Mega Venusaur Raid Counters Guide

Mega Venusaur

Mega Venusaur is a Grass/Poison-type Mega Raid Boss in Pokémon GO. Top counters include strong Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-type Pokémon.

Note: You cannot catch Mega Venusaur in its Mega form. After the raid, you’ll encounter a regular Venusaur, and the following CP values apply to the base form:

• 1480 – 1554 CP at level 20, no weather boost
• 1851 – 1943 CP at level 25 with Sunny or Cloudy weather boost

For an efficient win, we recommend 3–6 high-level trainers with strong counters. If your team is lower-level or lacks ideal Pokémon, bring additional friends to ensure success.

This guide covers everything you need to defeat Mega Venusaur: best counters, CP values, optimal moves, and more.

Mega Venusaur Best Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	32.24	6	288s
2.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	25.78	10	361s
3.	Shadow Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	25.90	13	362s
4.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	26.44	18	361s
5.	White Kyurem	Ice Fang	Ice Burn	25.19	13	373s
6.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike	27.31	25	355s
7.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	24.64	11	378s
8.	Mega Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	23.91	8	387s
9.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm	23.41	10	397s
10.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack	23.59	14	397s
11.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	23.40	14	401s
12.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic	24.91	29	392s
13.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare	22.16	11	419s
14.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	22.28	12	418s
15.	Black Kyurem	Dragon Tail	Freeze Shock	22.50	15	417s
16.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike	23.51	24	409s
17.	Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	21.67	13	431s
18.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	21.77	16	431s
19.	Mega Gallade	Confusion	Psychic	23.23	25	414s
20.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Brave Bird	21.36	11	434s
21.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Brave Bird	21.36	11	434s
22.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	22.57	20	421s
23.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	22.01	17	428s
24.	Apex Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Aeroblast+	21.07	12	441s
25.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	22.98	28	421s
26.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	22.49	26	427s
27.	Galarian Articuno	Psycho Cut	Fly	21.23	18	444s
28.	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	22.73	29	427s
29.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Psycho Cut	Sunsteel Strike	20.62	13	451s
30.	Shadow Emboar	Ember	Blast Burn	22.03	26	437s

Mega Venusaur Overview

Mega Venusaur is a powerful Pokémon that hits hard and is quite bulky, making it challenging to beat. Thankfully, many of your counters resist this raid boss’ strongest attacks. As such, creating an optimal team would help you get the job done without breaking much of a sweat.

	Mega Venusaur GrassPoison
Max CP	4181
ATK	241
DEF	246
HP	190
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Vine Whip Razor Leaf
Charge moves	Solar Beam Petal Blizzard Frenzy Plant* Sludge Bomb

(*) Legacy move, only obtainable via Elite TMs or through special events

How to Get Mega Venusaur

In order to get Mega Venusaur, you will need 200 Mega Energy for the initial evolution.

Once you Mega Evolve a Pokémon for the first time, Mega Energy will no longer be required for that specific Pokémon to Mega Evolve again. Instead, the Pokémon will become exhausted after its Mega Evolution and need to rest before being Mega Evolved again. In other words, there is now a cooldown period after you Mega Evolve a Pokémon.

You can level up your Mega Pokémon in order to decrease this cooldown period. You can use more energy to end the cooldown period early.

Shiny Venusaur & Mega Venusaur

Like all Mega Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Venusaur from a raid. The male and female Venusaur are slightly different, with the female version has a bulb on top of their flower, while the male does not.

	Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Male
Female

On the other hand, Mega Venusaur looks the same whether it’s a male or a female.

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite