Shadow Raikou Pokémon GO Raid Information: Finest counters & extra

Shadow Raikou is again in 5 Star Shadow Raids throughout Saturday’s and Sunday’s in March. Shadow Raikou is the primary electric-type Raid attacker in Pokémon GO and is properly price going out and preventing.

Plus, for the primary time ever the Shadow Raikou you encounter might be in its shiny kind. The chances are the identical as from customary 5 Star Raids.

After all, Shadow Raids are very troublesome in Pokémon GO. You will want a workforce of in individual trainers if you wish to take Shadow Raikou down, in addition to loads of Purified Gems.

As an Electrical-type Pokémon, Shadow Raikou solely has a singular weak point, which is to Floor-types. Nonetheless, fortunately we have now numerous good Floor-types to select from to construct a workforce to take this highly effective Pokémon down.

Listed below are the perfect Shadow Raikou counters in Pokémon GO:

Shadow Pokémon are very laborious to take down. They deal a variety of injury, and once they grow to be enraged will one shot most conventional Pokémon.

We actually counsel utilizing Primal Groudon for this raid. As the perfect Floor-type Pokémon within the recreation, it’s by far your best option to take down Shadow Raikou in Pokémon GO. When you have the Shadow model of any of the Pokémon on our record, they’re nice decisions if they’re excessive sufficient CP.

Mega Evolutions can assist you get extra sweet and XL sweet with each catch. Having a mega degree 3 lively that enhances sweet for Electrical-types offers you an additional 2 sweet per catch, in addition to a 25% bonus to your XL sweet probability.

Be warned, in contrast to regular legendary raids, you would possibly need to as an alternative choose a Mega Pokémon that may be a good counter, moderately than go for the sweet bonus.

Earlier than we even take into consideration what number of trainers you want – you MUST have Purified Gems to take down Shadow Raikou in Pokémon GO. With out, this raid shall be unimaginable.

For prime degree trainers, at the very least 4 with very excessive degree counters is a protected minimal. Occasion Play could scale back this barely, however be ready to lose a LOT of Pokémon.

For decrease degree trainers, you are 8-10 minimal to win this raid.

Shadow Raikou is the perfect Electrical-type Pokémon within the recreation. Consequently, getting the 100% IV for this Pokémon will yield the very best Electrical-type doable wherever in Pokémon GO.

Listed below are the CP values to maintain a watch out for to know you have got a 100% IV Shadow Raikou:

Climate enhance can assist you save sweet, get higher IVs and profit from energy boosts in your workforce. Listed below are the climate results to regulate when taking over these raids.

Wet climate is troublesome for this raid. Not solely will it make your telephone moist, however it should imply Shadow Raikou does much more injury. Nonetheless, the Shadow Raikou you catch shall be a better CP because of this. In case you are attempting to do that raid with a really small Pokémon GO group, we propose preventing Shadow Raikou in Sunny climate if doable.

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