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 the hardest of the 3 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.

This pure Water type will be weak to Grass and Electric type Pokémon. One of the fastest ways to take down Mega Blastoise will be to use Pokémon such as Mega Venasaur, Shadow Electric types (Raikou, Magnezone, Zapdos), along with other strong Grass types such as Sceptile & Tangrowth.

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.

Blastoise can be caught with the following CP values:

• NON-BOOSTED: 1338 -1409 CP
  
• BOOSTED: 1673 -1761 CP
  

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

Fact Chart

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

Mega Blastoise Raid Counters

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Wild Charge Electric	735.78s	28.25
2.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	750.05s	25.50
3.	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	721.02s	35.75
4.	Raikou	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	776.78s	26.88
5.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	772.27s	31.75
6.	Roserade	Razor Leaf Grass	Grass Knot Grass	779.09s	34.25
7.	Sceptile	Bullet Seed Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	784.52s	34.25
8.	Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	769.08s	39.38
9.	Magnezone	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	816.37s	28.50
10.	Luxray	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	816.50s	35.00
11.	Exeggutor (Alola)	Bullet Seed Grass	Solar Beam Grass	869.27s	23.00
12.	Tapu Koko	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	837.35s	34.83
13.	Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	839.95s	34.14
14.	Mewtwo	Confusion Psychic	Thunderbolt Electric	844.58s	34.14
15.	Thundurus (Incarnate)	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunder Electric	835.95s	36.50
16.	Thundurus	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunder Electric	836.88s	36.33
17.	Torterra	Razor Leaf Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	853.81s	31.75
18.	Deoxys (Normal)	Charge Beam Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	778.18s	54.00
19.	Celebi	Magical Leaf Grass	Leaf Storm Grass	876.54s	26.25
20.	Breloom	Bullet Seed Grass	Grass Knot Grass	836.96s	38.00
21.	Jolteon	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	881.46s	26.50
22.	Porygon-Z	Lock-On Normal	Solar Beam Grass	859.13s	36.00
23.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	879.63s	28.17
24.	Manectric	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	847.84s	39.25
25.	Golem (Alola)	Volt Switch Electric	Wild Charge Electric	885.58s	33.00
26.	Exeggutor	Bullet Seed Grass	Solar Beam Grass	860.18s	36.25
27.	Leafeon	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	890.06s	29.25
28.	Latios	Dragon Breath Dragon	Solar Beam Grass	909.55s	30.00
29.	Zacian	Quick Attack Normal	Wild Charge Electric	927.03s	27.75
30.	Arcanine	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	940.08s	29.00
31.	Simisage	Vine Whip Grass	Grass Knot Grass	867.55s	39.00
32.	Victreebel	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	888.81s	37.00
33.	Zacian (Hero)	Snarl Dark	Wild Charge Electric	907.06s	32.50
34.	Tornadus (Incarnate)	Bite Dark	Grass Knot Grass	855.44s	50.00
35.	Shiftry	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	903.30s	36.00

I will be excluding Shadow Pokémon in this list due to their Stardust requirements and the unrealistic opportunity to own many good IV Shadow counters which the majority of trainers would not have access too.

However, if you do have the Shadow variant of these counters maxed out, then feel free to use them as they will have a much higher damage output than their standard form.

Mega Blastoise Moveset Analysis

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’