Murkrow Raid Guide

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Hey Trainers,

Murkrow will be a Dark and Flying type T1 raid boss during the Halloween 2021 event. Murkrow can evolve into Honchkrow using a Sinnoh Stone.

Murkrow

Murkrow is extremely easy to beat, due to being a T1 raid and being quite frail. Most trainers should be able to beat it on their own.

It’s a Dark and Flying type, so it’s weak to Electric, Fairy, Rock and Ice types. It’s resistant to Dark, Ghost, and Grass types, and it has 2 large resistances being Ground and Psychic.

Top Counters

Shadows and Megas won’t be listed. They’re not necessary to take down a T1 in good time, and Shadow Pokémon are incredibly expensive to power up. However, if you have any of the listed Pokémon as shadow forms, they’re of course better.

Murkrow Counters
Zekrom Charge Beam Wild Charge
Rampardos Smack Down Rock Slide
Thundurus (Therian) Volt Switch
Thunderbolt
Raikou Thunder Shock Wild Charge
Darmanitan (Galarian) Ice Fang Avalanche
Rhyperior Smack Down Rock Wrecker
Electivire Thunder Shock Wild Charge
Terrakion Smack Down Rock Slide
Magnezone Spark Wild Charge
Mamoswine Powder Snow Avalanche

Italics indicate legacy moves.

Stats and Catch CP

Murkrow DarkFlying
Max CP at Level 40 1562 | Max CP at Level 50 1766
ATK 175
DEF 87
HP 155
Weak to Strong Against
Electric Fairy Rock Ice Dark Ghost Grass Groundx2 Psychicx2

 

Murkrow is boosted by Fog and Windy weather.

  • CP range on catch (L20): 835 – 892
  • Weather Boosted CP range on catch (L25): 1044 – 1116

Moveset

Fast Moves Charge Moves
  • Feint Attack Dark
  • Peck Flying
  • Foul Play Dark
  • Drill Peck Flying
  • Dark Pulse Dark
Electric types resist Murkrow’s flying moves, on top of dealing a lot of damage.

Conclusion

Murkrow’s not great on it’s own, but it evolves into Honchkrow, which is pretty strong as either of it’s types in raids, and is a great glass cannon in Ultra League PvP. Nothing likes taking it’s Brave Bird head on. Whether or not Murkrow’s worth raiding is up to you, though.

Stay safe, trainers!

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I enjoy drinking coffee and going for walks if I can muster the energy. I mostly spend time shiny hunting in mainline Pokémon games. My favourite Pokémon is Falinks, and I'm still in disbelief that it was added to GO like a year or two early. Empoleon is a close second, though.

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