Xerneas Raid Guide

Xerneas

Xerneas is a Tier 5 legendary raid boss and was the first Fairy type legendary Pokémon in GO. It can be shiny!

It can be caught with the following CP values:

• 2073 – 2160 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 2591 – 2701 CP at Level 25 with Cloudy weather boost

Xerneas is a mono-typed Fairy Pokémon, boosted by Cloudy weather, and its counters include strong Steel and Poison type Pokémon. As you will soon find out, Xerneas is quite bulky and, as such, we would recommend an absolute minimum of 3 highly prepared trainers, but typically would suggest 5-7 trainers to be on the safe side.

Best Xerneas Raid Counters

The best counters for Xerneas are the following Pokémon:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Crowned Sword Zacian	Metal Claw	Behemoth Blade	40.13	11	386s
2.	Crowned Shield Zamazenta	Metal Claw	Behemoth Bash	39.05	12	399s
3.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Metal Claw	Sunsteel Strike	38.34	15	408s
4.	Mega Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	32.86	14	472s
5.	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	33.85	20	467s
6.	Mega Gengar	Lick	Sludge Bomb	30.76	17	507s
7.	Mega Lucario	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	32.37	26	487s
8.	Eternatus	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	29.50	18	528s
9.	Shadow Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	30.07	24	524s
10.	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	28.41	20	551s
11.	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	29.58	31	532s
12.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Metal Claw	Moongeist Beam	29.96	16	573s
13.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	27.69	23	562s
14.	Shadow Excadrill	Metal Claw	Iron Head	27.93	27	562s
15.	Nihilego	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	26.47	19	589s
16.	Shadow Gengar	Lick	Sludge Bomb	27.34	30	578s
17.	Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	25.33	24	618s
18.	Origin Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	24.94	23	627s
19.	Naganadel	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	26.28	34	600s
20.	Shadow Overqwil	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	26.65	41	604s
21.	White Kyurem	Steel Wing	Ice Burn	24.77	31	618s
22.	Shock Genesect	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	24.77	27	636s
23.	Normal Genesect	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	24.77	5	133
24.	Douse Genesect	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	24.77	27	636s
25.	Chill Genesect	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	24.77	27	636s
26.	Burn Genesect	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	24.77	27	636s
27.	Mega Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	23.79	19	652s
28.	Melmetal	Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash	24.00	21	650s
29.	Mega Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	23.70	23	659s
30.	Roserade	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	24.43	35	646s

Xerneas Overview

Xerneas Psychic
Max CP	4275
ATK	250
DEF	185
HP	246
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Geomancy Zen Headbutt Tackle
Charge moves	Moonblast Close Combat Thunder Megahorn Giga Impact

Sprites

Xerneas	Shiny Xerneas

Happy raiding and shiny hunting, trainers!