Primeape Raid Counters Guide

Primeape

Primeape is a tier-3 Raid Boss in Pokémon GO. Primeape is a Fighting type Pokémon, and is best countered by using Psychic and Flying Pokémon: Mewtwo, Hoopa, Alakazam, Espeon, Moltres and Mega Pidgeot to name a few.

Primeape has a raid boss CP of 16475.

Primeape can be caught with the following Combat Power values:

• 1239 – 1307 CP (no weather boost)
• 1549 – 1634 CP (Cloudy weather boost)

Primeape should be an easy solo raid for high level prepared trainers, but lower level trainers or those without ideal counters may need to bring a friend.

Top Primeape 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.

Reminder: Mega-Evolved Pokémon give other Pokémon special bonuses when brought to a Raid Battle. While a Mega-Evolved Pokémon is on the battlefield, all Trainers’ Pokémon receive an attack boost to all their attacks and gain an additional attack boost if their attack types match the Mega-Evolved Pokémon’s type(s).

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Rayquaza (Mega)	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	1	61.2s
2.	Alakazam (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	79.3s
3.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	1	84.5s
4.	Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	2	81.1s
5.	Mewtwo	Confusion Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	2	85.0s
6.	Latios (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	86.9s
7.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	3	92.2s
8.	Latias (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	99.1s
9.	Lunala	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	1	102.9s
10.	Yveltal	Gust Flying	Oblivion Wing Flying	2	97.6s
11.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Psychic Psychic	2	102.7s
12.	Pidgeot (Mega)	Gust Flying	Brave Bird Flying	3	99.8s
13.	Articuno (Galarian)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	2	104.7s
14.	Moltres	Wing Attack Flying	Sky Attack Flying	2	105.0s
15.	Hoopa (Confined)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	105.8s
16.	Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	3	107.7s
17.	Tapu Lele	Confusion Psychic	Future Sight Psychic	2	111.9s
18.	Alakazam	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	4	107.6s
19.	Xerneas	Geomancy Fairy	Moonblast Fairy	2	114.7s
20.	Espeon	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	3	108.7s
21.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Air Slash Flying	Blast Burn Fire	2	112.6s
22.	Lugia	Extrasensory Psychic	Aeroblast Flying	1	120.4s
23.	Ho-Oh	Extrasensory Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	2	116.1s
24.	Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	114.7s
25.	Slowbro (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	117.8s
26.	Metagross	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	3	112.4s
27.	Blaziken (Mega)	Counter Fighting	Brave Bird Flying	3	111.9s
28.	Azelf	Confusion Psychic	Future Sight Psychic	4	113.8s
29.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock Electric	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	4	113.0s
30.	Gallade	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	3	116.5s

Primeape Overview

Primeape Fighting
Max CP at Level 40 2703 | Max CP at Level 50 3056
ATK 207		DEF 138		HP 163
Weak To: Strong Against: Fairy Flying Psychic Bug Dark Rock

Primeape Move Sets

Primeape can have the following moves:

All of Primeape’s Fast moves are Fighting-type moves, and 50% of Charge moves are as well, which can make the entire fight easy and predictable.

However, if Primeape has Ice Punch, your Flying-type counters could be in danger. Fortunately, Night Slash doesn’t deal increased damage to Psychic-type counters, so they’re safe.

Weather Effects

• Cloudy weather boosts Primeape’s level in the Catch encounter, but it also boosts Fighting-type moves, so Primeape will deal more damage
• Windy weather will boost all Psychic and Flying counters, which makes it ideal weather for speed-raiding
• Fog will boost Night Slash, and Snow will boost Ice Punch
• Other weather conditions have no notable effects on this fight