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	40.74	8	230s
2.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	36.40	5	254s
3.	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	39.24	10	240s
4.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	35.82	8	260s
5.	Mega Delphox	Fire Spin	Mystical Fire+	33.83	7	275s
6.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	38.10	19	245s
7.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down	Stone Edge	34.55	11	268s
8.	Incarnate Shadow Landorus	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	32.50	9	288s
9.	Shadow Gigalith	Lock-On	Meteor Beam	34.76	14	265s
10.	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	33.05	10	285s
11.	Shadow Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	34.54	15	266s
12.	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	32.80	13	289s
13.	Blacephalon	Incinerate	Mind Blown	30.67	8	304s
14.	Shadow Archeops	Wing Attack	Ancient Power	32.89	16	288s
15.	Mega Y Raichu	Thunder Shock	Zap Cannon+	32.39	17	295s
16.	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	31.24	11	300s
17.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	29.06	7	319s
18.	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	33.00	19	284s
19.	Shadow Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	29.51	11	318s
20.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	29.97	11	313s
21.	Therian Shadow Thundurus	Volt Switch	Wildbolt Storm	29.91	12	315s
22.	Shadow Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare	29.60	12	316s
23.	Shadow Crustle	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	30.34	15	312s
24.	Gigalith	Lock-On	Meteor Beam	30.17	13	307s
25.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Fly	28.55	9	326s

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
Pinsir	Pinsir

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
Mega Pinsir	Mega Pinsir

All the best, Trainers!