Mewtwo Raid Counters Guide

Mewtwo

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
1.	Chandelure	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	570.57s	26.30
2.	Darkrai	Snarl Dark	Shadow Ball Ghost	586.12s	23.67
3.	Giratina (Origin)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	607.44s	18.40
4.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	605.12s	21.00
5.	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	603.35s	23.30
6.	Gengar	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	562.90s	35.88
7.	Weavile	Snarl Dark	Foul Play Dark	634.02s	27.13
8.	Hydreigon	Bite Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	664.34s	18.57
9.	Deoxys (Attack)	Poison Jab Poison	Dark Pulse Dark	551.78s	54.00
10.	Yveltal	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	652.04s	23.11
11.	Zarude	Bite Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	673.59s	18.57
12.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Shadow Ball Ghost	658.45s	23.20
13.	Tyranitar	Bite Dark	Crunch Dark	693.70s	18.88
14.	Bisharp	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	709.96s	17.00
15.	Honchkrow	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	650.18s	29.00
16.	Houndoom	Snarl Dark	Foul Play Dark	688.87s	23.33
17.	Absol	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	671.63s	30.67
18.	Trevenant	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	680.63s	26.20
19.	Banette	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	637.77s	37.00
20.	Yanmega	Bug Bite Bug	Bug Buzz Bug	676.68s	30.50
21.	Genesect (Normal)	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	701.34s	23.00
22.	Escavalier	Bug Bite Bug	Megahorn Bug	721.75s	23.00
23.	Genesect (Burn)	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	706.49s	24.25
24.	Genesect (Douse)	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	704.24s	24.50
25.	Mismagius	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	701.33s	19.00
26.	Incineroar	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	755.65s	17.00
27.	Haunter	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
1.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	328.45s	19.00
2.	Houndoom (Mega)	Snarl Dark	Foul Play Dark	433.41s	17.90
3.	Gyarados (Mega)	Bite Dark	Crunch Dark	457.23s	12.60
4.	Absol (Mega)	Snarl Dark	Payback Dark	422.63s	25.40
5.	Beedrill (Mega)	Bug Bite Bug	X-Scissor Bug	448.80s	34.50
6.	Charizard (Mega Y)	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:

Mewtwo Weather Scenarios