Cresselia Raid Guide

Cresselia

Cresselia is a Tier 5 Legendary Raid Boss in Pokemon GO (33794 Combat Power). Best Cresselia counters are strong Ghost and Dark-type users like Hydreigon, Chandelure, Darkrai, Tyranitar, but also strong Bug-types like Scizor and Pinsir. Cresselia is weak to Bug, Dark and Ghost moves.

Cresselia can have the following CP values when caught in the post-raid capture encounter:

• 1555 – 1633 CP in normal weather conditions
• 1944 – 2041 CP  in Windy weather

Cresselia can theoretically be duoed by 2 level 40 trainers running teams of Mega Beedril / and SC Gengars with Fog weather and best friend boosts. Realistically 3-5 high-level players can tackle a Cresselia with proper counters, and 6-20 lower level players can handle one.

Best Cresselia Counters

The following Pokemon are considered to be best Cresselia raid counters in Pokemon GO.

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Hydreigon	Bite Dark	Brutal Swing Dark	777.35s	18.67
2.	Chandelure	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	774.21s	21.00
3.	Darkrai	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	806.94s	18.33
4.	Pheromosa	Bug Bite Bug	Bug Buzz Bug	714.81s	46.00
5.	Gengar	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	779.05s	32.40
6.	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	831.66s	19.33
7.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	848.02s	17.83
8.	Giratina (Origin)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	848.26s	19.00
9.	Weavile	Feint Attack Dark	Foul Play Dark	880.75s	16.40
10.	Deoxys (Attack)	Poison Jab Poison	Dark Pulse Dark	799.75s	50.00
11.	Yveltal	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	886.27s	17.17
12.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Shadow Ball Ghost	899.05s	18.17
13.	Banette	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	893.35s	36.00
14.	Absol	Snarl Dark	Payback Dark	896.75s	21.67
15.	Escavalier	Bug Bite Bug	Megahorn Bug	930.19s	17.33
16.	Zarude	Bite Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	929.97s	16.83
17.	Houndoom	Snarl Dark	Foul Play Dark	926.90s	16.00
18.	Tyranitar	Bite Dark	Crunch Dark	947.65s	15.83
19.	Honchkrow	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	934.90s	16.50
20.	Bisharp	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	968.31s	12.50
21.	Yanmega	Bug Bite Bug	Bug Buzz Bug	919.90s	21.00
22.	Genesect (Burn)	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	976.42s	16.40
23.	Genesect (Douse)	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	977.12s	15.75
24.	Genesect (Normal)	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	977.53s	16.00

There are a lot of great and fairly accessible options for raiding Cresselia. Your trusty Shadow Ball Mewtwo is a great choice. Absol, Houndoom, Honchkrow and Sharpedo are all great with Dark type moves. Pinsir, Escavalier and Scizor are great Bug choices. If you have the Shadow versions of any of these Pokémon, they will hit even harder and get the raid done quicker!

Cresselia moves analysis

• Futuresight is a scary move, but not against Dark-types. Tyranitar performs marvelously against Cresselia’s Futuresight, shedding off its attacks with ease. A respectable move, that completely destroys Gengar.
• Moonblast is a strong Fairy-type move that deals increased damage to Tyranitar, but nothing groundbreaking, but still hard hitting
• Aurora Beam can be confusing, but fear not, as it doesn’t deal increased damage to Mewtwo, Tyranitar, Gengar, Scizor nor Weavile. One of, if not the, easiest move set to fight against.

Weather Effects

Cresselia is boosted by Windy weather, while being more vulnerable in Fog and Rainy weather.