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. 

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

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Delphox	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	25.81	14	381s
2.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	25.21	15	394s
3.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	23.56	13	414s
4.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	24.14	17	411s
5.	Shadow Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare	24.33	19	411s
6.	Mega Chandelure	Fire Spin	Shadow Ball	23.99	20	422s
7.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	24.35	23	414s
8.	Mega X Mewtwo	Counter	Shadow Ball	23.02	19	443s
9.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	22.59	17	438s
10.	Shadow Darkrai	Snarl	Foul Play	23.66	22	432s
11.	Mega Y Mewtwo	Counter	Shadow Ball	22.36	16	442s
12.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	22.49	14	440s
13.	Shadow Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing	22.34	21	456s
14.	Mega Gengar	Lick	Shadow Ball	23.83	34	460s
15.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Dark Pulse+	21.44	16	445s
16.	Mega Greninja	Feint Attack	Brutal Swing	21.42	18	470s
17.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm	21.50	20	469s
18.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	21.81	25	481s
19.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	21.32	22	476s
20.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	21.24	20	471s
21.	Mega Absol	Snarl	Brutal Swing	22.57	30	476s
22.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	21.43	25	488s
23.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	21.36	25	490s
24.	Blacephalon	Incinerate	Mind Blown	22.60	33	463s
25.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm	20.55	14	442s

Mega Metagross Stats and Moveset

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

(*) 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	Metagross
Mega Metagross	Mega Metagross

All the best, trainers!