Pokemon Go will have you facing off against difficult raid Pokemon throughout your journey outdoors. If one of these is Monferno, you are going to need to have a strong team by your side, because they can be a difficult fight if you don’t have the right setup available. If you are getting ready for a battle with Monferno, we’ll walk you through the best counters and all of its weaknesses in this guide!
Monferno Weaknesses
Monferno is a Fire and Fighting-type Pokemon, which makes it have a weakness to Flying, Ground, Psychic, and Water-type moves. You will want to bring a team full of Pokemon who can utilize those move types if you’re looking to beat them.
If you are running out of Pokemon to throw at Monferno, you will just want to make sure to avoid bringing any Pokemon that have Bug, Dark, Fire, Grass, Ice, or Steel-type moves. Monferno is highly resistant to Bug in particular, so be sure to keep those Pokemon in the box. You will also want to try and avoid bringing Normal, Rock, Steel, Ice, Dark, Bug, and Grass-type Pokemon. These are all weak to Fire and Fighting-type moves, which is what Monferno is going to use against you.
Best Monferno Counters
The best counters for Monferno are Pokemon that are Flying, Ground, Psychic, and Water-type and have strong moves of those types at their disposal. You can use things like Mewtwo, Hoopa, Alakazam, Moltres, Kyogre, Latios, Kingler, Azelf, and many more! If you have the Mega or Shadow versions of these then those are generally going to get the job done faster.
Here’s an extended list of the Pokemon you can use with the best moves that they have available to them for the fight. You don’t have to have the exact moveset, but make sure you have the right type of moves to take advantage of Monferno’s weaknesses.
Monferno Counters List
- Mewtwo – Confusion/Psystrike
- Hoopa (Unbound/Confined/Normal) – Confusion/Psychic
- Alakazam – Confusion/Psychic
- Moltres – Wing Attack/Sky Attack
- Kyogre – Waterfall/Surf
- Latios – Zen Headbutt/Psychic
- Kingler – Bubble/Crabhammer
- Azelf – Extrasensory/Future Sight
- Espeon – Confusion/Psychic
- Rayquaza – Air Slash/Hurricane
- Krookodile – Mud-Slap/Earthquake
- Metagross – Zen Headbutt/Psychic
- Groudon – Mud Shot/Earthquake
- Gardevoir – Confusion/Psychic
- Samurott – Waterfall/Hydro Cannon
- Staraptor – Wing Attack/Brave Bird
- Swampert – Mud Shot/Hydro Cannon
- Garchomp – Mud Shot/Earthquake
- Rhyperior – Mud-Slap/Earthquake
- Feraligatr – Water Gun/Hydro Cannon
- Clawitzer – Water Gun/Crabhammer
- Excadrill – Mud-Slap/Earthquake
If you run out of the best counters on the list then running pretty much any high level Flying, Ground, Psychic, and Water-type Pokemon should get the job done. You don’t always have to have the ideal Pokemon to win the battle!
Those are all of the weaknesses and best counters for Monferno in Pokemon Go. We have more detailed guides for you to checkout in the Pokemon Go section of our website.
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