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 Cannon	37.24	6	249s
2.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	37.10	9	253s
3.	Mega Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	33.08	4	280s
4.	Black Kyurem	Dragon Tail	Freeze Shock	33.95	9	270s
5.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	31.76	5	290s
6.	Shadow Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	30.97	6	299s
7.	Shadow Haxorus	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	32.57	15	290s
8.	White Kyurem	Ice Fang	Ice Burn	31.11	10	298s
9.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	29.32	10	317s
10.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	29.05	9	318s
11.	Shadow Palkia	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	30.08	17	315s
12.	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage	30.18	17	313s
13.	Shadow Dialga	Dragon Breath	Draco Meteor	28.60	11	320s
14.	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	28.64	13	328s
15.	Mega Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	28.26	11	330s
16.	Shadow Reshiram	Dragon Breath	Draco Meteor	28.66	12	323s
17.	Origin Palkia	Dragon Tail	Spacial Rend	28.81	15	326s
18.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	27.80	10	336s
19.	Mega Y Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	28.00	12	335s
20.	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Glaive Rush	28.43	13	325s
21.	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Outrage	29.09	16	324s
22.	Origin Dialga	Dragon Breath	Roar of Time	27.37	9	335s
23.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Breaking Swipe	27.36	11	339s
24.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm	27.29	13	344s
25.	Mega X Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	27.07	12	346s

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

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Ampharos	Ampharos
Mega Ampharos	Mega Ampharos

All the best, trainers!