Metagross Raid Counters Guide

Metagross is a Tier 3 raid boss in Pokemon GO, with 25440 CP. The best Metagross counters are strong Fire, Ghost, and Ground Pokemon. Metagross can have the following CPs if caught after defeating the raid boss:

• 2078 – 2166 CP at level 20, no weather boost
• 2598 – 2708 CP at level 25, with Snow or Windy weather boost

The problem with Raid Boss Metagross is that it resists a huge number of move types. Be careful when picking counters and optimize your team before going in.

Metagross Raid Counters

Here are the best Metagross counters currently available in Pokémon GO:

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	98.16s	3.00
2.	Tyranitar (Mega)	Bite Dark	Brutal Swing Dark	100.70s	3.00
3.	Gengar (Mega)	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	92.42s	5.50
4.	Blaziken (Mega)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	95.37s	5.17
5.	Banette (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	99.61s	5.50
6.	Houndoom (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Foul Play Dark	111.46s	3.50
7.	Charizard (Mega X)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	109.12s	4.33
8.	Gyarados (Mega)	Bite Dark	Crunch Dark	124.85s	2.50
9.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	122.75s	3.67
10.	Absol (Mega)	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	115.98s	5.50
11.	Swampert (Mega)	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	128.21s	3.67
12.	Reshiram	Fire Fang Fire	Fusion Flare Fire	139.31s	4.50
13.	Alakazam (Mega)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Shadow Ball Ghost	138.70s	5.50
14.	Salamence (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Fire Blast Fire	153.89s	3.67
15.	Ampharos (Mega)	Charge Beam Electric	Brutal Swing Dark	150.12s	5.00
16.	Chandelure	Fire Spin Fire	Shadow Ball Ghost	147.76s	5.67
17.	Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	150.67s	5.17
18.	Heatran	Fire Spin Fire	Magma Storm Fire	158.70s	2.75
19.	Darmanitan	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	148.55s	5.67
20.	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	159.83s	4.67
21.	Giratina (Origin)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Force Ghost	156.77s	4.33
22.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Charge Beam Electric	Shadow Ball Ghost	151.50s	5.50
23.	Tyranitar	Bite Dark	Brutal Swing Dark	155.33s	4.83
24.	Darkrai	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	157.71s	4.25
25.	Manectric (Mega)	Snarl Dark	Overheat Fire	159.05s	4.50
26.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Bite Dark	Earth Power Ground	158.29s	5.40
27.	Hydreigon	Bite Dark	Brutal Swing Dark	158.31s	4.83
28.	Gholdengo	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	161.31s	4.83
29.	Darmanitan (Standard)	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	151.79s	6.00
30.	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	173.65s	3.00
31.	Volcarona	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	160.95s	5.20
32.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	165.03s	3.67
33.	Blastoise (Mega)	Bite Dark	Hydro Cannon Water	165.12s	5.00
34.	Moltres	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	164.38s	4.75
35.	Charizard	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	172.80s	4.50

A fairly diverse pool, notable additions include Victini, with its signature move V-Create making it the fourth-best Fire type in the game at the time of writing, and the addition of both forms of Mega Charizard, most of all Mega Charizard Y with an insane Attack stat of 319. Absent from this list is the previous top attacker for Metagross raids, being Moltres, in lieu of a stronger Ground type presence that is more accessible than some of the legendaries on this list.

When attempting a solo, Gengar as a glass cannon would be handy, and a healthy mix of any of the legendary Pokemon on the list should do just fine.

Metagross Move Sets

Metagross’ move pool consists of the following:

Weather Influence