Pokemon GO Granbull Raid guide: Best counters and weaknesses

A Granbull raid guide for Pokemon GO will help you fight against this Fairy-type beast in 3-star raids. This monster’s Fairy elemental typing makes it vulnerable to monsters belonging to Poison and Steel typings. For instance, Pokemon like Gengar Beedrill, Metagross, Dialga, and more are great counters that you can use in these 3-star raids.

In this article, we will tell you the best counters against Granbull. We will also run you through this raid boss’ best moveset and weaknesses so that you can be well-prepared for this raid.

Granbull’s strengths and weaknesses in Pokemon GO

Granbull in the anime (Image via The Pokemon Company)

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Being a Fairy-type beast, the monster is vulnerable to the following elemental typing:

Poison (160% increased damage)
Steel (160% increased damage)

This creature is strong against the following elemental typings:

Dragon
Bug
Dark
Fighting

Avoid using creatures that belong to Dragon, Bug, Dark, and Fighting elemental typings, as Granbull will take reduced damage from them.

Best Granbull counters in Pokemon GO

Recommended Mega or Primal Pokemon:

Mega Gengar with Bullet Punch as the Fast move and Meteor Mash as the Charged move
Mega Rayquaza with Air Slash as the Fast move and Dragon Ascent as the Charged move
Mega Beedrill with Poison Jab as the Fast move and Sludge Bomb as the Charged move
Mega Scizor with Bullet Punch as the Fast move and Iron Head as the Charged move
Mega Aggron with Iron Tail as the Fast move and Heavy Slam as the Charged move

Recommended Legendary counters for this three-star raid:

Rayquaza with Air Slash as the Fast move and Dragon Ascent as the Charged move
Dialga with Metal Claw as the Fast move and Iron Head as the Charged move
Origin Forme Dialga with Metal Claw as the Fast move and Iron Head as the Charged move
Mewtwo with Psycho Cut as the Fast move and Psystrike as the Charged move
Moltres with Wing Attack as the Fast move and Sky Attack as the Charged move
Ho-Oh with Incinerate as the Fast move and Brave Bird as the Charged move

Recommended Shadow counters for this three-star raid:

Shadow Gengar with Lick as the Fast move and Sludge Bomb as the Charged move
Shadow Mewtwo with Psycho Cut as the Fast move and Psystrike as the Charged move
Shadow Metagross with Bullet Punch as the Fast move and Meteor Mash as the Charged move
Shadow Excadrill with Metal Claw as the Fast move and Iron Head as the Charged move
Shadow Toxicroak with Fire Spin as the Fast move and Overheat as the Charged move
Shadow Victreebel with Acid as the Fast move and Sludge Bomb as the Charged move
Shadow Ho-Oh with Incinerate as the Fast move and Brave Bird as the Charged move
Apex Shadow Ho-Oh with Incinerate as the Fast move and Brave Bird as the Charged move
Shadow Scizor with Bullet Punch as the Fast move and Iron Head as the Charged move

Recommended budget counters for this three-star raid:

Scizor with Bullet Punch as the Fast move and Iron Head as the Charged move
Victreebel with Acid as the Fast move and Sludge Bomb as the Charged move
Toxicroak with Fire Spin as the Fast move and Overheat as the Charged move
Gengar with Lick as the Fast move and Sludge Bomb as the Charged move
Metagross with Zen Headbutt as the Fast move and Psychic as the Charged move
Excadrill with Metal Claw as the Fast move and Iron Head as the Charged move
Beedrill with Poison Jab as the Fast move and Sludge Bomb as the Charged move
Aggron with Iron Tail as the Fast move and Heavy Slam as the Charged move

Granbull’s moveset as a raid boss in Pokemon GO

As a three-star raid boss, this monster can have the following moves:

Fast moves:

Bite
Snarl
Charm

Charged moves:

Play Rough
Close Combat
Crunch

Catch Combat Power (CP) of Granbull in Pokemon GO

This monster will have the following catch CPs:

Weather boosted: 1,732 CP to 1,823 CP at level 25 with cloudy boost
Non-weather boosted: 1,385 CP to 1,458 CP at level 20

100% IV CP of Granbull

Weather boosted: 1,823 CP
Non-weather boosted: 1,458 CP

Granbull stats

Base attack: 212
Base defense: 131
Max CP: 2,885 at level 50

That covers everything you need to know to defeat Granbull in Pokemon GO. If you are interested in Pokemon GO, you can check out some of our other guides:

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