Best Pokemon vs Lugia

Bug? Ghost? Dark? Electric? Ice? Rock? So many to choose from

Posted by eric654256 on December 15, 2018

Lugia is flying and psychic. So it is weak to bug, dark, ghost, electric, ice, and rock. But it has no double weakness. So which Pokemon to choose? The list of top DO@20 counters for Lugia are:

  1. Electivire: Thunder Shock / Wild Charge
  2. Raikou: Thunder Shock / Wild Charge
  3. Weavile: Feint Attack / Avalanche
  4. Luxray: Spark / Wild Charge
  5. Zapdos: Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt
  6. Mewtwo: Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball
  7. Tyranitar: Bite / Stone Edge
  8. Jolteon: Thunder Shock / Thunderbolt
  9. Gengar: Lick / Shadow Ball
  10. Golem Alola: Rock Throw / Wild Charge
It looks like electric types win, taking 5 of the top 10 spots.

Other Lists

Lets take a look at Gamepress's Lugia raid counter guide. It looks very close to the DO@20 list. Check out these other Pokemon that aren't on Gamepress's list: Mewtwo (#6), Jolteon (#8) and Alolan Golem (#10).

Here is a list of Lugia Counters from Pokebattler. It is close to the DO@15 list of Lugia counters. Take a second look at these Pokemon, ranked higher on DO@15: Deoxys Normal (#3), Banette (6) and Manectric (#10). And if you're looking for some last fillers, these Pokemon are near the bottom of DO@15, not on Pokebattler's list: Alakazam, Raichu Normal and Alola, Drifblim.

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