Zacian (Crowned sword) Raid Guide

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The best counters, weaknesses, and catch CP for beating Zacian (Crowned sword) in Pokémon GO raids — computed from every attacker's stats and movepool in our imported game-data snapshot (dated below the counter table).

Contents

Best counters
Weaknesses
Boss moves

Catch CP (L20)

2742–2845

Raid IV floor is 10 — 2845 means a 100% IV catch.

Weather-boosted (L25)

3428–3556

Boosted in Cloudy or Snow weather.

Top weakness

GroundFire

Ground hits ×1.60.

Best counters

All viable counters — ranked by DPS³×TDOSuper-effective charged moves only

All movesetsRegular movesets (no Elite TM)

Primal Groudon

Mud Shot + Precipice Blades

Ground

27.2 DPS1133 TDOLegacy

Mega Charizard Y

Fire Spin + Blast Burn

Fire

27.1 DPS783 TDOLegacy

Mega Blaziken

Fire Spin + Blast Burn

Fire

27.7 DPS657 TDOLegacy

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot + Earthquake

Ground

24.3 DPS924 TDO

Reshiram

Fire Fang + Fusion Flare

Fire

24.4 DPS767 TDOLegacy

Mega Charizard X

Fire Spin + Blast Burn

Fire

23.7 DPS686 TDOLegacy

Landorus (Therian)

Mud Shot + Sandsear Storm

Ground

23.6 DPS637 TDOLegacy

Groudon

Mud Shot + Precipice Blades

Ground

21.6 DPS731 TDOLegacy

Ho-Oh

Incinerate + Sacred Fire

Fire

20.9 DPS785 TDOLegacy

#10

Mega Swampert

Mud Shot + Earthquake

Incinerate + Overheat

Fire Fang + Fire Blast

Fire

19.8 DPS768 TDO

DPS and estimated total damage output (TDO) are computed against Zacian (Crowned sword)'s actual typing and Tier-5 boss stats — each attacker's best fast + charged pairing, ranked by the combined DPS³ × TDO score. Legacy marks movesets that need an Elite TM. Shadow forms exist for Ho-Oh — a Shadow version deals ×1.2 damage (~20% harder) but also takes ×1.2 damage. This is per-boss matchup math, not the neutral-target tier list. Full formula on the methodology page.