Mega Blastoise Raid Counters Guide

Mega Blastoise made its debut as one of the first Mega Pokémon introduced into Pokémon GO. As of now, it is quite a tanky Mega raid bosses and takes on average 4-5 trainers to complete. Mega Blastoise can be duo’d with 2 highly experienced trainers using top tier counters, however, this is not recommended unless you are sure you can complete it.

This pure Water type will be weak to Grass and Electric type Pokémon.

Keep in mind that if you have the opportunity to battle Mega Blastoise in either Clear or Rainy weather, you will be granted with a 20% damage increase which can greatly aid you in battle.

In this guide, we will be diving into the strongest Mega Blastoise counters, tips on how to defeat it and helpful facts about Mega Blastoise.

With that being said, let’s dive straight into it!

Mega Blastoise Raid Counters

Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article.

That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.

Let’s check out the top raid counters for Mega Blastoise:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Sceptile (Mega)	Bullet Seed Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	488.42s	31.25
2.	Manectric (Mega)	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	524.83s	28.63
3.	Venusaur (Mega)	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	566.22s	22.75
4.	Ampharos (Mega)	Volt Switch Electric	Zap Cannon Electric	594.13s	24.13
5.	Kartana	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	624.81s	28.25
6.	Latios (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Solar Beam Grass	677.21s	26.38
7.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock Electric	Discharge Electric	663.40s	35.50
8.	Gengar (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	671.24s	34.13
9.	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	688.59s	31.17
10.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Solar Beam Grass	735.42s	20.33
11.	Abomasnow (Mega)	Razor Leaf Grass	Energy Ball Grass	709.84s	27.13
12.	Alakazam (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	690.41s	35.88
13.	Blaziken (Mega)	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	738.10s	26.33
14.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	721.45s	28.88
15.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Fusion Bolt Electric	727.68s	28.88
16.	Salamence (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Draco Meteor Dragon	739.28s	25.00
17.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	749.97s	25.75
18.	Banette (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	732.38s	38.25
19.	Raikou	Volt Switch Electric	Wild Charge Electric	776.32s	27.13
20.	Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	754.11s	34.83
21.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	772.34s	31.50
22.	Houndoom (Mega)	Snarl Dark	Foul Play Dark	833.78s	24.25
23.	Magnezone	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	814.96s	25.86
24.	Roserade	Razor Leaf Grass	Grass Knot Grass	778.18s	34.25
25.	Beedrill (Mega)	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	782.09s	40.00
26.	Absol (Mega)	Snarl Dark	Thunder Electric	790.65s	33.00
27.	Sceptile	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	780.50s	35.14
28.	Latias (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Psychic Psychic	827.20s	24.25
29.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed Grass	Grass Knot Grass	797.38s	32.50
30.	Luxray	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	807.04s	30.25
31.	Pidgeot (Mega)	Wing Attack Flying	Brave Bird Flying	805.72s	34.33
32.	Vikavolt	Spark Electric	Discharge Electric	814.39s	31.50
33.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Thunderbolt Electric	834.09s	34.67
34.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	833.84s	26.33
35.	Gyarados (Mega)	Bite Dark	Crunch Dark	936.48s	19.00

How to get Mega Blastoise

You cannot catch Blastoise 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 Blastoise.

Blastoise can be caught with the following CP values:

• 1338 –1409 CP at level 20, no weather boost
  
• 1673 –1761 CP at level 25 with Rainy weather boost

In order to get Mega Blastoise you will need 200 Mega Energy for the initial evolution, then 40 Mega Energy to evolve the same Blastoise again in the future. If you wait for their ‘cooldown’ period to end, Mega Evolution is free. This cooldown period is shorter the higher mega level your Mega Pokémon is. Mega Energy can be obtained via Mega Blastoise Raids, and once you have evolved Mega Blastoise, you can earn 5 Mega Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy. You can walk any Squirtle, Wartortle or Blastoise to earn Mega Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Mega Pokédex.

Shiny Blastoise

Like all Mega Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Blastoise from a raid.

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite

Mega Blastoise Stats

Blastoise (Mega) Water
Max CP at lvl 40 3941 at lvl 50 4455
ATK 264		DEF 237		HP 188
Weak to			Strong Against
Grass Electric			Ground Rock Fire

Mega Blastoise Moveset Analysis

*Denotes a legacy move only available via Elite TM.

Make sure to watch out for Ice Beam when using Grass type counters as it will almost certainly take down your Pokémon in one hit. A good indicator to tell what Charge Move Mega Blastoise and any raid boss will have is to pay attention to the ‘recommended’ Pokémon the game provides you with when entering a raid lobby.

If the game gives you only Electric types and no Grass users, then Mega Blastoise will have Ice Beam. Hydro Pump also has the ability to one shot an Electric type user if you do not perform a dodge to avoid the damage output.

Parting Words

Keep in mind that the Mega Energy needed to Mega evolve a Pokémon decreases with each evolution. This will only work with each individual Pokémon so be sure to Mega evolve your best IV Pokémon to have a discount for further use in future battles.

Good luck taking down Mega Blastoise in raids trainers!
-Adam ‘Avrip’