Kirlia Raid Counters Guide

July 24, 2018

Kirlia is a Tier 3 raid boss in Pokémon Go and is a part of the Hisuian Discoveries Event, which has the following schedule:

Event	Date and time
Hisuian Discoveries Event	Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. to Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. local time

Kirlia can evolve into a Garveoir (male or female) or a Gallade (male). Gardevoir is one of the best Fairy types in the game for PvE and is set to be one of the strongest mega evolutions on its release in the future. Gallade also has a cool mega evolution.

Kirlia can be caught with the following CP values:

508 – 552 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
635 – 690 CP at Level 25 with Windy or Cloudy weather boost

Being a Psychic and Fairy type, Kirlia is weak to the Ghost, Poison, and Steel types.

High-level trainers can easily solo Kirlia, while trainers of a lower level might need 2-3 trainers to take down Whiscash.

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Kirlia 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 Kirlia are the following:

Kirlia Counters
Supreme Counters
Gengar (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost
Beedrill (Mega)	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison
Great Counters
Metagross	Bullet Punch Steel	Meteor Mash* Steel
Roserade	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison
Chandelure	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost
Dialga	Metal Claw Steel	Iron Head Steel
Excadrill	Metal Claw Steel	Iron Head Steel
Giratina (Origin)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost
Venusaur (Mega)	Razor Leaf Grass	Sludge Bomb Poison
Scizor	Bullet Punch Steel	Iron Head Steel
Nihilego	Acid Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison
Steelix (Mega)	Iron Tail Steel	Heavy Slam Steel
Toxicroak	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison