Tapu Lele Raid Guide

Tapu Lele is a Tier 5 legendary raid boss in Pokémon GO and of as February 8, 2023, 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.

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.

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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

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 Tapu Lele are the following:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	386.18s	21.38
2.	Banette (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	409.72s	23.13
3.	Beedrill (Mega)	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	441.12s	27.63
4.	Scizor (Mega)	Bullet Punch Steel	Iron Head Steel	560.58s	16.25
5.	Aggron (Mega)	Iron Tail Steel	Heavy Slam Steel	580.41s	14.50
6.	Alakazam (Mega)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Shadow Ball Ghost	571.15s	22.75
7.	Metagross	Bullet Punch Steel	Meteor Mash Steel	624.19s	15.38
8.	Venusaur (Mega)	Vine Whip Grass	Sludge Bomb Poison	606.79s	24.88
9.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	621.37s	21.88
10.	Steelix (Mega)	Iron Tail Steel	Heavy Slam Steel	649.02s	15.75
11.	Sceptile (Mega)	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	615.81s	29.29
12.	Swampert (Mega)	Mud Shot Ground	Hydro Cannon Water	642.11s	22.25
13.	Giratina (Origin)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Force Ghost	652.14s	20.25
14.	Nihilego	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	649.82s	25.75
15.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	687.29s	14.67
16.	Blaziken (Mega)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	619.61s	35.57
17.	Chandelure	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	648.98s	29.50
18.	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	679.37s	24.50
19.	Gengar	Shadow Claw Ghost	Sludge Bomb Poison	633.67s	39.88
20.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Steel Wing Steel	Iron Head Steel	684.38s	26.13
21.	Pidgeot (Mega)	Steel Wing Steel	Brave Bird Flying	677.50s	29.00
22.	Darkrai	Snarl Dark	Shadow Ball Ghost	735.70s	15.00
23.	Dialga	Metal Claw Steel	Iron Head Steel	705.42s	22.25
24.	Houndoom (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Foul Play Dark	738.29s	17.83
25.	Zacian	Metal Claw Steel	Iron Head Steel	740.33s	19.25
26.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Shadow Ball Ghost	729.79s	22.25
27.	Gyarados (Mega)	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water	748.89s	17.50
28.	Genesect (Normal)	Metal Claw Steel	Magnet Bomb Steel	728.67s	23.38
29.	Excadrill	Metal Claw Steel	Iron Head Steel	730.41s	24.17
30.	Absol (Mega)	Snarl Dark	Payback Dark	747.19s	21.75
31.	Blastoise (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	721.98s	26.13
32.	Charizard (Mega X)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	718.08s	27.75
33.	Genesect (Burn)	Metal Claw Steel	Magnet Bomb Steel	730.65s	24.13
34.	Genesect (Douse)	Metal Claw Steel	Magnet Bomb Steel	731.08s	24.00
35.	Overqwil	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	735.41s	24.00