Darkrai debuted in Pokémon GO two years ago during its Halloween event and has enjoyed great popularity among trainers ever since: the Dark-type creature is a true legend slayer. The ‘Nightmare Pokémon’ is a strong counter to many legendary monsters, making it an attractive raid target itself year after year when it returns for spooky season. If you’re particularly lucky, it can be found in the rare shiny variant after a successful battle. The ominous Pokémon will be available to challengers in fifth-level raids until November 5.
Darkrai’s weak points are limited: As a pure Dark-type, only Fighting, Bug, and Fairy-type moves leave their marks on it. As a fifth-level raid boss, Darkrai commands 53,623 Competition Points (CP). Once a raid group has defeated the nightmarish creature, it can be captured by its members with a strength of 2,048 to 2,671 CP. The mightiest specimens are found during foggy weather. If you’re looking to take it down, here are some of the best techniques.
Best Counters to use against Darkrai
- Conkeldurr (Counter, Dynamic Punch)
- Lucario (Counter, Aura Sphere)
- Mega Beedrill (Bug Bite, X-Scissor)
- Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch)
- Hariyama (Counter, Dynamic Punch)
- Zacian (Hero) (Quick Attack, Play Rough)
- Heracross (Counter, Megahorn)
- Togekiss (Charm, Dazzling Gleam)
- Mega Lopunny (Low Kick, Focus Blast)
- Breloom (Counter, Dynamic Punch)
- Toxicroak (Counter, Dynamic Punch)
- SirFetch’d (Counter, Close Combat)
- Gardevoir (Charm, Dazzling Gleam)
- Genesect (Fury Cutter, X-Scissor)
- Blaziken (Counter, Focus Blast)
Overall, Fighting Pokémon are the most effective weapons you can wield against Darkrai. The use of Mega Lopunny pays off especially well: As long as the mega evolution is actively participating in the battle, the damage of all monsters of the same type is boosted. This helps the entire raid group and leads to quicker fights. Darkrai is an extremely useful Pokémon for many areas of the game, so hunting down this boss is easily recommended.
Written by Marco Wutz on behalf of GLHF.
