Poliwrath Raid Boss

Poliwrath is a Tier 3 Raid Boss in Pokémon GO, with a raid boss CP of 16674. It is boosted by Rainy or Cloudy weather being a dual Water and Fighting type. To counter it, you’ll want attackers to target it’s weaknesses to Electric, Fairy, Flying, Grass and Psychic types.

Poliwrath can be caught with the following CP Ranges:

• 1405 CP to 1477 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 1757 CP to 1847 CP at Level 25, with Rainy and Cloudy weather boost

Poliwrath Counters

List of counters for the Poliwrath 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.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	1	74s
2.	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	2	85s
3.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	3	93s
4.	Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	3	96s
5.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	103s
6.	Mewtwo	Confusion Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	2	102s
7.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	105s
8.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	4	99s
9.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	3	107s
10.	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack Flying	Sky Attack Flying	3	104s
11.	Incarnate Enamorus	Fairy Wind Fairy	Fly Flying	3	107s
12.	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail Dragon	Fly Flying	4	105s
13.	Unbound Hoopa	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	3	107s
14.	Shadow Alakazam	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	4	103s
15.	Mega Latias	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	121s
16.	Tapu Lele	Confusion Psychic	Nature’s Madness Fairy	2	116s
17.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail Dragon	Fly Flying	2	117s
18.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	3	111s
19.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	4	109s
20.	Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory Psychic	Aeroblast Flying	2	125s
21.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Drill Peck Flying	3	110s
22.	Lunala	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	127s
23.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock Electric	Discharge Electric	4	107s
24.	Shadow Staraptor	Gust Flying	Fly Flying	5	104s
25.	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	5	106s
26.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	2	121s
27.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	4	110s
28.	Kartana	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	5	105s
29.	Yveltal	Gust Flying	Oblivion Wing Flying	3	116s
30.	Shadow Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	3	115s

Poliwrath counters generally fall in two categories / brackets, depending on the moveset that Poliwrath has:

• A fighting moveset Poliwrath is countered by Psychic and Flying Pokemon
• A water moveset Poliwrath is countered by Electric / Grass Pokemon

Mixed movesets are more or less easily countered by all of the Pokémon mentioned above, but this duality of possible movesets makes it super interesting to raid against Poliwrath. A good rule of thumb is to bring a mix of the above mentioned attackers and prioritize the appropriate ones. This is a great opportunity to give your Zapdos and Raikou some play time. Be wary of Ice Punch Poliwrath when using Grass counters.

Poliwrath Stats

Poliwrath WaterFighting
Max CP at lvl 40 2586 / lvl 50 2923
ATK 182		DEF 184		HP 207
Weak to			Resistances
Flying Fairy Electric Psychic Grass			Bug Dark Fire Grass Rock Ice Steel Water

Poliwrath Moveset

Poliwrath has access to following moves:

*denotes a legacy move.

Weather effects

Poliwrath is best fought in Sunny or Windy weather as it only provides boosts to attackers and nothing to Poliwrath, although both Cloudy and Rainy will provide boosts to Fairy and Electric at the costs of buffs to Poliwrath’s own fighting and water moves. The only truly negative weather is if a Ice Punch Poliwrath has a snowy advantage.