Legendary Battle Raids are some of the most exciting Pokemon GO PvE activities in the mobile AR game, but they can also provide a serious challenge and lead to frustration and wasted resources. Getting the most fun and least frustration out of those high-level Legendary Battle Raids often means taking the time to carefully study each opponent and develop an optimal counter roster before heading into a battle. Doing that effectively means knowing every Pokemon's strengths and weaknesses.
A powerful raid boss like Zekrom provides Pokemon GO players with a real challenge and the opportunity to add a mega-relevant Legendary to their own collection. Players are going to need to stick to a careful strategy to take advantage of every weakness and avoid a super long list of resistances. Its Dragon/Electric-type pairing makes it a very popular choice in the PoGO metagame time and time again, so many players are going to want to catch as many as possible while it's available.
Zekrom is a Dragon- and Electric-type, which means that its primary weaknesses are going to be Dragon-, Ground-, and Fairy- and Ice-types. A few of the best Zekrom counters have been popular choices for previous Raid Bosses, so hopefully players already have a fairly powerful team assembled. If not, be sure to take advantage of Elite TMs and lots of Candy and Stardust to power up a strong roster before entering this Legendary Raid Battle.
Zekrom Weaknesses
As a Dragon- and Electric-type Pokemon, Zekrom is weak to Dragon-, Fairy-, Ice-, and Ground-types moves.
Zekrom Resistances (Avoid These!)
Zekrom is resistant to Fire-, Grass-, Electric-, Grass-, Flying-, Steel-, and Water-type moves.
Best Zekrom Counters
- Latios (Mega) - Dragon Breath/Dragon Claw
- Latias (Mega) - Dragon Breath/Outrage
- Palkia - Dragon Tail/Draco Meteor
- Zekrom - Dragon Breath/Outrage
- Reshiram - Dragon Breath/Draco Meteor
- Dialga - Dragon Breath/Draco Meteor
- Rayquaza - Dragon Tail/Outrage
- Garchomp - Dragon Tail/Outrage
- Haxorus - Dragon Tail/Dragon Claw
- Dragonite - Dragon Tail/Dragon Claw
- Salamence - Dragon Tail/Outrage
- Mamoswine - Mud-Slap/Avalanche
- Groudon - Dragon Tail/Earthquake
- Exadrill - Mud-Slap/Drill Run
As always, players should remember that they don’t need the exact perfect list of counters in order to successfully take down the Legendary. Stick to the right counter-types (Dragon-, Fairy, Ground-, and Ice-type moves), enter the Battle Raid with a big enough group, and that should be enough in most cases. Don’t hesitate to burn through some Stardust, Rare Candy, and TMs in order to properly prepare for the big fight.
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.