Xerneas
Xerneas is a Tier 5 legendary raid boss and was the primary Fairy sort legendary Pokémon in GO.
Xerneas could be caught with the next CP values:
- 2073- 2160 CP at Stage 20, no climate enhance
- 2591- 2701 CP at Stage 25 with Cloudy climate enhance
It has a mono typing of Fairy and as such, it's boosted by Cloudy climate and its counters embody sturdy Metal and Poison sort Pokémon akin to Metagross, Dialga, Roserade and mega evolutions like Mega Gengar and Mega Beedrill.
As you'll quickly discover out, Xerneas is kind of cumbersome and as such, it could require 5-7 trainers to be on the secure aspect.
The shiny type is out there in case you are fortunate. This shiny type is absolutely cool, so good luck to everybody on getting that very uncommon shundo (100% IV shiny) so as to add to your Grasp League crew.
| Xerneas | Shiny Xerneas |
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Xerneas Raid Counters
Mega Pokémon can be listed individually beneath. Since Shadow Pokémon are extraordinarily costly to energy up and require particular occasions to take away Frustration with a Cost TM, they may NOT be listed as raid counters on this article. That being stated, when you have the shadow type of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.
The very best counters for Xerneas, primarily based on the time required to win, are the next:
| # | Pokemon | Quick Transfer | Cost Transfer | TTW | Faints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 Gengar (Mega) |
Lick Ghost |
Sludge Bomb Poison |
386.27s | 13.10 |
| 2. |
 Beedrill (Mega) |
Poison Jab Poison |
Sludge Bomb Poison |
408.09s | 23.10 |
| 3. |
 Scizor (Mega) |
Bullet Punch Metal |
Iron Head Metal |
496.79s | 14.50 |
| 4. |
 Aggron (Mega) |
Iron Tail Metal |
Heavy Slam Metal |
513.53s | 12.80 |
| 5. |
 Metagross |
Bullet Punch Metal |
Meteor Mash Metal |
555.42s | 15.40 |
| 6. |
 Charizard (Mega Y) |
Hearth Spin Hearth |
Blast Burn Hearth |
552.61s | 17.80 |
| 7. |
 Steelix (Mega) |
Iron Tail Metal |
Heavy Slam Metal |
585.83s | 11.60 |
| 8. |
 Venusaur (Mega) |
Vine Whip Grass |
Sludge Bomb Poison |
564.89s | 16.60 |
| 9. |
 Alakazam (Mega) |
Psycho Minimize Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
527.31s | 23.70 |
| 10. |
 Blaziken (Mega) |
Hearth Spin Hearth |
Blast Burn Hearth |
542.35s | 23.10 |
| 11. |
 Nihilego |
Poison Jab Poison |
Sludge Bomb Poison |
601.01s | 15.30 |
| 12. |
 Gardevoir (Mega) |
Confusion Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
580.22s | 18.80 |
| 13. |
 Latios (Mega) |
Zen Headbutt Psychic |
Psychic Psychic |
588.69s | 18.70 |
| 14. |
 Swampert (Mega) |
Mud Shot Floor |
Hydro Cannon Water |
596.19s | 18.00 |
| 15. |
 Banette (Mega) |
Shadow Claw Ghost |
Shadow Ball Ghost |
587.95s | 21.80 |
| 16. |
 Pidgeot (Mega) |
Metal Wing Metal |
Courageous Chicken |
592.71s | 23.60 |
| 17. |
 Dialga |
Steel Claw Metal |
Iron Head Metal |
617.02s | 18.60 |
| 18. |
 Sceptile (Mega) |
Bullet Seed Grass |
Frenzy Plant Grass |
587.58s | 25.13 |
| 19. |
 Tyranitar (Mega) |
Iron Tail Metal |
Stone Edge Rock |
629.23s | 18.40 |
| 20. |
 Manectric (Mega) |
Thunder Fang Electrical |
Wild Cost Electrical |
632.52s | 23.50 |
| 21. |
 Aerodactyl (Mega) |
Metal Wing Metal |
Iron Head Metal |
626.81s | 21.10 |
| 22. |
 Melmetal |
Thunder Shock Electrical |
Double Iron Bash Metal |
653.99s | 17.10 |
| 23. |
 Blastoise (Mega) |
Water Gun Water |
Hydro Cannon Water |
627.87s | 22.30 |
| 24. |
 Charizard (Mega X) |
Hearth Spin Hearth |
Blast Burn Hearth |
645.52s | 19.70 |
| 25. |
 Zacian |
Steel Claw Metal |
Iron Head Metal |
669.06s | 15.80 |
| 26. |
 Genesect (Douse) |
Steel Claw Metal |
