Mega Garchomp Raid Counters Guide

Learn how to defeat Mega Garchomp, including best counters for duo and trio raids.

November 19, 2025

Artwork of Mega Garchomp from Pokémon GO

Mega Garchomp is a Dragon and Ground type Mega Raid boss. Best Mega Garchomp raid counters include powerful Ice types, as it has a double weakness to them, along with Dragon and Fairy types, with a mixed range of different counters available to help you defeat it.

Around 3-5 Trainers with strong and high-level Pokémon can take down Mega Garchomp in the right weather conditions in the game. This write-up will serve as a comprehensive guide to successfully beating Mega Garchomp in the raid.

Mega Garchomp Raid Counters

The best counters for Mega Garchomp are the following Pokémon:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	White Kyurem	Ice Fang	Ice Burn	41.58	15	231s
2.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	32.13	11	293s
3.	Black Kyurem	Dragon Tail	Freeze Shock	33.95	19	277s
4.	Mega Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	29.23	18	326s
5.	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Triple Axel	28.72	14	324s
6.	Shadow Articuno	Frost Breath	Triple Axel	27.82	13	332s
7.	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	29.33	27	314s
8.	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	28.98	25	332s
9.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	28.785	25	334s
10.	Mega Abomasnow	Ppwder Snow	Weather Ball	27.25	17	323s
11.	Eternatus	Dragon Tail	Dynamax Cannon	27.29	23	337s
12.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	25.19	12	366s
13.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	27.23	25	345s
14.	Cetitan	Ice Shard	Avalanche	25.93	22	362s
15.	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	27.07	28	349s
16.	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	28.44	34	335s
17.	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage	25.28	21	361s
18.	Shadow Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	26.25	27	367s
19.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	25.40	24	377s
20.	Glaceon	Frost Breath	Avalanche	25.87	28	366s
21.	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Outrage	24.78	19	376s
22.	Articuno	Frost Breath	Triple Axel	23.61	13	393s
23.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Blizzard	23.60	17	397s
24.	Shadow Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	26.42	32	358s
25.	Shadow Walrein	Frost Breath	Icicle Spear	25.24	27	383s
26.	Shadow Aurorus	Frost Breath	Weather Ball	26.03	30	362s
27.	Avalugg	Ice Fang	Avalanche	24.09	20	391s
28.	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	24.04	19	390s
29.	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	25.78	33	361s
30.	Shadow Regice	Frost Breath	Blizzard	23.75	22	395s

It is strongly recommended to use mega-evolved Pokémon not just because of their inherent raw power, but also for the added bonus in damage output by all types that are super-effective against Mega Garchomp.

How to get Mega Garchomp in Pokémon GO

You cannot catch Garchomp 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 Garchomp.

Garchomp can be caught with the following CP values:

2174 – 2264 CP at level 20, no weather boost
2718 – 2830 CP at level 25 with Windy or Sunny weather boost

To get Mega Garchomp, you will need to gather 300 Mega Energy to evolve your Garchomp. Once you have evolved a Garchomp, you can use 40 Mega Energy to evolve it again, or you can wait for the cooldown period to end for a free Mega Evolution. There are different levels for Mega Pokémon, and the higher the level, the quicker the cooldown. Each new Mega Garchomp you evolve will cost 300 Mega Energy. You can walk any Gible, Gabite, or Garchomp for the chance to gain Mega Energy.

Mega Garchomp Overview

	Mega Garchomp DragonGround
Max CP	6132
ATK	339
DEF	222
HP	239
Weak to	x2
Resists
Fast moves	Dragon Tail Mud Shot
Charge moves	Outrage Breaking Swipe Earthquake Earth Power* Sand Tomb Fire Blast

*Only obtainable via Elite TM.

Mega Garchomp Family Sprites

Garchomp may have a notoriously lacklustre shiny, but Mega Garchomp more than makes up for it! Shiny Garchomp will be encounterable from the raid like all Mega Pokémon.