Mewtwo is a legendary raid boss available from Tier 5 legendary raids. Mewtwo has been released in raids with two separate Raid Boss CPs; one for regular Tier 5 raids and one for what is known as “Tier 5+”. Those CP values are 54148 and 66318 respectively.
Mewtwo can be caught with the following CP values:
- 2294 – 2387 CP (no weather boost, 100% Mewtwo at Level 20)
- 2868 – 2984 CP (windy weather, 100% IV Mewtwo at Level 25)
Mewtwo is a pure Psychic type and is weak to Dark, Bug and Ghost type attacks. Mewtwo can be defeated with a minimum of three players with optimal counters with 5-7 players ideal for easy completion or completion at lower trainer levels.
Best Mewtwo Counters
Here are the best Pokémon to use against a Mewtwo raid boss. Being weak to three different types, Mewtwo’s counters table is diverse, and shows the strongest Pokemon to use against the raid boss.
# | Pokemon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
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Hex Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 570.57s | 26.30 |
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Snarl Dark | Shadow Ball Ghost | 586.12s | 23.67 |
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Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 607.44s | 18.40 |
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Astonish Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 605.12s | 21.00 |
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Astonish Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 603.35s | 23.30 |
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Lick Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 562.90s | 35.88 |
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Snarl Dark | Foul Play Dark | 634.02s | 27.13 |
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Bite Dark | Dark Pulse Dark | 664.34s | 18.57 |
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Poison Jab Poison | Dark Pulse Dark | 551.78s | 54.00 |
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Snarl Dark | Dark Pulse Dark | 652.04s | 23.11 |
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Bite Dark | Dark Pulse Dark | 673.59s | 18.57 |
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Psycho Cut Psychic | Shadow Ball Ghost | 658.45s | 23.20 |
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Bite Dark | Crunch Dark | 693.70s | 18.88 |
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Snarl Dark | Dark Pulse Dark | 709.96s | 17.00 |
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Snarl Dark | Dark Pulse Dark | 650.18s | 29.00 |
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Snarl Dark | Foul Play Dark | 688.87s | 23.33 |
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Snarl Dark | Dark Pulse Dark | 671.63s | 30.67 |
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Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 680.63s | 26.20 |
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Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 637.77s | 37.00 |
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Bug Bite Bug | Bug Buzz Bug | 676.68s | 30.50 |
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Fury Cutter Bug | X-Scissor Bug | 701.34s | 23.00 |
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Bug Bite Bug | Megahorn Bug | 721.75s | 23.00 |
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Fury Cutter Bug | X-Scissor Bug | 706.49s | 24.25 |
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Fury Cutter Bug | X-Scissor Bug | 704.24s | 24.50 |
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Hex Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 701.33s | 19.00 |
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Snarl Dark | Dark Pulse Dark | 755.65s | 17.00 |
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Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 660.63s | 31.00 |
We don’t include Shadow Pokémon in our recommended lists because they are extremely expensive to power up. That being said, if you have access to the Shadow versions of any of these Pokémon powered up, they are an extremely powerful counter and will hit stronger than their non-Shadow version.
Best Mega Pokémon to use in a Mewtwo raid
# | Pokemon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
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Lick Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 328.45s | 19.00 |
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Snarl Dark | Foul Play Dark | 433.41s | 17.90 |
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Bite Dark | Crunch Dark | 457.23s | 12.60 |
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Snarl Dark | Payback Dark | 422.63s | 25.40 |
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Bug Bite Bug | X-Scissor Bug | 448.80s | 34.50 |
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Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 554.30s | 24.30 |
Analysis of Mewtwo Move Sets
According to our simulator and actual player reports, Mewtwo’s most difficult moveset is Focus Blast if you’re Tyranitar heavy. Although Focus Blast doesn’t benefit from STAB, Mewtwo’s damage output is so high that it will OHKO almost every counter that’s weak to Fighting-type attacks.
Mewtwo can have the following moves as a raid boss:
Fast moves | Charged moves |
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Mewtwo Weather Scenarios
Weather | Pro | Con |
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Sunny | – | -Boosts Mewtwo’s Flamethrower |
Windy | -Allows a Level 25 Encounter from Weather Boost | -Boosts Mewtwo’s fast moves as well as Psychic (problem for Gengar) |
Partly Cloudy | – | – |
Cloudy | – | -Boosts Mewtwo’s fast moves as well as Psychic (problem for Gengar), and Focus Blast (Tyranitar killer) |
Snow | – | -Boosts Mewtwo’s Ice Beam (bad for bugs) |
Rainy | Boosts Mega Blastoise and Mega Beedrill | -Boosts Mewtwo’s Thunderbolt (bad for Mega Blastoise) |
Fog | -Boosts all Dark and Ghost type moves | – |