Mega Ampharos Raid Counters Guide

Mega Ampharos

Mega Ampharos is an Electric and Dragon type Mega Raid Boss. Optimal raid counters include powerful Dragon, Ground, Fairy, and Ice types, with a large variety available to help you win the bout easily. 

You cannot catch Ampharos in its mega evolved form from the raid. The Mega Raid Boss is always catchable in its base form and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Ampharos.

Ampharos can be caught with the following CP values:

• 1554 – 1630 CP at level 20, no weather boost
• 1943 – 2037 CP at level 25 with Rainy or Windy weather boost

Depending on your levels and counters, we would recommend 3-5 trainers who are high level, and more if you don’t have optimal teams. This guide will tell you how to beat this long-haired beauty of a Mega, as well as its optimal stats, moves, and CP range.

Mega Ampharos Best Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Eternatus	Dragon Tail	Dynamax Cannpn	35.01	7	265s
2.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	34.89	10	269s
3.	Mega Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	31.16	5	297s
4.	Black Kyurem	Dragon Tail	Freeze Shock	31.71	10	289s
5.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	29.91	6	309s
6.	Shadow Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	29.13	7	318s
7.	White Kyurem	Ice Fang	Ice Burn	29.14	11	317s
8.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	27.52	11	339s
9.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipide Blades	27.29	10	339s
10.	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	26.90	14	350s
11.	Shadow Palkia	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	27.98	20	339s
12.	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage	28.16	20	336s
13.	Shadow Dialga	Dragon Breath	Draco Meteor	26.76	13	342s
14.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	26.19	12	357s
15.	Origin Palkia	Dragon Tail	Spacial Rend	26.90	17	349s
16.	Origin Dialga	Dragon Breath	Roar of Time	25.68	10	356s
17.	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Outrage	27.21	18	347s
18.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Breaking Swipe	25.71	12	360s
19.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm	25.63	15	367s
20.	Haxorus	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	25.93	17	364s
21.	Regidrago	Dragon Breath	Dragon Energy	25.35	13	369s
22.	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	26.27	18	359s
23.	Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	24.41	7	379s
24.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	25.28	14	361s
25.	Mega Latias	Dragon Breath	Outrage	24.20	10	384s
26.	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	25.27	17	373s
27.	Dragapult	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	24.80	15	379s
28.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	25.02	15	366s
29.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	23.11	10	400s
30.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	23.71	12	389s

Mega Ampharos Overview

	Mega Ampharos ElectricDragon
Max CP	4799
ATK	294
DEF	203
HP	207
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Charge Beam Volt Switch
Charge moves	Thunder Thunder Punch Zap Cannon Dragon Pulse* Trailblaze Power Gem Brutal Swing Focus Blast

(*) Legacy move, only obtainable via Elite TMs or through special events

How to Get Mega Ampharos

In order to get Mega Ampharos, you will need 200 Mega Energy for the initial evolution.

You cannot catch Ampharos in its mega evolved form from the raid. The Mega Raid Boss is always catchable in its base form and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Ampharos.

Ampharos can be caught with the following CP values:

• 1554 – 1630 CP at level 20, no weather boost
• 1943 – 2037 CP at level 25 with Rainy or Windy weather boost

Once you Mega Evolve a Pokémon for the first time, Mega Energy will no longer be required for that specific Pokémon to Mega Evolve again. Instead, the Pokémon will become exhausted after its Mega Evolution and need to rest before being Mega Evolved again. In other words, there is now a cooldown period after you Mega Evolve a Pokémon.

You can level up your Mega Pokémon in order to decrease this cooldown period. You can use more energy to end the cooldown period early.

Shiny Ampharos and Mega Ampharos

Ampharos Sprite	Ampharos Shiny Sprite
Mega Ampharos Sprite	Mega Ampharos Shiny Sprite

All the best, trainers!