Magnet Bomb Metal |
653.46s | 20.30 |
| 27. |
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Steel Claw Metal |
Magnet Bomb Metal |
653.12s | 20.10 |
| 28. |
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Steel Claw Metal |
Magnet Bomb Metal |
652.70s | 20.30 |
| 29. |
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Steel Claw Metal |
Magnet Bomb Metal |
651.47s | 20.00 |
| 30. |
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Steel Claw Metal |
Magnet Bomb Metal |
652.38s | 20.10 |
| 31. |
 Groudon (Primal) |
Mud Shot Floor |
Precipice Blades Floor |
690.82s | 14.00 |
| 32. |
 Excadrill |
Steel Claw Metal |
Iron Head Metal |
650.95s | 20.10 |
| 33. |
 Roserade |
Poison Jab Poison |
Sludge Bomb Poison |
629.74s | 26.44 |
| 34. |
 Gengar |
Lick Ghost |
Sludge Bomb Poison |
656.15s | 22.38 |
| 35. |
 Deoxys (Assault) |
Poison Jab Poison |
Zap Cannon Electrical |
623.38s | 44.75 |
Stats and Max CP
 Xerneas Fairy |
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| Max CP at Stage 40 3781| Max CP at Stage 50 4275 | |||||
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| ATK 250 | DEF 185 | HP 246 | |||
| Weak to | Sturdy In opposition to | ||||
| Metal Poison | Darkish Dragon Combating | ||||
Moveset Evaluation
Xerneas learns the next strikes in Pokémon GO:
| Quick Strikes | Cost Strikes |
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*Denotes a legacy transfer solely out there through Elite TM or throughout sure particular occasions.
With the addition of Geomancy as a quick transfer, Xerneas is lastly a worthwhile Fairy sort attacker! It makes it a a lot tougher hitter, however it nonetheless received't bother your counters an excessive amount of.
Sort out is an okay Regular sort transfer that doesn't deal super-effective harm to any sort. The highest counter, Mega Gengar, closely resists Sort out. In truth, Mega Gengar is grinning as a result of it reads ‘Sort out' as ‘Tickle'. Tch!
Zen Headbutt is the worst psychic quick transfer. Nevertheless, it offers super-effective harm to Mega Gengar. For Zen Headbutt, Metagross is your go-to Pokémon.
Xerneas has arduous hitting cost strikes, Moonblast features STAB and hits extraordinarily arduous.
Shut Fight can take off a bit of HP out of your Metal varieties. The Poison varieties are more practical right here.
Thunder is sort of tough to dodge and does fairly a quantity, so be cautious of this one.
Megahorn is respectable however not an excessive amount of of a risk.
Giga Affect can do quite a lot of harm however could be dodged, metal varieties are additionally efficient right here.
Xerneas is cumbersome and as such, would take some time to be defeated. In any other case, with numbers in your aspect, Xerneas could be taken down with relative ease.
Conclusion
Now we have had many alternatives to get Pokémon like Meteor Mash Metagross, Mega Gengar and Mega Beedrill with free mega power. So, stacking up your counters to beat Xerneas shouldn't be an excessive amount of of an issue. It's all about having numbers in your aspect!
Xerneas is a prime tier Grasp League Pokémon. Now with a fairy sort quick transfer it should turn into mega tier because it has quite a lot of bulk.
In case you didn't have Xerneas earlier than, this can be a excellent time to get one as you even have the chance to get its actually cool shiny variant. In case you haven't powered up Xerneas but, that is your alternative to get shiny one or Fortunate Commerce a pal to cut back the sweet and stardust value of getting a maxed Xerneas.
Completely happy raiding and joyful shiny searching!
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