Buzzwole Raid Guide (Ultra Beast)

Buzzwole

Buzzwole is a Bug and Fighting type Ultra Beast Tier-5 Raid boss. Best Buzzwole raid counters include powerful Fairy, Fire, Flying and Psychic types, with a mixed range of different counters available to help you defeat it. It is 2x weak to Flying because of its dual typing.

Buzzwole Raid Boss CP is 44654, and you can catch it in the following CP Ranges:

• 1894 CP to 1977 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 2368 CP to 2472 CP at Level 25, with Rainy and Cloudy weather boost

Depending on your levels and counters, we would recommend 2-5 Trainers who are high level, and more if you don’t have optimal teams. This guide will tell you how to beat this macho Ultra Beast, as well as its optimal stats, moves and CP range.

Best Buzzwole Counters in Pokémon GO

List of counters for the Buzzwole Raid Boss in Pokémon GO, including best Pokémon to defeat it, highest DPS attackers, and moves to use. Learn which Pokémon are the best choice to beat this raid boss.

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Moltres	Wing Attack Flying	Sky Attack Flying	395.94s	7.75
2.	Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	414.08s	9.88
3.	Articuno (Galarian)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	433.56s	9.00
4.	Staraptor	Gust Flying	Brave Bird Flying	411.22s	15.50
5.	Braviary	Air Slash Flying	Brave Bird Flying	433.40s	13.00
6.	Yveltal	Gust Flying	Hurricane Flying	437.04s	12.75
7.	Honchkrow	Peck Flying	Sky Attack Flying	411.47s	20.00
8.	Tornadus (Incarnate)	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	443.02s	11.88
9.	Tornadus	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	445.08s	11.88
10.	Tornadus (Therian)	Gust Flying	Hurricane Flying	463.03s	11.13
11.	Braviary (Hisuian)	Air Slash Flying	Brave Bird Flying	468.06s	11.50
12.	Unfezant	Air Slash Flying	Sky Attack Flying	448.89s	16.88
13.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Drill Peck Flying	485.29s	10.63
14.	Ho-Oh	Extrasensory Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	505.59s	7.13
15.	Moltres (Galarian)	Wing Attack Flying	Brave Bird Flying	483.14s	13.25
16.	Toucannon	Peck Flying	Drill Peck Flying	485.18s	18.13
17.	Mewtwo	Confusion Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	494.03s	15.75
18.	Lugia	Extrasensory Psychic	Aeroblast Flying	531.13s	6.63
19.	Togekiss	Air Slash Flying	Aerial Ace Flying	538.64s	7.63
20.	Kartana	Air Slash Flying	Aerial Ace Flying	479.12s	25.00
21.	Yanmega	Wing Attack Flying	Aerial Ace Flying	528.75s	11.50
22.	Blaziken	Fire Spin Fire	Brave Bird Flying	535.93s	14.83
23.	Fearow	Peck Flying	Sky Attack Flying	553.02s	19.00
24.	Swellow	Wing Attack Flying	Brave Bird Flying	534.59s	20.50
25.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	519.00s	22.40
26.	Scyther	Air Slash Flying	Aerial Ace Flying	562.69s	12.75
27.	Lunala	Air Slash Flying	Psychic Psychic	584.42s	7.17
28.	Sirfetch'd	Fury Cutter Bug	Brave Bird Flying	558.13s	15.67
29.	Noivern	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	561.78s	13.50
30.	Pidgeot	Gust Flying	Brave Bird Flying	560.61s	14.67
31.	Charizard	Air Slash Flying	Blast Burn Fire	582.96s	10.00
32.	Reshiram	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	581.37s	11.00
33.	Oricorio (Sensu)	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	582.35s	9.14
34.	Talonflame	Peck Flying	Brave Bird Flying	583.13s	11.00
35.	Chandelure	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	588.44s	10.00

With a wide range of counters and a fair few different type weaknesses thanks to that Bug and Fighting dual typing, most trainers should find themselves able to whip up a strong team of 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.

Best Mega Pokémon against Buzzwole

Mega Pidgeot, Mega Latios and Mega Charizard Y and X perform exceptionally well against Buzzwole. Here’s how they compare to Moltres and Rayquaza.

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Pidgeot (Mega)	Wing Attack Flying	Brave Bird Flying	270.37s	8.00
2.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Air Slash Flying	Blast Burn Fire	321.41s	5.63
3.	Moltres	Wing Attack Flying	Sky Attack Flying	395.40s	7.63
4.	Latios (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	397.86s	11.13
5.	Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	415.93s	9.63
6.	Charizard (Mega X)	Wing Attack Flying	Blast Burn Fire	424.92s	11.75

Buzzwole Moveset Analysis

For PvE As Buzzwole doesn’t get access to any Bug type fast moves, it has the most potential as a Fighting type. It sadly doesn’t have Dynamic Punch right now which would have been the ideal move set in combination with Counter. It isn’t meta breaking, but could be a handy back up Fighting type for raids.

For PvP we have a dive into their use, and it looks exciting! Poison Jab and Counter are two great fast moves, literally being super fast, and some great charges moves in Lunge and Fell Stinger. Hype!

Buzzwole Stats

Buzzwole BugFighting
Max CP at lvl 40 3461 / lvl 50 3912
ATK 236		DEF 196		HP 216
Weak to			Strong Against
Flying x2 Fairy Fire Psychic			Bug Dark Fighting Grass Ground

Conclusion

Buzzwole will make a decent Fighting type for raids, but the real excitement should be in PvP! It has play in Great League and Ultra League, as well as having a really unique design generally.