Pokemon Go will have you facing off against difficult raid Pokemon throughout your journey outdoors. If one of these is Tapu Lele, 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 Tapu Lele, we’ll walk you through the best counters and all of its weaknesses in this guide!
Tapu Lele Weaknesses
Tapu Lele is a Psychic and Fairy-type Pokemon, which means Tapu Lele is weak to Ghost, Poison, and Steel-type moves. You will want to bring a team full of Pokemon who can utilize those move types to take down Tapu Lele quickly!
If you are running out of Pokemon to throw at Tapu Lele, you will just want to make sure to avoid bringing any Pokemon that have Dragon, Fighting, and Psychic-type moves. Tapu Lele is resistant to all of these, particularly Dragon and Fighting.
Best Tapu Lele Counters
The best counters for Tapu Lele in Pokemon Go are the following Pokemon: Mega Gengar, Metagross, Mega Beedrill, Chandelure, Giratina Origin, and Hoopa. If you have shadow or mega versions of the ones on these list, they are generally going to be the best option.
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 Tapu Lele’ weaknesses.
Tapu Lele Counters & Moves List
- Metagross – Bullet Punch/Meteor Mash
- Chandelure – Hex/Shadow Ball
- Gengar – Shadow Claw/Sludge Bomb
- Excadrill – Metal Claw/Iron Head
- Roserade – Poison Jab/Sludge Bomb
- Trevenant – Shadow Claw/Shadow Ball
- Scizor – Bullet Punch/Iron Head
- Bisharp – Metal Claw/Iron Head
- Mismagius – Hex/Shadow Ball
- Banette – Shadow Claw/Shadow Ball
- Archeops – Steel Wing/Return
- Skuntank – Poison Jab/Sludge Bomb
Mega/Shadow Tapu Lele Counters & Moves List
- Shadow Mewtwo – Psycho Cut/Shadow Ball
- Giratina Origin – Shadow Claw/Shadow Ball
- Hoopa – Astonish/Shadow Ball
- Dialga – Metal Claw/Iron Head
- Genesect – Metal Claw/Magnet Bomb
- Shadow Ho-Oh – Steel Wing/Brave Bird
- Shadow Raikou – Thunder Shock/Shadow Ball
- Jirachi – Charge Beam/Doom Desire
If you run out of the best counters on the list then running pretty much any high level Ghost, Poison, or Steel-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 Tapu Lele in Pokemon Go. We have more detailed guides for you to checkout in the Pokemon Go section of our website.
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