Rockruff
Rockruff is one of the few Pokémon featured in the first Gen VII wave in Pokémon GO. It is currently available in raids as a Tier 1 raid boss, and it can be caught with the following CP values:
- 499 – 543 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
- 624 – 679 CP at Level 25 with Partly Cloudy weather boost
It is a Rock type Pokémon, which makes it weak to Grass, Ground, Steel, Water and Fighting type moves. And yes, it can be shiny.
Rockruff Raid Counters
Rockruff’s best raid counters are listed below, according to our Pokémon GO DB battle simulator:
| # | Pokemon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Blastoise (Mega)
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 42.48s | 0.33 |
| 2. |
Gyarados (Mega)
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Pump Water | 45.99s | 0.00 |
| 3. |
Venusaur (Mega)
|
Vine Whip Grass | Frenzy Plant Grass | 47.83s | 0.33 |
| 4. |
Lopunny (Mega)
|
Low Kick Fighting | Focus Blast Fighting | 50.95s | 0.17 |
| 5. |
Steelix (Mega)
|
Iron Tail Steel | Earthquake Ground | 60.48s | 0.00 |
| 6. |
Lucario
|
Counter Fighting | Aura Sphere Fighting | 57.53s | 0.33 |
| 7. |
Metagross
|
Bullet Punch Steel | Meteor Mash Steel | 59.28s | 0.33 |
| 8. |
Gengar (Mega)
|
Lick Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 55.38s | 1.00 |
| 9. |
Garchomp
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earth Power Ground | 65.37s | 0.00 |
| 10. |
Conkeldurr
|
Counter Fighting | Dynamic Punch Fighting | 62.35s | 0.33 |
| 11. |
Abomasnow (Mega)
|
Razor Leaf Grass | Energy Ball Grass | 58.60s | 1.00 |
| 12. |
Zarude
|
Vine Whip Grass | Power Whip Grass | 62.02s | 0.50 |
| 13. |
Excadrill
|
Mud-Slap Ground | Earthquake Ground | 64.10s | 0.33 |
| 14. |
Kyogre
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Pump Water | 63.00s | 0.50 |
| 15. |
Houndoom (Mega)
|
Snarl Dark | Foul Play Dark | 68.05s | 0.00 |
| 16. |
Dialga
|
Metal Claw Steel | Iron Head Steel | 64.99s | 0.33 |
| 17. |
Machamp
|
Counter Fighting | Dynamic Punch Fighting | 65.86s | 0.40 |
| 18. |
Aerodactyl (Mega)
|
Rock Throw Rock | Earth Power Ground | 62.79s | 1.00 |
| 19. |
Groudon
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earthquake Ground | 69.78s | 0.00 |
| 20. |
Heracross
|
Counter Fighting | Close Combat Fighting | 70.51s | 0.00 |
| 21. |
Kingler
|
Bubble Water | Crabhammer Water | 62.18s | 1.00 |
| 22. |
Empoleon
|
Metal Claw Steel | Hydro Cannon Water | 65.16s | 0.67 |
| 23. |
Terrakion
|
Zen Headbutt Psychic | Sacred Sword Fighting | 70.93s | 0.00 |
| 24. |
Zacian
|
Metal Claw Steel | Iron Head Steel | 70.88s | 0.00 |
| 25. |
Gyarados
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Pump Water | 71.08s | 0.00 |
| 26. |
Beedrill (Mega)
|
Bug Bite Bug | Drill Run Ground | 63.39s | 1.00 |
| 27. |
Meloetta (Pirouette)
|
Low Kick Fighting | Close Combat Fighting | 69.21s | 0.20 |
| 28. |
Rhydon
|
Mud-Slap Ground | Earthquake Ground | 71.33s | 0.00 |
| 29. |
Landorus (Therian)
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earthquake Ground | 63.74s | 1.00 |
| 30. |
Breloom
|
Counter Fighting | Grass Knot Grass | 64.00s | 1.00 |
| 31. |
Sirfetch'd
|
Counter Fighting | Close Combat Fighting | 66.85s | 0.60 |
| 32. |
Swampert
|
Mud Shot Ground | Hydro Cannon Water | 67.48s | 0.50 |
| 33. |
Primarina
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Pump Water | 72.26s | 0.00 |
| 34. |
Hariyama
|
Counter Fighting | Dynamic Punch Fighting | 70.96s | 0.25 |
| 35. |
Manectric (Mega)
|
Thunder Fang Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 65.46s | 1.00 |
Whenever the shadow variant of a Pokémon listed below is available in the game, it is strongly recommended to use it over its regular/purified counterpart. However, since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to TM away Frustration, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article.
Rockruff has so many weaknesses that the list could go on forever. If you don’t have ANY of the Pokémon listed above powered up, you can always use:
- “Generalist” Pokémon such as Psycho Cut + Psystrike* Mewtwo
- Eevolutions capable of dealing super effective damage such as Vaporeon or Leafeon
- Other heavy-hitting megas
But please, try to use the Pokémon listed above if possible, your raid mates will thank you for that.
Stats and Max CP
|
Rockruff
Rock
|
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| Max CP at Level 40 950 | Max CP at Level 50 1074 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK 117 | DEF 78 | STA 128 | |||
| Weak to | Strong Against | ||||
| Grass Ground Steel Water Fighting | Fire Bug Ice | ||||
Moveset
| Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
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Rockruff is only a dex filler but one of its evolutions, Midnight Lycanroc, is actually a Pokémon worth considering for PvP if you love running spice.
It has access to the best fast move in the game (Counter), along with Psychic Fangs, Crunch and Stone Edge. Keep in mind though that rock type Pokémon have plenty of weaknesses in the current meta and Lycanroc is not really a bulky Pokémon either.
We hope you found this raid guide useful, happy hunting!