Butterfree Raid Counters Guide

Butterfree

Butterfree is a Tier 3 raid boss in Pokémon GO. Butterfree is obtainable with the following CP values:

• 983- 1044 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 1229- 1305 CP at Level 25 with Rainy or Windy weather boost

It is a dual Bug and Flying type and Tier 3. As such, it can be beaten by using strong Rock Fire Flying Ice and Electric types. The weakness to Rock is 2x. High level prepared trainers will be able to solo it, but newer trainers may want to bring a friend.

Butterfree Raid Counters

The best counters for Butterfree are the following:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	74.39	2	51s
2.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	71.14	1	53s
3.	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	68.75	1	54s
4.	Shadow Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	66.17	2	57s
5.	Shadow Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	63.72	1	59s
6.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	62.62	1	60s
7.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	62.25	1	60s
8.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	61.94	1	60s
9.	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	62.28	2	61s
10.	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	60.99	1	61s
11.	Shadow Archeops	Wing Attack	Ancient Power	58.52	2	65s
12.	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	57.52	2	66s
13.	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	56.98	1	65s
14.	Shadow Aurorus	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	56.99	2	66s
15.	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	56.16	1	66s
16.	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	55.49	2	68s
17.	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	54.69	1	68s
18.	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	53.36	1	70s
19.	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	53.85	2	70s
20.	Blacephalon	Incinerate	Mind Blown	53.29	1	71s
21.	Shadow Crustle	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	53.08	2	72s
22.	Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	52.98	2	71s
23.	Alola Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	52.98	2	71s
24.	Therian Shadow Thundurus	Volt Switch	Wildbolt Storm	52.45	2	72s
25.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	51.89	1	72s
26.	Standard Shadow Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Rock Slide	52.17	2	72s
27.	Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	51.10	1	72s
28.	Shadow Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	50.77	1	74s
29.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	50.11	1	74s
30.	White Kyurem	Ice Fang	Ice Burn	49.18	1	76s

* marks a legacy move

Butterfree Stats and Moveset

	Butterfree BugFlying
Max CP	2065
ATK	167
DEF	137
HP	155
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Bug Bite* Confusion Struggle Bug
Charge moves	Bug Buzz Signal Beam Psychic

*Denotes a Legacy move only obtainable via Elite TM.

Costume Butterfree Sprites

Butterfree has different male and female forms, with the female form having a solid black section in their wing pattern.

	Male Sprite	Female Sprite
Normal Sprite
Shiny Sprite