Tapu Fini Raid Guide

Tapu Fini is a Tier 5 legendary raid boss in Pokémon GO, and is the guardian deity of Poni Island in the Alola region. Best Tapu Fini counters are strong Electric and Grass Pokémon like Zekrom, Raikou, Magnezone, Zarude and Roserade.

Being a Water and Fairy-type it is weak to Electric, Grass, and Poison-types. Tapu Fini max capture CP values are as follows:

• 1556 – 1632 CP (No weather boost, level 20, 100% IV)
• 1946 – 2041 CP (Rainy weather/Party cloudy weather, level 25, 100% IV)

You should be able to take down Tapu Fini with 3 high-level, well-outfitted trainers.  However, 4 to 6 decently prepared trainers should have no problems.

Tapu Fini will be in raids from From Tuesday, May 10 to Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

Best Tapu Fini Counters

The following Pokémon are the best Pokémon to use against a Tapu Fini in Raid Battles:

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Wild Charge Electric	754.90s	21.00
2.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	796.82s	20.88
3.	Roserade	Poison Jab Poison	Solar Beam Grass	816.74s	24.14
4.	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	768.17s	31.50
5.	Raikou	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	833.04s	25.13
6.	Magnezone	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	853.63s	23.00
7.	Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	815.06s	29.50
8.	Deoxys (Attack)	Poison Jab Poison	Zap Cannon Electric	719.33s	54.00
9.	Luxray	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	851.15s	30.25
10.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	866.69s	29.13
11.	Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	897.30s	24.00
12.	Celebi	Magical Leaf Grass	Leaf Storm Grass	933.61s	18.50
13.	Gengar	Lick Ghost	Sludge Bomb Poison	853.28s	31.88
14.	Sceptile	Bullet Seed Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	892.38s	26.50
15.	Exeggutor	Bullet Seed Grass	Solar Beam Grass	919.66s	22.75
16.	Thundurus (Incarnate)	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunder Electric	879.46s	30.00
17.	Deoxys (Normal)	Charge Beam Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	831.67s	45.00
18.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	918.03s	23.13
19.	Thundurus	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunder Electric	884.25s	30.67
20.	Exeggutor (Alola)	Bullet Seed Grass	Solar Beam Grass	962.80s	17.00
21.	Chesnaught	Vine Whip Grass	Solar Beam Grass	957.63s	18.25
22.	Tapu Koko	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	888.59s	30.13
23.	Breloom	Bullet Seed Grass	Grass Knot Grass	887.64s	33.60
24.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Thunderbolt Electric	920.96s	27.25
25.	Torterra	Razor Leaf Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	919.77s	30.67
26.	Jolteon	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	930.70s	33.00
27.	Toxicroak	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	899.91s	33.83
28.	Porygon-Z	Lock-On Normal	Solar Beam Grass	941.67s	34.00
29.	Victreebel	Acid Poison	Solar Beam Grass	936.53s	25.33
30.	Zacian	Quick Attack Normal	Wild Charge Electric	1008.57s	17.00
31.	Simisage	Vine Whip Grass	Grass Knot Grass	931.19s	28.50
32.	Leafeon	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	979.01s	20.50
33.	Golem (Alola)	Volt Switch Electric	Wild Charge Electric	955.10s	27.00
34.	Zacian (Hero)	Quick Attack Normal	Wild Charge Electric	990.20s	25.00
35.	Arcanine	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	1028.97s	24.00

For other options, you can also reach for Luxray, Zapdos, Venusaur, Gengar, Sceptile, Exeggutor, Tangrowth, Thundurus, Celebi and more. You can see our full counters list here.

💡 Given that Shadow Pokémon require a special event to TM away Frustration and are extremely stardust heavy to power up they have been excluded. With that being said, if you have a Shadow version of one of the Non-Mega Pokémon powered up and TM’ed, use it.

Best Mega Pokémon vs Tapu FIni

As you are only able to bring 1 Mega Pokémon into battle with you, I’ve separated the counters into two lists, Mega and Non-Mega.

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move
1.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Sludge Bomb Poison
2.	Beedrill (Mega)	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison
3.	Manectric (Mega)	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric
4.	Venusaur (Mega)	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass
5.	Ampharos (Mega)	Volt Switch Electric	Zap Cannon Electric

Tapu Fini Move Set Analysis

Tapu Fini has access to this set of moves as a raid boss:

Fast Moves

• Water Gun isn’t anything to worry about as it won’t be super effective against any of the suggested counters.
• Hidden Power is a dice roll depending on what type it ends up with, so pay attention to the types that are on your suggested team. If you see an absence of a certain type, it might be best to avoid those Pokémon.

Charge Moves

• Ice Beam could provide some problems if you’re bringing grass types along, so if the game doesn’t suggest grass types then I would avoid adding one to your team.
• Moonbeam will deal decent neutral damage to most of your counters and would be super effective against Zekrom and Mega Ampharos.
• Surf is… well, surf. This is the move you hope to face.
• Hydro Pump will deal solid neutral damage, but neither is anything you should really be concerned over.

Tapu Fini in Pokémon GO

Tapu Fini WaterFairy
Max CP at Level 40 2857| Max CP at Level 50 3230
ATK 189		DEF 254		HP 172
Weak To: Strong Against: Electric Grass Poison Dragonx2 Bug Dark Fighting Fire Ice Water

Conclusion

Tapu Fini isn’t meta-shattering or even meta-shaking for PVE.  It’s defense centric and has a less-than-ideal moveset, to say the least.  Maybe it’ll get some better moves down the road but even then.  Grab one for a dex entry, and more if you’d like. Just don’t expect it to show up on any top-tier counter list.

Stay safe out there trainers!