Pokemon GO players who want to master the PvE meta game learn early on that Legendary Battle Raids are incredibly important. These group activities offer players powerful item rewards and guaranteed encounters with some of the best Pokemon across generations. Due to their importance, it's crucial to have a solid strategy heading into each 5-star battle.
Trainers who do some homework and study a Pokemon GO raid boss' weaknesses can help avoid failed attempts, which are one of the biggest resource drains in the game. Trainers who want to face off against a Legendary like Virizion can prepare for that battle by reviewing all of the counters and best strategies against the Grass-/Fighting-type Battle Raid boss.
Trainers should keep in mind that Virizion is a Grass/Fighting-type and that leaves it open to a long list of weaknesses that they can exploit. That pairing means that it is going to be extra weak to Flying-type counters. That is what players will really want to focus on while constructing a counter roster before heading into these battles...
Virizion Weaknesses
As a Grass- and Fighting-type Pokemon, Virizion is 2x weak to Flying-type moves and weak to Psychic-, Fire-. Fairy-, Ice-, and Poison-types moves.
Best Virizion Counters
- Pidgeot (Mega) - Gust/Brave Bird
- Moltres - Wing Attack/Sky Attack
- Rayquaza - Air Slash/Aerial Ace
- Yveltal - Gust/Hurricane
- Honchkrow - Peck/Sky Attack
- Tornadus - Air Slash/Hurricane
- Unfezant - Air Slash/Sky Attack
- Mewtwo - Confusion/Psystrike
- Tornadus (Therian) - Air Slash/Hurricane
- Lugia - Extrasensory/Sky Attack
- Togekiss - Air Slash/Aerial Ace
- Zapdos - Thunder Shock/Drill Peck
- Braviary - Air Slash/Brave Bird
- Staraptor - Wing Attack/Brave Bird
- Reshiram - Fire Fang/Overheat
- Yanmega - Wing Attack/Aerial Ace
- Volcarona - Fire Spin/Hurricane
- Latios - Zen Headbutt/Psychic
As always, trainers can pull off a victory without the supreme counters listed in this guide, as long as they still focus on exploiting Virizion's weaknesses and entering the battle with enough allies. In the case of this Legendary, it would be wise to enter the fight with at least four friends who are also using smart counter rosters. Some top level players may try to get by with two or three player groups, but that isn't recommended without optimal counters, friendship bonuses, and peak weather conditions to take advantage of.
Be sure to check back in the near future for lots more Pokemon GO strategy guides, news, and updates. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!
Pokemon GO is available now in select regions on Android and iOS devices.