Pokémon Go Mega Metagross Raid guide: Weaknesses and best counters

After years of waiting, Pokémon Go is finally getting ready to add Mega Metagross this weekend, giving one of the most popular Pokémon in the game a threatening new form.

Mega Metagross arrives in the form of a Raid Day, taking place on Oct. 4, from 2pm to 5pm local time. Much like all Mega Pokémon, though, we expect it to join the rotation of Mega Raids after this, so it’ll be back around and available again within a few months.

If you’re hoping to add this new form of the Steel-type Pokémon to your collection, we’re breaking down everything you need to know.

Mega Metagross Weakness explained

Mega Metagross retains the same typing as regular Metagross, which is Steel and Psychic. This typing means it only has a few weaknesses, but a lot of resistances, so be careful planning your moves ahead of time.

Mega Metagross Weaknesses:

• Dark
• Fire
• Ghost
• Ground

Mega Metagross Resistances:

• Dragon
• Fairy
• Flying
• Grass
• Ice
• Normal
• Rock
• Steel
• Poison
• Psychic

Best Mega Metagross Counters

The best method of attack with Mega Metagross is to take advantage of its weakness to Fire and Ground, as they are common types, and a lot of very powerful Pokémon like Primal Groudon or Mega Charizard Y can hit with STAB to wipe Mega Metagross out.

If you don’t have access to Mega Charizard Y, then Mega Blaziken makes a good backup, followed by Pokémon such as Ho-Oh, Heatran, or Moltres.

Primal Groudon is easily the best Pokémon to take advantage of Mega Metagross’ Ground-type weakness, but if you don’t have this Legendary, then some other options include Mega Garchomp or Therian Forme Landorus.

Otherwise, there are some very popular and powerful Pokémon that can pick up the slack. Dawn Wings Necrozma works well when equipped with Shadow Claw and Moongeist Beam, two beefy Ghost-type attacks that go for Mega Metagross’ Psychic typing.

Otherwise, some more common alternatives include Mega Tyranitar and Mega Gengar. Tyranitar in particular can do a lot of damage quickly, and has been in abundance thanks to Larvitar Community Day and plenty of chances to Raid its Mega counterpart.

Pokémon	Fast Move	Charged Move
Mega Charizard Y	Fire Spin	Blast Burn
Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades
Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power
Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire
Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing
Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam
Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn
Therian Forme Landorus	Mudshot	Sandsear Storm
Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm
Mega Gengar	Lick	Shadow Ball

Mega Metagross IVs

If you’re hoping to bag yourself a perfect Mega Metagross, namely one with the full 100 IVs (or labelled four-star by many), this is the CP you are looking for during the catch encounter after a raid:

• Regular encounter – 2806 CP
• Weather boosted encounter – 3508 CP

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