Primal Kyogre Raid Guide

Primal Kyogre will be in Primal Raids from 10:00 am August 23th, 2023 to 10:00 am August 27th, 2023. This article contains information about what it’s useful for and how to beat it.

Useful Information

What does the shiny look like?

Regular
Shiny
Regular Primal
Shiny Primal

What is it useful for?

Primal Kyogre is the most powerful Water type raid attacker in the game. It also boosts the candy and XL candy obtained from catching Water, Electric, and Bug type Pokémon.

Regular non-mega Kyogre with Origin Pulse* is the best non-mega/shadow Water type raid attacker in the game. And even without that move, it’s still a very good raid attacker. Kyogre is also useful in Master League.

*Legacy move

How many players do I need?

Primal Kyogre can be defeated by 6 trainers with strong teams, however, in general you should aim to form a group of at least 7-8 players.

What counters should I use?

Primal Kyogre is a Water type Pokémon that is weak to Grass and Electric type attacks.

Best Primal Kyogre counters:

Electivire
Thunder Shock
Wild Charge
Kartana
Razor Leaf
Leaf Blade
Raikou
Thunder Shock
Wild Charge
Shaymin Sky Forme
Hidden Power
Grass Knot
Thundurus Therian Forme
Volt Switch
Thunderbolt
Xurkitree
Thunder Shock
Discharge
Zarude
Vine Whip
Power Whip
Zekrom
Charge Beam
Fusion Bolt*
Zekrom
Charge Beam
Wild Charge

*Legacy move

The shadow form is even stronger if you have one!

Good Primal Kyogre Counters:

Chesnaught
Vine Whip
Frenzy Plant*
Luxray
Spark
Wild Charge
Magnezone
Spark
Wild Charge
Roserade
Razor Leaf
Grass Knot
Sceptile
Fury Cutter
Frenzy Plant*
Tangrowth
Vine Whip
Power Whip
Tapu Bulu
Bullet Seed
Grass Knot
Venusaur
Vine Whip
Frenzy Plant*
Vikavolt
Spark
Discharge
Zapdos
Thunder Shock*
Thunderbolt

*Legacy move

The shadow form is even stronger if you have one!

What Mega Pokémon should I use?

This depends on what you want to prioritize.

If you want a Mega Pokémon that will do as much damage as possible:

#1
Mega Sceptile
Fury Cutter
Frenzy Plant*
#2
Mega Manectric
Thunder Fang
Wild Charge

*Legacy move

If you want a Mega Pokémon that will stay on the field as long as possible:

#1
Mega Venusaur
Vine Whip
Frenzy Plant*

*Legacy move

If you want a Mega Pokémon that will give you extra candies while still being useful in battle:

#1
Primal Kyogre
Waterfall
Thunder

Thanks for reading and good luck raiding Primal Kyogre!