Glaceon
Glaceon is available as a Tier 3 raid boss in Pokémon GO as a part of the Winter Holiday Event 2023: Part One. Glaceon is a very popular pick and this is an exclusive costumed raid boss that can be shiny!
Obtainable CP Values
It can be caught with the following CP values:
- 1706 – 1786 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
- 2133 – 2233 CP at Level 25 with Snow weather boost
Being a pure Ice type, its weaknesses include the Fighting, Fire, Rock and Steel types.
Glaceon 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 Glaceon are the following:
| # | Pokémon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Faints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Blaziken (Mega)
|
Counter Fighting | Blast Burn* Fire | 113s | 3 |
| 2. |
Charizard (Mega Y)
|
Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn* Fire | 119s | 4 |
| 3. |
Terrakion
|
Double Kick Fighting | Sacred Sword* Fighting | 132s | 4 |
| 4. |
Diancie (Mega)
|
Rock Throw Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 5 | |
| 5. |
Reshiram
|
Fusion Flare* Fire | 133s | 4 | |
| 6. |
Keldeo
|
138s | 3 | ||
| 7. |
Metagross
|
Meteor Mash* Steel | 139s | 3 | |
| 8. |
Charizard (Mega X)
|
Blast Burn* Fire | 4 | ||
| 9. |
Heatran
|
Magma Storm* Fire | 146s | 2 | |
| 10. |
Tyranitar (Mega)
|
Smack Down* Rock | Stone Edge Rock | 143s | 3 |
| 11. |
Rayquaza (Mega)
|
Dragon Tail Dragon | Dragon Ascent Fighting | 137s | 7 |
| 12. |
Houndoom (Mega)
|
Flamethrower Fire | 143s | 4 | |
| 13. |
Groudon (Primal)
|
Mud Shot Fire | Fire Punch* Fire | 145s | 4 |
| 14. |
Lucario
|
143s | 5 | ||
| 15. |
Alakazam (Mega)
|
Counter* Fighting | 145s | 6 | |
| 16. |
Volcarona
|
Fire Spin Fire | 151s | 4 | |
| 17. |
Aggron (Mega)
|
Meteor Beam Rock | 2 | ||
| 18. |
Aerodactyl (Mega)
|
Rock ThrowSteel | Rock Slide Rock | 149s | 6 |
| 19. |
Darmanitan (Standard)
|
150s | 5 | ||
| 20. |
Darmanitan
|
150s | 5 | ||
| 21. |
Rampardos
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 150s | 7 |
| 22. |
Chandelure
|
5 | |||
| 23. |
Blaziken
|
Blast Burn* Fire | 153s | 5 | |
| 24. |
Conkeldurr
|
Dynamic Punch Fighting | 154s | 5 | |
| 25. |
Melmetal
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Double Iron Bash* Steel | 165s | 3 |
| 26. |
Entei
|
159s | 4 | ||
| 27. |
Emboar
|
Blast Burn* Fire | 156s | 5 | |
| 28. |
Dialga
|
Metal Claw Steel | Iron Head Steel | 158s | 4 |
| 29. |
Lopunny (Mega)
|
Double Kick Fighting | Focus Blast Fighting | 157s | 5 |
* marks a legacy move
Glaceon Stats and Match-ups
|
Glaceon
Ice
|
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| Max CP at Level 40 3126 | Max CP at Level 50 3535 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK 238 | DEF 205 | HP 163 | |||
| Weak to | Strong Against | ||||
| Fighting Fire Rock Steel | Dragon Grass Ground | ||||
Moveset
| Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
|---|---|
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* marks a legacy move
Conclusion
With common counters, melting through Glaceon shouldn’t be too much of a challenge for the high-level trainer with the correct counters and movesets. Lower level trainers may wish to group together in a duo or trio to ensure a win.
All the best, trainers!
