Primeape Raid Counters Guide

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.

Best Primeape Counters

Primeape

The following Pokémon are the best Pokémon to defeat a Primeape Raid. Primeape is vulnerable to Fairy, Flying and Psychic type moves. Primeape is boosted by Cloudy weather.

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Latios (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	63.95s	0.88
2.	Latias (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	74.16s	0.75
3.	Pidgeot (Mega)	Wing Attack Flying	Brave Bird Flying	71.08s	1.63
4.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	80.63s	1.50
5.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Air Slash Flying	Blast Burn Fire	82.79s	1.25
6.	Gengar (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	87.43s	1.13
7.	Slowbro (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	88.06s	1.13
8.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	85.05s	2.25
9.	Hoopa (Confined)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	99.57s	1.75
10.	Moltres	Wing Attack Flying	Sky Attack Flying	101.48s	1.75
11.	Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	101.31s	2.13
12.	Espeon	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	100.33s	2.50
13.	Alakazam	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psychic Psychic	98.77s	3.00
14.	Tapu Lele	Confusion Psychic	Future Sight Psychic	106.51s	1.50
15.	Altaria (Mega)	Peck Flying	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	106.74s	1.88
16.	Ho-Oh	Extrasensory Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	111.68s	1.13
17.	Metagross	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	106.45s	2.25
18.	Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	109.55s	1.63
19.	Azelf	Extrasensory Psychic	Future Sight Psychic	104.02s	2.75
20.	Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	107.79s	2.00
21.	Zacian	Metal Claw Steel	Play Rough Fairy	116.64s	1.00
22.	Staraptor	Wing Attack Flying	Brave Bird Flying	106.52s	2.67
23.	Gallade	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	109.21s	2.00
24.	Beedrill (Mega)	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	107.86s	2.25
25.	Lugia	Extrasensory Psychic	Aeroblast Flying	117.14s	0.00
26.	Braviary	Air Slash Flying	Brave Bird Flying	113.29s	2.00
27.	Charizard (Mega X)	Air Slash Flying	Blast Burn Fire	108.68s	2.38
28.	Gyarados (Mega)	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water	117.66s	1.25
29.	Xurkitree	Spark Electric	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	107.29s	3.00
30.	Manectric (Mega)	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	109.72s	2.67
31.	Honchkrow	Peck Flying	Sky Attack Flying	105.44s	3.40
32.	Yveltal	Gust Flying	Hurricane Flying	111.88s	2.00
33.	Deoxys (Attack)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psycho Boost Psychic	95.97s	6.00
34.	Blastoise (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	111.86s	2.14
35.	Delphox	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	119.60s	1.00

Primeape moves

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 influences

• 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