Hippowdon Raid Guide

Hippowdon is a Tier 3 raid boss in Pokémon GO. Being a pure Ground type, it is weak to the Grass, Ice and Water types. Hippowdon is a spice pick in all three PvP leagues and has a very interesting moveset.

Hippowdon can be caught with the following CP values:

1684 – 1763 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
2105 – 2204 CP at Level 25 with Sunny weather boost

Generally, 1 high-level trainer can beat Hippowdon with optimal counters. Otherwise, 2-3 trainers will suffice. 2 trainers are usually preferred.

Hippowdon 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 Hippowdon are the following:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Swampert (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	86.84s	1.50
2.	Sceptile (Mega)	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	84.64s	2.25
3.	Blastoise (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	91.55s	1.95
4.	Kyogre (Primal)	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	100.08s	1.70
5.	Gyarados (Mega)	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water	100.47s	1.75
6.	Venusaur (Mega)	Razor Leaf Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	102.20s	2.30
7.	Abomasnow (Mega)	Leafage Grass	Weather Ball Ice	108.94s	2.95
8.	Glalie (Mega)	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	108.92s	3.90
9.	Kartana	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	113.30s	4.05
10.	Latios (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Solar Beam Grass	124.49s	2.55
11.	Alakazam (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	120.34s	3.85
12.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	121.60s	4.00
13.	Slowbro (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Surf Water	131.50s	2.50
14.	Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	130.82s	2.75
15.	Blaziken (Mega)	Counter Fighting	Blast Burn Fire	124.14s	4.30
16.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	134.84s	2.35
17.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	127.15s	3.80
18.	Salamence (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Hydro Pump Water	136.69s	2.35
19.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Solar Beam Grass	136.73s	2.71
20.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Charm Fairy	Psychic Psychic	135.98s	3.37
21.	Banette (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	133.00s	4.19
22.	Kingler	Bubble Water	Crabhammer Water	136.32s	4.50
23.	Charizard (Mega X)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Blast Burn Fire	147.85s	2.75
24.	Darmanitan (Galarian Standard)	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice	133.67s	5.00
25.	Swampert	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	149.00s	2.30
26.	Pidgeot (Mega)	Gust Flying	Brave Bird Flying	147.06s	2.67
27.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow Ice	Avalanche Ice	144.34s	3.75
28.	Xurkitree	Spark Electric	Power Whip Grass	140.37s	4.67
29.	Empoleon	Waterfall Water	Hydro Cannon Water	147.87s	2.90
30.	Lopunny (Mega)	Pound Normal	Hyper Beam Normal	152.47s	2.00
31.	Samurott	Fury Cutter Bug	Hydro Cannon Water	147.45s	3.50
32.	Latias (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Outrage Dragon	151.39s	2.55
33.	Feraligatr	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	149.99s	3.00
34.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed Grass	Grass Knot Grass	149.71s	3.33
35.	Gyarados	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water	157.35s	2.00