Rufflet Raid Guide

Rufflet is a Tier 1 raid boss in Pokémon Go and is a part of the Secrets of the Jungle event. This little birdie evolves into the majestic Braviary, which has some play in PvP as a spice option. Plus, it can be shiny. Shiny Rufflet is among the rare shinies in the game and as such, it is worth doing Rufflet raids. It is a full odd shiny, so keep this in mind!

Rufflet can be caught with the following CP values:

796- 852 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
996- 1065 CP at Level 25 with Partly Cloudy or Windy weather boost

With its Normal and Flying dual typing and Tier 1, it is weak to the Electric, Ice and Rock types. It is an easy solo.

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Rufflet 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 best counters for Rufflet are the following:

Rufflet Counters
Supreme Counters
Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Wild Charge Electric
Ampharos (Mega)	Volt Switch Electric	Zap Cannon Electric
Great Counters
Manectric (Mega)	Charge Beam Electric	Wild Charge Electric
Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric
Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock
Rhyperior	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker* Rock
Raikou	Volt Switch Electric	Wild Charge Electric
Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric
Magnezone	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric
Abomasnow (Mega)	Powder Snow Ice	Weather Ball Ice
Mamoswine	Powder Snow Ice	Avalanche Ice
Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock
Tyranitar	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock