The Season of Heritage has been off to an incredibly busy start and Pokemon GO players barely have any time to catch their breath as they race through the December calendar of events. In addition to all of the other special bonuses and activities coming and going, there are also some very powerful and popular Legendary Battle Raid bosses available during the first half of the month.
Between December 1 and Thursday, December 16, Pokemon GO trainers are able to find Zekrom and Reshiram in tier 5 Battle Raids. After players have reviewed the best Reshiram counters, they are going to want to do the same to prepare for the Zekrom Battle Raids, as well.
Although the most skilled and powerful trainers could likely trio Zekrom with the right weather boosts and Friendship damage bonuses, it is recommended that the average trainers get a group of five or more high level players together if they want to take this one down without any major struggles.
Zekrom is a Dragon- and Electric-type, which means that its primary weaknesses are going to be Dragon-, Ground-, and Fairy- and Ice-types. A few of the best Zekrom counters have been popular choices for previous Raid Bosses, so hopefully players already have a fairly powerful team assembled. If not, be sure to take advantage of Elite TMs and lots of Candy and Stardust to power up a strong roster before entering this Legendary Raid Battle.
Best Zekrom Counters
- Palkia - Dragon Tail/Draco Meteor
- Zekrom - Dragon Breath/Outrage
- Reshiram - Dragon Breath/Draco Meteor
- Dialga - Dragon Breath/Draco Meteor
- Rayquaza - Dragon Tail/Outrage
- Garchomp - Dragon Tail/Outrage
- Shadow Dragonite - Dragon Tail/Dragon Claw
- Shadow Salamence - Dragon Tail/Outrage
Assembling a powerful roster from those options will give trainers the easiest path to victory when this raid rolls around next week. There are some other, less powerful options that will do in a pinch as well, like Mamoswine, Shadow Weavile, and Exadrill. Those are all very powerful Pokemon and respectable options if you need to pivot to an alternative strategy to counter a Dragon-type fast or charge move. As always, don't feel like a roster needs to include only the top tier counters in order to succeed.
The community should learn much more about exact details throughout the early days of the Season of Heritage. Be sure to check back in the near future for more Pokemon GO strategy guides, news, and updates. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!
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