Darumaka Raid Counters Guide

Darumaka

Darumaka is a Tier 1 raid boss in Pokémon Go and is a part of the 2022 Lunar New Year Event, running from 10:00 AM February 1 – 8:00 PM February 7, 2022 (local time). This adorable and energetic Fire type Pokémon from the Unovan region is extremely popular and is a valuable addition to the meta as its evolution, Darmanitan, is one of the strongest Fire types for PvE. In addition, shiny Darumaka is relatively rare and boasts a pretty pink colour. So it’s easy to see why this little ball of fur and fire is a must-catch!

As mentioned already, Darumaka is a pure Fire type and as such, it is weak to the Ground, Rock and Water types.

It can be caught with the following CP values:

• 768 – 823 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 961 – 1030 CP at Level 25 with Sunny weather boost

As it is a Tier 1 boss, it is an easy solo. 

Darumaka Raid 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.

The best counters for Darumaka are the following:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	5.70s	0.00
2.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock	Ancient Power Rock	7.50s	0.00
3.	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall Water	Aqua Tail Water	7.91s	0.00
4.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	8.20s	0.00
5.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	8.90s	0.00
6.	Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	8.90s	0.00
7.	Mega Absol	Snarl Dark	Payback Dark	9.21s	0.00
8.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath Dragon	Psychic Psychic	9.38s	0.00
9.	Rhyperior	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock	9.40s	0.00
10.	Greninja	Bubble Water	Hydro Pump Water	9.50s	0.00
11.	Mega Pidgeot	Wing Attack Flying	Brave Bird Flying	9.70s	0.00
12.	Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Surf Water	10.08s	0.00
13.	Simipour	Water Gun Water	Hydro Pump Water	10.16s	0.00
14.	Floatzel	Water Gun Water	Hydro Pump Water	10.19s	0.00
15.	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite Bug	Sludge Bomb Poison	10.27s	0.00
16.	Mega Steelix	Thunder Fang Electric	Earthquake Ground	10.33s	0.00
17.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap Ground	Stone Edge Rock	10.35s	0.00
18.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl Dark	Crunch Dark	10.49s	0.00
19.	Starmie	Water Gun Water	Hydro Pump Water	10.47s	0.00
20.	Excadrill	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	10.49s	0.00
21.	Feraligatr	Water Gun Water	Hydro Pump Water	10.54s	0.00
22.	Vaporeon	Water Gun Water	Hydro Pump Water	10.54s	0.00
23.	Kingdra	Water Gun Water	Hydro Pump Water	10.72s	0.00
24.	Landorus	Rock Throw Rock	Earth Power Ground	10.71s	0.00
25.	Incarnate Landorus	Rock Throw Rock	Earth Power Ground	10.69s	0.00
26.	Swampert	Mud Shot Ground	Hydro Cannon Water	10.76s	0.00
27.	Omastar	Water Gun Water	Hydro Pump Water	10.79s	0.00
28.	Regigigas	Hidden Power Normal	Giga Impact Normal	10.86s	0.00
29.	Attack Deoxys	Poison Jab Poison	Dark Pulse Dark	10.90s	0.00
30.	Mega Ampharos	Charge Beam Electric	Zap Cannon Electric	10.90s	0.00
31.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	10.89s	0.00
32.	Mega Latias	Dragon Breath Dragon	Outrage Dragon	10.99s	0.00
33.	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	11.01s	0.00
34.	Palkia	Dragon Tail Dragon	Aqua Tail Water	11.09s	0.00
35.	Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	11.11s	0.00

Stats and Max CP

Darumaka Fire
Max CP at Level 40 1442 | Max CP at Level 50 1630
ATK 153		DEF 86		HP 172
Weak to			Strong Against
Ground Rock Water			Bug Grass Ice Steel

Movepool

Your Rock and Water type counters resist Darumaka’s Fire type attacks while the Ground types take neutral damage.

Either way, Darumaka lacks the stats and powerful moves needed to be of any bother. It’s going to be an easy win without breaking a sweat (despite the fire typing of Darumaka).

Good luck with the shiny, trainers!