Mega Pinsir Raid Guide

Mega Pinsir

Mega Pinsir is a Bug/Flying type Mega Raid Boss in Pokémon GO. Due to its 2x weakness to the Rock type, the best counters for Mega Pinsir are strong Rock type Pokémon. In addition, it is also weak to the Electric, Fire, Flying, and Ice types. Due to its slew of common weaknesses, it’s easy to find counters in your collection.

Around 2-5 Trainers with strong and high-level Pokémon can take down Mega Pinsir with relative ease, no matter what the weather in the game is like. This write-up will serve as a comprehensive guide to successfully beating Mega Pinsir in the raid.

Mega Pinsir Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	38.28	9	245s
2.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	34.34	6	270s
3.	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	36.74	12	257s
4.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	33.71	9	278s
5.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	35.48	22	263s
6.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	32.27	12	287s
7.	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	31.05	12	304s
8.	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	30.77	15	308s
9.	Shadow Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	31.91	17	286s
10.	Shadow Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	31.22	15	294s
11.	Shadow Archeops	Wing Attack	Ancient Power	30.76	18	309s
12.	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	29.29	12	320s
13.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	27.39	8	339s
14.	Shadow Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	27.82	12	337s
15.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	28.17	12	334s
16.	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	30.69	22	305s
17.	Shadow Crustle	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	28.48	17	333s
18.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	26.36	11	354s
19.	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	34.09	16	329s
20.	Mega Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	25.41	7	363s
21.	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	29.29	21	312s
22.	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	27.27	15	339s
23.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	25.44	9	364s
24.	Incarnate Landorus	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	25.52	11	366s
25.	Standard Shadow Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	27.60	21	346s
26.	Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Rock Blast	27.73	20	343s
27.	Alola Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Rock Blast	27.73	20	343s
28.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack	25.15	11	271s
29.	White Kyurem	Ice Fang	Ice Burn	26.47	16	356s
30.	Mega Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	25.45	10	361s

How to Get Mega Pinsir

You cannot catch Pinsir 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 Pinsir.

Pinsir can be caught with the following CP values:

• 1613 – 1690 CP at level 20, no weather boost
• 2016 – 2113 CP at level 25 with Rainy weather boost

To get Mega Pinsir you will need to gather 200 Mega Energy to evolve your Pinsir. Once you have evolved a Pinsir 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 Pinsir you evolve will cost 200 Mega Energy.

Mega Pinsir Overview

Mega Pinsir BugFlying
Max CP	4728
ATK	305
DEF	231
HP	163
Weak to	x2
Resists
Fast moves	Fury Cutter Bug Bite Counter
Charge moves	X-Scissor Superpower Close Combat  Submission* Vise Grip

*denotes a Legacy Move, only obtainable by an Elite Charged TM.

Sprites

Pinsir can be shiny both in the wild, and from a Mega Raid. It is a fantastic bright blue shiny, with golden yellow horns.

Regular Pinsir Sprite	Shiny Pinsir Sprite

To get shiny Mega Pinsir, you will need to evolve a shiny Pinsir. It retains the same bright blue of the normal Pinsir shiny, and the same yellow horns.

Regular Mega Pinsir Sprite	Shiny Mega Pinsir Sprite

All the best, Trainers!