Pokémon GO Darkrai raid guide
Lugia will be available in Legendary Five Star Raids starting Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 13 p.m. PT and departing Monday, November 16, 2020 at 13 p.m. PT. As long as it's available, you can go raiding and hoping to get a Shiny Lugia, while anything you catch will feature Aeroblast's charged attack. It's a valuable PvP option, so getting a good one will help increase your chances of ranking in the GO Battle League in future competitions, including the upcoming Sky Cup.
As a psychic and flying type Pokémon, Lugia is weak against Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock attacks. To take it down, you'll want to bring your strongest team of six into these types, but we have specific recommendations below. Of course, you need to balance the weaknesses of your attackers, which will be based on that specific Lugia's move set. You can't say this for sure, but you can usually infer it from in-game recommendations. Most of the time, you just want to avoid Bug-type Pokémon and if Lugia has Hydro Pump, rock might also be a bad choice.
Overall, you'll need around 5 Trainers to take on Lugia, although having a high CP shadow or a Mega Pokémon will allow you to attack with fewer players. Still, your best bet is to have more and I would recommend 7 or more if you don't want to make it a challenge. But it's all based on the counters you have, so let's break them down.
How to beat with the best Darkrai counters
The best counter against Lugia would be a Mega Gengar with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball. Few players have one, and probably fewer have the Shadow Pokemon which is also the best counter out of all available. If you have the following at high CP levels with charged attacks other than Frustration, you should use them: Weavile with Snarl and Avalanche, Electivire with Thunder Shock and Wild Charge, Raikou with Volt Switch and Wild Charge, Zapdos with Thunder Shock and Thunderbolt and Magnezone with Spark and Wild Charge. But for those who only have standard Pokémon, here are the best counters and how to beat Lugia in Pokémon GO.
And this is our Pokémon GO Lugia raid guide with how to beat him using the best counters. Good luck, hope you get a shiny one.
