Primal Kyogre Raid Guide

Kyogre (Primal)

Primal Kyogre is a Water type Primal Raid boss. Best Primal Kyogre raid counters include powerful Electric and Grass types. This guide will tell you how to beat this Primal whale, as well as its optimal stats, moves and CP range.

Depending on your levels and counters, we would recommend 6+ trainers who are high level, and more if you don’t have optimal teams.

You need to be as prepared as possible when defeating a Primal Raid Boss, not only are they difficult to beat, but the quicker you beat it, the more Primal Energy you will get. Primal Raids are the hardest raids we have ever had in Pokémon GO.

Primal Kyogre Raid Counters Infographic

Primal Kyogre 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 Primal Kyogre:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Sceptile (Mega)	Bullet Seed Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	521.64s	21.25
2.	Manectric (Mega)	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	591.14s	39.25
3.	Venusaur (Mega)	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	642.08s	26.75
4.	Ampharos (Mega)	Volt Switch Electric	Zap Cannon Electric	686.00s	28.75
5.	Kartana	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	718.08s	40.50
6.	Abomasnow (Mega)	Leafage Grass	Energy Ball Grass	763.58s	28.50
7.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock Electric	Discharge Electric	713.75s	46.25
8.	Latios (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Solar Beam Grass	786.18s	30.50
9.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	745.97s	48.00
10.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Fusion Bolt Electric	800.93s	31.25
11.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	823.73s	31.00
12.	Alakazam (Mega)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psychic Psychic	775.59s	50.75
13.	Salamence (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Outrage Dragon	857.81s	32.50
14.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Solar Beam Grass	821.68s	49.67
15.	Raikou	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	843.57s	41.25
16.	Latias (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Psychic Psychic	892.85s	27.75
17.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	846.23s	45.75
18.	Banette (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	812.78s	56.00
19.	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	824.67s	54.75
20.	Chesnaught	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	903.18s	29.67
21.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed Grass	Grass Knot Grass	904.67s	33.33
22.	Gyarados (Mega)	Bite Dark	Crunch Dark	999.77s	27.00
23.	Luxray	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	888.33s	49.00
24.	Magnezone	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	885.22s	47.25
25.	Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	864.76s	54.25
26.	Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	922.02s	34.00
27.	Roserade	Razor Leaf Grass	Grass Knot Grass	902.36s	45.50
28.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	892.75s	46.50
29.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Thunderbolt Electric	946.52s	49.00
30.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	938.03s	31.00
31.	Blaziken (Mega)	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	854.89s	62.67
32.	Vikavolt	Spark Electric	Discharge Electric	914.74s	50.50
33.	Sceptile	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	917.26s	45.25
34.	Beedrill (Mega)	Bug Bite Bug	Sludge Bomb Poison	867.75s	62.33
35.	Shaymin (Sky)	Hidden Power Normal	Grass Knot Grass	943.33s	35.00

Primal Kyogre Moveset

*Denotes a Legacy Move, only obtainable via Elite TM.

How to Get Primal Kyogre

You cannot catch Kyogre in its primal evolved form from the raid. The primal raid boss is always catchable in its base form and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Kyogre.

Kyogre can be caught with the following CP values:

• 2260 – 2351 CP no weather boost
• 2825 – 2939 CP boosted by Rainy weather boost

In order to get Primal Kyogre you will need 400 Primal Energy for the initial evolution, then 80 Mega Energy to evolve the same Kyogre again in the future. If you wait for their ‘cooldown’ period to end, Primal Evolution is free. This cooldown period is shorter the higher mega level your Primal Pokémon is. Primal Energy can be obtained via Primal Kyogre Raids, and once you have evolved Primal Kyogre, you can earn 100 Primal Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy. You can walk any Kyogre to earn Primal Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Primal Pokédex.

Shiny Kyogre

Like all Mega/Primal Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Kyogre from a raid.

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite

Primal Kyogre Stats

Kyogre (Primal) Water
Max CP at lvl 40 5902
Max CP at lvl 50 6672
ATK 353		DEF 268		HP 218
Weak to			Resistances
Electric Grass			Ice Fire Water Steel

Conclusion

Primal Kyogre is an absolute beauty. With massive stats, and a huge max CP, this is one Pokémon you don’t want to miss out on. Check out our full PvE analysis here. Whilst not quite as invaluable as their counterpart Primal Groudon, they are still going to be a great addition to your Water type raid teams.