your free daily raid pass if you see a Blitzle raid around you, but there is absolutely no need to go out and grind these raids as it is a full odds shiny. 

And that’s all, Good luck with your Blitzle raids, and until next time, trainers!