Poliwag Raid Guide

Poliwag

Poliwag is a pure Water type 1* Raid Boss. Optimal raid counters include Grass and Electric types. Poliwag can evolve into two different PvP-centric Pokémon: Poliwrath and Politoed, finding their niche uses in the Great and Ultra Leagues.

It is an easy solo for any trainer as a normal raid boss, as a shadow raid boss be prepared it will be trickier. It is available as a shiny in both types of raids, exciting!

Shadow Raid Information

As a shadow raid, it will hit harder than the normal raid boss, so make sure your counters are powered up, have the right moveset, and aren’t weak to the raid bosses moves. Lower levels trainers and those without top counters may need to bring a friend. Shadow Raid Bosses will grow enraged as you battle them, boosting their attack and defence. Continue to hold your ground and weaken the Shadow Raid Bosses to subdue them.

You can subdue Shadow Raid Bosses using Purified Gems, a new item that can be assembled from Shadow Shards.

Shadow Shards are mysterious gem pieces that may be dropped by Team GO Rocket. You will need to gather enough shards to use Professor Willow’s newly invented Shard Refiner, and in return you’ll be rewarded with a Purified Gem.

There are multiple ways Purified Gems can assist your battle against enraged Shadow Raid Bosses:

• When you use a Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss’s attack and defence will be lowered temporarily. This can give you the opening you need to take them down.
• You and your fellow Trainers can use more than one Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid. If used at the same time, their effects will stack.
• If enough Purified Gems are used, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss will be subdued—returned to its non-enraged state—which might give you the edge you need to defeat it!

Poliwag Counters

Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.

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

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	5.50s	0.00
2.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	5.75s	0.00
3.	Kartana	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	6.40s	0.00
4.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	7.10s	0.00
5.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath Dragon	Psychic Psychic	7.50s	0.00
6.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	7.50s	0.00
7.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	8.01s	0.00
8.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	8.20s	0.00
9.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	8.20s	0.00
10.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunder Electric	8.53s	0.00
11.	Roserade	Razor Leaf Grass	Grass Knot Grass	8.90s	0.00
12.	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch Electric	Thunder Punch Electric	8.88s	0.00
13.	Mega Absol	Snarl Dark	Payback Dark	9.00s	0.00
14.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Fusion Bolt Electric	9.10s	0.00
15.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail Dragon	Outrage Dragon	9.25s	0.00
16.	Vikavolt	Spark Electric	Discharge Electric	9.40s	0.00
17.	Therian Thundurus	Volt Switch Electric	Thunder Electric	9.40s	0.00
18.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	9.60s	0.00
19.	Mega Abomasnow	Razor Leaf Grass	Outrage Dragon	9.74s	00.00
20.	Mega Pidgeot	Wing Attack Flying	Hurricane Flying	9.83s	0.00
21.	Incarnate Thundurus	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunder Electric	9.96s	0.00
22.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl Dark	Crunch Dark	10.00s	0.00
23.	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	10.05s	0.00
24.	Celebi	Magical Leaf Grass	Leaf Storm Grass	10.28s	0.00
25.	Porygon-Z	Charge Beam Electric	Solar Beam Grass	10.38s	0.00
26.	Magneton	Thunder Shock Electric	Zap Cannon Electric	10.39s	0.00
27.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	10.40s	0.00
28.	Mega Latias	Dragon Breath Dragon	Outrage Dragon	10.53s	0.00
29.	Jolteon	Thunder Shock Electric	Zap Cannon Electric	10.53s	0.00
30.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Zap Cannon Electric	10.53s	0.00
31.	Exeggutor	Bullet Seed Grass	Solar Beam Grass	10.60s	0.00
32.	Alola Exeggutor	Bullet Seed Grass	Solar Beam Grass	10.60s	0.00
33.	Sunflora	Bullet Seed Grass	Solar Beam Grass	10.60s	0.00
34.	Mega Blaziken	Counter Fighting	Blaze Kick Fire	10.60s	0.00

Catchable CP range

Poliwag can be caught with the following CP values:

• 433 – 473 CP at level 20, no weather boost
• 541 – 592 CP at level 25 with Rainy weather boost

Poliwag Stats

Poliwag has the following stats in Pokémon GO:

Poliwag Water
Max CP at lvl 40 829 | Max CP at lvl 50 937
ATK 101		DEF 82		HP 120
Weak to			Strong Against
Grass Electric			Fire Ground Rock

Poliwag Moveset

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