Vileplume Raid Guide

Vileplume is a Tier 3 raid boss in Pokémon Go and is a part of the Lush Jungle Event 2022, running from March 22nd, 10 AM – March 29th, 8 PM, 2022.

Being a Grass/Poison type, it is weak to the Fire, Flying, Ice and Psychic types.

Vileplume can be caught with the following CP values:

1391 – 1462 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
1739 – 1828 CP at Level 25 with Sunny or Cloudy weather boost

While high-level trainers can easily solo it with optimal counters, others would need around 2-3 trainers to beat Vileplume with ease.

Vileplume 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 Vileplume are the following:

Vileplume Counters
Supreme Counters
Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn* Fire
Charizard (Mega X)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn* Fire
Great Counters
Pidgeot (Mega)	Wing Attack Flying	Brave Bird Flying
Houndoom (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Flamethrower Fire
Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psystrike* Psychic
Gengar (Mega)	Lick* Ghost	Psychic* Psychic
Abomasnow (Mega)	Powder Snow Ice	Weather Ball Ice
Reshiram	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire
Chandelure	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire
Darmanitan (Galarian)	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice
Darmanitan	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire
Moltres	Fire Spin Fire	Sky Attack* Flying
Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic