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Cobalion Raid Counters Guide

March 17, 2020

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The best Cobalion counters are Lucario, Chandelure, Darmanitan and Conkeldurr. Cobalion can be easily beaten by a raid group consisting of 4 trainers with level 30+ counters. Under ideal weather conditions, it can also be beaten by 3 trainers, or in some extreme cases, it may possibly be duod by maxed out counters. A raid group of 3-5 high-level trainers or 5-7 lower level players is recommended to defeat this legendary raid boss.

Through this guide, you will find an in-depth analysis of the best counters for Cobalion, the most ideal means to defeat it, and various relevant details of this Iron Will Pokémon.

Cobalion is obtainable with the following Combat Power values:

1649 – 1727 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
2061- 2159 CP at Level 25 with Snow or Cloudy weather boost

Cobalion counters

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	751.3s	30
2.	Excadrill	Mud Slap	Earthquake	816.9s	22
3.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Earthquake	817.7s	21
4.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earthquake	826.5s	21
5.	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	817.5s	29
6.	Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	749.6s	24
7.	Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn	761.2s	30
8.	Rhyperior	Mud Slap	Earthquake	875.6s	28
9.	Heatran	Fire Spin	Flamethrower	856.4s	19
10.	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	806.8s	40
11.	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	874.5s	29
12.	Flareon	Fire Spin	Overheat	814.9s	29
13.	Entei	Fire Spin	Overheat	828.3s	23
14.	Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	842.8s	32
15.	Magmortar	Fire Spin	Fire Blast	877.5s	30
16.	Typhlosion	Ember	Blast Burn	878.6s	29
17.	Golurk	Mud Slap	Earth Power	931.3s	27
18.	Donphan	Mud Slap	Earthquake	965.4s	28
19.	Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	908.9s	40
20.	Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	1020.9s	25
21.	Arcanine	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	907.7s	29
22.	Salamence	Fire Fang	Fire Blast	912.7s	29
23.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	942.0s	26
24.	Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	990.8s	30
25.	Emboar	Low Kick	Focus Blast	926.2s	32
26.	Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	940.0s	34
27.	Hippowdon	Fire Fang	Earth Power	1064.0s	27
28.	Mamoswine	Mud Slap	Bulldoze	942.6s	41
29.	Flygon	Mud Shot	Earth Power	1022.7s	34
30.	Golem	Mud Slap	Earthquake	1008.5s	38

Counters analysis

Lucario

Boasting of the best charged move in the game with Aura Sphere, Lucario has rightfully claimed the heights it was always destined to. While Lucario takes super-effective damage from Cobalion’s Fighting type charged moves, the combination of Counter + Aura Sphere dishes out massive damage.

Chandelure

Chandelure performs exceptionally well against Cobalion, as it takes 2x reduced damage from Fighting and 1x reduced damage from Steel moves. The combination of superior typing, great stats and moves makes Chandelure the best option versus Cobalion.

Darmanitan

Darmanitan’s high ATK stat is mighty impressive and it is of no wonder that this fire-breathing monster is one of the best counters to Cobalion. While its DEF stats is low, its amazing HP stat ensures that Darmanitan does hang around for a decent amount of time. It hits hard and resists everything that Cobalion hits it with (except Stone Edge, which it is weak to).

Blaziken

With its Community Day exclusive move Blast Burn, Blaziken became a top-notch Fire type attacker and a pretty solid Fighting type. Boasting of STAB in powerful moves like Counter and Blast Burn, and high DPS, this Hoenn starter blazes through Cobalion with ruthless efficiency with the least time to win.

Moltres

Moltres has always been the most impressive one from the legendary bird trio. It extends its dominance as a supreme counter to Cobalion. With marginally lesser DPS than Blaziken but higher TDO, Moltres soars up with its powerful moveset against Cobalion.

Machamp

Machamp continues to impress with its infamous Counter/Dynamic Punch set. Trainers have been using this moveset since Gen 1 to defeat scores of Pokémon. They may very well include Cobalion in the long list of things that Machamp can knock out.

Groudon

Groudon does not take super-effective damage from any of Cobalion’s moves. Also, it is the tankiest among all of the counters here. Add the fact that it has excellent DPS. You do not need any more reasons to use Groudon.

Note about Cobalion counters

There is a rather interesting point to be noted about Cobalion’s counters. All the counter types are boosted in common weather conditions. The presence of Cloudy weather boosts the Fighting type attacks (Counter/Dynamic Punch becomes even deadlier in this situation). The Sunny weather boosts both Fire and Ground types. Therefore, there are high chances of the weather being in your favor. This should make the raid easier.

In addition, the counters presented here are some of the most common types in the game. So it should never be a challenge to gather a strong raiding team for most players.

The best Cobalion raid counters are Lucario, Chandelure, Darmanitan, Conkeldurr, Machamp, Blaziken and Moltres — Best Cobalion Raid Counters

Cobalion Moveset Analysis

Cobalion can have the following moves in Pokémon Go:

Fast Moves	Charge Moves
Zen Headbutt Psychic Metal Claw Steel	Sacred Sword Fighting Close Combat Fighting Iron Head Steel Stone Edge Rock

The stats for Sacred Sword are yet to be revealed. Watch this space for more!

Quite honestly, none of Cobalion’s move sets are impressive or particularly dangerous. Plus, Cobalion does not have a high enough ATK stat to back up the moves anyway.

Stone Edge delivers super-effective damage to your Fire type counters. However, it is a one-bar charge move and isn’t too difficult to dodge. Bear this in mind when you are using your Fire types.

Zen Headbutt has never been an excellent raid move, but it can still give some trouble to your Fighting types.

The combination of Metal Claw and Iron Head is Cobalion’s best moveset. It also deals neutral damage to most of the counters and it benefits from STAB. We advise exercising a little bit of caution with this particular set, as it can hurt.

Close Combat is a decent move, but as mentioned above, Cobalion lacks the fire power to deal serious damage with it.

About Cobalion

A group of legendary Pokémon known as the Swords of Justice had to be led by the steel type among them! Cobalion is a T5 Raid boss in Pokémon GO and is considered as the leader of the Swords of Justice. Cobalion is a Steel Fighting type that comes with the following stats:

STATS
CobalionSteel Fighting
ATK 192	DEF 229		HP 209
Weak to		Strong Against
Fire Ground Fighting		Fairy Ice Rock Normal Dark Steel
Boosted by		Snow or Cloudy

Conclusion

Cobalion is not going to pose much of a challenge. With relatively low ATK stat, average moveset, common counter types and weather conditions, its bulk is the only thing that seems to be going for it. Just keep an eye out for the time on the clock, and you will do just fine with this legendary raid boss.