Voltorb Raid Guide

Voltorb

Voltorb is now available in Tier 1 raids in Pokémon GO and you should have no problem taking it down as it is a very easy raid boss to defeat. 

After the raid, Voltorb can be caught with the following CP values 

• 532 – 577 CP, at Level 20 with no weather boost 
• 665 – 721 CP, at Level 25 with weather boost, during Rainy weather conditions

Voltorb is a pure Electric type Pokémon, and also has a shiny variant in the game so it can be encountered shiny after a raid battle. It is a full odds shiny–1/500. 

Voltorb 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 figures in our database for DPS and TDO are calculated using Level 40 Pokémon with perfect IVs.

The best counters for Voltorb are the following:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	10.00s	0.00
2.	Gengar (Mega)	Hex Ghost	Sludge Bomb Poison	10.89s	0.00
3.	Swampert (Mega)	Mud Shot Ground	Hydro Cannon Water	10.99s	0.00
4.	Alakazam (Mega)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Future Sight Psychic	11.08s	0.00
5.	Beedrill (Mega)	Bug Bite Bug	Sludge Bomb Poison	11.19s	0.00
6.	Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	11.27s	0.00
7.	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	11.25s	0.00
8.	Latios (Mega)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Luster Purge Psychic	11.38s	0.00
9.	Blaziken (Mega)	Counter Fighting	Blast Burn Fire	11.50s	0.00
10.	Sceptile (Mega)	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	11.50s	0.00
11.	Blastoise (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	11.78s	0.00
12.	Absol (Mega)	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	11.89s	0.00
13.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Ember Fire	Flamethrower Fire	12.09s	0.00
14.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Charm Fairy	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	12.22s	0.00
15.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap Ground	High Horsepower Ground	12.22s	0.00
16.	Gyarados (Mega)	Bite Dark	Hydro Pump Water	12.33s	0.00
17.	Lopunny (Mega)	Pound Normal	Focus Blast Fighting	12.53s	0.00
18.	Venusaur (Mega)	Vine Whip Grass	Solar Beam Grass	12.57s	0.00
19.	Salamence (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Hydro Pump Water	12.55s	0.00
20.	Garchomp	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	12.61s	0.00
21.	Banette (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	12.67s	0.00
22.	Charizard (Mega X)	Ember Fire	Overheat Fire	12.85s	0.00
23.	Excadrill	Mud Shot Ground	Drill Run Ground	13.01s	0.00
24.	Latias (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Mist Ball Psychic	13.21s	0.00
25.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Earth Power Ground	13.63s	0.00
26.	Houndoom (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Fire Blast Fire	13.74s	0.00
27.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	13.81s	0.00
28.	Rhydon	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	13.98s	0.00
29.	Deoxys (Attack)	Poison Jab Poison	Dark Pulse Dark	14.03s	0.00
30.	Pinsir (Mega)	Bug Bite Bug	X-Scissor Bug	14.03s	0.00
31.	Golem	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	14.04s	0.00
32.	Donphan	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	14.10s	0.00
33.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	14.10s	0.00
34.	Dugtrio (Alola)	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	14.16s	0.00
35.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Confusion Psychic	Psychic Psychic	14.21s	0.00

Voltorb as a Tier 1 raid boss, has a CP of 3409, so any generalist Pokémon should be fine while taking it down in raids. 

Stats and Max CP

Voltorb Electric
Max CP at Level 40 1010 | Max CP at Level 50 1141
ATK 109		DEF 111		HP 120
Weak To: Strong Against: Ground Flying, Water, Electric, Steel

Moveset

Voltorb’s evolution Electrode, in both–the Kantonian and the Hisuian Forme is decent in Great League and some limited-time formats like the Kanto Cup, so doing these raids might be useful in terms of getting candy for this Pokémon. 

And that’s all, Good luck with your Voltorb raids, and until next time, trainers!