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 |
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Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 321.7s | 20.91 |
2. |
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Bite Dark | Brutal Swing* Dark | 385.6s | 12.08 |
3. |
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Snarl Dark | Foul Play Dark | 379.2s | 15.97 |
4. |
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Bite Dark | Crunch Dark | 417.6s | 16.43 |
5. |
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Snarl Dark | Dark Pulse Dark | 395.4s | 25.56 |
6. |
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Snarl Dark | Dark Pulse Dark | 409.7s | 18.94 |
7. |
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Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 430.2s | 12.13 |
8. |
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Hex Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 418.6s | 23.24 |
9. |
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Astonish Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 434.1s | 19.52 |
10. |
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Astonish Ghost | Dark Pulse Dark | 434.7s | 19.49 |
11. |
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Fury Cutter Bug | X-Scissor Bug | 448.0s | 16.67 |
12. |
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Snarl Dark | Dark Pulse Dark | 457.8s | 20.14 |
13. |
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Bite Dark | Crunch Dark | 477.1s | 14.70 |
14. |
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Bite Dark | Dark Pulse Dark | 479.7s | 13.36 |
15. |
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Psycho Cut Psychic | Shadow Ball* Ghost | 461.7s | 19.62 |
16. |
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Snarl Dark | Crunch Dark | 504.4s | 15.89 |
17. |
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Fury Cutter Bug | X-Scissor Bug | 502.6s | 22.18 |
18. |
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Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 499.7s | 23.03 |
19. |
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Bug Bite Bug | Bug Buzz Bug | 444.3s | 47.26 |
20. |
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Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 467.5s | 40.14 |
21. |
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Snarl Dark | Dark Pulse Dark | 509.0s | 22.27 |
22. |
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Bite Dark | Hydro Cannon* Water | 503.8s | 26.28 |
23. |
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Snarl Dark | Foul Play Dark | 493.9s | 30.29 |
24. |
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Hidden Power Ghost | Giga Impact Normal | 517.2s | 21.87 |
25. |
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Snarl Dark | Dark Pulse Dark | 517.2s | 20.24 |
26. |
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Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 493.1s | 33.60 |
27. |
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Snarl Dark | Dark Pulse Dark | 498.8s | 33.23 |
28. |
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Bug Bite Bug | X-Scissor Bug | 480.9s | 45.24 |
29. |
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Fury Cutter Bug | X-Scissor Bug | 528.7s | 25.96 |
30. |
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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:
Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
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Weather Effects
Weather | Pro Attacker | Pro Deoxys |
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Sunny | – | |
Partly Cloudy | – | Boosts Normal Hyper Beam |
Cloudy | – | – |
Rainy | Boosts Super Effective Bug attacks | Boosts Electric Charge Beam and Electric Thunderbolt |
Snow | – | – |
Fog | Boosts Super Effective Ghost and Dark Attacks | – |
Windy | – | Boosts Psychic Zen Headbutt and Psycho Boost |
All the best, trainers!