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 Y Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Future Sight+	42.86	7	218s
2.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	36.84	5	251s
3.	Mega X Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	36.39	9	258s
4.	Mega Delphox	Fire Spin	Mystical Fire+	34.07	8	274s
5.	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	32.18	15	296s
6.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	30.56	12	308s
7.	Shadow Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare	29.91	8	311s
8.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	29.72	7	312s
9.	Shadow Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	29.27	10	320s
10.	Mega Skarmory	Air Slash	Drill Peck+	28.30	6	325s
11.	Blacephalon	Incinerate	Mind Blown	30.33	15	313s
12.	White Kyurem	Ice Fang	Ice Burn	28.71	9	324s
13.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Fly	28.87	9	323s
14.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	28.19	8	330s
15.	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Psychic	29.71	17	321s
16.	Mega Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	26.95	6	342s
17.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	27.00	9	344s
18.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm	26.44	6	349s
19.	Shadow Toucannon	Peck	Beak Blast	27.85	18	343s
20.	Mega Gallade	Confusion	Psychic	27.17	15	348s
21.	Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike	27.12	15	349s
22.	Black Kyurem	Dragon Tail	Freeze Shock	26.16	10	356s
23.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	27.06	18	353s
24.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	25.31	8	366s
25.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	25.77	14	365s

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	Venusaur	Venusaur
Female	Venusaur	Venusaur

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

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Mega Venusaur	Mega Venusaur