Taking down Ultra Beasts in Pokemon GO is no easy feat, but the encounter rewards are well worth the effort. Even if players have already locked in all of the Ultra Beast Pokedex entries, these powerful Pokemon are still worth collecting for fans of PvP or PvE battles. A handful of them have some strong move sets and are poised to become popular choices in the PoGO meta game going forward.
To successfully defeat an Ultra Beast in Pokemon GO, trainers first need to understand each Raid Boss' weaknesses and come up with a strategic counter roster to defeat the boss. For Pheromosa, that is going to mean studying up on Bug- and Fighting-type dual pairing weaknesses and assembling a roster of powerful Flying-types to take down the Ultra Beast.
Ultra Beast battles can be pretty tough and the average player using the right counters will still want to enter this battle with about four other friends. Parties of that size who stick to Pheromosa's weaknesses should be able to beat the clock and earn their encounter rewards.
Pheromosa Weaknesses
This Ultra Beast is a Bug- and Fighting-type, which means that Pheromosa is 2x weak against Flying-type moves and weak to Fairy, Fire, and Psychic type moves.
Best Pheromosa Counters
Moltres - Wing Attack/Sky Attack
Rayquaza - Air Slash/Hurricane
Braviary - Air Slash/Brave Bird
Yveltal - Gust/Hurricane
Tornadus - Air Slash/Hurricane
Staraptor - Wing Attack/Brave Bird
Tornadus (Incarnate) - Air Slash/Hurricane
Honchkrow - Peck/Sky Attack
Tornadus (Therian) - Gust/Hurricane
Unfezant - Air Slash/Sky Attack
Zapdos - Charge Beam/Drill Peck
Ho-Oh - Extrasensory/Brave Bird
Mewtwo - Confusion/Psystrike
Toucannon - Peck/Drill Peck
Lugia - Extrasensory/Aeroblast
The 2x Flying-type weakness is a great strategy to focus on and players who have been raiding for a while are likely to have some of the top tier Flying-types already powered up and ready for the fight. That should be everything trainers need to know to pull together a respectable counter roster for Pheromosa Ultra Beast Battle Raids in the mobile AR game. Remember that it may be worth burning through some Elite TMs to equip the counter roster with optimal move sets for this battle. Most of these counter options are pretty evergreen and the investment would likely pay off in future counter rosters, as well.
Be sure to check back in the near future for lots more Pokemon GO strategy guides, news, and updates. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!
Pokemon GO is available now in select regions on Android and iOS devices.