Quilava Raid Guide

May 23, 2023

Quilava is a Tier 3 raid boss in Pokémon GO with a raid boss CP of 12325. It is available as both a normal raid, and a shadow raid.

Quilava can be caught with the following CP values:

887- 944 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
1109- 1180 CP at Level 25 with Sunny weather boost

It is a pure Fire type, and is weak to Ground Rock and Water. It is soloable for the prepared trainer, but lower level trainers or those without ideal counters may want to bring a pal.

Shadow Raid Information

As a shadow raid, it will hit harder than the normal raid boss, so make sure your counters are powered up, have the right moveset, and aren’t weak to the raid bosses moves. These raids are a tricky solo for even the most prepared trainer, and you will need Purified Gems to defeat them solo. Lower levels trainers and those without top counters will need to bring a friend or two and be well armed with Purified Gems. Shadow Raid Bosses will grow enraged as you battle them, boosting their attack and defence. Continue to hold your ground and weaken the Shadow Raid Bosses to subdue them.

You can subdue Shadow Raid Bosses using Purified Gems, a new item that can be assembled from Shadow Shards.

Shadow Shards are mysterious gem pieces that may be dropped by Team GO Rocket. You will need to gather enough shards to use Professor Willow’s newly invented Shard Refiner, and in return you’ll be rewarded with a Purified Gem.

There are multiple ways Purified Gems can assist your battle against enraged Shadow Raid Bosses:

When you use a Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss’s attack and defence will be lowered temporarily. This can give you the opening you need to take them down.
You and your fellow Trainers can use more than one Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid. If used at the same time, their effects will stack.
If enough Purified Gems are used, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss will be subdued—returned to its non-enraged state—which might give you the edge you need to defeat it!

Quilava Raid 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. The figures in our database for DPS and TDO are calculated using Level 40 Pokémon with perfect IVs.

The best counters for Quilava are the following:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	9.82s	0.00
2.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	9.88s	0.00
3.	Mega Swampert	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	10.01s	0.00
4.	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun Water	Hydro Pump Water	10.72s	0.00
5.	Mega Gengar	Lick Ghost	Sludge Bomb Poison	11.13s	0.00
6.	Mega Blaziken	Counter Fighting	Stone Edge Rock	11.21s	0.00
7.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Surf Water	11.30s	0.00
8.	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psychic Psychic	11.35s	0.00
9.	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall Water	Aqua Tail Water	11.58s	0.00
10.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath Dragon	Luster Purge Psychic	12.20s	0.00
11.	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	12.50s	0.00
12.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap Ground	High Horsepower Ground	12.60s	0.00
13.	Mega Slowbro	Water Gun Water	Surf Water	12.73s	0.00
14.	Mega Salamence	Bite Dark	Hydro Pump Water	12.81s	0.00
15.	Mega Banette	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	12.90s	0.00
16.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	13.00s	0.00
17.	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	12.94s	0.00
18.	Mega Pidgeot	Gust Flying	Brave Bird Flying	13.21s	0.00
19.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	13.16s	0.00
20.	Kingler	Bubble Water	Crabhammer Water	13.33s	0.00
21.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	13.35s	0.00
22.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Synchronoise Psychic	13.47s	0.00
23.	Sharpedo	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water	13.50s	0.00
24.	Palkia	Dragon Tail Dragon	Hydro Pump Water	13.57s	0.00
25.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	13.89s	0.00
26.	Gigalith	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	14.01s	0.00
27.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl Dark	Crunch Dark	14.11s	0.00
28.	Floatzel	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water	14.11s	0.00
29.	Tyranitar	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	14.16s	0.00
30.	Rhydon	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	14.22s	0.00
31.	Mega Aggron	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	14.20s	0.00
32.	Landorus	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	14.22s	0.00
33.	Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	14.32s	0.00
34.	Empoleon	Waterfall Water	Hydro Cannon Water	14.30s	0.00
35.	Mega Kangaskhan	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	14.36s