Pokemon GO Medicham raid guide: Weaknesses, best counters, and is it possible to solo?

You can beat Pokemon GO Medicham raids to get your hands on the Pocket Monster's regular and shiny variant. To do this, you’ll need a team that can exploit the Raid Boss’ type weaknesses. Your squad must know Ghost-, Flying-, and Fairy-type moves, which deal significant damage to the creature.

Medicham sports a combat power (CP) of 10,545 and a hit point (HP) of 3,600 in 3-star raids. It can easily resist moves of Fighting and Rock, so you should try to avoid these attacks at all costs.

This article tells you everything you need to know about the Pokemon GO Medicham raids, including the creature's vulnerabilities, the best counters against it, and more.

Note: This article is subjective and reflects the writer's point of view.

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Pokemon GO Medicham raid weaknesses

Medicham in Pokemon GO (Image via TPC)

What is super-effective against Medicham in Pokemon GO?

Ghost-, Fairy-, and Flying-type moves that deal 160% damage are super-effective against the Psychic- and Fighting-type Medicham in Pokemon GO. The Weather Boost effect increases the damage of these moves depending on the weather conditions.

• A Ghost-type move is strong in Fog weather.
• A Fairy-type move is strong in Cloudy weather.
• A Flying-type move is strong in Windy weather.

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Best counters to beat Pokemon GO Medicham raids

The best counters for 3-star Medicham raids in Pokemon GO are as follows:

Ghost-type counters for Medicham

• Dawn Wing Necrozma: Shadow Claw and Moongiest Beam
• Mega Gengar: Lick and Shadow Claw
• Shadow Chandelure: Hex and Shadow Ball
• Blacephalon: Astonish and Shadow Ball
• Giratina: Shadow Ball and Shadow Force

Fairy-type counters for Medicham

• Mega Gardevoir: Charm and Dazzling Gleam
• Enamorus: Fairy Wind and Dazzling Gleam
• Shadow Granbull: Charm and Play Rough
• Togekiss: Charm and Dazzling Gleam
• Primarina: Charm and Moonblast

Flying-type counters for Medicham

• Mega Rayquaza: Air Slash and Dragon Ascent
• Yveltal: Gust and Oblivion Wing
• Shadow Staraptor: Gust and Fly
• Mega Pidgeot: Gust and Brave Bird
• Shadow Honchcrow: Peck and Sky Attack

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Medicham’s stat spread and moves in Pokemon GO

• Combat power: 10,545
• Attack: 121
• Defense: 152
• Hit point (HP): 3,600
• Fast Moves: Counter and Psycho Cut
• Charged Moves: Ice Punch, Psychic, Power-up Punch, and Dynamic Punch
• Time limit: 180 seconds
• Resistance: Fighting and Rock

The Weather Boost effect increases the damage of Psycho Cut and Psychic in Windy weather and Ice Punch in Snow weather. In addition, Power-up Punch, Dynamic Punch, and Counter do extra damage in Cloudy weather.

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Can you solo defeat Pokemon GO Medicham raids?

Medicham from the anime. (Image via TPC)

You can easily solo defeat Pokemon GO Medicham raids by using high-level Type Effective counters of Ghost, Flying, or Fairy. The best counters are different variants of Rayquaza, with Air Slash and Dragon Ascent as their movesets.

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Pokemon GO Medicham raid catch CP and shiny availability

If you want to get a Medicham with a high raid catch CP, you’ll want to do Medicham raids happening in Windy or Cloudy weather conditions.

• No weather boost: 764 CP - 817 CP at Level 20 (10/10/10 minimum IVs)
• Weather boosted (Sunny or Windy): 955 CP - 1,022 CP at Level 25 (10/10/10 minimum IVs)

What are 100% IVs for Pokemon GO Medicham raids?

The perfect IV for Medicham in Tier-3 raids are as follows:

• No weather boost: 817
• Weather boosted: 1,022

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Is Shiny Medicham available in Pokemon GO?

Shiny Medicham has been available in Pokemon GO since the Battle Showdown event on May 1, 2018. It can be obtained by defeating Pokemon GO Medicham raids, where its boosted Shiny rate is approximately 1-in-64 or 0.015625%.

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