Electabuzz Raid Counters Guide

Electabuzz is a Tier 3 raid boss in Pokémon Go and is a part of the Festival of Lights event, running from November 5th, 10 AM local time – November 14th, 8 PM local time 2021. Electabuzz evolves into the powerful Electivire by using the Sinnoh Stone and is a DPS monster, shelling out high Electric damage output.

Electabuzz can be caught with the following CP values:

1265 – 1333 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
1582- 1667 CP at Level 25 with Rainy weather boost

With a mono Electric typing, it is only weak to the Ground types. As such, its best counters include Pokémon like Garchomp, Landorus (Therian), Groudon, and Excadrill. For high-level trainers, Electabuzz is an easy solo. Trainers of lower levels can beat it if they go with a team of 2-3.

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Electabuzz 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 Electabuzz are the following:

Electabuzz Counters
Supreme Counters
Garchomp	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power* Ground
Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground
Great Counters
Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground
Gengar (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost
Excadrill	Mud-Slap Ground	Drill Run Ground
Rhyperior	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground
Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground
Flygon	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power* Ground
Krookodile	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground
Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn* Fire
Donphan	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground
Golurk	Mud-Slap Ground	Earth Power Ground
Mamoswine	Mud-Slap Ground	Bulldoze Ground