Pokémon GO: Raid Guide for Slowpoke and Galar-Slowpoke with the best counters

In March during the Community Day, you will encounter Psyduck and Galarian Psyduck in Level 4 raids. We will show you the best counters for these raids in Pokémon GO.

What are these raids? During the Community Days in March, the Psyduck family will be in the spotlight. Following the event, you will find Level 4 raids where you will encounter Psyduck and Galarian Psyduck as opponents. If you win a battle, Psyduck and Galarian Psyduck will spawn in the vicinity of the arena for 30 minutes.

Keep in mind that you can only enter these raids with raid passes and premium raid passes. Participation from afar is not possible.

In the overview, we show you the best counters for each of the two bosses. The raids are active from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM local time.

Defeat Psyduck with these counters

1. Mega Gengar with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball
2. Mega Banette with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball
3. Mega Sceptile with Leaf Blade and Leaf Storm
4. Zapdos with Thunder Shock and Thunder
5. Shadow Absol with Aerial Ace and Counter
6. Mega Absol with Aerial Ace and Counter
7. Zekrom with Charge Beam and Cross Thunder
8. Katagami with Leaf Blade and Leaf Storm
9. Shadow Houndoom with Aerial Ace and Crunch
10. Mega Houndoom with Aerial Ace and Crunch
11. Shadow Banette with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball
12. Mega Ampharos with Thunder Fang and Thunder
13. Skelabra with Burden and Poltergeist
14. Shadow Zapdos with Thunder Shock and Thunder
15. Shadow Exeggutor with Bullet Seed and Solar Beam
16. Shadow Cacturne with Leaf Blade and Flora Statute
17. Shadow Tangela with Vine Whip and Solar Beam
18. Shadow Exeggutor with Bullet Seed and Solar Beam
19. Kapu-Toro with Bullet Seed and Solar Beam

Weaknesses of Psyduck: The Pokémon is of the Water and Psychic types and is therefore vulnerable to Bug, Ghost, Grass, Electric, and Dark.

Defeat Galarian Psyduck with these counters

1. Mega Banette with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball
2. Mega Gengar with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball
3. Shadow Absol with Aerial Ace and Counter
4. Mega Absol with Aerial Ace and Counter
5. Shadow Houndoom with Aerial Ace and Crunch
6. Mega Houndoom with Aerial Ace and Crunch
7. Shadow Banette with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball
8. Skelabra with Burden and Poltergeist
9. Shadow Golbat with Astonish and Poltergeist
10. Shadow Pinsir with Leaf Blade and Cross Scissors
11. Shabelle with Bug Bite and Bug Buzz
12. Gengar with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball
13. Shadow Kramshef with Aerial Ace and Sky Fury
14. Shadow Scizor with Leaf Blade and Cross Scissors
15. Trikephalo with Bite and Swirler
16. Shadow Tohaido with Bite and Crunch
17. Mega Bibarel with Ingrain and Cross Scissors
18. Shadow Tengulist with Aerial Ace and Leech Seed
19. Shadow Noctowl with Faint Attack and Counter
20. Mega Sceptile with Leaf Blade and Flora Statute

Weaknesses of Galarian Psyduck: The Pokémon is of the Psychic type and is therefore vulnerable to Bug, Ghost, and Dark.

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With these counters, the battle against Psyduck and its Galar form should pose no problem for you. You can easily defeat both Pokémon by yourself and then enjoy the spawns around the arena.

On MeinMMO, we have more guides for the Community Day in March for you. The dates for the Community Days in April and May have also been confirmed.