Legendary Dogs

Hello Trainers,

Over the next 3 months everyone will get a go at battling, and hopefully catching, all three of the Legendary beasts. This will explain how to take each one down and when each one is visiting you!

At the moment the beasts can be found as follows:

Raikou can be found in the America's until 30th September 

Entei can be found in Europe and Africa until 30th September

Suicune can be found in Asia-Pacific until 30th September

Once we get to October the legendary beasts will rotate and you will have a chance to catch a new legendary but lose your chance at the current one so make sure you capture your beast before the end of the month! 

So lets talk about how you take these down:

First off please don't be the guy using Blissey or Snorlax in a legendary raid as you are doing very little to help the group! Maybe as your last Pokemon as an anchor to keep you in if you have a large group that can easily take it down. But start off by using good counters to help the group and by doing this you will also get valuable extra balls for damage dealt!

We will start with Raikou who is an electric type so any ground Pokemon will be the best counters. The best Pokemon to take these down will be Rhydons and Golems with ground move sets especially earthquake. A lot of people will already have a good Golem from the legendary birds so you may need to use some of your TM's to change you stone edge to an earthquake. Dragonite although not super effective can deal some good damage as well as grass types such as Exeggutor and Victreebeel. 

A good team of 6 or 7 using good counters will have no problem taking down a Raikou. I can't wait for this legendary to come to Europe so I have a chance to take one down! 

Secondly we will talk about Entei who is a fire type so any water type will be super effective. Im sure most of you will have a strong Vaporeon and from experience I know this is a great counter as it can deal a good amount of damage as well as last a lot longer than most Pokemon while battling. Anything with hydro pump will let you deal some decent damage against Entei such as a Gyarados or even a Lugia if you managed to get one. Omastar is another great counter but it is definitely less common than the Vaporeon but a lot of people did manage to get one during the water festival and can be a valuable member in your Entei raiding squad. Other good counters include Golem, Rhydon, Feraligatr, Dragonite and Kingdra. You will need at least 6-7 good level accounts to take this down and if you use the right Pokemon you won't have any trouble defeating it! 

Lastly we will talk about Suicune who is a water type so electric types will be super effective. If you manage to catch some good Raikous before Suicune arrives in your country then these will be an excellent counter as they can deal a large amount of damage and are super effective against water types. A Zapdos is also an excellent electric type that will help you take down a Suicune. Grass types will also be super effective so Exeggutors with Solar beam as well as Venasaurs will be great counters. Dragonite with dragon tail and outrage is good choice for all of the legendary dogs as it deals a lot of damage and isn't weak to any of them. Now Jolteon is a good counter but can not take a lot of damage as some of the other counters but is still super effective against water so it is still a good option. 

Using effective counters against legendary raids is extremely important especially if you are raiding as a small group as you will need to deal as much damage as possible in the 300 seconds given. If you are using tanky Pokemon that don't deal as much damage the chances are you wont be able to take it down in the given time so use those counters!! Happy raiding everyone, let me know how you get on in the comments!