Best Pokémon to defeat Virizion in Pokémon GO

The strongest Pokémon to use against Virizion are: Mega Rayquaza, Rayquaza, Mega Salamence, Shadow Salamence, Apex Shadow Lugia, Shadow Moltres, and Yveltal. We suggest a minimum group size of 2 - 5 Trainers to defeat Virizion in a 5-Star Raid.

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Mega Rayquaza

Air Slash / Dragon Ascent

#1

Rayquaza

Air Slash / Dragon Ascent

#2

Mega Salamence

Fire Fang / Fly

#3

Shadow Salamence

Fire Fang / Fly

#4

Apex Shadow Lugia

Extrasensory / Aeroblast+

#5

Shadow Moltres

Wing Attack / Sky Attack *

#6

Yveltal

Gust / Oblivion Wing *

#7

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	58.71	2223.9	6	256s	129.0
2.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	44.95	1327.8	11	334s	93.6
3.	Mega Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	37.48	1591.5	9	401s	84.4
4.	Shadow Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	41.14	1020.4	14	365s	82.5
5.	Apex Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Aeroblast+	33.38	1759.7	8	450s	78.8
6.	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	40.85	849.3	17	368s	78.8
7.	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing *	37.36	1135.0	13	402s	78.3
8.	Incarnate Forme Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	37.72	988.8	15	398s	76.5
9.	Shadow Staraptor	Gust *	Fly	42.15	652.0	23	356s	76.3
10.	Mega Pidgeot	Gust *	Brave Bird	38.13	848.4	17	394s	74.6
11.	Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Aeroblast *	30.86	1626.8	9	487s	72.9
12.	Salamence	Fire Fang	Fly	34.20	1012.8	14	439s	71.2
13.	Therian Forme Tornadus	Gust	Bleakwind Storm *	34.09	940.5	15	441s	69.9
14.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	34.87	864.6	17	431s	69.9
15.	Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	34.16	848.5	17	440s	68.5
16.	Galarian Articuno	Psycho Cut	Brave Bird	31.15	1154.0	12	482s	68.1
17.	Mega Y Charizard	Air Slash	Blast Burn *	33.61	871.7	17	447s	68.0
18.	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	32.69	908.6	16	459s	67.2
19.	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	37.95	528.6	28	396s	67.1
20.	Staraptor	Gust *	Fly	35.58	658.1	22	422s	66.9
21.	Braviary	Air Slash	Fly	33.89	759.8	19	443s	66.5
22.	Hisuian Braviary	Air Slash	Fly	31.32	973.8	15	479s	65.9
23.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	31.69	891.6	16	474s	65.3
24.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	31.69	891.6	16	474s	65.3
25.	Shadow Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	35.89	554.6	27	418s	64.9
26.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Brave Bird	32.85	739.3	20	457s	64.5
27.	Lugia	Extrasensory	Aeroblast *	25.71	1610.6	9	584s	63.0
28.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	30.13	788.2	19	498s	61.1
29.	Incarnate Forme Tornadus	Air Slash	Hurricane	30.31	736.7	20	495s	60.5
30.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	28.95	856.9	17	519s	60.3

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You need at least 2 Trainers to defeat a Virizion in a 5-Star Raid.

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Minimum group size: 2 Trainers
Optimal group size: 3 - 5 Trainers
Very easy with: 6+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 2 Trainers

Virizion CP range from Raids

Virizion can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 1649 CP to 1727 CP, with no weather boost
From 2061 CP to 2159 CP with Sunny and Cloudy weather boost

Virizion weaknesses

Virizion type chart

When fighting Virizion, keep in mind the that Grass and Fighting-type Pokémon are weak to Flying, Fairy, Fire, Ice, Poison, and Psychic-type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Electric, Grass, Ground, Rock, and Water-type moves.

Virizion takes increased damage from:
+156.0%	Flying
+60.0%	Fairy Fire Ice Poison Psychic

Virizion takes reduced damage from:
-37.5%	Dark Electric Grass Ground Rock Water

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Virizion

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Flying	212.0%	Windy
Psychic	94.0%	Windy
Fire	50.0%	Sunny
Poison	10.0%	Cloudy
Bug	8.0%	Rain
Ice	6.0%	Snow
Fairy	4.0%	Cloudy
Electric	4.0%	Rain
Ghost	4.0%	Fog
Dragon	4.0%	Windy
Fighting	2.0%	Cloudy
Steel	2.0%	Snow

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Virizion in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Virizion down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

This guide displays a list of best Virizion counters in Pokémon GO with their Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, DPS (damage per second), TDO (total damage output), faints, TTW (time to win), and score. The list is sorted by the score, which is calculated based on the DPS and TDO. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

When calculating the best counters for any Pokémon, our simulator takes into account various factors, such as the defender's typing and average DPS against each attacker, the weather's influence, energy left over from using charge attacks, Shadow Pokémon attack and defense stat changes, and more. During the initial phase of simulations, we calculate DPS and TDO for each attacker that is currently available in the game, and then we continue to rank them.

We use a ranking method developed by a Reddit user named /u/Elastic_Space, which is described in detail in this Reddit post. It is a fairly complicated, but very well thought-out mathematical model for predicting simulation results without actually running the simulations. It also correlates with field data almost too well not to be used. Reddit

Our Time to Win (TTW) and Faint numbers are also estimated, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we do not account for factors like Friendship and Mega damage boost, they will differ from actual experience in the field.