Mega Swampert Raid Guide

Swampert (Mega) WaterGround

Mega Swampert is a typical Mega Raid boss and should be tackled with 2 to 4 trainers. Mega Swampert is a Water and Ground type Pokémon whose best counters consist of Grass type Pokémon as that’s the only thing it’s weak to, and it’s double weak at that.

Swampert has a raid boss CP of 43153, and can be caught with the following CP values:

• 1622 – 1699 CP at Level 20 with no weather boost
• 2027 – 2124 CP at Level 25 with Sunny or Rainy weather boost

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Best Mega Swampert Counters in Pokémon GO

List of counters for the Mega Swampert Raid Boss in Pokémon GO, including best Pokémon to defeat it, highest DPS attackers, and moves to use. Learn which Pokémon are the best choice to beat this raid boss.

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 said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Sceptile (Mega)	Bullet Seed Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	271.04s	12.50
2.	Venusaur (Mega)	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	315.02s	11.25
3.	Kartana	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	379.08s	22.63
4.	Abomasnow (Mega)	Razor Leaf Grass	Energy Ball Grass	416.53s	15.88
5.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	433.98s	15.13
6.	Latios (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Solar Beam Grass	448.37s	14.75
7.	Chesnaught	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	494.20s	18.13
8.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	493.46s	18.75
9.	Roserade	Razor Leaf Grass	Grass Knot Grass	475.12s	23.63
10.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock Electric	Power Whip Grass	458.35s	29.13
11.	Celebi	Magical Leaf Grass	Leaf Storm Grass	518.77s	17.38
12.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Solar Beam Grass	470.73s	28.38
13.	Sceptile	Bullet Seed Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	498.70s	23.14
14.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed Grass	Grass Knot Grass	492.05s	24.50
15.	Leafeon	Razor Leaf Grass	Solar Beam Grass	515.37s	20.63
16.	Shaymin (Sky)	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Grass Knot Grass	531.61s	17.13
17.	Torterra	Razor Leaf Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	511.41s	22.13
18.	Exeggutor (Alola)	Bullet Seed Grass	Solar Beam Grass	541.47s	20.13
19.	Exeggutor	Bullet Seed Grass	Solar Beam Grass	526.42s	24.75
20.	Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	525.72s	25.50
21.	Victreebel	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	532.19s	26.63
22.	Simisage	Vine Whip Grass	Grass Knot Grass	528.61s	29.00
23.	Tangela	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	559.70s	22.50
24.	Meganium	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	572.68s	20.63
25.	Breloom	Bullet Seed Grass	Grass Knot Grass	518.12s	33.25
26.	Leavanny	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	564.61s	24.57
27.	Lurantis	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	576.12s	23.17
28.	Porygon-Z	Lock-On Normal	Solar Beam Grass	551.63s	29.67
29.	Shiftry	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	551.65s	30.00
30.	Serperior	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	588.63s	22.63
31.	Carnivine	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	558.52s	31.50
32.	Vileplume	Razor Leaf Grass	Solar Beam Grass	578.77s	26.38
33.	Ludicolo	Razor Leaf Grass	Solar Beam Grass	631.03s	17.50
34.	Decidueye	Razor Leaf Grass	Energy Ball Grass	613.19s	23.50
35.	Sirfetch'd	Fury Cutter Bug	Leaf Blade Grass	575.12s	33.17

How to Get Mega Swampert

You cannot catch Swampert in its mega evolved form from the raid. The mega raid boss is always catchable in its base form and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Swampert.

Swampert can be caught with the following CP values:

• 1622 – 1699 CP at Level 20 with no weather boost
• 2027 – 2124 CP at Level 25 with Sunny or Rainy weather boost

In order to get MegaSwampert you will need 200 Mega Energy for the initial evolution, then 40 Mega Energy to evolve the same Swampert again in the future. Mega Energy can be obtained via Mega Swampert Raids, and once you have evolved Mega Swampert, you can earn 5 Mega Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy. You can walk any Mudkip, Marshtomp or Swampert to earn Mega Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Mega Pokédex.

Mega Swampert Sprites

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite

Swampert Shiny

Like all Mega Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Swampert from a raid.

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite

Mega Swampert Stats and Max CP

Swampert (Mega) WaterGround
Max CP at Level 40 4401 | Max CP at Level 50 4975
ATK 283		DEF 218		HP 225
Weak To: Strong Against: Grassx2 Electric Fire Poison Rock Steel

Mega Swampert Movepool

*denotes Legacy Move

Moveset Analysis

As Mega Swampert’s counters consist almost exclusively of Grass types, the Poison type move Sludge Wave is a bit of a problem. I say a bit of a problem because the move isn’t fantastic and you should be able to power through without much issue if you do happen to come across a Mega Swampert that has Sludge Wave. Keep an eye out though, you may need to dodge or bring more trainers along. The rest of the moves shouldn’t pose much of an issue.