Pokemon Go Shiny Rayquaza is coming to Raids & Rayquaza counters guide

Pokemon Go players had a really good time encountering Team Go Rocket Grunts and purifying Shadow Pokemon. Now, Pokemon Go official Twitter handle has announced the availability of Rayquaza in raids.

Legendary Pokemon Rayquaza is a Tier 5 Raid Boss, and it is a Dragon-Flying Type Pokemon. Rayquaza will be available as Raid Boss from Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at 1 p.m. until Monday, September 2, 2019, at 1 p.m. PDT (GMT −7).

Also, if you are lucky, you may get a chance to encounter Shiny Rayquaza. The odds of catching a Shiny Rayquaza in Pokemon Go is nearly about 5%, which means 1 in every 20 raids.

Also, Shiny Rayquaza has a different colour than normal Rayquaza. Check out the difference between normal and Shiny Rayquaza from the image below.

Rayquaza as Tier 5 Raid Boss will have 49808 CP. Rayquaza is a Dragon-Flying Type Pokemon; it is weak against strong Ice-types Pokemon. After defeating Raid Boss, players may encounter Rayquaza in the following CP ranges.

2102 – 2191 CP at Lvl 20 (No Weather boost)
2627 – 2739 CP at Lvl 25 (Windy weather)

Mentioned below are the counters of Rayquaza.

Supreme Counters

1) Mamoswine

Moves

1) Powder Snow
2) Avalanche

2) Glaceon

Moves

1) Frost Breath
2) Avalanche

3) Weavile

Moves

1) Ice Shard
2) Avalanche

4) Mewtwo

Moves

1) Psycho Cut
2) Ice Beam

5) Jynx

Moves

1) Frost Breath
2) Avalanche

Good Counters

1) Articuno

Moves

1) Frost Breath
2) Ice Beam

2) Cloyster

Moves

1) Frost Breath
2) Avalanche

3) Regice

Moves

1) Frost Breath
2) Blizzard

4) Lapras

Moves

1) Frost Breath
2) Ice Beam

Also, Pokemon Go August Community Day will feature Ralts, a Psychic and Fairy-type Pokemon. Pokemon Go August Community Day features a lot of bonuses for the game, including the 1/4 Egg Hatch Distance & lures will last for 3 hours.

Pokemon Go Ralts Community Day will go live on August 3 at 4 p.m. and will stay live until 7 p.m. in your local time zone. During the Community Day time, Ralts will spawn more frequently.

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