Deoxys (Normal Forme) Raid Guide

Normal Deoxys

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:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	220.31s	11.83
2.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	243.69s	12.67
3.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl Dark	Foul Play Dark	272.04s	10.67
4.	Mega Gyarados	Bite Dark	Crunch Dark	309.06s	11.83
5.	Mega Absol	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	286.57s	18.17
6.	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	323.78s	11.33
7.	Hydreigon	Bite Dark	Brutal Swing Dark	361.87s	11.00
8.	Mega Gardevoir	Charm Fairy	Shadow Ball Ghost	351.45s	14.00
9.	Mega Ampharos	Charge Beam Electric	Brutal Swing Dark	367.07s	12.50
10.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	354.45s	16.50
11.	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite Bug	X-Scissor Bug	320.03s	28.17
12.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	361.38s	18.50
13.	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut Psychic	Shadow Ball Ghost	353.14s	20.50
14.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot Ground	Hydro Cannon Water	385.52s	13.83
15.	Origin Giratina	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Force Ghost	396.11s	10.33
16.	Darkrai	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	384.33s	15.83
17.	Mega Salamence	Bite Dark	Draco Meteor Dragon	390.03s	14.00
18.	Gengar	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	372.64s	21.75
19.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	365.94s	22.83
20.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath Dragon	Dragon Claw Dragon	403.91s	12.50
21.	Mega Blastoise	Bite Dark	Hydro Cannon Water	383.57s	19.17
22.	Chandelure	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	388.10s	19.67
23.	Confined Hoopa	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	403.76s	16.17
24.	Unbound Hoopa	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	403.35s	15.33
25.	Pheromosa	Bug Bite Bug	Bug Buzz Bug	342.39s	34.00
26.	Weavile	Snarl Dark	Foul Play Dark	423.85s	10.00
27.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Shadow Ball Ghost	418.72s	16.83
28.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	418.47s	16.67
29.	Mega Manectric	Snarl Dark	Wild Charge Electric	410.66s	18.75
30.	Yveltal	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	428.57s	13.25
31.	Zoroark	Snarl Dark	Foul Play Dark	414.88s	18.00
32.	Altered Giratina	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Force Ghost	459.21s	9.83
33.	Guzzlord	Snarl Dark	Brutal Swing Dark	448.31s	12.17
34.	Mega Latias	Dragon Breath Dragon	Outrage Dragon	452.28s	11.00
35.	Giratina	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Force Ghost	460.93s	9.83

*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:

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