Pokémon Go Raid Guide: Tapu Lele’s Best Counters and Weaknesses

What is the best way to defeat this Legendary guardian?
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Tapu Lele is making its Pokémon Go debut for the Lush Jungle event. This event is a part of the Season of Alola event, highlighting many of the Pokémon in the Alola Region. Tapu Lele will be featured as the five-star legendary raid Pokémon from Tuesday, March 22, 2022, to Tuesday, March 29, 2022.

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Raid Guide

Tapu Lele is a Psychic and Fairy-type legendary Pokémon. This means that the best counters are Pokémon with Poison, Steel, or Ghost-type moves.

Tapu Lele's Moveset

Quick Attacks:

  • Confusion (Psychic-type)
  • Astonish (Ghost-type)

Charged Attacks:

  • Struggle (Normal-type)
  • Psyshock (Psychic-type)
  • Moonblast (Fairy-type)
  • Focus Blast (Fighting-type)
  • Future Sight (Psychic-type)

Related: Tapu Lele, the Psychic and Fairy Pokemon, makes its debut in Pokemon Go!

Best counters to use

Metagross

Quick Attack:

Bullet Punch

Charged Attack:

Meteor Mash

Chandelure

Quick Attack:

Hex

Charged Attack:

Shadow Ball

Gengar

Quick Attack:

Shadow Claw

Charged Attack:

Shadow Ball

Ho-Oh

Quick Attack:

Steel Wing

Charged Attack:

Sacred Fire

Tapu Koko

Quick Attack:

Volt Switch

Charged Attack:

Brave Bird

Celebi

Quick Attack:

Magical Leaf

Charged Attack:

Leaf Storm

If none of these Pokémon are available, the best options are those with Ghost, Poison, or Steel-type moves. They will deal the most damage to Tapu Lele in battle.

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