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Shadow Raids are here! Get your Shadow Entei and Shadow Mewtwo counters ready!
Zapdos Raid Guide
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Zapdos is back, it’s a good bird! It definitely shows up as a top electric PvE counter for raids, and I’ve seen it as a spicy pick in GBL, it’s never worked on me, but kudos for trying.
The best counters are rock and ice, well, the only counters really. That means Rhyperior and Rampardos will be in full swing, and we just had an event, hopefully you got a nice shiny Rampardos, no elite tm needed, ready out of the box. Good old Mamoswine, and old school TTars… you get the idea!
Go to the official counters page for a complete list, including shadows and megas to see how your Pokémon perform.
@captgoldfish
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