Paras will be featured as a Tier 1 raid boss in Pokémon GO as part of the Bug Out Event, and it can be caught with the following CP values:
- 536 – 581 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
- 671 – 727 CP at Level 25 with Sunny or Rainy weather boost
It is a Bug and Grass type Pokémon, which makes it weak to Fire (2x), (2x), Ice, Rock and Poison type moves. Tier 1 raid bosses are easily soloable so taking it down shouldn’t be too difficult, even without using the best counters.
Paras Raid Counters
Paras best raid counters are listed below, according to our Pokémon GO DB battle simulator:
# | Pokemon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
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1. | Moltres | Wing Attack | Sky Attack | 6.50s | 0.00 |
2. | Arcanine | Fire Fang Fire | Flamethrower Fire | 7.10s | 0.00 |
3. | Houndoom | Fire Fang Fire | Flamethrower Fire | 7.10s | 0.00 |
4. | Entei | Fire Fang Fire | Flamethrower Fire | 7.10s | 0.00 |
5. | Flareon | Fire Spin Fire | Flamethrower Fire | 7.20s | 0.00 |
6. | Heatran | Fire Spin Fire | Flamethrower Fire | 7.20s | 0.00 |
7. | Delphox | Fire Spin Fire | Flamethrower Fire | 7.20s | 0.00 |
8. | Chandelure | Fire Spin Fire | Flame Charge Fire | 7.50s | 0.00 |
9. | Charizard | Wing Attack | Blast Burn Fire | 7.70s | 0.00 |
10. | Unfezant | Air Slash | Sky Attack | 7.70s | 0.00 |
11. | Honchkrow | Peck | Sky Attack | 7.68s | 0.00 |
12. | Sirfetch'd | Fury Cutter Bug | Brave Bird | 7.87s | 0.00 |
13. | Typhlosion | Ember Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 7.90s | 0.00 |
14. | Emboar | Ember Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 7.90s | 0.00 |
15. | Blaziken | Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 8.40s | 0.00 |
16. | Infernape | Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 8.40s | 0.00 |
17. | Rayquaza | Air Slash | Aerial Ace | 8.52s | 0.00 |
18. | Darmanitan | Incinerate Fire | Rock Slide Rock | 8.58s | 0.00 |
19. | Rampardos | Smack Down Rock | Flamethrower Fire | 8.60s | 0.00 |
20. | Darmanitan (Standard) | Incinerate Fire | Rock Slide Rock | 8.58s | 0.00 |
21. | Simisear | Fire Spin Fire | Flamethrower Fire | 8.79s | 0.00 |
22. | Heatmor | Fire Spin Fire | Flamethrower Fire | 8.82s | 0.00 |
23. | Magmortar | Fire Spin Fire | Fire Punch Fire | 8.78s | 0.00 |
24. | Reshiram | Fire Fang Fire | Draco Meteor Dragon | 8.90s | 0.00 |
25. | Staraptor | Quick Attack Normal | Brave Bird | 9.10s | 0.00 |
26. | Zapdos | Thunder Shock Electric | Drill Peck | 9.07s | 0.00 |
27. | Yveltal | Snarl Dark | Hurricane | 9.10s | 0.00 |
28. | Tapu Koko | Quick Attack Normal | Brave Bird | 9.13s | 0.00 |
29. | Pyroar | Fire Fang Fire | Flame Charge Fire | 9.19s | 0.00 |
30. | Rapidash | Incinerate Fire | Flame Charge Fire | 9.21s | 0.00 |
31. | Togekiss | Air Slash | Flamethrower Fire | 9.50s | 0.00 |
32. | Rufflet | Wing Attack | Brave Bird | 9.50s | 0.00 |
33. | Swellow | Wing Attack | Brave Bird | 9.56s | 0.00 |
34. | Murkrow | Peck | Drill Peck | 9.55s | 0.00 |
Whenever the shadow variant of a Pokémon listed below is available in the game, it is strongly recommended to use it over its regular/purified counterpart. However, since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to TM away Frustration, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article.
Paras has plenty of counters, but if you don’t have ANY of the Pokémon listed above powered up, you can always use:
- “Generalist” Pokémon capable of dealing neutral damage such as Psycho Cut + Psystrike* Mewtwo
- Eevolutions capable of dealing super effective damage such as Flareon
- Other heavy-hitting megas
But please, try to use the Pokémon listed above if possible and take advantage of Paras’ double weakness to fire and flying type moves.
Stats and Max CP
Paras BugGrass | |||||
Max CP at Level 40 1018 | Max CP at Level 50 1150 | |||||
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ATK 121 | DEF 99 | STA 111 | |||
Weak to | Strong Against | ||||
Fire (2x) (2x) Ice Rock Poison | Grass Dark Psychic |
Moveset
Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
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Paras doesn’t have much use in Pokémon GO as of now. It could maybe work as a Deino counter in a restricted cup but it’s definitely not a top pick even in Little Cup due to the amount of weaknesses it has.
And unfortunately, Parasect is just a Dex filler. Its weaknesses hold it back in GBL and as you can imagine by looking at its stats, Parasect is not a great attacker to use in raids either. Will it ever shine in a restricted PVP cup? The fact that it has mostly been used as a meme pick in some restricted formats such as the Love Cup speaks for itself.
We hope you found this raid guide useful, happy hunting!