Pokemon GO Drampa raid guide: Weaknesses and best counters

A Pokemon GO Drampa raid guide will help players take down the creature as it returns to 3-star raids in Niantic's mobile game. The Pokemon made its debut during the Lunar New Year 2024 event and appeared for Weather Week in March 2024 and during the Legendary Heroes event in September end. Most recently, it will be available as a 3-star raid boss during the Pokemon GO Young & Wise Event.

Pokemon GO Young & Wise starts at 10 am local time on December 10 and ends at 8 pm local time on December 14, 2024. Drampa will be available in raids for this entire duration.

This Pokemon GO Drampa raid guide covers the creature's weaknesses, best counters, and more.

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Pokemon GO Drampa raid weaknesses and resistances

Drampa in the anime (Image via TPC)

What is super effective against Pokemon GO Drampa raids?

Drampa is a Normal and Dragon-type Pocket Monster. The types that deal super effective damage to it are:

• Fighting
• Ice
• Fairy
• Dragon

It also resists the following types of attacks:

• Fire
• Water
• Electric
• Grass
• Ghost

As a 3-star raid boss, Drampa will have 19,748 CP and 3,600 HP. You have 180 seconds to take it down. It has a base Attack of 231 and a Defense of 164. Its Fast Attack options are Extrasensory and Dragon Breath, while Fly, Dragon Pulse, and Outrage are its Charged Attack options.

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Best counters to Pokemon GO Drampa raids

The best counters to Drampa in Pokemon GO are Fairy-types since they deal the most damage to it while taking the least damage from its Dragon-type attacks. That said, you can easily get by using attackers of any type that deal super effective damage to Drampa, as this is only a 3-star raid.

Best Fairy-type counters to Drampa

• Shadow Gardevoir and Dazzling Gleam
• Xerneas with Geomancy and Moonblast
• Shadow Granbull with Charm and Play Rough
• Togekiss with Charm and Dazzling Gleam

Recommended Megas

• Mega Gardevoir with Charm and Dazzling Gleam
• Mega Diancie with Rock Throw and Moonblast

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Best Ice-type counters to Drampa

• Shadow Mamoswine with Mud Slap and Avalanche
• Shadow Weavile with Ice Shard and Avalanche
• Shadow or regular Articuno with Frost Breath and Blizzard
• Kyurem with Dragon Breath and Glaciate

Recommended Megas

• Mega Glalie with Frost Breath and Avalanche
• Mega Abomasnow with Powder Snow and Blizzard

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Best Fighting-type counters to Drampa

• Terrakion with Double Kick and Sacred Sword
• Shadow Machamp with Counter and Dynamic Punch
• Lucario with Counter and Aura Sphere
• Conkeldurr with Counter and Dynamic Punch

Recommended Megas

• Mega Blaziken with Counter and Focus Blast
• Mega Punny with Double Kick and Focus Blast

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Best Dragon-type counters to Drampa

• Shadow Garchomp with Dragon Tail and Outrage
• Shadow Salamance with Dragon Tail and Outrage
• Shadow Dragonite with Dragon Tail and Outrage
• Shadow Latios with Dragon Breath and Dragon Claw

Recommended Megas

• Mega Rayquaza with Dragon Tail and Outrage
• Mega Garchomp with Dragon Tail and Outrage

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Pokemon GO Drampa raid catch CP and shiny availability

Regular and Shiny Drampa (Image via TPC)

Drampa in Pokemon GO can be encountered at 1,588 - 1,665 CP at level 20 without weather boosts once you successfully defeat it in raids. If the weather is Windy or Partly Cloudy, the Drampa encounter will have 1,985 - 2,085 CP at level 25.

Players will also be happy to know that encounters with Shiny Drampa in Pokemon GO will be available as soon as the critter is released.

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Check out other Pokemon GO articles:

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• PokeStop Showcases Schedule
• Buddy evolution Adventure Together guide
• Best Fast Attacks
• Sierra counters
• Cliff counters
• Arlo counters
• Giovanni counters