Lugia is one of the most powerful Legendary Pokémon, and it shows up as a 5-Star Raid Boss in Pokémon GO with greatly improved battling stats. It is not so easy to take down such a Johto beast as Lugia because of its bulk, but defeating it comes with the right counters. Catching its Shiny version is another story.

Tough Raids shall require thoughtful strategy, powerful counters, and an effective team of strong Pokémon.

Lugia's Strengths and Weaknesses in Pokémon GO

Pokemon GO Lugia 5-Star Raid Guide

Knowing Lugia's weaknesses and resistances comes in handy when making a decision on which Pokémon is best for the battle. Being a Psychic and Flying-type Pokémon, Lugia has its weaknesses that will be easily capitalized on with the correct counters, GameRant says.

Lugia's Weaknesses:

• Dark-type
• Electric-type
• Ghost-type
• Ice-type
• Rock-type

Lugia's Resistances:

• Grass-type
• Psychic-type
• Fighting-type
• Ground-type

With this knowledge of the type advantages, you better prepare yourself with the best Pokémon to take down Lugia in raids.

Best Counters to Subdue Lugia

With Lugia's weaknesses now understood, you can finally choose your Pokémon to attack Lugia from its weaknesses.

The most efficient counters for Lugia would be Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock-type Pokémon. You should choose the Pokémon that have such moves as well because using them will trigger the same-type attack bonus and increase damage.

Here are some of the best Pokémon counters for Lugia in Pokémon GO:

Dawn Wings Necrozma

• Fast Move: Shadow Claw (Ghost-type)
• Charged Move: Moongeist Beam (Ghost-type)

Mega Tyranitar

• Fast Move: Bite (Dark-type)
• Charged Move: Brutal Swing (Dark-type)

Shadow Tyranitar

• Fast Move: Bite (Dark-type)
• Charged Move: Brutal Swing (Dark-type)

Mega Gengar

• Fast Move: Lick (Ghost-type)
• Charged Move: Shadow Ball (Ghost-type)

Shadow Raikou

• Fast Move: Thunder Shock (Electric-type)
• Charged Move: Wild Charge (Electric-type)

Mega Rayquaza

• Fast Move: Dragon Tail (Dragon-type)
• Charged Move: Dragon Ascent (Flying-type)

Shadow Magnezone

• Fast Move: Volt Switch (Electric-type)
• Charged Move: Wild Charge (Electric-type)

Mega Diancie

• Fast Move: Rock Throw (Rock-type)
• Charged Move: Rock Slide (Rock-type)

Zekrom

• Fast Move: Charge Beam (Electric-type)
• Charged Move: Fusion Bolt (Electric-type)

Xurkitree

• Fast Move: Thunder Shock (Electric-type)
• Charged Move: Discharge (Electric-type)

All of these Pokémon carry excellent moves with their stats such that they would cause maximum damage to Lugia in a raid.

Beating Lugia in 5-Star Raid

Lugia is a 5-Star Raid boss; defeating it solo is impossible with current movesets and stats. Even against other players, there is a much higher success rate than soloing the Raid.

Combine the team with a lot of counters and move on to Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock-type. The more diversified your team will be, the more you will be perfect at beating Lugia's defensive strengths.

Shiny Lugia in Pokémon GO

Although it does not guarantee a Shiny encounter with Lugia, winning the Lugia Raids gives you a chance at this very rare version of Legendary Pokémon. The shiny rate for Legendary Pokemon is one in 20, according to Bleeding Cool.

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