Pokemon GO Venusaur raid guide: Weaknesses and counters

Niantic has decided to bring back Pokemon GO Venusaur raids for trainers to complete during the Wild Area Global event. Given it's a 3-star Raid Boss, the battles featuring Venusaur can be taken down either solo or with friends. However, note that the latter approach will require you to join these raids in a group of two to four trainers.

When Venusaur appears as a 3-star Raid Boss, its combat power increases. Moreover, its moves, which have the potential to access the STAB effect, deal additional damage to its counters. Considering this, we have prepared a Pokemon GO Venusaur raid guide for battlers.

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Pokemon GO Venusaur raid weaknesses

What is super-effective against Venusaur in Pokemon GO?

Venusaur in Pokemon GO (Image via Niantic)

Fire-, Flying-, Ice-, and Psychic-type moves are super-effective against Venusaur, the Seed Pokemon. This is due to its Grass and Poison typing. On the contrary, the less effective ones are Electric-, Fairy-, Fighting-, Water-, and Grass-types.

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Stat spread and moveset of Venusaur in Pokemon GO 3-star raids

The following is the stat distribution of Venusaur in the game:

• Combat Power: 18,253
• Attack: 198
• Defense: 189
• Stamina: 3,600 HP
• Fast Attacks: Vine Whip and Razor Leaf
• Charged Attacks: Petal Blizzard, Sludge Bomb, Solar Beam, and Frenzy Plant

Only 180 seconds will be given to the challengers to complete this raid, meaning, you will need counters that can take down Venusaur quickly.

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Counters to Pokemon GO Venusaur raids

Let’s look at the different types of Pokemon GO Venusaur raid counters.

Fire-type counters for Venusaur:

• Mega Y Charizard: Fire Spin and Blast Burn
• Shadow Heatran: Fire Spin and Magma Storm
• Reshiram: Fire Fang and Fusion Flare
• Shadow Charizard: Fire Spin and Blast Burn
• Shadow Chandelure: Fire Spin and Overheat
• Volcarona: Fire Spin and Overheat

Flying-type counters for Venusaur:

• Mega Rayquaza: Air Slash and Dragon Ascent
• Yveltal: Gust and Oblivion Wing
• Shadow Moltres: Wing Attack and Sky Attack
• Shadow Staraptor: Gust and Fly
• Therian Forme Tornadus: Gust and Bleakwind Storm
• Shadow Honckrow: Peck and Sky Attack

Ice-type counters for Venusaur:

Pokemon GO Venusaur raid counters (Image via The Pokemon Company)

• Mega Abomasnow: Powder Snow and Weather Ball
• Baxcalibur: Ice Fang and Avalanche
• Shadow Articuno: Frost Breath and Triple Axel
• Shadow Weavile: Ice Shard and Triple Axel
• Kyurem: Dragon Breath and Glaciate

Psychic-type counters for Venusaur:

• Shadow Mewtwo: Psycho Cut and Psystrike
• Mega Latios: Zen Headbutt and Psychic
• Shadow Metagross: Zen Headbutt and Psychic
• Shadow Exeggutor: Confusion and Psychic
• Lunala: Confusion and Psychic
• Dawn Wings Necrozma: Psycho Cut and Moongiest Beam

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Pokemon GO Venusaur raid catch CP and shiny availability

The Weather Boost effect and IVs influence Venusaur's raid catch CP as such:

• No Weather Boost: 1480 CP - 1554 CP at Level 20 (10/10/10 - 15/15/15 IVs)
• Weather Boost (Sunny and Cloudy): 1851 CP - 1943 CP at Level 20 (10/10/10 - 15/15/15 IVs)

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What are the 100% IV CPs from Venusaur raids in Pokemon GO?

Below are the 100% IV CPs from Venusaur raids:

• No Weather Boost: 1554 CP
• Weather Boost (Sunny and Cloudy): 1943 CP

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Can you find Shiny Venusaur by defeating raids?

Sprite of Shiny Venusaur. (Image via The Pokemon Company)

Yes, Shiny Venusaur can be encountered by beating raids in Pokemon GO, but the likelihood of this is very low. Its encounter odds are 1-in-64, meaning you may have to defeat as many raids as possible to come across one.

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Check out our other Pokemon GO guides:

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• Buddy Evolution Adventure Together guide
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• Cliff counters
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