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Pokemon GO Tapu Koko is a 5-Star Raid Boss with powerful stats and a versatile movepool. It takes proper meta-knowledge to win Tapu Koko Raids and winners get rewarded with a Tapu Koko encounter. There is also a chance that the reward encounter can be Shiny Tapu Koko instead of a Regular variant.
Tapu Koko is an Electric and Fairy-type monster, its maximum CP of 3582 increases notably when the monster comes as a 5-Star Raid Boss. You must carefully analyze Tapu Koko’s weaknesses and resistances to prepare powerful raid counters against it. Also, avoid attempting the raid solo and team up with other Pokemon GO trainers to increase your chances of winning. That said, this guide details some of the best Tapu Koko Raid counters as well as the monster’s weaknesses and resistance.
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Pokemon GO: Tapu Koko Raid Weaknesses And Resistances
Pokemon GO raids might be challenging, but exploiting Tapu Koko’s weaknesses is the key to victory. You must first study Tapu Koko’s type-weaknesses and resistances to prepare raid counters against it. Only select monsters with moves falling under Tapu Koko’s weaknesses, avoid the ones it can resist.
Pokemon GO Tapu Koko’s Weaknesses
- Ground-type Moves
- Poison-type Moves
Pokemon GO Tapu Koko’s Resistance
- Dragon-type Moves
- Bug-type Moves
- Dark-type Moves
- Electric-type Moves
- Fighting-type Moves
- Flying-type Moves
Tapu Koko’s damage output increases in rainy and cloudy areas; avoid raid locations within such weather.
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Pokemon GO: Best Tapu Koko Counters
Once you figure out Tapu Koko’s weaknesses and resistances, you can proceed to select the raid counters. Since it is equally weak to Ground and Poison-type moves in Pokemon GO, your raid counters must have powerful moves of those types. You can inflict more damage on Tapu Koko if your raid counters have moves that can trigger the Same Type of Attack Bonus (STAB) effect. Here are some of the best Tapu Koko raid counters in the game.
Tapu Koko Counters |
Fast Move |
Charged Move |
---|---|---|
Primal Groudon |
Mud Shot (Ground-type) |
Precipice Blades (Ground-type) (Legacy) |
Mega Garchomp |
Mud Shot (Ground-type) |
Earth Power (Ground-type) (Legacy) |
Shadow Groudon |
Mud Shot (Ground-type) |
Precipice Blades (Ground-type) (Legacy) |
Shadow Excadrill |
Mud-Slap (Ground-type) |
Scorching Sands (Ground-type) |
Shadow Rhyperior |
Mud-Slap (Ground-type) |
Earthquake (Ground-type) |
Shadow Garchomp |
Mud Shot (Ground-type) |
Earthquake (Ground-type) |
Therian Forme Landorus |
Mud Shot (Ground-type) |
Sandsear Storm (Ground-type) |
Mega Gengar |
Lick (Ghost-type) |
Sludge Bomb (Poison-type) |
Groudon |
Mud Shot (Ground-type) |
Precipice Blades (Ground-type) (Legacy) |
Nihilego |
Poison Jab (Poison-type) |
Sludge Bomb (Poison-type |
There is also a chance of Shiny Tapu Koko spawning after you win the raid. While Pokemon GO has no such thing as a guaranteed Shiny encounter in raids, you can win numerous raids and try to achieve its Shiny odds.