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Pokemon GO: How to Beat Mega Venusaur Raids & Best Counters

These Pokemon Can Defeat Mega Venusaur With Ease!

If you want to beat Mega Venusaur Raids in Pokemon GO, you will want to battle it as part of a team of at least four high-level Pokemon trainers.

Every player battling in the Raid will also want to have strong counters to exploit Mega Venusaur’s weaknesses.

Also, find out the top tips to win Pokemon GO Raids if you need some more help defeating difficult bosses!

What Type is Mega Venusaur?

Mega Venusaur is a Grass/Poison-type Pokemon.

This means it has four weaknesses and five resistances to consider.

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Mega Venusaur Weaknesses

Mega Venusaur is weak to the following four types of attacks in Pokemon GO:

  • Fire
  • Flying
  • Ice
  • Psychic

All of these attack types deal 160% damage to Mega Venusaur, so you will want to take along strong Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-types to this battle.

Find out the strongest Pokemon of each of the types that Mega Venusaur is weak to:

Mega Venusaur Resistances

Mega Venusaur resists attacks of the following types:

  • Grass (Double Resistance)
  • Electric
  • Fairy
  • Fighting
  • Water

Grass-type Pokemon only do 39% damage to Mega Venusaur as it is double resistant to these types. The rest of these types deal 63% damage to it.

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Best Pokemon to Counter Mega Venusaur in Raids

The best Pokemon to counter Mega Venusaur in Raids include Mewtwo, Reshiram, Hoopa, and Moltres.

Also, like any difficult Raid, it could be worth Mega Evolving one of your Pokemon. Some of the best ones for this Raid are Mega Charizard Y, Mega Blaziken, and Mega Alakazam.

These are the top 10 Pokemon to use in Mega Venusaur Raids as well as their strongest attacks:

PokemonAttacks
Pokemon GO Mega Charizard YMega Charizard YFire Spin
Blast Burn
Mega Blaziken Pokemon GOMega BlazikenFire Spin
Blast Burn
Mega Alakazam Pokemon GOMega AlakazamPsycho Cut
Psychic
Pokemon GO MewtwoMewtwoConfusion
Psystrike
Pokemon GO ReshiramReshiramFire Fang
Fusion Flare
Hoopa Pokemon GO (Unbound)Hoopa (Unbound)Confusion
Psychic
Pokemon GO MoltresMoltresFire Spin
Sky Attack
Honchkrow Pokemon GOHonchkrowPeck
Sky Attack
Pokemon GO DarmanitanDarmanitanFire Fang
Overheat
Lunala Pokemon GOLunalaConfusion
Psychic

You’ll want your Pokemon to be as powerful as possible if you want to win tough Raid battles. Find out the fastest ways to earn Candy in Pokemon GO so you can power up your Pokemon in a pinch!

Pokemon GO Mega Venusaur

When is Mega Venusaur in Pokemon GO Raids?

Mega Venusaur is next in Pokemon GO Raids from March 21 to March 28, 2023. This is during the Let’s GO event.

Luckily, Mega Venusaur is a pretty common Mega Raid boss, so even if you miss this, it should come into rotation again at some point next season.

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