Torchic
Torchic is currently featured as a Tier 1 raid boss in Pokémon GO as part of the Festival of Colors Event, and it can be caught with the following CP values:
- 578 – 624 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
- 722 – 781 CP at Level 25 with Sunny weather boost
It is a Fire type Pokémon, which makes it weak to Water, Rock and Ground type moves. And yes, it can be shiny.
Torchic Raid Counters
Torchic’s best raid counters are listed below, according to our Pokémon GO DB battle simulator:
| # | Pokemon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Blastoise (Mega)
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 48.00s | 0.00 |
| 2. |
Gyarados (Mega)
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Pump Water | 48.73s | 0.00 |
| 3. |
Aerodactyl (Mega)
|
Rock Throw Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 48.37s | 0.33 |
| 4. |
Rhyperior
|
Mud-Slap Ground | Rock Wrecker Rock | 68.11s | 0.00 |
| 5. |
Gengar (Mega)
|
Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 60.63s | 1.00 |
| 6. |
Kyogre
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Pump Water | 67.43s | 0.33 |
| 7. |
Garchomp
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earthquake Ground | 71.83s | 0.00 |
| 8. |
Rampardos
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 64.34s | 1.00 |
| 9. |
Terrakion
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 71.55s | 0.33 |
| 10. |
Swampert
|
Mud Shot Ground | Hydro Cannon Water | 73.32s | 0.33 |
| 11. |
Slowbro (Mega)
|
Water Gun Water | Water Pulse Water | 76.29s | 0.00 |
| 12. |
Kingler
|
Bubble Water | Crabhammer Water | 68.77s | 1.00 |
| 13. |
Groudon
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earthquake Ground | 74.33s | 0.67 |
| 14. |
Landorus (Therian)
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earthquake Ground | 72.22s | 1.00 |
| 15. |
Landorus
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earth Power Ground | 73.06s | 1.00 |
| 16. |
Tyranitar
|
Smack Down Rock | Stone Edge Rock | 77.62s | 0.50 |
| 17. |
Excadrill
|
Mud-Slap Ground | Earthquake Ground | 71.28s | 1.20 |
| 18. |
Landorus (Incarnate)
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earth Power Ground | 73.69s | 1.00 |
| 19. |
Empoleon
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 75.47s | 0.83 |
| 20. |
Palkia
|
Dragon Tail Dragon | Hydro Pump Water | 79.88s | 0.33 |
| 21. |
Ampharos (Mega)
|
Volt Switch Electric | Power Gem Rock | 77.43s | 0.67 |
| 22. |
Manectric (Mega)
|
Thunder Fang Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 72.80s | 1.17 |
| 23. |
Feraligatr
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 76.27s | 0.83 |
| 24. |
Rhydon
|
Mud-Slap Ground | Stone Edge Rock | 80.88s | 0.33 |
| 25. |
Samurott
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 75.84s | 1.00 |
| 26. |
Golem
|
Rock Throw Rock | Earthquake Ground | 84.49s | 0.00 |
| 27. |
Pidgeot (Mega)
|
Air Slash | Brave Bird | 73.76s | 1.33 |
| 28. |
Houndoom (Mega)
|
Snarl Dark | Foul Play Dark | 76.41s | 1.00 |
| 29. |
Steelix (Mega)
|
Thunder Fang Electric | Earthquake Ground | 79.80s | 0.60 |
| 30. |
Crawdaunt
|
Waterfall Water | Crabhammer Water | 75.69s | 1.17 |
| 31. |
Omastar
|
Rock Throw Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 85.38s | 0.00 |
| 32. |
Kabutops
|
Waterfall Water | Stone Edge Rock | 86.24s | 0.00 |
| 33. |
Clawitzer
|
Water Gun Water | Crabhammer Water | 77.96s | 1.00 |
| 34. |
Gigalith
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 81.28s | 0.67 |
| 35. |
Charizard (Mega X)
|
Dragon Breath Dragon | Dragon Claw Dragon | 87.05s | 0.00 |
Whenever the shadow variant of a Pokémon listed below is available in the game, it is strongly recommended to use it over its regular/purified counterpart. However, since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to TM away Frustration, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article.
Torchic has plenty of counters, but if you don’t have ANY of the Pokémon listed above powered up, you can always use:
- “Generalist” Pokémon such as Psycho Cut + Psystrike* Mewtwo
- Eevolutions capable of dealing super effective damage such as Vaporeon
- Other heavy-hitting megas
But please, try to use the Pokémon listed above if possible, your raid mates will thank you for that.
Stats and Max CP
|
Torchic
Fire
|
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| Max CP at Level 40 1093 | Max CP at Level 50 1236 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK 130 | DEF 87 | STA 128 | |||
| Weak to | Strong Against | ||||
| Water Rock Ground | Bug Grass Steel Ice | ||||
Moveset
| Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
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Torchic’s final evolution, Blaziken, is a powerful fire type attacker thanks to its Community Day move Blast Burn. It’s not as powerful as it used to be due to the introduction of new shadows and megas, but it’s still a great budget attacker to use.
In PvP, Blaziken is actually a good spice pick to use in Ultra League Premier Classic. In Season 10, Blaziken worked pretty well in plenty of teams as a Walrein-Trevenant corebreaker. You could consider teaching it Brave Bird to add some extra spice.
We hope you found this raid guide useful, happy hunting!
