Poliwhirl Community Day Raid Guide

Poliwhirl

Poliwhirl is a special tier 4 raid boss at the end of Poliwag Community Day, and it cannot be shiny from raids. Poliwhirl has a raid boss CP of 16159, and can be caught with the following CP values:

• 757 – 811 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 947 – 1013 CP at Level 25 with Rainy weather boost

Completing these special raids will cause Poliwag to appear around the gym in higher numbers, with the same shiny rate as during Community Day hours!

Poliwag will be soloable for the well prepared high level trainer, especially if utilising Mega Pokémon. Otherwise we would recommend a minimum of two trainers for those with less ideal counters.

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.

The best raid counters according to our GO Hub battle simulator for Poliwag are:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move
1.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter Bug	Leaf Blade Grass
2.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang Electric	Thunder Electric
3.	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch Electric	Thunder Electric
4.	Mega Venusaur	Razor Leaf Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass
5.	Xurkitree	Spark Electric	Power Whip Grass
6.	Mega Gengar	Lick Ghost	Sludge Bomb Poison
7.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Solar Beam Grass
8.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion Psychic	Future Sight Psychic
9.	Mega Gardevoir	Charge Beam Electric	Psychic Psychic
10.	Attack Deoxys	Poison Jab Poison	Zap Cannon Electric
11.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Wild Charge Electric
12.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw Ghost	Thunder Electric
13.	Mega Abomasnow	Leafage Grass	Energy Ball Grass
14.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath Dragon	Luster Purge Psychic
15.	Therian Thundurus	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric
16.	Kartana	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass
17.	Mega Blaziken	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting
18.	Normal Deoxys	Charge Beam Electric	Thunderbolt Electric
19.	Mega Absol	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark
20.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip Grass	Solar Beam Grass
21.	Tsareena	Magical Leaf Grass	Grass Knot Grass
22.	Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric
23.	Mega Pidgeot	Gust Flying	Brave Bird Flying
24.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass
25.	Simisage	Vine Whip Grass	Solar Beam Grass
26.	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison
27.	Roserade	Poison Jab Poison	Solar Beam Grass
28.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail Dragon	Outrage Dragon
29.	Sky Shaymin	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Solar Beam Grass
30.	Mega Lopunny	Pound Normal	Hyper Beam Normal
31.	Vikavolt	Spark Electric	Discharge Electric
32.	Tapu Koko	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric
33.	Exeggutor	Confusion Psychic	Solar Beam Grass
34.	Raikou	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric
35.	Mewtwo	Confusion Psychic	Thunderbolt Electric

Poliwhirl Stats and Max CP

Poliwhirl Water
Max CP at Level 40 1419 | Max CP at Level 50 1604
ATK 130		DEF 123		HP 163
Weak To: Resistances: Electric Grass Fire Water Ice Steel

Poliwhirl Movepool

Mud Shot and Mud Bomb will do some damage to your Electric type counters, so it may be wise to stick with a full Grass team that will resist all of Poliwhirl’s potential movepool.