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Pokémon Go Thundurus (Incarnate) counters: best raid attackers to beat it

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Marco Wutz

Pokémon Go Thundurus (Incarnate) counters: best raid attackers to beat it
Pokémon Go Thundurus (Incarnate) counters: best raid attackers to beat it /

You are looking for the best Thundurus (Incarnate Forme) counters in Pokémon Go? We’ve got you covered with the strongest monsters to field against this boss of the game’s 5-Star Raids. You may encounter a Shiny Thundurus during its current stint, which – aside from completing your Pokédex – is about the only reason you should engage with this battle, as it’s not relevant in PvP and sees only limited use in PvE.

We’re also still waiting for Forme Change being expanded to include Thundurus and the other members of its Legendary family. As of right now, you can’t freely change between the Incarnate and Therian Formes.

Best Thundurus (Incarnate) counters – Pokémon Go

Thundurus (Incarnate Forme) is a Flying- and Electric-type, making Rock and Ice equally strong counters. They hold each other in balance when it comes to the times they need to claim victory. Here are our recommendations:

  1. Mega Aerodactyl (Rock Throw, Rock Slide)
  2. Rampardos (Smack Down, Rock Slide)
  3. Rhyperior (Smack Down, Rock Wrecker)
  4. Galarian Darmanitan (Ice Fang, Avalanche)
  5. Mamoswine (Powder Snow, Avalanche)
  6. Tyrantrum (Rock Throw, Meteor Beam)
  7. Terrakion (Smack Down, Rock Slide)
  8. Mega Glalie (Frost Breath, Avalanche)
  9. Mega Abomasnow (Powder Snow, Weather Ball (Ice))
  10. Kyurem (Dragon Breath, Glaciate)
  11. Gigalith (Smack Down, Meteor Beam)
  12. Primal Kyogre (Waterfall, Blizzard)
  13. Tyranitar (Smack Down, Stone Edge)
  14. Glaceon (Frost Breath, Avalanche)
  15. Weavile (Ice Shard, Avalanche)

Thundurus (Incarnate Forme) commands 46,044 competition points (CP) as a raid boss, but is relatively easy to defeat, since its own moves can’t really do much to most of its counters. Two players at around level 40 with Pokémon of that strength from this list should be able to defeat this Legendary and collect the maximum amount of possible rewards. Just make sure you coordinate the usage of your mega evolutions.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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