Pokémon Go Cobalion counters: How to defeat the raid boss
Cobalion is another powerful Pokémon Go 5-Star Raid Boss as well as a valued member of the Swords of Justice, a group of Legendary Pokémon. It can be a useful trump card to have up your sleeve for duels in the Go Battle League, making it a worthwhile target when it’s available in 5-Star Raids. Its Shiny version can be obtained from these battles as well, at least with some luck on the user’s side.
Cobalion is a Steel- and Fighting-type Pokémon, which quite narrows down the weaknesses it suffers from. You should exploit moves of the categories Fighting, Ground, and Fire to battle it effectively. Without any super-effective countermeasures in terms of its own attacks, Cobalion mostly relies on its defenses to make life difficult for players and delay the inevitable.
We’re going to make things easy for you by listing the best Pokémon Go Cobalion counters below.
Cobalion is a proud member of the Swords of Justice.
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Pokémon Go Cobalion counters: best Pokémon to beat the boss
This list of the best Pokémon Go Cobalion counters won’t feature Shadow Pokémon, as they are less widely available and more difficult to build than regular forms. For the Mega Evolutions best suited to support your team against Cobalion, we recommend you to take a look at the extra list below, which details those.
- Reshiram (Fire Fang, Fusion Flare)
- Terrakion (Double Kick, Sacred Sword)
- Keldeo (Low Kick, Sacred Sword)
- Groudon (Mud Shot, Precipice Blades)
- Conkeldurr (Counter, Dynamic Punch)
- Lucario (Counter, Aura Sphere)
- Heatran (Fire Spin, Magma Storm)
- Darmanitan (Fire Fang, Overheat)
- Excadrill (Mud-Slap, Scorching Sands)
- Chandelure (Fire Spin, Overheat)
- Volcarona (Fire Spin, Overheat)
- Ho-Oh (Incinerate, Sacred Fire++)
- Blaziken (Counter, Blast Burn)
- Entei (Fire Fang, Overheat)
- Landorus (Therian Forme) (Mud Shot, Earthquake)
Pokémon Go Cobalion counters: best Mega Evolutions to support
Here are the best Mega Evolutions to use against Cobalion, as stated above.
- Primal Groudon (Mud Shot, Precipice Blades)
- Mega Blaziken (Counter, Blast Burn)
- Mega Charizard Y (Fire Spin, Blast Burn)
- Mega Garchomp (Mud Shot, Earth Power)
- Mega Alakazam (Counter, Focus Blast)
For a schedule of upcoming raids, check out our overview for the current Pokémon Go 5-Star Raid Battles.
