Spheal is a Tier 1 raid boss in Pokémon Go and is a part of the Pokémon Go Holidays Event: Part 1, running from December 16 – December 23, 2021. For this event, Spheal will be wearing a special Holiday costume.
This event marks the long-awaited debut of shiny Spheal!
It can be caught with the following CP values:
- 505 – 550 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
- 631 – 687 CP at Level 25 with Snow or Rainy weather boost
Being an Ice/Water type, its weaknesses include the Electric, Fighting, Grass and Rock types.
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Spheal 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 Spheal are the following:
| Supreme Counters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Thunder Fang Electric | Wild Charge Electric | |
| Vine Whip Grass | Frenzy Plant* Grass | |
| Great Counters | ||
| Volt Switch Electric | Zap Cannon Electric | |
| Low Kick Fighting | Focus Blast Fighting | |
| Counter Fighting | Aura Sphere Fighting | |
| Vine Whip Grass | Power Whip Grass | |
| Counter Fighting | Dynamic Punch Fighting | |
| Counter Fighting | Dynamic Punch Fighting | |
| Charge Beam Electric | Wild Charge Electric | |
| Razor Leaf Grass | Energy Ball Grass | |
| Razor Leaf Grass | Grass Knot Grass | |
| Smack Down Rock | Rock Slide Rock | |
| Volt Switch Electric | Thunderbolt Electric | |
*denotes a legacy move
Stats and Max CP
| Max CP at Level 40 962 | Max CP at Level 50 1088 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK 95 | DEF 90 | HP 172 | |||
| Weak to | Strong Against | ||||
| Electric Fighting Grass Rock | Dragon Fire Grass Ground Rock | ||||
Raid Boss Movepool
| Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
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Conclusion
Poor Spheal is only a tier 1 raid, so you can pretty much use anything against it to win. Sorry Speahl! The Spheal family are great purple shinies that will look great in any collection, and Walrein can be a decent budget Ice type attacker for raids.
All the best, trainers!
