Lapras Raid Counters Guide

Lapras

Lapras is Tier 3 Raid Boss in Pokémon GO, with a Boss CP of 23476. It is weak to Electric, Rock, Fighting and Grass, but as it has moves that counter Rock and Grass it’s best to bring your shockingly good fighters.

Lapras can be caught in the following CP ranges:

• 1435 – 1509 CP (L20, no weather boost)
• 1794 – 1886 CP (L25, Rainy and Snow weather)

Lapras is soloable, but only with top, high level counters, so keep this in mind! It is a very tanky defender, so groups of 2-4 are recommended depending on player levels and available counters.

Best Attackers Against Lapras

The best counters for Lapras are the following Pokémon in Pokémon GO:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Lucario (Mega)	Force Palm Fighting	Aura Sphere Fighting	2	89s
2.	Magnezone (Shadow)	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	3	90s
3.	Rampardos (Shadow)	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	5	81s
4.	Xurkitree	Spark Electric	Power Whip Grass	4	90s
5.	Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Sacred Sword Fighting	3	93s
6.	Sceptile (Mega)	Bullet Seed Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	5	87s
7.	Raikou (Shadow)	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	3	93s
8.	Tyranitar (Mega)	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	2	100s
9.	Luxray (Shadow)	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	4	91s
10.	Electivire (Shadow)	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	4	91s
11.	Manectric (Mega)	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	4	94s
12.	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)	Metal Claw Steel	Sunsteel Strike Steel	2	105s
13.	Rhyperior (Shadow)	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock	5	91s
14.	Venusaur (Mega)	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	3	102s
15.	Gigalith (Shadow)	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	4	96s
16.	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Moongeist Beam Ghost	3	105s
17.	Zapdos (Shadow)	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	4	97s
18.	Rayquaza (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Dragon Ascent Flying	4	99s
19.	Magnezone	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	3	107s
20.	Tyranitar (Shadow)	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	4	102s
21.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	3	107s
22.	Conkeldurr (Shadow)	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	4	101s
23.	Kartana	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	4	102s
24.	Gengar (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Focus Blast Fighting	4	103s
25.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Fusion Bolt Electric	3	104s
26.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	5	97s
27.	Tangrowth (Shadow)	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	4	103s
28.	Venusaur (Shadow)	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	4	101s
29.	Mewtwo (Shadow)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Thunderbolt Electric	4	105s
30.	Diancie (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	4	103s

Lapras moves and move sets

*denotes legacy move only obtainable via Elite TM.

With a variety of Ice and Water type moves, Lapras can be tricky to counter. When going into the raid, have a look what your recommended Pokémon are before you pick your team. If it is suggesting Rock types it is probably safe to assume it doesn’t have Water type moves. If no Grass types are appearing, it more than likely comes armed with Ice type moves that will make quick work of your Grass types.

The best attackers to fight Lapras that are not weak to any of its moves, are strong Fighting or Electric type attackers with great DPS output.

Shiny Lapras

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite

Final tips

Lapras is considered as an ultra-rare Pokémon. It is rarely found in the wild! It is a great gym defending option to consider, due to its typing and available Ice type movesets.

Catching a Lapras can be extremely difficult. Its catch percentage is only 5%, which makes it very challenging to catch one. Even after using a Golden Razz Berry, its circle will still show up red, so aiming carefully is almost mandatory in order to catch it.

Lapras is also one of the few Pokemon to have a Gigantamax form. Although at this time there’s little to no information on how this mechanic will work, having a decent IV Lapras in your storage would never be a bad thing just in case it can gain this form.