Landorus (Incarnate Forme) Raid Guide

Incarnate Landorus

Landorus is a T5 Raid boss in Pokémon GO and is the trio master of the Forces of Nature legendary Pokémon from the Unova Region. The best counters for this Abundance Pokémon include only two types in Ice and Water. Landorus is a Ground and Flying type and has two forms: the (Normal) Incarnate Forme and the Therian forme.

Landorus can be caught with the following Combat Power values:

• 1965 – 2050 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 2456 – 2563 CP at Level 25 with Windy and Sunny weather boost

Landorus can be beaten by 2 trainers under extremely ideal conditions. In all other cases, it is recommended to form a group of 3-5 high-level trainers or 6-8 lower level trainers to take out this beast without breaking much sweat.

The aim of this guide is to give you detailed coverage regarding the best Landorus counters, the best strategy for successfully taking it down, and the CPs at which you can catch it.

Best Landorus Counters in Pokémon GO

A comprehensive list of best Pokémon to use in a fight with Landorus (Incarnate form). As you can see, most of the list is comprised of Ice-type Pokémon, followed by Water-types.

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow Ice	Avalanche Ice	20	289s
2.	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard Ice	Avalanche Ice	33	307s
3.	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice	28	321s
4.	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice	24	342s
5.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Ice Beam Ice	19	357s
6.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow Ice	Avalanche Ice	21	353s
7.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Blizzard Ice	14	396s
8.	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	26	352s
9.	Shadow Mr. Rime	Ice Shard Ice	Triple Axel Ice	27	356s
10.	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow Ice	Weather Ball Ice	21	373s
11.	Cetitan	Ice Shard Ice	Avalanche Ice	22	380s
12.	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf Grass	Triple Axel Ice	15	416s
13.	Shadow Articuno	Frost Breath Ice	Triple Axel Ice	23	386s
14.	Glaceon	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	28	384s
15.	Weavile	Ice Shard Ice	Avalanche Ice	34	373s
16.	Shadow Piloswine	Ice Shard Ice	Avalanche Ice	31	386s
17.	Shadow Abomasnow	Powder Snow Ice	Weather Ball Ice	32	396s
18.	Mega Swampert	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	16	448s
19.	Shadow Walrein	Frost Breath Ice	Icicle Spear Ice	28	405s
20.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Blizzard Ice	21	427s
21.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Ice Beam Ice	20	434s
22.	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On Normal	Blizzard Ice	33	402s
23.	Jynx	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	34	405s
24.	Shadow Cloyster	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	34	414s
25.	Kyurem	Dragon Breath Dragon	Glaciate Ice	28	429s
26.	Mr. Rime	Ice Shard Ice	Triple Axel Ice	28	432s
27.	Aurorus	Frost Breath Ice	Weather Ball Ice	31	425s
28.	Avalugg	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice	22	451s
29.	Alola Shadow Ninetales	Powder Snow Ice	Weather Ball Ice	30	434s
30.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle Normal	Ice Punch Ice	22	459s

Landorus Stats and Typing

Landorus

Landorus is a Ground and Flying type and it’s weak to 2x Ice, 1x Water. Landorus stats are as follows:

• Max CP 3588
• ATK 261
• DEF 182
• HP 205

Landorus only has two weaknesses, and one of them is a 4x weakness. Accordingly, the Ice type moves totally dominates the choice of moveset and Pokémon alike. Even if you are not an Ice type Pokémon, the very fact that you possess a powerful Ice type move and excellent stats to power it up, makes you a worthy counter to take down this legendary raid boss. Both the forms have just decent DEF stats. So, the usage of the cold icy moves would be sufficient.

Sprites

Incarnate Forme Landorus	Shiny Incarnate Forme Landorus

Landorus Moveset Analysis

Both the Incarnate and the Therian forms of Landorus have the same moves in Pokémon Go:

The combination of Mud Shot and Earth Power makes Landorus Therian form the best Ground type Pokémon in the meta at the time of this writing. Regardless of the form, however, this is a deadly moveset and will surely hit you like a truck.

• Mud Shot is the best fast move in the game in terms of energy gain. Three of Landorus’ charge moves are 2-bar. So you need to use some immaculate dodging techniques to make your counters last longer.
• Outrage is another move to fear due to its widespread neutral coverage and immense power.
• Rock Throw is a hard-hitting fast move and sports good DPS in combination with any charge move.
• Rock Slide does decent damage but is super-effective against pure ice-types.
• Focus Blast can be deadly as it hits many of the counters for super-effective damage.
• In short, dodging should definitely be included when you do this raid.

Without any weather or friendship boosts, our simulator has a TTW with (non-shadow) Mamoswine and Weavile with just 353s and 373s respectively. Accordingly, a trio is more than possible and under ideal conditions, either form of Landorus can be duod.

Conclusion

Landorus comes with an incredible moveset, great stats, and a legendary status to occupy the throne of the Ground type meta. Countering it is not that much of a challenge since both of its weaknesses (one of them being 2x) boast of Pokémon with exceptional stats. However, Landorus has a good set of moves that even offer coverage against some of its best counters. As such, dodging is a must for a potion-efficient performance.

The Ground type meta has long been devoid of exceptional Pokémon with an exceptional moveset. Gen V has brought in a legendary magic lamp, out of which comes a Genie with the crown for the king of the Ground types.