In February 2022, Deoxys (Initiative Form) will finally be back in the Pokémon Go Raids and can be caught as a Shiny if you’re lucky! We have the latest counter guide with the best Pokémon if you want to take on Speed Deoxys.
Update from February 24, 2022: Since its first appearance in June 2019, Deoxys (Initiative Form) is the some Deoxys that was not obtainable again multiple times. And that’s why it’s also a novelty that Deoxys (Initiative Form) can be caught as a Shiny in Pokémon Go from February 25, 2022 to March 1, 2022 at 10:00 AM with a lot of trainer luck.
So take your chance if you want not only a normal Deoxys (Initiative Form) in your collection, but maybe a Shiny one too! Here are the current best counters for this battle in Pokémon Go. Because Deoxys also belongs to the Psycho type in any form, you’ll also be reaching for Unlight, Spirit, or Beetle Pokémon in this battle. For 100%IV Deoxys, it must have 1645 WP unboosted, and in windy weather it will be boosted to level 25 and have 2056 WP.
Current counters for Deoxys (initiative form) in Pokémon Go
- Mega Gengar with Dark Claw and Spookball
- Mega Dog Demon with Standpauke and Parasite
- Crypto Snibunna with tirade and parasite
- Mega Absol with tirade and dark aura
- Crypto Mewtu with psycho blade and spook ball
- Crypto Despotar with bite and cruncher
- Darkrai with tirade and spookball
- Skelabra with burden and spookball
- Mega-Garados with bite and cruncher
- Hoopa with astonisher and spookball
- Crypto Hundemon with tirade and spookball
- Crypto Absol with tirade and dark aura
- Crypto stuff boss with tirade and dark aura
- Crypto Banette with dark claw and spook ball
- Gengar with dark claw and spookball
Original news from June 24, 2019: Deoxys remains the boss in ex-raid arenas. However, instead of its defense form, you will now encounter the mysterious Pokémon in its initiative form. Through this, it has slightly more balanced stats than in its other two forms. Its type (Psycho) doesn’t change, so you’ll still use the same counters as against the other two forms.
Psycho Pokémon are vulnerable to Spirit, Unlight, and Beetle attacks, but in the list of best counters you will also find some Dragons and Psycho Pokémon, especially those with the Spirit attack Spookball or the instant attack Bite.
Deoxys initiative form – best counters
Top counter (best damage in general)
Mewtu – Psycho Blade, Haunted Ball
Despotar – bite, crunch
Giratina (original form) – dark claw spookball
Glass Cannons (fastest time to victory, but many deaths)
Gengar – Licker/Darkclaw/Burden, Spookball
Snibunna – Feint, Parasite
Good counters
Pinsir – Beetle Bite, Cross Scissors
Banette – Dark Claw, Spookball
Hundemon – Standpauke, Parasite
Kramshef – Standpauke Finsteraura
Raikou – Thunder Shock, Spookball
Absol – tirade, Finsteraura
Traunfugil – low blow, spook ball
Knackrack – dragon rod, rage attack
Dialga – Fire Ember, Draco Meteor
If you have nothing else
Chelterrar – Bite, Solar Beam
Scherox – Wrath Blade, Cross Scissors
Noktuska – Low Blow, Sinister Aura
Yanmega – Bug Bite, Bug Growl
Tengulist – Feint, Parasite
Simsala – Psycho Blade, Spook Ball
Driffzeppeli – Burden, Spookball
Brutalanda – Bite, Draco Meteor
Metagross – Bullet Slash, Star Slash
Sleimok (ALoLa) – tirade Finsteraura
Krebutack – tirade, night strike
Sichlor – Rage Blade, Beetle Growl
Pokémon GO
Pokémon Go is the mobile spin-off of Nintendo’s popular Pokémon game series for Android and iOS. It is a so-called “location-based game”, i.e. a game that uses the player’s immediate surroundings. It is based on the principle of augmented reality.
Pokémon Map: Between landmarks and sights
Pokémon Go uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) to determine the player’s location and displays it on a map that also represents the playing field. The map is based on OpenStreetMap maps. The game is played mostly outdoors and uses landmarks, landmarks and other notable or eye-catching objects in the world to position either PokéStops or arenas there for you to battle for supremacy. Join either Team Intuition (Team Yellow, Zapdos), Team Wisdom (Team Blue, Arktos), or Team Daring (Team Red, Lavados). Under their flag you can then fight for the arenas, which are placed at hotspots like churches or similar. Pokémon can appear anywhere, though.
Pocket monsters visible on the Pokémon Go Map are randomly loaded into the game’s virtual map by the game server. If several players are playing in the same location, each player can see and catch the Pokémon independently of the others.
Pokémon Go Updates, News, Raids and More
The developers at Niantic regularly provide Pokémon Go with new updates or special raids that should only be tackled in a group of several people. The Pokémon Go Raids are therefore very popular, as they also offer the prospect of particularly rare Pokémon. For example, in the past, legendary Pokémon could always be caught on special occasions (Pokémon Go events). For particularly eager mobile or smartphone Pokémon trainers, there is also an external IV calculator, such as the online tool from Pokemon.gameinfo.io or on Pokefans.net, to check the values of your Pokémon.
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