Virizion Raid Guide

Virizion

Virizion is a Tier 5 Raid Boss in Pokemon GO with a Raid Boss CP of 39601 CP. It is a Grass and Fighting type Pokemon, which makes it incredibly vulnerable to Flying type moves. On top of this, it is also weak to powerful Psychic, Fire, Fairy, Ice, and Poison type attackers.

Below are the CP values to look for as it pertains to a 100% Virizion and the Pokemon that should be used to counter Virizion in most normal scenarios.

• Level 20 CP range: 1649 CP – 1727 CP
• Level 25 CP range: 2061 CP – 2159 CP (Sunny weather)

Shiny Virizion is available in Pokémon GO. Due to its heavy Flying type weakness, it is very easy for 2 Trainers to defeat Virizion with top Flying type counters.

The average trainers should form groups of 5-6 players in order to ensure victory against this Raid Boss. Note that without powerful Flying types, Virizion’s solid Defense stat will make a duo very difficult.

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Best Virizion Counters in Pokémon GO

List of counters for the Virizion Raid Boss in Pokémon GO, including best Pokémon to defeat it, highest DPS attackers, and moves to use. Learn which Pokémon are the best choice to beat this raid boss.

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Moltres	Wing Attack Flying	Sky Attack Flying	442.66s	13.00
2.	Rayquaza	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	481.56s	13.11
3.	Honchkrow	Peck Flying	Brave Bird Flying	459.54s	19.89
4.	Articuno (Galarian)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	495.19s	11.78
5.	Yveltal	Gust Flying	Hurricane Flying	505.68s	13.22
6.	Staraptor	Gust Flying	Brave Bird Flying	478.76s	19.22
7.	Braviary	Air Slash Flying	Brave Bird Flying	507.37s	17.56
8.	Tornadus	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	515.57s	16.33
9.	Tornadus (Incarnate)	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	517.42s	16.56
10.	Unfezant	Air Slash Flying	Sky Attack Flying	512.86s	19.89
11.	Kartana	Air Slash Flying	Aerial Ace Flying	536.10s	16.63
12.	Braviary (Hisuian)	Air Slash Flying	Brave Bird Flying	541.80s	15.00
13.	Tornadus (Therian)	Gust Flying	Hurricane Flying	540.87s	16.22
14.	Moltres (Galarian)	Wing Attack Flying	Brave Bird Flying	560.30s	13.89
15.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Psystrike Psychic	574.08s	14.78
16.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Drill Peck Flying	566.29s	16.33
17.	Lugia	Extrasensory Psychic	Aeroblast Flying	612.91s	8.33
18.	Toucannon	Peck Flying	Drill Peck Flying	559.63s	21.78
19.	Ho-Oh	Extrasensory Psychic	Brave Bird Flying	594.53s	13.44
20.	Yanmega	Wing Attack Flying	Aerial Ace Flying	601.35s	13.86
21.	Noivern	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	644.73s	10.00
22.	Togekiss	Air Slash Flying	Aerial Ace Flying	611.53s	13.78
23.	Reshiram	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	655.16s	9.00
24.	Swellow	Wing Attack Flying	Sky Attack Flying	602.55s	23.00
25.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	601.41s	19.00
26.	Scyther	Air Slash Flying	Aerial Ace Flying	642.14s	12.00
27.	Zapdos (Galarian)	Counter Fighting	Brave Bird Flying	625.31s	15.00
28.	Oricorio (Sensu)	Air Slash Flying	Hurricane Flying	668.89s	8.50
29.	Lunala	Air Slash Flying	Future Sight Psychic	671.99s	8.33
30.	Sirfetch'd	Fury Cutter Bug	Brave Bird Flying	634.51s	18.50
31.	Blaziken	Fire Spin Fire	Brave Bird Flying	616.96s	24.50

Best Mega Pokémon to use versus Virizion

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Pidgeot (Mega)	Wing Attack Flying	Brave Bird Flying	315.39s	11.44
2.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Air Slash Flying	Blast Burn Fire	370.53s	11.33
3.	Alakazam (Mega)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	404.85s	13.56
4.	Latios (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Psychic Psychic	455.36s	9.89
5.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Sludge Bomb Poison	484.39s	11.89

Counters analysis

By and large, Flying types will dominate this battle. While Stone Edge is a serious threat to these Pokemon, they will still outperform almost any other Pokemon in this battle due to Virizion’s double weakness to the type. Even less-than-stellar Flying types will outperform many top attackers of other types that Virizion is weak to.

Moltres is by far the best non-mega counter. Outside of Stone Edge, it has nothing to worry about and has an easy time with survival in the absence of Stone Edge. Honchkrow also has a good TTW, however, it’s secondary Dark typing lends itself to more faints across all movesets, especially Close Combat. Rayquaza is also highly effective with its Flying type moveset, but there is an opportunity cost due to it preferring a Dragon type moveset in most other situations.

Unfezant and Staraptor not only has good DPS, but also is a pretty common spawn. Due to this, it’s pretty easy to catch one at a high level and instantly have a battle-ready counter. Similar to Honchkrow, Unfezant’s secondary typing makes it more vulnerable to Close Combat than some other Flying types.

With a monstrous Attack stat of 300, it should come as no surprise that Mewtwo is the best non-Flying type attacker to take on Virizion. For those without Psystrike Mewtwo, Psychic is still better than non-Flying types, but the slightly longer duration could affect Mewtwo toward the end of its lifespan.

While more known for Fairy type offense, Togekiss capitalizes on Virizion’s double weakness to Flying while also double resisting Virizion’s strongest charge move, Close Combat.

Lugia makes an appearance as an incredibly potent tank. While its TTW will lag behind most other Flying types due to a lack of a Flying type fast move, Lugia is amazingly resistant as it always has been.

Shiny comparison

Normal Virizon	Shiny Virizon

Virizion Movesets

Stone Edge is really the only move to be wary of when facing Virizion as its best counters are all weak to the move. Outside of Stone Edge, the main battle against Virizion will be the raid battle clock.

While not super defensive like Lugia or Defense Deoxys, Virizion does lean more defensive than most other Gen 5 legendaries, which means your attackers won’t gain energy as quickly from taking attacks from Virizion when compared to most other Generation 5 legendary Pokemon.

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Final Notes

Virizion is one of the easiest Generation 5 legendaries to take on in Pokemon GO. Its double weakness to Flying as well as its weakness to Psychic type moves leads to a pretty simple battle as these two types have multiple powerful attackers that can reliably capitalize on these weaknesses.

Virizion also lacks the immediate firepower to threaten its top counters as even Stone Edge is unlikely to OHKO anything outside of Moltres and potentially Honchkrow at lower levels.