Lugia Raid Guide

Lugia

Lugia is a tier 5 legendary raid boss with a CP of 45925. Lugia can be defeated by 3+ Trainers with ideal counters and under favourable weather. Trainers with less than ideal counters may want to bring 6+ to their group as Lugia is fairly tanky!

Lugia can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

• From 2028 CP to 2115 CP, with no weather boost
• From 2535 CP to 2645 CP with Windy weather boost

Best Lugia Raid Counters

The top counters for Lugia are as follows:

Lugia Stats, weaknesses and Max CP in Pokémon GO

Lugia Moveset

Lugia’s possible movesets are as follows:

*Denotes a Legacy Move only available via Elite TM.

Before we go into deeper analysis, remember that Lugia can’t be soloed. Before joining raid make sure you are using Pokémon with proper movesets.

Lugia takes Super Effective damage from Electric, Dark, Ice, Ghost and Rock type moves, due to its dual Psychic and Flying type.

Be aware that a Lugia with Hydro Pump will destroy any Pokémon that is weak to Water. Don’t underestimate this, as a HP Lugia counters most of her own counters.

In addition, all Steel and Psychic type Pokemon take reduced damage from Psychic type moves.

Also Steel, Rock and Electric types take reduced damage from Flying type moves, so keep that in mind.

Weather Influence

Windy weather may be more challenging than other weather conditions, but it will unlock the option to catch a weather boosted Lugia! We recommend catching a weather boosted one if you’re not planning to power it up. Otherwise, shiny hunting is easiest in Rainy, Fog and Partly Cloudy weather conditions.

Weather	Pros	Cons
Sunny	—	—
Partly Cloudy	Boosts all Rock type moves	—
Cloudy	No pros nor cons
Rainy	Boosts all super effective  Electric type moves	Boosts Lugia’s Hydro Pump
Windy	Boosted Lugia encounter	Boosts almost all Lugia’s moves
Fog	Boosts Dark moves	—
Snow	—

Sprites

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite