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Pokémon Go Tapu Koko counters: How to defeat the raid boss

Find the best Pokémon to deal with Tapu Koko’s 5-Star Raid

Marco Wutz

Pokémon Go Tapu Koko counters: How to defeat the raid boss
Pokémon Go Tapu Koko counters: How to defeat the raid boss /

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  1. Pokémon Go Tapu Koko counters: best Pokémon to beat the boss
  2. Pokémon Go Tapu Koko counters: best Mega Evolutions to support

Be prepared to dodge some lightning strikes and collect the best Tapu Koko counters, because the Electric- and Fairy-type has been unleashed as a boss in Pokémon Go’s 5-Star Raids once more. This Legendary guardian deity of the Alola region will not only be available as a Shiny during this run – players catching it in March 2024 will be guaranteed to get a specimen that knows the move Nature's Madness.

Shiny collectors and PvP enthusiasts both should be on the lookout for this creature, as Tapu Koko is a viable option in some GO Battle League formats. First and foremost, though, it’s a pretty cool looking Shiny variant with quite a different color scheme than the regular version. 

For whatever reason you want to battle and catch Tapu Koko, we have the right counters to defeat it listed for you below.

Tapu Koko on the Pokémon Go Fairy-type background.
Tapu Koko is back in the Raids and comes with a special attack this time around :: Niantic / The Pokémon Company

Pokémon Go Tapu Koko counters: best Pokémon to beat the boss

This list of the best Pokémon Go Tapu Koko counters won’t feature Shadow Pokémon, as they are less widely available and more difficult to build than regular forms. For the Mega Evolutions best suited to support your team against Tapu Koko, we recommend you to take a look at the extra list below, which details those.

  1. Groudon (Mud Shot, Precipice Blades)
  2. Landorus (Therian Forme) (Mud Shot, Sandsear Storm)
  3. Nihilego (Poison Jab, Sludge Bomb)
  4. Excadrill (Mud Slap, Scorching Sands)
  5. Rhyperior (Mud Slap, Earthquake)
  6. Mamowsine (Mud Slap, High Horsepower)
  7. Garchomp (Mud Shot, Earth Power)
  8. Landorus (Incarnate Forme) (Mud Shot, Earth Power)
  9. Rhydon (Mud Slap, Earthquake)
  10. Roserade (Poison Jab, Sludge Bomb)
  11. Gengar (Lick, Sludge Bomb)
  12. Overqwil (Poison Jab, Sludge Bomb)
  13. Krookodile (Mud Slap, Earthquake)
  14. Revavroom (Poison Jab, Gunk Shot)
  15. Regigigas (Hidden Power (Poison), Giga Impact)

Pokémon Go Tapu Koko counters: best Mega Evolutions to support

Here are the best Mega Evolutions to use against Tapu Koko, as stated above.

  1. Primal Groudon (Mud Shot, Precipice Blades)
  2. Mega Garchomp (Mud Shot, Earth Power)
  3. Mega Gengar (Lick, Sludge Bomb)
  4. Mega Beedrill (Poison Jab, Sludge Bomb)
  5. Mega Swampert (Mud Shot, Earthquake)

For a schedule of upcoming raids, check out our overview for the current Pokémon Go 5-Star Raid Battles.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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