Mega Pidgeot Raid Guide

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Mega Pidgeot is a Mega Raid boss in Pokémon GO. Best Mega Pidgeot counters are strong Rock types and Electric types such as Rampardos, Rhyperior, Terrakion, Zekrom, Raikou, Electivire, Magnezone and Zapdos.

In this guide we will cover the strongest Mega Pidgeot counters, the best strategy on how to defeat it, and what CPs you can get when catching a strong Pidgeot.

Pidgeot can be caught with the following CP values:

1151 – 1216 CP at level 20, no weather boost
1439 – 1521 CP at level 25 with Windy or Partly Cloudy weather boost

3-5 trainers with strong counters should be able to take down Mega Pidgeot without much of an issue, regardless of weather.

Note: Mega Pokémon are not catch-able from Mega Raids. You will instead encounter a normal Pidgeot, which can be shiny!

Mega Pidgeot Counters

List of counters for the Mega Pidgeot Raid Boss in Pokémon GO, including best Pokémon to defeat it, highest DPS attackers, and moves to use. Learn which Pokémon are the best choice to beat this raid boss.

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Rampardos (Shadow)	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	17	261s
2.	Rhyperior (Shadow)	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock	11	294s
3.	Diancie (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	13	284s
4.	Magnezone (Shadow)	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	9	310s
5.	Raikou (Shadow)	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	11	295s
6.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock Electric	Discharge Electric	13	291s
7.	Electivire (Shadow)	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	15	288s
8.	Rayquaza (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Dragon Ascent Flying	13	295s
9.	Tyranitar (Mega)	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	8	329s
10.	Manectric (Mega)	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	13	301s
11.	Zapdos (Shadow)	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	12	303s
12.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Fusion Bolt Electric	10	320s
13.	Mamoswine (Shadow)	Powder Snow Ice	Avalanche Ice	20	283s
14.	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch Electric	Wildbolt Storm Electric	13	311s
15.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	11	321s
16.	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Rollout Rock	Wild Charge Electric	10	337s
17.	Luxray (Shadow)	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	16	307s
18.	Tyranitar (Shadow)	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	12	333s
19.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	17	316s
20.	Aggron (Shadow)	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	9	364s
21.	Mewtwo (Shadow)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Thunderbolt Electric	20	314s
22.	Ampharos (Mega)	Volt Switch Electric	Zap Cannon Electric	11	351s
23.	Rhyperior	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock	11	356s
24.	Magnezone	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	9	371s
25.	Weavile (Shadow)	Ice Shard Ice	Avalanche Ice	25	307s
26.	Raikou	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	12	354s
27.	Manectric (Shadow)	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	22	323s
28.	Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	15	345s
29.	Darmanitan (Galarian Standard)	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice	24	319s
30.	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Sunsteel Strike Steel	11	369s

Xurkitree is the fastest Mega Pidgeot counter, but it does faint a lot, and it’s a glass cannon at best. If you have one, use it, otherwise stick to Zekrom and Rock-types.

Zekrom has the perfect combination of bulk and power. It resists everything Mega Pidgeot has to offer and does tons of damage with its Electric moves. It dominates the field even more in Rainy weather.

Rhyperior is much more on the bulky side than Rampardos, but with its Community Day move Rock Wrecker, it still dishes out very high damage, which makes it more reliable overall.

One thing to note is Mega Pidgeot has a very high Attack stat, so Rampardos wouldn’t survive long against it, despite it resisting most of its moves. Rhyperior is boosted in Partly Cloudy weather.

Those four have enough power to defeat Mega Pidgeot with ease. Rampardos lacks survivability, but it technically does the most damage of everything on this list since it has the highest Attack stat.

Mega Pidgeot Duo

Mega Pidgeot can be duoed fairly easily with powered up Rock types and/or Electric types, regardless of weather. The safest, fastest and least costly way to achieve the duo is to use Rock Wrecker Rhyperior and/or Rampardos in Partly Cloudy weather.

Zekrom and its fellow Electric types dominate in Rainy weather, but those are much more costly to power up overall.

Mega Pidgeot Moveset Analysis

Mega Pidgeot can have the following moves in a raid battle and when captured as its base form:

Fast Moves	Charge Moves
Air Slash Flying Steel Wing Steel	Hurricane Flying Aerial Ace Flying Brave Bird Flying

Hurricane is arguably the easiest charge move to go up against since it is a one bar move like Brave Bird, yet has 20 less base power. It is hard to dodge though.

Aerial Ace is on the weak side but it is a three-bar move, which makes it very spammy and annoying to deal with.

Brave Bird is really hard to dodge and is strong, which makes it the hardest charge move to challenge by far.

Air Slash is resisted by most of Mega Pidgeot’s counters, which makes it the easier fast move to go up against.

Steel Wing is super effective against Rock types and Ice types, which makes it much less desirable to face than Air Slash.

Mega Pidgeot Fact Chart

Max CP 3680
Pidgeot (Mega) NormalFlying
ATK 280	DEF 175		HP 195
Weak to		Strong Against
Rock Electric Ice		Grass Fighting Bug

How to get Mega Pidgeot

In order to get Mega Pidgeot you will need 100 Mega Energy for the initial evolution, then 20 Mega Energy to evolve the same Pidgeot again in the future. Mega Energy can be obtained via Mega Pidgeot Raids, and once you have evolved Mega Pidgeot, you can earn 5 Mega Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy. You can walk any Pidgey, Pidgeotto or Pidgeot to earn Mega Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Mega Pokédex.