Pheromosa Raid Counters Guide

Pheromosa

Pheromosa is a Bug and Fighting type 5-Star Raid boss. Best Pheromosa raid counters include powerful Fairy, Fire, Flying and Psychic types, with a mixed range of different counters available to help you defeat it. It is 2x weak to Flying because of its dual typing.

Pheromosa Raid Boss CP is 40539, and you can catch it in the following CP Ranges:

• 1538 CP to 1624 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 1922 CP to 2030 CP at Level 25, with Rainy and Cloudy weather boost

Depending on your levels and counters, we would recommend 2-5 trainers who are high level, and more if you don’t have optimal teams. This guide will tell you how to beat this elegant Ultra Beast, as well as its optimal stats, moves and CP range.

Best Pokémon to use against Pheromosa

List of counters for the Pheromosa Raid Boss in Pokémon GO, including best Pokémon to defeat it, highest DPS attackers, and moves to use. Learn which Pokémon are the best choice to beat this raid boss.

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Rayquaza (Mega)	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	3	114s
2.	Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	6	151s
3.	Moltres (Shadow)	Wing Attack Flying	Sky Attack Flying	6	168s
4.	Honchkrow (Shadow)	Peck Flying	Sky Attack Flying	16	186s
5.	Staraptor (Shadow)	Gust Flying	Fly Flying	12	182s
6.	Yveltal	Gust Flying	Oblivion Wing Flying	9	186s
7.	Moltres	Wing Attack Flying	Sky Attack Flying	6	199s
8.	Pidgeot (Mega)	Gust Flying	Brave Bird Flying	10	196s
9.	Zapdos (Shadow)	Thunder Shock Electric	Drill Peck Flying	8	197s
10.	Unfezant (Shadow)	Air Slash Flying	Sky Attack Flying	14	204s
11.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Air Slash Flying	Blast Burn Fire	7	215s
12.	Staraptor	Gust Flying	Fly Flying	13	213s
13.	Ho-Oh (Shadow)	Extrasensory Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	6	218s
14.	Honchkrow	Peck Flying	Sky Attack Flying	17	220s
15.	Braviary	Air Slash Flying	Fly Flying	11	215s
16.	Lugia (Shadow)	Extrasensory Psychic	Aeroblast Flying	6	226s
17.	Mewtwo (Shadow)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	14	224s
18.	Blaziken (Mega)	Fire Spin Fire	Brave Bird Flying	11	226s
19.	Braviary (Hisuian)	Air Slash Flying	Fly Flying	10	228s
20.	Articuno (Galarian)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	9	233s
21.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Drill Peck Flying	9	236s
22.	Unfezant	Air Slash Flying	Sky Attack Flying	14	240s
23.	Tornadus (Incarnate)	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	11	243s
24.	Tornadus	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	11	243s
25.	Scyther (Shadow)	Air Slash Flying	Aerial Ace Flying	11	244s
26.	Ho-Oh	Extrasensory Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	6	258s
27.	Tornadus (Therian)	Gust Flying	Hurricane Flying	10	251s
28.	Togekiss	Air Slash Flying	Aerial Ace Flying	6	267s
29.	Lugia	Extrasensory Psychic	Aeroblast Flying	6	267s
30.	Toucannon	Peck Flying	Drill Peck Flying	16	257s

With a wide range of counters and a fair few different type weaknesses thanks to that Bug and Fighting dual typing, most trainers should find themselves able to whip up a strong team of counters.

Best Mega Pokémon against Pheromosa

Mega Rayquaza, Mega Pidgeot, Mega Blaziken and Mega Charizard Y perform exceptionally well against Pheromosa. These Pokémon boost Flying and Fire type attackers, and add a significant boost to your damage output.

Pheromosa Moveset Analysis

As a bug type attacker, its best moveset would be Bug Bite and Bug Buzz. With that moveset, Pheromosa becomes the #1 non-mega bug type attacker in the game. It has a massive attack stat, but very little bulk, so will be a glass cannon for raiding.

Pheromosa Stats

Pheromosa BugFighting
Max CP at lvl 40 2842 / lvl 50 3213
ATK 316		DEF 85		HP 174
Weak to			Strong Against
Flying x2 Fairy Fire Psychic			Bug Dark Fighting Grass Ground

Conclusion

While Pheromosa has a truly huge attack stat of 316, with a defense of 85, it is the definition of a glass cannon. It’s going to hit hard, but take damage ridiculously quickly! As a Fighting type it doesn’t access any moves that will make it viable, but it may be worth considered as a useful Bug type attacker for PvE. A fashion icon!