Mega Sharpedo Raid Counters Guide

April 22, 2026

Artwork of Mega Sharpedo from Pokémon GO

Mega Sharpedo is a Dark and Water type Mega Raid boss. Optimal raid counters will include powerful Electric Grass Fighting Bug and Fairy types, with quite a broad range of different counters available to help you defeat it.

Sharpedo can be caught in the following CP ranges:

1786 CP to 1870 CP, with no weather boost
2233 CP to 2338 CP with Rainy and Fog weather boost

Depending on your levels and counters, we would recommend 2-5 trainers who are high level, and more if you don’t have optimal teams. This guide will tell you how to beat Mega Sharpedo, as well as its optimal stats, moves, and CP range.

Best Mega Sharpedo Counters

Let’s check out the top raid counters for Mega Sharpedo:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm	Aura Sphere	46.92	7	195s
2.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant	43.09	9	220s
3.	Resolute Keldeo	Low Kick	Secret Sword	41.45	7	225s
4.	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Aura Sphere	40.80	11	211s
5.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Megahorn	37.10	8	249s
6.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	35.11	8	266s
7.	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	36.53	13	259s
8.	Kartana	Fury Cutter	Leaf Blade	36.52	13	260s
9.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Aura Sphere	36.51	13	257s
10.	Therian Shadow Thundurus	Volt Switch	Wildbolt Storm	37.11	16	245s
11.	Shadow Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	35.31	12	262s
12.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Aura Sphere	34.39	10	273s
13.	Lucario	Force Palm	Aura Sphere	35.30	11	255s
14.	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt	33.63	9	277s
15.	Shadow Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant	33.84	11	278s
16.	Ordinary Keldeo	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	33.26	9	281s
17.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant	33.21	9	282s
18.	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant	35.85	18	271s
19.	Mega Latias	Charm	Aura Sphere	33.03	9	284s
20.	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Aura Sphere	36.56	17	241s
21.	Sky Shaymin	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	33.62	12	282s
22.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	35.01	16	269s
23.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	34.59	15	271s
24.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword	33.23	10	269s
25.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock	Thunderbolt	33.17	15	278s
26.	Hisuian Decidueye	Magical Leaf	Aura Sphere	31.98	11	295s
27.	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant	32.97	14	288s
28.	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	31.60	8	295ss
29.	Rapid Strike Urshifu	Counter	Dynamic Punch	31.68	9	295s
30.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	32.83	14	290s

How to Get Mega Sharpedo

You cannot catch Sharpedo 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 Sharpedo.

Sharpedo can be caught with the following CP values:

1786 CP to 1870 CP, with no weather boost
2233 CP to 2338 CP, with Rainy and Fog weather boost

In order to get Mega Sharpedo, you will need 200 Mega Energy for the initial evolution, then 40 Mega Energy to evolve the same Sharpedo again in the future. Mega Energy can be obtained via Mega Sharpedo Raids, and once you have evolved Mega Sharpedo, you can earn 5 Mega Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy. You can walk any Carvanha or Sharpedo to earn Mega Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Mega Pokédex.

Sharpedo Shiny

Like all Mega Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Sharpedo from a raid, and also in the wild potentially, if you can find it! Both Sharpedo and Mega Sharpedo are fantastic purple shinies!