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

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.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	1	58s
2.	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	2	65s
3.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	70s
4.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	1	78s
5.	Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	2	75s
6.	Mewtwo	Confusion Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	2	78s
7.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	80s
8.	Incarnate Enamorus	Fairy Wind Fairy	Fly Flying	2	81s
9.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail Dragon	Fly Flying	1	87s
10.	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack Flying	Sky Attack Flying	2	82s
11.	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail Dragon	Fly Flying	2	79s
12.	Tapu Lele	Confusion Psychic	Nature’s Madness Fairy	2	88s
13.	Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory Psychic	Aeroblast Flying	1	95s
14.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	2	90s
15.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	2	90s
16.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	82s
17.	Unbound Hoopa	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	3	81s
18.	Mega Latias	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	92s
19.	Shadow Staraptor	Gust Flying	Fly Flying	3	78s
20.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Psycho Cut Psychic	Moongeist Beam Ghost	2	91s
21.	Yveltal	Gust Flying	Oblivion Wing Flying	2	90s
22.	Shadow Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	88s
23.	Shadow Alakazam	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	4	78s
24.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	3	85s
25.	Mega Pidgeot	Gust Flying	Brave Bird Flying	3	87s
26.	Lunala	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	2	96s
27.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Drill Peck Flying	2	90s
28.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Psycho Cut Psychic	Sunsteel Strike Steel	2	90s
29.	Galarian Articuno	Psycho Cut Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	2	96s
30.	Shadow Gallade	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	3	87s

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