Pinsir Raid Counters Guide

Pinsir

Pinsir is a Tier 3 Raid Boss in Pokemon GO, with Boss CP of 21306. Pinsir is a Bug type Pokemon, and takes extra damage from Flying Fire and Rock type attacks.

Pinsir raid catch CP is as follows:

• 1613 – 1690 (no weather boost)
• 2016 – 2113 (Rainy weather boost)

Pinsir can be soloed due to relatively low defense and HP with some great counters with excellent DPS. However, the optimal group size is 2 to 3 trainers.

Pinsir has a Mega Evolution, so can be a great addition to your team to boost Bug and Flying type Pokémon. You can get the shiny from this tier three raid, but not Mega Energy.

Top Pinsir Counters

Let’s check out the top raid counters for Pinsir:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	48.34	1	77s
2.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	40.35	2	92s
3.	Shadow Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	39.30	2	95s
4.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	38.84	1	95s
5.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	37.14	2	100s
6.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	36.46	1	102s
7.	Mega Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	35.81	1	103s
8.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack	35.62	2	104s
9.	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	35.87	3	105s
10.	Shadow Staraptor	Gust	Fly	35.71	4	105s
11.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm	35.48	2	106s
12.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	34.52	3	108s
13.	Standard Shadow Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	35.71	4	105s
14.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	33.79	2	111s
15.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare	33.62	2	110s
16.	Blacephalon	Incinerate	Overheat	33.53	2	110s
17.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	33.51	2	112s
18.	Shadow Emboar	Ember	Blast Burn	34.25	3	109s
19.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Brave Bird	32.60	1	113s
20.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Brave Bird	32.60	1	113s
21.	Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	32.62	2	113s
22.	Shadow Entei	Fire Spin	Overheat	32.78	3	114s
23.	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	33.49	3	113s
24.	Mega Pidgeot	Gust	Brave Bird	32.25	3	115s
25.	Shadow Typhlosion	Incinerate	Blast Burn	32.73	4	115s
26.	Shadow Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	33.28	4	113s
27.	Incarnate Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	31.21	2	118s
28.	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing	31.21	3	119s
29.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock	Drill Peck	30.96	2	120s
30.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	34.46	6	110s

Pinsir Stats and Moveset

	Pinsir Bug
Max CP	3345
ATK	238
DEF	182
HP	163
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Fury Cutter Bug Bite Rock Smash
Charge moves	Submission* X-Scissor Vise Grip Close Combat Superpower

*denotes a legacy move that can only be obtained by using Elite TMs

Pinsir Sprites

Pinsir is available shiny, and it’s a solid shiny! The body changes from brown to purple and the horns turn into a goldish yellow.

Pinsir Sprite	Shiny Pinsir Sprite