Deoxys (Normal Forme) Raid Guide

Deoxys (Normal)

Deoxys is a Tier 5 raid boss in Pokémon GO and being a pure Psychic type, its weaknesses include strong Bug, Dark and Ghost types. Deoxys can be caught with the following CP Values:

• 1717 – 1806 CP with no weather boost (Level 20)
• 2146 – 2257 CP with Windy weather (Level 25)

Best Deoxys counters are strong Ghost and Dark-type attackers, such as Gengar, Houndoom, Tyranitar, Giratina and Darkrai.

Deoxys Counters in Pokémon GO

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 Deoxys are the following:

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Gengar (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	321.7s	20.91
2.	Hydreigon	Bite Dark	Brutal Swing* Dark	385.6s	12.08
3.	Houndoom (Mega)	Snarl Dark	Foul Play Dark	379.2s	15.97
4.	Gyarados (Mega)	Bite Dark	Crunch Dark	417.6s	16.43
5.	Absol (Mega)	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	395.4s	25.56
6.	Darkrai	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	409.7s	18.94
7.	Giratina (Origin)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	430.2s	12.13
8.	Chandelure	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	418.6s	23.24
9.	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	434.1s	19.52
10.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish Ghost	Dark Pulse Dark	434.7s	19.49
11.	Scizor (Mega)	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	448.0s	16.67
12.	Yveltal	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	457.8s	20.14
13.	Tyranitar	Bite Dark	Crunch Dark	477.1s	14.70
14.	Zarude	Bite Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	479.7s	13.36
15.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Shadow Ball* Ghost	461.7s	19.62
16.	Krookodile	Snarl Dark	Crunch Dark	504.4s	15.89
17.	Genesect	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	502.6s	22.18
18.	Trevenant	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	499.7s	23.03
19.	Pheromosa	Bug Bite Bug	Bug Buzz Bug	444.3s	47.26
20.	Gengar	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	467.5s	40.14
21.	Bisharp	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	509.0s	22.27
22.	Blastoise (Mega)	Bite Dark	Hydro Cannon* Water	503.8s	26.28
23.	Weavile	Snarl Dark	Foul Play Dark	493.9s	30.29
24.	Regigigas	Hidden Power Ghost	Giga Impact Normal	517.2s	21.87
25.	Incineroar	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	517.2s	20.24
26.	Banette	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	493.1s	33.60
27.	Absol	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	498.8s	33.23
28.	Beedrill (Mega)	Bug Bite Bug	X-Scissor Bug	480.9s	45.24
29.	Scizor	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	528.7s	25.96
30.	Raikou	Thunder Shock Electric	Shadow Ball Ghost	539.8s	22.29

*denotes a legacy move

It has been confirmed that so far you will only be battling against Deoxys Normal Forme, so basically you will be dealing with a less tanky, higher damage-dealing Mewtwo. The good news is though while Mewtwo had a fantastic movepool, as it stands Deoxys is lacking, so you can bring out your glass cannon powerful Ghost and Normal types more often to deal major damage without fear of Confusion ruining your day.

Normal Forme Deoxys Move sets

Normal Forme Deoxys can learn the following moves:

Deoxys Attack Forme learns the following moves:

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