Mega Venusaur Raid Counters Guide

Mega Venusaur is one of the first mega raid bosses introduced in Pokémon GO. Its best counters are strong Psychic types and Fire types such as Mewtwo, Mega Charizard X and Y, Reshiram, Moltres, Chandelure and Latios.

Mega Venusaur can be duoed with powered up Psystrike Mewtwos in any weather and/or powered up Fire types in Sunny weather, but it is very difficult if you don’t use a mega Pokémon yourself. The safest and fastest way to achieve the duo is to use Mega Charizard Y in Sunny weather followed by Psystrike Mewtwos and other strong Fire types such as Reshiram and Moltres.

Other than that, 5-7 trainers with strong counters should be able to take down Mega Venusaur fairly easily, regardless of weather.

In this guide we will cover the strongest Mega Venusaur counters, the best strategy on how to defeat it, and what CPs you can get when catching a strong Venusaur.

Note: Megas are not catchable from mega raids. The following CP values are for a regular Venusaur.

Venusaur can be caught with the following CP values:

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

Best Mega Venusaur Raid Counters

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	453.03s	14.67
2.	Blaziken (Mega)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	448.22s	22.33
3.	Alakazam (Mega)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psychic Psychic	451.57s	31.33
4.	Latios (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	483.63s	18.83
5.	Charizard (Mega X)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	522.69s	16.67
6.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	507.62s	33.00
7.	Latias (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	557.66s	18.17
8.	Pidgeot (Mega)	Wing Attack Flying	Brave Bird Flying	543.50s	26.00
9.	Houndoom (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Flamethrower Fire	560.35s	25.83
10.	Abomasnow (Mega)	Powder Snow Ice	Weather Ball Ice	635.70s	27.83
11.	Mewtwo	Confusion Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	620.37s	33.83
12.	Reshiram	Fire Fang Fire	Fusion Flare Fire	658.79s	19.17
13.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Psychic Psychic	650.20s	24.83
14.	Glalie (Mega)	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	643.48s	40.50
15.	Slowbro (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	671.48s	34.20
16.	Salamence (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Draco Meteor Dragon	730.32s	19.00
17.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	675.35s	41.17
18.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Fire Punch Fire	726.82s	24.33
19.	Moltres	Fire Spin Fire	Sky Attack Flying	746.32s	24.33
20.	Honchkrow	Peck Flying	Sky Attack Flying	729.70s	48.00
21.	Darmanitan	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	711.39s	36.50
22.	Darmanitan (Standard)	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	709.73s	36.50
23.	Lunala	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	750.93s	27.60
24.	Blaziken	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	736.85s	46.00
25.	Entei	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	776.06s	22.00
26.	Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	758.56s	28.67
27.	Chandelure	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	741.54s	29.00
28.	Articuno (Galarian)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	763.03s	27.75
29.	Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	795.00s	20.00
30.	Ho-Oh	Incinerate Fire	Brave Bird Flying	810.95s	18.00
31.	Metagross	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	797.45s	18.00

Mewtwo and Mega Charizard Y are so strong against Mega Venusaur, and have been around so long, that most trainers will have them powered up. These make great choices to use in your team, along with other strong Fire types like Mega Blaziken. To put this into perspective, Psystrike Mewtwo in neutral weather is stronger than even Reshiram in Sunny weather.

Confusion is slightly stronger than Psycho Cut on Mewtwo, but in practice having Psycho Cut will prove to be way more handy since it makes dodging so much easier. Mega Venusaur has a relatively high attack stat and has access to powerful charge moves, so being able to dodge easily with Mewtwo is important to get the most use out of it.

Mega Charizard Y with Blast Burn is the only non-shadow Pokémon that dishes out more damage than Psystrike Mewtwo to Mega Venusaur. It is a more reliable counter as well since it double resists Grass. In Sunny weather, the damage is boosted to ridiculous levels.

As you can see, Fire types dominate in Mega Venusaur raids, even without Sunny weather. Besides Mewtwo, Psychic types should only be used in Windy weather to get the damage boost.

Fact Chart

Venusaur (Mega) GrassPoison
Max CP 3698
ATK 241		DEF 246		HP 190
Weak to			Strong Against
Psychic Fire Flying Ice			Fairy Water Ground Rock Grass

Disclaimer: Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article.

Mega Venusaur Moveset Analysis

Mega Venusaur can have the following moves in a raid battle and when captured as its base form:

• Petal Blizzard is the easiest charge move to go up against since it is a one bar move and much weaker than Solar Beam.
• Solar Beam is also a one bar move but is very strong, especially in Sunny weather. However, it is easy to dodge.
• Sludge Bomb is the most difficult by far since it is a two bar move, hits most counters neutrally and is hard to dodge.
• Vine Whip is considerably weaker than Razor Leaf, making it the easier fast move to go up against.