Mega Heracross Raid Duo Guide

Table of Contents

Weather/Moves
Raid Guide
Best Counters
Raid Graph

Difficulty:

Easy at trainer level 30 with optimized counters or weather boost

HP	9,000	ATK	263.90	DEF	176.20

CP Range
Lvl 20	2650 - 2751	Lvl 25	3312 - 3439

Notable Weather

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

Fast Move Difficulty

Move	Difficulty
Counter	Easy
Struggle Bug	Easy

Charge Move Difficulty

Move	Difficulty
Megahorn	Easy
Earthquake	Easy
Close Combat	Easy
Rock Blast	Challenging

Overview

Mega Heracross is a powerhouse Pokemon that hits like a truck and has at least decent defense, meaning this should be a hard raid, right? Two words: Mega Rayquaza. Mega Heracross has a very unfortunate double-weakness to Flying Type attacks, meaning some of the absolute strongest things in the game are able to absolutely annihilate it in no time, to the point where Mega Rayquaza alone can potentially solo it by being the only Pokemon on the team and simply re-joining once it faints. The one caveat to this is Rock Blast, which is an extremely threatening attack to face for pretty much all of its top counters.

Approach

Team composition

Mega Heracross is weak to Fairy, Psychic, and Fire.... but it's also double-weak to Flying, meaning all other weaknesses barely even register.

Dodging

Mega Heracross doesn't put up much of a fight due to the near-comprehensive resistances that the majority of its counters sport. Still, dodging Megahorn, or Close Combat can greatly increase a given Pokemon's longevity. Earthquake can be easily dodged too, but the double-resistance that most counters have to Ground means it might not be worth the time it takes to dodge unless you're great with your timing. The one exceptional move to watch out for is Rock Blast, but it comes out so frequently that it may not be worth dodging most of the time despite its high damage output.

Raid Counter Search String

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Best Raid Boss Counters

Supreme Mega Evolution Counters

Mega Rayquaza

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Air Slash

Dragon Ascent

Best

Mega Rayquaza makes this raid a breeze, to the point where it's entirely possible to solo Mega Heracross by just bringing Mega Rayquaza and re-entering after fainting. It's legitimately hard to overstate just how amazing this Pokemon is, and just how hard it counters just about everything that Mega Heracross can throw at it.

Strengths: Counter, Struggle Bug, Megahorn, Close Combat, Earthquake (2x)
Weaknesses: Rock Blast

Good Mega Evolution Counters

Mega Pidgeot

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Gust

Brave Bird

Best

Mega Pidgeot doesn't actually resist Fighting Type moves despite its Flying typing, but it's still a good silver-medal option for a Flying Type Mega Evolution... a very distant silver medal.

Strengths: Struggle Bug, Megahorn, Earthquake (2x)
Weaknesses: Rock Blast

Mega Charizard Y

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Air Slash

Blast Burn

Best

If only Mega Charizard Y had a Flying Type Charged Move, it could be genuinely great. But as-is it falls off. Still, the double-resistance to Bug Type moves is helpful, though the double weakness to Rock Blast hurts.

Strengths: Counter, Struggle Bug (2x), Megahorn (2x), Close Combat, Earthquake
Weaknesses: Rock Blast (2x)

Mega Blaziken

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fire Spin

Brave Bird

Best

In the reverse case from Mega Charizard Y, Mega Blaziken has a Flying Type Charged Move, but no Flying Type Fast Move... and no Flying Type STAB. Also; don't TM away Blast Burn for Brave Bird.

Strengths: Struggle Bug (2x), Megahorn (2x),
Weaknesses: Earthquake

Mega Alakazam

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Confusion

Psychic

Best

If you're going for Psychic, then Mega Alakazam works... but not very well.

Strengths: Counter, Close Combat
Weaknesses: Struggle Bug, Megahorn

Mega Gardevoir

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Confusion

Psychic

Best

Meg Gardevoir is pretty far behind anything sporting a Flying Type move, but it's still an okay option that doesn't have any weaknesses to anything that Mega Heracross can throw at it.

Strengths: Counter (2x), Close Combat (2x)
Weaknesses: None

Mega Latios

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Zen Headbutt

Psychic

Best

Strengths: Counter, Close Combat
Weaknesses: Struggle Bug, Megahorn

Supreme Counters

Rayquaza

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Air Slash

Dragon Ascent

Best

Rayquaza has the absolute, undisputed best performance among the non-Mega options on this list. It hits like a truck and lasts for a very long time, making it the top pick for raid teams.

Strengths: Counter, Struggle Bug, Megahorn, Close Combat, Earthquake (2x), Rock Blast
Weaknesses:

Shadow Moltres

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Wing Attack

Sky Attack

Best

Shadow Moltres doesn't like Rock Blast at all, but it can trash Mega Heracross on just about every other level.

Strengths: Counter, Struggle Bug (2x), Megahorn (2x), Close Combat, Earthquake
Weaknesses: Rock Blast (2x)

Shadow Staraptor

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Gust

Fly

Best

Shadow Staraptor hits hard, but it tends to not last for an extremely long time.

Strengths: Struggle Bug, Megahorn, Earthquake (2x)
Weaknesses: Rock Blast

Yveltal

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Gust

Oblivion Wing

Best

Dark is a bad sub-typing for this raid, as it negates Flying Type's weaknesses to Bug and Fighting alike. However, the Pokemon of death still has a surprisingly high TDO in this raid, relatively speaking.

Strengths: Earthquake (2x)
Weaknesses: Rock Blast

Shadow Honchkrow

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Peck

Sky Attack

Best

The same basic story as Yveltal, but a bit more DPS and a lot less TDO.

Strengths: Earthquake (2x)
Weaknesses: Rock Blast

Good Counters

Shadow Unfezant

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Air Slash

Sky Attack

Best

Despite being basically a regional Pidgey evolution, Shadow Unfezant still has great performance.

Strengths: Struggle Bug, Megahorn, Earthquake (2x)
Weaknesses: Rock Blast

Enamorus (Incarnate Forme)

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fairy Wind

Fly

Best

Enamorus lacks a Flying Type Fast Move, but Fairy Wind is still fine. Its Fairy typing also gives it outstanding potential TDO in this raid, sporting a 2x resistance to everything that Mega Heracross can throw at it save Rock Blast.

Strengths: Counter (2x), Struggle Bug (2x), Megahorn (2x), Close Combat (2x), Earthquake (2x)
Weaknesses: Rock Blast

Shadow Ho-Oh

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Hidden Power (Flying)

Brave Bird

Best

Shadow Ho-oh pretty much needs Hidden Power Flying to be genuinely good, though it can still work given Fire or Psychic... and Hidden Power Fairy doesn't exist.