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	42.81	9	361s
2.	Crowned Shield Zamazenta	Metal Claw	Behemoth Bash	42.35	10	367s
3.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Metal Claw	Sunsteel Strike	40.50	12	385s
4.	Mega Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	35.59	11	435s
5.	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	36.20	17	434s
6.	Mega Y Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Future Sight+	35.11	15	443s
7.	Mega Lucario	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	35.41	21	444s
8.	Mega Victreebel	Acid	Acid Spray+	34.21	18	454s
9.	Mega Gengar	Lick	Sludge Bomb	32.79	14	474s
10.	Eternatus	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	31.58	14	492s
11.	Shadow Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	31.96	20	491s
12.	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	32.60	24	482s
13.	Mega Skarmory	Steel Wing	Drill Peck+	30.49	17	509s
14.	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	30.09	17	519s
15.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	30.52	18	510s
16.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Metal Claw	Moongeist Beam	28.98	13	533s
17.	Mega X Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike	29.54	20	529s
18.	Nihilego	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	28.19	16	550s
19.	Shadow Gengar	Lick	Sludge Bomb	29.75	25	529s
20.	Shadow Excadrill	Metal Claw	Iron Head	29.50	23	531s
21.	Mega Delphox	Fire Spin	Mystical Fire+	27.64	18	560s
22.	Tinkaton	Fairy Wind	Gigaton Hammer	27.16	18	571s
23.	Naganadel	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	28.43	28	553s
24.	Shadow Overqwil	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	28.72	34	557s
25.	White Kyurem	Steel Wing	Ice Burn	27.63	25	570s

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

*denotes a Legacy Move, only obtainable via an Elite TM.

Sprites

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Xerneas	Xerneas

Happy raiding and shiny hunting, trainers!