Spheal
Spheal is a Tier 1 raid boss in Pokémon GO with a raid boss CP of 2760. It should be an easy solo for any trainer!
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.
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:
| # | Pokémon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Mega Manectric
|
Thunder Fang Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 6.90s | 0.00 |
| 2. |
Mega Alakazam
|
Counter Fighting | Psychic Psychic | 6.90s | 0.00 |
| 3. |
Mega Venusaur
|
Vine Whip Grass | Frenzy Plant Grass | 7.10s | 0.00 |
| 4. |
Mega Aerodactyl
|
Rock Throw Rock | Ancient Power Rock | 7.50s | 0.00 |
| 5. |
Mega Gengar
|
Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 8.20s | 0.00 |
| 6. |
Rampardos
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 8.20s | 0.00 |
| 7. |
Kartana
|
Razor Leaf Grass | Leaf Blade Grass | 8.28s | 0.00 |
| 8. |
Xurkitree
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Thunder Electric | 8.72s | 0.00 |
| 9. |
Mega Ampharos
|
Volt Switch Electric | Thunder Punch Electric | 8.73s | 0.00 |
| 10. |
Terrakion
|
Double Kick Fighting | Sacred Sword Fighting | 9.06s | 0.00 |
| 11. |
Mega Absol
|
Snarl Dark | Thunder Electric | 9.10s | 0.00 |
| 12. |
Rhyperior
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Wrecker Rock | 9.40s | 0.00 |
| 13. |
Therian Thundurus
|
Volt Switch Electric | Thunder Electric | 9.40s | 0.00 |
| 14. |
Pheromosa
|
Bug Bite Bug | Close Combat Fighting | 9.43s | 0.00 |
| 15. |
Mega Banette
|
Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 9.82s | 0.00 |
| 16. |
Mega Pidgeot
|
Wing Attack | Brave Bird | 9.87s | 0.00 |
| 17. |
Mega Y Charizard
|
Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 9.91s | 0.00 |
| 18. |
Mega Latios
|
Dragon Breath Dragon | Psychic Psychic | 9.93s | 0.00 |
| 19. |
Celebi
|
Magical Leaf Grass | Leaf Storm Grass | 10.05s | 0.00 |
| 20. |
Lucario
|
Counter Fighting | Aura Sphere Fighting | 10.03s | 0.00 |
| 21. |
Mega Abomasnow
|
Razor Leaf Grass | Energy Ball Grass | 10.20s | 0.00 |
| 22. |
Mega Houndoom
|
Snarl Dark | Crunch Dark | 10.38s | 0.00 |
| 23. |
Roserade
|
Razor Leaf Grass | Grass Knot Grass | 10.52s | 0.00 |
| 24. |
Breloom
|
Counter Fighting | Seed Bomb Grass | 10.55s | 0.00 |
| 25. |
Porygon-Z
|
Charge Beam Electric | Solar Beam Grass | 10.55s | 0.00 |
| 26. |
Blaziken
|
Counter Fighting | Stone Edge Rock | 10.57s | 0.00 |
| 27. |
Dusk Lycanroc
|
Counter Fighting | Stone Edge Rock | 10.65s | 0.00 |
| 28. |
Exeggutor
|
Bullet Seed Grass | Solar Beam Grass | 10.60s | 0.00 |
| 29. |
Alola Exeggutor
|
Bullet Seed Grass | Solar Beam Grass | 10.60s | 0.00 |
| 30. |
Leafeon
|
Bullet Seed Grass | Solar Beam Grass | 10.60s | 0.00 |
| 31. |
Maractus
|
Bullet Seed Grass | Solar Beam Grass | 10.60s | 0.00 |
| 32. |
Tapu Bulu
|
Bullet Seed Grass | Solar Beam Grass | 10.60s | 0.00 |
| 33. |
Pirouette Meloetta
|
Low Kick Fighting | Close Combat Fighting | 10.65s | 0.00 |
| 34. |
Sirfetch'd
|
Counter Fighting | Leaf Blade Grass | 10.63s | 0.00 |
| 35. |
Zapdos
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Zap Cannon Electric | 10.74s | 0.00 |
Stats and Max CP
Spheal
IceWater
|
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| 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!
