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Landorus - Therian Forme Raid Duo Guide

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Tier 5 Raid Boss Guides
Duo
Difficulty:

Doable at trainer level 30 with optimized counters or weather boost

HP15,000 ATK206.26 DEF162.00
CP Range
Lvl 20 1965 - 2050 Lvl 25 2456 - 2563

Notable Weather

Boosts Boss's Moves Boosts Counters' Moves
Sunny / Clear, Windy, Partly Cloudy, Cloudy Snow, Rain

Fast Move Difficulty

Move Difficulty
Mud Shot Easy
Rock Throw Challenging

Charge Move Difficulty

Move Difficulty
Earth Power Intermediate
Outrage Challenging
Rock Slide Challenging
Focus Blast Intermediate

Overview

Landorus - Incarnate Forme can really pack a punch, and has some nasty coverage moves that can make the duo a hard-fought battle. It's genuinely hard to say which charged move is the worst to fight, as its coverage is just phenomenal. Regardless of moveset, Ice Types should definitely be your choice for this raid, as their massive DPS cannot be ignored.

Approach

Team composition

  • Landorus - Incarnate Forme is weak to Ice and Water.
    • Ice is the winner here, hands-down. While most Ice Types are a bit weaker than the top Water Types, Landorus' double weakness to it makes it the absolute optimal type in this raid, even in the rain.
    • Water is substantially weaker here, but it's still at least usable.

Battling strategy

  • Re-entering will be pretty likely for the duo, the trio can avoid it

  • Dodging is definitely recommended if you're packing a high DPS team

Note: "Good" movesets are not necessarily viable at the level indicated.

Best Raid Boss Counters

Mega Evolution Counters

Mega Glalie Mega Glalie
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The DPS Mega of choice, Mega Glalie is always a great choice for its ability to abuse Landorus' double-weakness to Ice. It's hard to go wrong with this overgrown ball of ice.


  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Focus Blast
Mega Abomasnow Mega Abomasnow
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While a bit under Mega Glalie in general, Mega Abomasnow has superior TDO in most cases thanks to its Grass sub-typing granting it a resistance to Landorus' Ground Type moves.


  • Strengths: Mud Shot, Earth Power
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Focus Blast
Primal_Kyogre Primal Kyogre
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Despite lacking an Ice Type Fast Move and STAB on Blizzard, Primal Kyogre is actually semi-close to Mega Abomasnow in terms of DPS, but with a lot more TDO. Its only down-side in this regard is the fact that it doesn't buff Ice Types while on the field, but it does at least boost the team passively just by existing.


  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: None

Supreme Counters

ShadowSwine Shadow Mamoswine
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If you have a team of Shadow Mamoswine ready to go, you've basically won this raid. Its DPS is actually solo-worthy, to the point where a solo would be viable in Snowy weather. Technically it's solo-worthy in any weather around lv.40, but its TDO isn't the absolute best, so dodging may drag its DPS back down ta bit


  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Focus Blast
Galarian Darmanitan Galarian Darmanitan
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a Vanilla-Ice Type at its finest; a great option that puts in good work, though it is a bit frail


  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Focus Blast
Mamoswine Mamoswine
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The old classic, Shadow Mamoswine may not be solo-viable like its Shadow, but it's still outstanding in its own right.


  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Focus Blast
ShadowWeavile Shadow Weavile
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While really frail overall, Shadow Weavile's sheer DPS output is surpassed only by Shadow Mamoswine, so it's worth considering.


  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Focus Blast (2x)
Baxcalibur Baxcalibur
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Baxcalibur has some solid power that makes it a good option against Landorus, but its Dragon sub-typing is purely a hinderance in this case.


  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Outrage, Rock Slide, Focus Blast

Great Counters

Shadow Mewtwo Shadow Mewtwo
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Yet another raid guide with Shadow Mewtwo! Among the relatively low-powered Pokemon in the Ice Type, Shaodw Mewtwo's Ice Beam is actually a very strong option, so it's definitely worth using here.


  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Fighting
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One of the most accessible "good" Ice Types, Glaceon is definitely a worthwhile Pokemon for this raid.


  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Focus Blast
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Cetitan is another Pokemon that's easily overlooked, but it actually can put in solid work here.


  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Focus Blast
ShadowAbomasnow Shadow Abomasnow
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A strong Ice Type with a resistance to Ground Type attacks, but it's still pretty frail.


  • Strengths: Mud Shot, Earth Power
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Focus Blast
walrein Shadow Walrein
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While easy to overlook, Shadow Walrein is actually another very good Ice Type attacker that's worth bringing to this raid.


  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Focus Blast
Shadow Articuno Shadow Articuno
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The mascot of Team Mystic in its corrupted form, Shadow Articuno is a solid pick overall... just so long as it's not facing down Rocks.


  • Strengths: Mud Shot (2x), Earth Power (2x)
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw (2x), Rock Slide (2x)
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While not on a par with its Shadow forme, Mewtwo can still drop a lot of damage on Landorus thanks to Ice Beam


  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: None
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  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Focus Blast
Shadow_Regice Shadow Regice
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Yup, I'm as surprised as you are; with the Shadow boost, Regice is actually kind of decent here. Not GREAT, but decent.


  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Focus Blast
Shadow Lapras Shadow Lapras
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  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Focus Blast
Shadow Feraligatr Shadow Feraligatr
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  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: None
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  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Outrage, Rock Slide, Focus Blast

Glass Counters

Shadow Porygon-Z Shadow Porygon-Z
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It's going to need Hidden Power Ice in order to operate well, but it's surprisingly strong and fun to utilize. Hidden Power Water can also work in a pinch.


  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Focus Blast
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One of the older "good" Ice Types, Weavile still works well when needed.


  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Focus Blast (2x)
cloyster Shadow Cloyster
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  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Focus Blast
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  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Mud Shot, Rock Throw, Earth Power, Rock Slide, Focus Blast (2x)
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  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Focus Blast
Vanilluxe Vanilluxe
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  • Strengths: None
  • Weaknesses: Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Focus Blast

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