Entei Raid Guide

Entei

Entei is a Tier 5 Legendary Raid Boss in Pokémon GO, with a Raid Boss CP of 41758. It’s a pure Fire type, which means that best Entei counters are Ground, Rock and Water types. Entei can be caught in the following CP-ranges:

• 1900 – 1984 CP for a regular Level 20 encounter
• 2375 – 2480 CP for a Sunny weather boosted encounter (Level 25)

Duoing Entei is possible, but it would require maxed out counters, as well as Best Friend Bonus, Partly Cloudy, Rainy, or Sunny Weather Boost, and a good amount of luck.

Entei is available in their shiny form.

Entei is boosted by Sunny weather, with the suggestion that you take on Entei in groups of 3-6 for high-level players, or 7-20 for lower level players.

Entei Raid Counters

As mentioned above, best Entei counters are strong Water, Rock and Ground-type attackers. Here’s a list of strongest Pokémon to use in an Entei raid:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Kyogre (Primal)	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	10	425.4s
2.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	10	385.6s
3.	Swampert (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	12	438.1s
4.	Rayquaza (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Dragon Ascent Flying	13	487.0s
5.	Blastoise (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	14	465.5s
6.	Rhyperior (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	Rock Wrecker Rock	18	431.5s
7.	Garchomp (Shadow)	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	17	468.7s
8.	Gyarados (Mega)	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water	13	510.1s
9.	Tyranitar (Mega)	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	14	504.1s
10.	Swampert (Shadow)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	18	454.7s
11.	Diancie (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	24	424.6s
12.	Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	15	522.3s
13.	Kingler (Shadow)	Bubble Water	Crabhammer Water	24	419.1s
14.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	18	501.5s
15.	Feraligatr (Shadow)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	20	477.8s
16.	Gyarados (Shadow)	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water	18	517.7s
17.	Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	21	500.5s
18.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap Ground	Rock Wrecker Rock	19	543.0s
19.	Tyranitar (Shadow)	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	21	490.6s
20.	Garchomp	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	17	558.0s
21.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	30	463.4s
22.	Greninja	Water Shuriken Water	Hydro Cannon Water	24	507.9s
23.	Mamoswine (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	High Horsepower Ground	41	423.9s
24.	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	19	535.4s
25.	Swampert	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	19	571.6s
26.	Kingler	Bubble Water	Crabhammer Water	25	519.7s
27.	Rhydon (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	26	528.9s
28.	Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	23	558.7s
29.	Feraligatr	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	20	568.7s
30.	Aerodactyl (Shadow)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	28	511.8s

If you need further budget options, Pokémon like Rhydon, Crawdaunt, Gyarados and Excadrill all feature as good counters. Many of the Pokémon that are good counters for Entei have had community days, so you should be able to compile a good team together!

Entei is a member of the Johto Beasts (together with Raikou and Suicune), a Legendary Trio originally discovered in the Johto Region (Gen II). Entei has a stat composition of 235 Attack, 171 Defense, and 251 Stamina leading to a Max CP of 3926 at level 50.

Entei is one the best Fire type Pokémon currently available in Pokémon GO, at least when it comes to TDO. Moltres overpowers it in DPS, but Entei’s bulk is definitely something you want to take into account, especially when you’re on a Potion-budget. This is true of their Shadow forms as well.

Entei Moveset Analysis

Entei has access to the following moves:

*Best moveset for Entei is in bold (Overheat does the most damage, but Flamethrower is a great move for Raids and Gym Battles due to it being a 2-bar Move)

• Overheat and Fire Blast hit hard, but get resisted by Water and Rock types.
• Flamethrower and Iron Head don’t hit as hard as Overheat and Fire Blast, but as they are 2-bar Moves, you will get spammed by them more.

You don’t have to worry about any of these moves, as almost all top counters resist Fire moves due to their typing. With proper dodging, that hard-hitting Overheat won’t hurt you a lot. Rampardos will take super effective damage from Iron Head, but other Rock-types have enough bulk to tank a few.

Weather Effects

Entei is boosted by Sunny weather, while being more vulnerable in Rainy and Partly Cloudy weather. Sunny weather will boost your Ground counters, and give you the chance to catch Entei at level 25, but the battle will be harder because of Entei’s boosted Fire moves. If you want the fight to be easier, challenge Entei in Rainy weather to boost your Water counters, or Partly Cloudy and Sunny to boost your Rock and Ground counters.