Mega Pinsir Raid Guide

Pinsir (Mega)

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.

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

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 Raid Counters

The best counters for Mega Pinsir are the following:

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Rayquaza (Mega)	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	262s	6
2.	Diancie (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	234s	11
3.	Rhyperior (Shadow)	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock	239s	15
4.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	266s	10
5.	Rhyperior	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock	285s	15
6.	Tyranitar (Mega)	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	273s	18
7.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	328s	9
8.	Salamence (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Fly Flying	354s	8
9.	Rampardos (Shadow)	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	249s	29
10.	Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	289s	18
11.	Gigalith (Shadow)	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	279s	21
12.	Salamence (Shadow)	Fire Fang Fire	Fly Flying	323s	13
13.	Archeops (Shadow)	Wing Attack Flying	Ancient Power Rock	286s	21
14.	Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	301s	17
15.	Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	341s	11
16.	Blaziken (Mega)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	317s	15
17.	Chandelure (Shadow)	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	354s	10
18.	Landorus (Incarnate)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	353s	11
19.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	281s	28
20.	Moltres (Shadow)	Fire Spin Fire	Sky Attack Flying	357s	12
21.	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	314s	21
22.	Aggron (Mega)	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	350s	15
23.	Gigalith	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	323s	20
24.	Ho-Oh (Shadow)	Incinerate Fire	Brave Bird Flying	395s	10
25.	Ho-Oh (Apex Shadow)	Incinerate Fire	Brave Bird Flying	395s	10
26.	Zapdos (Shadow)	Thunder Shock Electric	Ancient Power Rock	365s	14
27.	Kyurem (White)	Ice Fang Ice	Ice Burn Ice	334s	19
28.	Darmanitan (Standard Shadow)	Fire Fang Fire	Rock Slide Rock	321s	23
29.	Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	345s	18
30.	Blacephalon	Incinerate Fire	Mystical Fire Fire	383s	12

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 Pinsir.

How to get Mega Pinsir

Pokémon	Cost to mega evolve	Mega Evolution
Pinsir	200/40× Pinsir Mega Energy	Pinsir (Mega)

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.

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.

Shiny 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

Stats and Max CP

Pinsir (Mega) BugFlying
Max CP at Level 40 4182 | Max CP at Level 50 4728
ATK 305		DEF 231		HP 163
Weaknesses			Resistances
Rockx2 Electric Fire Flying Ice			Groundx3 Fightingx2 Grassx2 Bug

Mega Pinsir Movepool

All the best, trainers!