Tornadus (Therian)
Tornadus Therian forme is a Tier 5 legendary raid boss in Pokémon GO. Being a pure type, it is boosted by Windy weather and its counters include strong Electric Ice and Rock type Pokémon such as Rampardos, Zekrom, Galarian Darmanitan and mega evolutions such as Mega Abomasnow.
Tornadus Therian can be caught with the following CP values:
- 1756 – 1837 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
- 2196 – 2296 CP at Level 25 with Windy weather boost
While it is a bit bulkier than its Incarnate counterpart, it will still take around 3 high-level trainers under ideal conditions or 4-7 trainers under normal conditions to beat it.
This raid guide will show you how you can successfully beat Tornadus Therian forme and the counters with which you can achieve the same. In addition, this write-up will also feature particulars such as the stats and moveset of Tornadus Therian forme. Without much ado, let’s start!
Therian Tornadus Raid Counters
Here are the top counters for Tornadus Therian forme, based on the time required to win:
| # | Pokemon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Zekrom
|
Charge Beam Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 586.70s | 16.25 |
| 2. |
Thundurus (Therian)
|
Volt Switch Electric | Thunderbolt Electric | 579.83s | 21.00 |
| 3. |
Rampardos
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 578.51s | 28.38 |
| 4. |
Rhyperior
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Wrecker Rock | 622.09s | 16.50 |
| 5. |
Raikou
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 623.13s | 19.50 |
| 6. |
Electivire
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 610.65s | 24.00 |
| 7. |
Darmanitan (Galarian Standard)
|
Ice Fang Ice | Avalanche Ice | 600.96s | 31.86 |
| 8. |
Zapdos
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Thunderbolt Electric | 648.42s | 19.38 |
| 9. |
Magnezone
|
Spark Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 643.30s | 21.38 |
| 10. |
Terrakion
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 641.05s | 23.00 |
| 11. |
Tyranitar
|
Smack Down Rock | Stone Edge Rock | 679.53s | 12.00 |
| 12. |
Mamoswine
|
Powder Snow Ice | Avalanche Ice | 639.42s | 28.63 |
| 13. |
Deoxys (Attack)
|
Poison Jab Poison | Zap Cannon Electric | 568.63s | 59.00 |
| 14. |
Luxray
|
Spark Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 663.33s | 25.14 |
| 15. |
Weavile
|
Ice Shard Ice | Avalanche Ice | 663.95s | 26.83 |
| 16. |
Tapu Koko
|
Volt Switch Electric | Thunderbolt Electric | 679.86s | 23.50 |
| 17. |
Deoxys (Normal)
|
Charge Beam Electric | Thunderbolt Electric | 632.39s | 38.20 |
| 18. |
Golem (Alola)
|
Rock Throw Rock | Wild Charge Electric | 705.35s | 19.80 |
| 19. |
Thundurus (Incarnate)
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Thunder Electric | 698.13s | 21.50 |
| 20. |
Glaceon
|
Ice Shard Ice | Avalanche Ice | 677.69s | 28.00 |
| 21. |
Mewtwo
|
Psycho Cut Psychic | Thunderbolt Electric | 702.56s | 20.50 |
| 22. |
Thundurus
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Thunder Electric | 698.45s | 22.25 |
| 23. |
Gigalith
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 724.90s | 20.00 |
| 24. |
Manectric
|
Thunder Fang Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 695.00s | 29.00 |
Note on Shadow Pokémon: 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.
Best Mega Pokémon vs Therian Tornadus
| # | Pokemon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Manectric (Mega)
|
Thunder Fang Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 406.17s | 16.50 |
| 2. |
Aerodactyl (Mega)
|
Rock Throw Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 438.59s | 14.13 |
| 3. |
Ampharos (Mega)
|
Volt Switch Electric | Zap Cannon Electric | 478.66s | 14.00 |
| 4. |
Abomasnow (Mega)
|
Powder Snow Ice | Weather Ball Ice | 512.35s | 27.13 |
| 5. |
Gengar (Mega)
|
Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 536.43s | 22.88 |
| 6. |
Charizard (Mega Y)
|
Wing Attack | Blast Burn Fire | 575.38s | 19.13 |
Tornadus Therian Stats and CP
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Tornadus (Therian)
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| Max CP at Level 40 3215| Max CP at Level 50 3635 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK 238 | DEF 189 | HP 188 | |||
| Weak to | Strong Against | ||||
| Electric Ice Rock | Bug Fighting Grass | ||||
Tornadus Therian Moveset Analysis
Just like Thundurus Therian, Tornadus Therian also received a moveset update. So what’s in store for this monster?
| Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
|---|---|
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Gust and Hurricane gain STAB and is undoubtedly an upgrade over its earlier Air Slash. While Gust does do decent damage per see, it is resisted by your Electric and Rock type counters and does only neutral damage against your Ice types. With Tornadys-T’s lacklustre stats, it shouldn’t be too much of a problem.
Astonish is just one of the worst fast moves in the game. Even a pillow would hit harder.
Heat Wave and Psychic aren’t too much of a worry unless your counter is an Ice type wherein Heat Wave can do quite a number.
Focus Blast can KO your Rock and Ice types. But it is quite easy to be dodged.
Parting words
All in all, Tornadus Therian isn’t exactly going to be a difficult raid boss to face. We all have enough Electric and Rock types already so that this type legendary monster is nothing more than just a breeze!
Will it be meta relevant? Honestly, no. With underwhelming stats and a solo typing that isn’t all that mighty, this only pure type Pokémon is more or less a collectible.
