Besides Latias and Latios, there are other new Raid bosses in Pokémon GO. Included are Ghost-types, so you can complete your quest for Mew more easily.
A lot has changed in the Raid battles of Pokémon GO in the last few hours. Since April 3, we no longer find Lugia as a Raid boss, but Latios and Latias have been activated instead.
To have strong attackers against these dragons on your team, the available Raid bosses of the lower difficulty levels have also been adjusted. This means you will find more Ghost Pokémon that should be particularly interesting for the researchers among you.
New Raid Bosses since April 3
In the announcement for Latios and Latias, Niantic explained that there are bosses in the arenas that make for a good attacking team against the two new dragons. “Are you looking for the perfect Pokémon to challenge Latias and Latios? Pokémon whose attacks are strong against Psychic and Dragon-types will also appear in Raid battles, such as Tyranitar and Shuppet,” the official statement says.
In the community of TheSilphRoad, they are now diligently compiling which new bosses can be found in the game. So far, with Latias and Latios, there are a total of 10 new ones confirmed by trainers in the Reddit thread by backstroker1991. These are distributed with two specimens each across the different difficulty levels:
- Raid Level 1
- Magikarp
- Swablu
- Snorunt
- New: Shuppet
- New: Shuppet
- Raid Level 2
- Shuppet
- Sableye
- Weepinbell
- New: Sneazle
- New: Drifloon
- Raid Level 3
- Gengar
- Roselia
- Haunter
- Machoke
- New: Pinsir
- New: Granbull
- Raid Level 4
- Tyranitar
- Steelix
- Absol
- New: Walrein
- New: Houndoom
- Raid Level 5
- Latios
- Latias
The new Ghost bosses Drifloon, Shuppet, and Shuppet provide a good opportunity for trainers to advance their special research. In the fifth phase of your Mew quest, you should catch 10 Ghost Pokémon, among other tasks. In some areas, this can be difficult unless it’s Halloween and a ghost is waiting around every corner in Pokémon GO.
Those who don’t enjoy playing Pokémon GO at night can now easily catch these monsters during the day with the new Raid bosses.
Other bosses like Pinsir, Granbull, or Houndoom are not bad attackers against the new dragons Latios and Latias. You can find an overview of strong counters against Latios and Latias in Pokémon GO here.
