Tapu Lele Raid Guide

Tapu Lele

Tapu Lele is a Tier 5 legendary raid boss in Pokémon GO and it can be shiny.

Being a Psychic/Fairy type, it is weak to the Ghost, Poison and Steel types.

Tapu Lele is currently a case of lost potential as it doesn’t learn Charm in Pokémon GO (which it can learn in the Main Series Games). Even from the Psychic POV, its moves aren’t the best. So while Tapu Lele doesn’t dazzle in either of its typing, it can experience a change of fortunes with something like Charm being added to its moveset in the future. Anyway, it is still a legendary Dex addition, to say the least.

You can check out Tapu Lele’s PvP performance in JRESeawolf’s article and see how the new move Nature’s Madness impacts it in both PvP and PvE.

Tapu Lele can be caught with the following CP values:

  • 1912 – 1996 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
  • 2390 – 2496 CP at Level 25 with Windy or Cloudy weather boost

Generally, 3-4 high-level trainers can beat Tapu Lele easily with optimal counters. Otherwise, 4-5 trainers will suffice.

Shiny Tapu Lele

Shiny Tapu Lele is a great shiny, with the bulk of the Pokémon turning black, and the hot pink fading to pale pink.

Tapu Lele Raid Counters

While Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up, we have included the top Shadow Pokémon you can use against Tapu Lele. Ensure you no longer have Frustration on these Pokémon before considering adding them to your team. If you have any of these as an option, while they may take more damage than non-shadow Pokémon, they will also deal more.

The best counters for Tapu Lele are the following:

# Attacker Fast Move Charge Move Faints TTW
1. Metagross (Shadow) Bullet Punch Steel Meteor Mash Steel 16 488s
2. Gengar (Mega) Lick Ghost Shadow Ball Ghost 30 451s
3. Banette (Mega) Shadow Claw Ghost Shadow Ball Ghost 31 500s
4. Chandelure (Shadow) Hex Ghost Shadow Ball Ghost 32 498s
5. Metagross Bullet Punch Steel Meteor Mash Steel 16 586s
6. Gengar (Shadow) Lick Ghost Shadow Ball Ghost 49 486s
7. Rayquaza (Mega) Air Slash Flying Dragon Ascent Flying 23 566s
8. Mewtwo (Shadow) Psycho Cut Psychic Shadow Ball Ghost 24 566s
9. Cursola (Shadow) Hex Ghost Shadow Ball Ghost 37 530s
10. Beedrill (Mega) Poison Jab Poison Sludge Bomb Poison 43 536s
11. Excadrill (Shadow) Metal Claw Steel Iron Head Steel 32 565s
12. Alakazam (Mega) Psycho Cut Psychic Shadow Ball Ghost 27 593s
13. Gholdengo Hex Ghost Shadow Ball Ghost 21 629s
14. Giratina (Origin) Shadow Claw Ghost Shadow Force Ghost 23 624s
15. Chandelure Hex Ghost Shadow Ball Ghost 32 598s
16. Gardevoir (Mega) Magical Leaf Grass Shadow Ball Ghost 23 649s
17. Nihilego Poison Jab Poison Sludge Bomb Poison 29 621s
18. Hoopa (Confined) Astonish Ghost Shadow Ball Ghost 27 636s
19. Hoopa (Unbound) Astonish Ghost Shadow Ball Ghost 25 648s
20. Melmetal Thunder Shock Electric Double Iron Bash Steel 21 677s
21. Dialga Metal Claw Steel Iron Head Steel 25 652s
22. Gengar Lick Ghost Shadow Ball Ghost 50 584s
23. Dialga (Origin) Metal Claw Steel Iron Head Steel 25 663s
24. Scizor (Mega) Bullet Punch Steel Iron Head Steel 22 682s
25. Banette (Shadow) Shadow Claw Ghost Shadow Ball Ghost 52 573s
26. Jirachi Charge Beam Electric Doom Desire Steel 18 718s
27. Aggron (Mega) Iron Tail Steel Heavy Slam Steel 20 707s
28. Drifblim (Shadow) Hex Ghost Shadow Ball Ghost 37 633s
29. Mewtwo Psycho Cut Psychic Shadow Ball Ghost 25 684s
30. Mismagius (Shadow) Hex Ghost Shadow Ball Ghost 42  
 

Stats and Max CP

Tapu Lele PsychicFairy
Max CP at Level 40 3494 | Max CP at Level 50 3950
ATK 259 DEF 208 HP 172
Weak to Strong Against
Ghost Poison Steel Dark Dragon Fighting Poison

Movepool

Fast Moves Charge Moves
  • Confusion Psychic
  • Astonish Ghost
  • Future Sight Psychic
  • Psyshock Psychic
  • Moonblast Fairy
  • Focus Blast Fighting
  • Nature’s Madness* Fairy

All the best, trainers!

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