Mega Metagross Raid Counters Guide

Mega Metagross

Mega Metagross is a Steel and Psychic type Mega Raid boss. Best Mega Metagross raid counters include powerful Dark, Fire, Ground and Ghost-type Pokémon, with a wide range of different counters available to help you defeat it. 

A shiny Mega Metagross is available, with ~13.34% shiny odds to get one. Metagross can be caught in the following CP ranges:

• From 2078 CP to 2166 CP, with no weather boost
• From 2598 CP to 2708 CP with Snow and Windy weather boost

Depending on your levels and counters, we would recommend 3-6 trainers who are high level, and more if you don’t have optimal teams. This guide will tell you how to beat Mega Metagross, as well as its optimal stats, moves and CP range.

Best Mega Metagross Counters

This table highlights the top-performing counters to Mega Metagross in Pokémon GO raids, ranked by their overall consistency across all movesets.

Mega Charizard Y leads the pack with the highest DPS, followed closely by Primal Groudon and Dawn Wings Necrozma. Mega Garchomp, Mega Tyranitar, and other strong Fire, Ground, Ghost, and Dark attackers round out the list, offering you a mix of durability and speed to take down Mega Metagross efficiently.

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	22.18	20	428s
2.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	21.16	17	438s
3.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	21.26	23	446s
4.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	20.11	23	475s
5.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	19.76	20	478s
6.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	19.99	34	463s
7.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm	18.43	19	475s
8.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	18.69	30	514s
9.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire+	17.78	23	531s
10.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	18.78	34	518s
11.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	18.32	28	511s
12.	Mega Salamence	Fire Fang	Brutal Swing	17.38	21	543s
13.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	18.46	35	525s
14.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	18.39	35	529s
15.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare	17.80	26	521s
16.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm	17.90	29	530s
17.	Shadow Salamence	Fire Fang	Brutal Swing	18.19	35	530s
18.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	17.35	24	532s
19.	Lunala	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	17.09	25	555s
20.	Mega Gengar	Lick	Shadow Ball	19.34	49	510s
21.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire	16.90	24	559s
22.	Mega Absol	Snarl	Brutal Swing	18.90	43	510s
23.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Shadow Ball	18.67	43	509s
24.	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	15.94	18	586s
25.	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	17.84	33	522s
26.	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing	16.68	28	571s
27.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	17.34	37	536s
28.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	16.15	25	583s
29.	Shadow Entei	Fire Spin	Overheat	16.72	33	552s
30.	Volcarona	Fire Spin	Overheat	16.38	31	581s

Mega Metagross Stats and Moveset

	Mega Metagross SteelPsychic
Max CP	5552
ATK	300
DEF	289
HP	190
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Fury Cutter Bullet Punch Zen Headbutt Shadow Claw*
Charge moves	Meteor Mash* Earthquake Flash Cannon Psychic

(*) Denotes a Legacy Move only obtainable via Elite TM.

How to Get a Mega Metagross

You cannot catch Metagross in its Mega evolved form from the raid. The Mega Raid boss always reverts to its base form and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Metagross. Metagross can be caught with the following CP values:

• From 2078 CP to 2166 CP, with no weather boost
• From 2598 CP to 2708 CP with Snow and Windy weather boost

How to evolve Mega Metagross

In order to get Mega Metagross you will need 200 Mega Energy for the initial evolution, then 40 Mega Energy to evolve the same Metagross again in the future.

Base	Requirements	Evolution
Metagross	200× Metagross Mega Energy	Mega Metagross

• Mega Energy can be obtained via Mega Metagross Raids, and once you have evolved Mega Metagross, you can earn 5 Mega Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy.
• You can walk any Beldum, Metang or Metagross to earn Mega Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Mega Pokédex.

Shiny and Regular Metagross Comparison

Like all Mega Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Metagross from a raid, and also in the wild potentially, if you can find it! Both Metagross and Mega Metagross are brilliant silver and gold shinies!

	Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Metagross
Mega Metagross