Pokemon GO players battle Origin Forme Palkia and Palkia as a 5-star raid boss during featured events. The Origin Forme is Palkia’s true form, and players can encounter Shiny Origin Forme Palkia by defeating the Origin Frome Palkia raids. The monster possesses impressive stats and a move pool, making it a worthy addition to anyone’s battle roster.
The dual Water and Dragon-type Origin Forme Palkia is a legendary monster with a Pokemon GO CP of 4683. This CP cap increases even more as a raid boss, making winning against Origin Forme Palkia in 5-star raids extremely hard. One must carefully analyze the legendary’s weaknesses and resistance and prepare proper counters against the raid boss. That said, this guide details Origin Forme Palkia’s best counters, weaknesses, resistances, and everything one must know before attempting the 5-star raids.
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Pokemon GO: Origin Forme Palkia Weaknesses And Resistances
Origin Forme Palkia possesses a stat spread of 286 ATK, 223 DEF, and 189 STA, slightly better than its counterpart, Palkia. Since the monster’s max CP increases as a 5-star raid boss in Pokemon GO, winning against the legendary Pokemon in raids is extremely hard. To secure a win, one should avoid attempting the raid solo and team up with other players with proper counters.
Origin Forme Palkia shares the same typing as Palkia, making both variants’ weaknesses and resistances identical. Players must study the monster's meta before selecting counters against Origin Forme Palkia raids. Look for counters with the Pokemon GO Same Type of Attack Bonus potential moves that fall under the raid boss’ weaknesses.
Weaknesses | Resistances |
|---|---|
Dragon-type moves | |
Fairy-type moves | Water-type moves |
Steel-type moves |
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Pokemon GO: Best Origin Forme Palkia Raid Counters
After figuring out the Origin Forme Palkia’s weaknesses and resistance, Pokemon GO trainers can then proceed to select the raid counters. These are some of the game's most potent Origin Forme Palkia raid counters.
Pokemon | Fast Move | Charged Move |
|---|---|---|
Mega Rayquaza | Dragon Tail (Dragon-type) | Outrage (Dragon-type) |
Mega Garchomp | Dragon Tail (Dragon-type) | Outrage (Dragon-type) |
Shadow Salamence | Dragon Tail (Dragon-type) | Outrage (Dragon-type) |
Shadow Garchomp | Dragon Tail (Dragon-type) | Outrage (Dragon-type) |
Charm (Fairy-type) | Dazzling Gleam (Fairy-type) | |
Mega Salamence | Dragon Tail (Dragon-type) | Outrage (Dragon-type) |
Shadow Dragonite | Dragon Tail (Dragon-type) | Outrage (Dragon-type) |
Mega Latios | Dragon Breath (Dragon-type) | Dragon Claw (Dragon-type) |
Zekrom | Dragon Breath (Dragon-type) | Outrage (Dragon-type) |
Incarnate Forme Enamorus | Fairy Wind (Fairy-type) | Dazzling Gleam (Fairy-type) |
After winning the Origin Forme Palkia raid, Shiny Origin Forme Palkia may spawn near the raid location. While Shiny Origin Forme Palkia spawning is possible, the Shiny encounter isn’t guaranteed. Getting a Shiny encounter is challenging, but getting a legendary Shiny is even more difficult in Pokemon GO. One must encounter multiple Origin Forme Palkia to match its Shiny odds, and even then, a Shiny might not spawn.
Pokémon GO
After a test run via an April Fools' joke on Google Maps, Pokemon GO was released to the public in the summer of 2016. The AR mobile app saw unparalleled success and continues to be one of the largest mobile games in the world, pulling in billions for developer Niantic.
- Franchise
- Pokemon
- Released
- July 6, 2016
- Developer(s)
- Niantic , The Pokemon Company
