Buzzwole Raid Guide: Best Counters & Weaknesses

Buzzwole

Buzzwole is a Bug and Fighting-type Five-Star Raid boss in Pokémon GO, with a Raid Boss CP of 44,654. The best Buzzwole counters are powerful Flying-type Pokémon, which exploit its double weakness to Flying attacks. Strong Fairy, Fire, and Psychic types are also effective options.

Buzzwole raids are available in the Americas and Greenland, but Trainers worldwide can join through Remote Raid invitations. Shiny Buzzwole is available, and you can catch it within the following CP ranges:

• 1894–1977 CP at Level 20, without a weather boost
• 2368–2472 CP at Level 25, with a Rainy or Cloudy weather boost

We recommend 2–5 high-level Trainers with strong counters to defeat Buzzwole. Bring a larger group if your Pokémon are lower level or you lack an optimal team. This guide covers the recommended counters, moves, and catch CP ranges to help you beat this Ultra Beast.

Best Buzzwole Counters in Pokémon GO

The best Buzzwole counter is Rayquaza, followed by Shadow Moltres, Shadow Toucannon, and Shadow Staraptor. Equip each with its strongest Flying-type moves to exploit Buzzwole’s double weakness to Flying attacks.

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	55.06	6	281s
2.	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Fly	54.43	6	284s
3.	Shadow Toucannon	Peck	Beak Blast	56.07	12	281s
4.	Shadow Staraptor	Gust	Fly	53.16	13	296s
5.	Shadow Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	50.92	8	305s
6.	Incarnate Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	46.43	7	334s
7.	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing	46.32	9	335s
8.	Moltres	Wing Attack	Fly	45.19	6	340s
9.	Toucannon	Peck	Beak Blast	46.56	12	336s
10.	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	48.17	19	333s
11.	Galarian Articuno	Psycho Cut	Fly	43.16	7	356s
12.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock	Drill Peck	43.60	9	355s
13.	Staraptor	Gust	Fly	44.52	13	352s
14.	Shadow Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	44.95	15	351s
15.	Therian Tornadus	Gust	Bleakwind Storm	42.26	8	365s
16.	Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	42.08	8	367s
17.	Therian Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	41.42	6	372s
18.	Braviary	Air Slash	Fly	41.59	11	374s
19.	Shadow Swanna	Gust	Fly	41.87	15	375s
20.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	39.30	6	390s
21.	Shadow Vikavolt	Volt Switch	Fly	40.75	15	385s
22.	Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Fly	38.24	5	400s
23.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike	40.50	13	387s
24.	Hisuian Braviary	Air Slash	Fly	38.64	9	401s
25.	Blacephalon	Incinerate	Mind Blown	38.21	9	404s

Buzzwole Overview

	Buzzwole BugFighting
Max CP	3912
ATK	236
DEF	196
HP	216
Weak to	x2
Resists
Fast moves	Counter Poison Jab
Charge moves	Lunge Fell Stinger Superpower Power-Up Punch

Buzzwole Sprites

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Buzzwole	Buzzwole

All the best, Trainers!