Mega Pidgeot Raid Guide

Pidgeot (Mega)

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. 

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.

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Xurkitree	Spark Electric	Discharge Electric	478.76s	20.38
2.	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	535.23s	20.50
3.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Wild Charge Electric	549.28s	16.75
4.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	524.48s	29.00
5.	Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	573.46s	22.63
6.	Rhyperior	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock	587.66s	18.38
7.	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	583.04s	21.63
8.	Raikou	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	592.08s	19.25
9.	Magnezone	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	611.52s	14.13
10.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	611.90s	20.25
11.	Luxray	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	607.39s	23.25
12.	Gigalith	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	613.63s	21.43
13.	Darmanitan (Galarian Standard)	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice	572.90s	36.86
14.	Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	594.97s	30.13
15.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow Ice	Avalanche Ice	592.24s	33.17
16.	Tapu Koko	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	627.09s	26.00
17.	Thundurus (Incarnate)	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunder Electric	635.00s	25.17
18.	Tyranitar	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	643.28s	20.60
19.	Thundurus	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunder Electric	634.98s	25.33
20.	Deoxys (Normal)	Charge Beam Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	579.17s	48.00
21.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Thunderbolt Electric	622.83s	30.00
22.	Golem (Alola)	Rock Throw Rock	Wild Charge Electric	661.46s	18.00
23.	Aurorus	Rock Throw Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	645.30s	25.00

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.

There really isn’t any need to have Mega Pidgeot counters outside of Zekrom, Rhyperior, Rampardos and Electivire.

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.

Disclaimer: 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.

Best Mega Pokémon to use against Mega Pidgeot

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Manectric (Mega)	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	380.90s	16.63
2.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	403.72s	15.00
3.	Ampharos (Mega)	Volt Switch Electric	Zap Cannon Electric	441.57s	14.38
4.	Glalie (Mega)	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	465.27s	29.50

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:

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

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