Honedge Raid Guide

Honedge

Honedge is a Tier 1 Raid Boss in Pokémon GO. Debuting in the Ultra Unlock: Steel and Scales event, this popular Steel/Ghost type is extremely coveted by players. However, it cannot be shiny at the moment.

It can be caught with the following CP values:

• 742 – 794 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 927 – 993 CP at Level 25 with Snow or Fog weather boost

The best counters to beat Honedge include Dark, Fire, Ghost, and Ground types. It’s an easy solo.

Honedge Raid Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	51.13	1	72s
2.	Mega Gengar	Lick	Shadow Ball	50.43	1	74s
3.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	49.77	1	74s
4.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	49.34	1	75s
5.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	47.98	0	76s
6.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Shadow Ball	47.97	1	77s
7.	Mega Absol	Snarl	Brutal Swing	47.33	2	80s
8.	Standard Shadow Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	46.25	1	81s
9.	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	45.90	2	81s
10.	Shadow Gengar	Lick	Shadow Ball	46.02	3	82s
11.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	44.85	1	82s
12.	Blacephalon	Incinerate	Shadow Ball	45.03	1	83s
13.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm	44.11	0	83s
14.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	43.87	1	84s
15.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	43.86	1	84s
16.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	43.81	1	84s
17.	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Brutal Swing	45.06	3	85s
18.	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	43.88	2	85s
19.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	43.87	2	85s
20.	Shadow Emboar	Ember	Blast Burn	43.30	1	86s
21.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare	42.78	1	76s
22.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	42.59	1	87s
23.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	42.57	1	87s
24.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	42.48	1	87s
25.	Shadow Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	42.55	2	88s
26.	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	42.80	2	88s
27.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm	42.05	2	89s
28.	Shadow Typhlosion	Incinerate	Blast Burn	41.72	1	89s
29.	Shadow Entei	Fire Spin	Overheat	41.59	1	89s
30.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	41.52	1	90s

Honedge Stats and Moveset

	Honedge SteelGhost
Max CP	1571
ATK	135
DEF	139
HP	128
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Psycho Cut Tackle
Charge moves	Gyro Ball Iron Head

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