Pineco 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:
- 586 – 633 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
- 733 – 791 CP at Level 25 with Rainy weather boost
It is a Bug type Pokémon, which makes it weak to Fire, and Rock type moves. Tier 1 raid bosses are easily soloable so taking it down shouldn’t be too difficult, even without using the best counters.
Pineco Raid Counters
Pineco 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 | Overheat Fire | 11.60s | 0.00 |
2. | Darmanitan | Fire Fang Fire | Overheat Fire | 12.33s | 0.00 |
3. | Reshiram | Fire Fang Fire | Stone Edge Rock | 12.33s | 0.00 |
4. | Flareon | Ember Fire | Overheat Fire | 12.59s | 0.00 |
5. | Ho-Oh | Incinerate Fire | Brave Bird | 12.70s | 0.00 |
6. | Darmanitan (Standard) | Fire Fang Fire | Overheat Fire | 12.81s | 0.00 |
7. | Tornadus | Air Slash | Hurricane | 13.00s | 0.00 |
8. | Tornadus (Incarnate) | Air Slash | Hurricane | 12.95s | 0.00 |
9. | Blaziken | Fire Spin Fire | Overheat Fire | 13.08s | 0.00 |
10. | Rayquaza | Air Slash | Hurricane | 13.10s | 0.00 |
11. | Honchkrow | Peck | Sky Attack | 13.21s | 0.00 |
12. | Entei | Fire Fang Fire | Overheat Fire | 13.20s | 0.00 |
13. | Pyroar | Fire Fang Fire | Overheat Fire | 13.26s | 0.00 |
14. | Chandelure | Fire Spin Fire | Overheat Fire | 13.25s | 0.00 |
15. | Rampardos | Smack Down Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 13.38s | 0.00 |
16. | Charizard | Fire Spin Fire | Overheat Fire | 13.43s | 0.00 |
17. | Braviary | Air Slash | Brave Bird | 13.57s | 0.00 |
18. | Magmortar | Fire Spin Fire | Fire Blast Fire | 13.70s | 0.00 |
19. | Delphox | Fire Spin Fire | Fire Blast Fire | 13.75s | 0.00 |
20. | Arcanine | Fire Fang Fire | Fire Blast Fire | 13.76s | 0.00 |
21. | Heatran | Fire Spin Fire | Fire Blast Fire | 13.87s | 0.00 |
22. | Tornadus (Therian) | Gust | Hurricane | 13.92s | 0.00 |
23. | Yveltal | Gust | Hurricane | 13.92s | 0.00 |
24. | Houndoom | Fire Fang Fire | Fire Blast Fire | 13.92s | 0.00 |
25. | Tyranitar | Smack Down Rock | Stone Edge Rock | 13.92s | 0.00 |
26. | Salamence | Fire Fang Fire | Fire Blast Fire | 13.91s | 0.00 |
27. | Unfezant | Air Slash | Sky Attack | 13.97s | 0.00 |
28. | Lycanroc (Midday) | Rock Throw Rock | Stone Edge Rock | 14.09s | 0.00 |
29. | Lycanroc | Rock Throw Rock | Stone Edge Rock | 14.13s | 0.00 |
30. | Rhyperior | Smack Down Rock | Stone Edge Rock | 14.23s | 0.00 |
31. | Incineroar | Fire Fang Fire | Fire Blast Fire | 14.17s | 0.00 |
32. | Lycanroc (Dusk) | Rock Throw Rock | Stone Edge Rock | 14.30s | 0.00 |
33. | Typhlosion | Incinerate Fire | Overheat Fire | 14.30s | 0.00 |
34. | Archeops | Wing Attack | Ancient Power Rock | 14.34s | 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.
Pineco 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 Pineco’s double weakness to fire and flying type moves.
Stats and Max CP
Pineco Bug | |||||
Max CP at Level 40 1108 | Max CP at Level 50 1253 | |||||
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ATK 108 | DEF 122 | STA 137 | |||
Weak to | Strong Against | ||||
Fire Rock | Grass Dark Psychic |
Moveset
Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
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Pineco is not amongst the best picks for Little Cup, but it could work in some restricted formats.
Forretress on the other hand has seen some play in Great League. It’s by no means a meta pick, but some players like 2OButters, PogoKieng and PurpleKyogre have had some success with it.
Shadow Forretress might be worth considering over its regular variant if you need the extra damage boost. But be careful, Forretress is extremely weak to fire. If you’re planning to use it, you should probably pair it with fire type counters such as water types. Its best moveset is Bug Bite, Earthquake and Mirror Shot.
We hope you found this raid guide useful, happy hunting!