Cobalion Raid Counters Guide

Cobalion

Cobalion is a Steel/Fighting type Legendary Pokémon Tier 5 raid boss in Pokémon GO. The best Cobalion counters are Fighting, Ground, and Fire types. 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

It can be shiny!

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 4-5 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.

Best Cobalion Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm	Aura Sphere	33.57	17	463s
2.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Aura Sphere	32.90	18	477s
3.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	28.66	11	536s
4.	Blacephalon	Incinerate	Mind Blown	30.10	18	510s
5.	Resolute Keldeo	Low Kick	Secret Sword	29.04	15	534s
6.	Mega X Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	27.98	11	549s
7.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	28.75	14	531s
8.	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Aura Sphere	29.08	29	546s
9.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	26.28	14	587s
10.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	26.58	18	585s
11.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm	26.67	18	585s
12.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	26.38	19	579s
13.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	25.58	16	605s
14.	Mega Y Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	25.10	13	613s
15.	Shadow Delphox	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	25.60	20	605s
16.	Shadow Emboar	Low Kick	Blast Burn	26.33	28	601s
17.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	25.33	19	614s
18.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare	25.07	18	617s
19.	Shadow Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	25.68	25	613s
20.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm	24.91	18	623s
21.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	24.89	20	626s
22.	Incarnate Shadow Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	24.56	22	636s
23.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Aura Sphere	23.84	15	647s
24.	Lucario	Force Palm	Aura Sphere	25.69	27	605s
25.	Standard Shadow Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	25.74	33	608s
26.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword	25.08	27	629s
27.	Mega Alakazam	Counter	Focus Blast	24.25	21	642s
28.	Shadow Entei	Fire Spin	Overheat	24.36	22	638s
29.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	24.44	20	615s
30.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Aura Sphere	24.10	23	648s

Shiny Sprites

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Cobalion	Cobalion

Cobalion Overview

Cobalion SteelFighting
Max CP	3417
ATK	192
DEF	229
HP	209
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Metal Claw Double Kick Zen Headbutt
Charge moves	Iron Head Close Combat Sacred Sword* Stone Edge

*denotes a Legacy Move, only obtainable via an Elite TM.

All the best, trainers!