Galarian Darumaka Raid Guide

Galarian Darumaka

Galarian Darumaka is a Tier 1 raid boss in Pokémon GO and is an amazing Pokémon to get a high IV variant of, due to its evolution being one of the best Ice types in the game. 

Galarian Darumaka can be caught with the following CP values:

• 768- 823 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 961- 1030 CP at Level 25 with Snow weather boost

It is a pure Ice type and Tier 1. As such, it is an easy solo, serving as an ice cream buffet for your Fighting, Fire, Rock and Steel types. 

As mentioned, this adorable little ice ape evolves into the abominable snowman, Galarian Darmanitan. With a high ATK stat of 263, G Darm is one of the leaders of the Ice type DPS throne. But it can possibly get even better. You see, if Niantic lets Galarian Darumaka evolve into the Zen Mode of Galarian Darmanitan, then snowballs are going to turn into a snowstorm for the meta! Zen Mode is a song of fire and ice, and boasts of a 323 ATK stat! Regardless of whether G Darumaka can evolve into the Zen Mode or not, its current G Darm evolution is a beast in itself. So it’s a win-win!

Galarian Darumaka 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 Galarian Darumaka are the following:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Mega Y Charizard	Ember Fire	Flamethrower Fire	6.70s	0.00
2.	Mega Alakazam	Counter Fighting	Psychic Psychic	6.90s	0.00
3.	Mega Houndoom	Fire Fang Fire	Flamethrower Fire	7.10s	0.00
4.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin Fire	Flamethrower Fire	7.20s	0.00
5.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	7.30s	0.00
6.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	8.20s	0.00
7.	Mega Scizor	Bullet Punch Steel	Iron Head Steel	8.78s	0.00
8.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	8.82s	0.00
9.	Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	8.90s	0.00
10.	Pheromosa	Bug Bite Bug	Close Combat Fighting	8.91s	0.00
11.	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick Fighting	Fire Punch Fire	9.05s	0.00
12.	Mega Absol	Snarl Dark	Payback Dark	9.06s	0.00
13.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	9.10s	0.00
14.	Mega Pidgeot	Wing Attack Flying	Brave Bird Flying	9.15s	0.00
15.	Rhyperior	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock	9.25s	0.00
16.	Dusk Lycanroc	Counter Fighting	Stone Edge Rock	9.22s	0.00
17.	Blaziken	Counter Fighting	Blaze Kick Fire	9.32s	0.00
18.	Mega Aggron	Iron Tail Steel	Heavy Slam Steel	9.33s	0.00
19.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath Dragon	Dragon Claw Dragon	9.40s	0.00
20.	Mega Steelix	Iron Tail Steel	Heavy Slam Steel	9.46s	0.00
21.	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite Bug	Sludge Bomb Poison	9.88s	0.00
22.	Mienshao	Low Kick Fighting	Stone Edge Rock	9.90s	0.00
23.	Mega Manectric	Charge Beam Electric	Overheat Fire	9.98s	0.00
24.	Conkeldurr	Counter Fighting	Stone Edge Rock	9.93s	0.00
25.	Victini	Quick Attack Normal	V-create Fire	9.92s	0.00
26.	Lucario	Counter Fighting	Aura Sphere Fighting	10.02s	0.00
27.	Breloom	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	10.02s	0.00
28.	Chandelure	Hex Ghost	Overheat Fire	10.00s	0.00
29.	Pirouette Meloetta	Low Kick Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	10.24s	0.00
30.	Galarian Zapdos	Counter Fighting	Brave Bird Flying	10.20s	0.00
31.	Heracross	Counter Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	10.20s	0.00
32.	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun Water	Hydro Pump Water	10.22s	0.00
33.	Hero Zamazenta	Metal Claw Steel	Close Combat Fighting	10.24s	0.00
34.	Standard Darmanitan	Incinerate Fire	Rock Slide Rock	10.35s	0.00
35.	Virizion	Double Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	10.31s	0.00

Stats and Max CP

Galarian Darumaka Ice
Max CP at Level 40 1442 | Max CP at Level 50 1630
ATK 153		DEF 86		HP 172
Weak to			Strong Against
Fighting Fire Rock Steel			Dragon Grass Ground Flying

Moveset

Both the Fire and Steel types resist the STAB Ice attacks of little G Darumaka and take it out with only their fast moves.

Oh! And Tackle is resisted by both Rock and Steel types.

Ezzz solo but totally worth it!

So raid and catch it. DON’T let it gooooo!