Ho-Oh Raid Guide

Ho-Oh

The big Fire bird is returning to raids for the Johto Tour event February 2022 (read more here Johto Tour Announcement | Pokémon GO Hub (pokemongohub.net)) so it is time to have a look and see what is needed to take it down…

With a double weakness to Rock these will be your key to victory in almost any weather conditions and particularly in Partly Cloudy. Shiny Ho-Oh is available from raids and in the right conditions can be duo’d with a strong selection of Rock pokémon but if you don’t have optimal counters a group of 4+ will be able to tackle it.

Ho-Oh Raid Boss CP is 50,064 and it can have Max Capture CP:

• 2207 CP (Level 20, perfect 100% IV)
• 2759 CP (Level 25, perfect 100% IV Sunny and Windy weather)

Ho-Oh Counters

Shadow Pokémon have been excluded due to their high cost but if you have a shadow version of any of these powered up then feel free to use it.

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	342.10s	10.38
2.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	454.64s	22.19
3.	Rhyperior	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock	513.68s	18.44
4.	Blastoise (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	516.18s	17.00
5.	Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	515.36s	19.94
6.	Manectric (Mega)	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	514.47s	19.81
7.	Ampharos (Mega)	Volt Switch Electric	Power Gem Rock	548.61s	13.13
8.	Tyranitar	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	552.96s	15.06
9.	Gyarados (Mega)	WaterfallWater	Hydro Pump Water	564.65s	14.25
10.	Landorus (Therian)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	582.89s	20.06
11.	Landorus	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	581.50s	20.13
12.	Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	589.20s	20.94
13.	Gigalith	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	616.67s	22.00
14.	Omastar	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	634.56s	21.25
15.	Golem (Alolan)	Rock Throw Rock	Stone Edge Rock	636.45s	20.31
16.	Golem	Rock Throw Rock	Stone Edge Rock	632.71s	22.69
17.	Archeops	Wing Attack Flying	Ancient Power Rock	641.45s	26.25
18.	Aggron	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	689.57s	16.94
19.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	668.94s	24.19
20.	Crustle	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	692.00s	25.44
21.	Regirock	Rock Throw Rock	Stone Edge Rock	731.82s	15.13
22.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Wild Charge Electric	738.91s	16.38
23.	Lunatone	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	725.29s	26.75
24.	Solrock	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	725.01s	26.31
25.	Thunderus (Therian)	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	728.29s	24.75
26.	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail Dragon	Ancient Power Rock	750.67s	20.06
27.	Melmetal	Thunder Shock Electric	Rock Slide Rock	765.22s	18.94
28.	Carracosta	Rock Throw Rock	Ancient Power Rock	763.98s	18.46
29.	Darmanitan	Tackle Normal	Rock Slide Rock	748.01s	26.81
30.	Darmanitan	Tackle Normal	Rock Slide Rock	748.10s	25.73
31.	Clawitzer	Smack Down Rock	Crabhammer Water	744.40s	29.50
32.	Hippowdon	Thunder Fang Electric	Weather Ball Rock	771.61s	24.93
33.	Excadrill	Mud Shot Ground	Rock Slide Rock	772.71s	26.42
34.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Ancient Power Rock	784.59s	22.38
35.	Sudowoodo	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	772.45s	25.57

Ho-Oh Raid Counters Explained

Ho-Oh has mostly the same counters like Moltres, as they have the same type combination. However, Ho-Oh has access to Solar Beam, which makes it quite dangerous to Rock and Water attackers and will be a OHKO for the majority of counters if boosted by Sunny weather.

Mega Aerodactyl has only recently pipped other long-running Rock kings and queens to the top of the counter list such as CD-exclusives like Rhyperior and Tyranitar. If you do not have the mega energy needed then these will serve you well in its place.

Weather Influence on Ho-Oh