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Therian Forme Landorus is up next on our January raid docket. It launches starting on January 24th, 2024,at 6:00 pm local timeand will last untilJanuary 31 at 7:00 pm local time.Therian Forme Landorus is the last of the Forces of Nature legendaries and will conclude that trilogy of raids.
Like the other legendaries within the Forces of Nature chapter, Landorus is a 5-star raid boss and heralded as the trio’s most powerful.
Therian Forme Landorus can be caught at the followingCP ranges:
As you’re able to see, Landorus is shaping up to be an incredibly powerful raid boss. This is to be expected, seeing as Landorus Therian is currently the bestGround-typePokémon in the meta, except forMega GarchompandPrimal Groudon.
Therian Forme Landorus will be released in its regular and shiny variations. If you’re lucky, you may find a shiny out in the wild! Here is what it looks like:
Therian Forme Landorus is aGround-andFlying-typePokemon, which gives him an incredibly easy to exploit weakness toIce-typeattacks. This Pokemon isexceptionally vulnerabletoIce, taking4x damagefrom moves of thisType. This is becauseGroundandFlyingare weak toIce, stacking the damage bonus.
AlthoughIce-typePokemon are usually difficult to come by, this raid comes to us during the wintry months of Pokemon Go – meaning we should have something, if not the best thing, to use against this Pokemon. We recently just hadMega GlalieandKyuremraids, and both of these Pokemon will do exceptionally well against Therian Forme Landorus. We will go into more detail about which Pokemon you should pick at the end!
Therian Forme Landorus has the potential to have extremely high CP upon encountering him, but the higher his encounter CP, the higher his catch CP will be. With this in mind, keep an eye out for optimal weather if you want to catch the best Landorus you can.
Landorus, being aGround-andFlying-typePokémon, is boosted bySunnyandWindyweather. It is recommended to find it during one of these weather conditions, as it gives you a little head start with its level and initial catch CP. Thus, you will not have to use as many candies to get it leveled.
Do not be too intimidated by how strong this Pokémon appears to be. Despite being so powerful and one of the best Pokémon in the game, Therian Forme Landorus is actuallythe easiest of the Forces of Nature Genie Trio to take down in a raid!
You can tackle Therian Forme Landorus with just2 Trainers, in a party, and inideal weather conditions. That should tip you off to how much good counters will pay off during these raids. However, barring bad weather, you should have at least 3-4 Trainers, maybe 5, if the weather is not in your favor or you want to get weather-boosted Landorus.
Make sure you party up to take advantage of the damage buffs and other bonuses that you get for raiding with your friends! The damage buff you get is invaluable against this formidable opponent in small groups – it will also net you some free friendship XP, so there’s really no reason not to party up.
Recommended Teams
Although we recently only had a handful of Ice-type raids to strengthen our Pokémon arsenal, we should still have a decent array of Ice Pokémon to use. Additionally, since it’sWinter in Pokémon Go, there is ahigh chancethat you will find moreIce-typesnow than at any other point during the year. Take advantage of the season to add a coupleIce-typesto your arsenal. You cannot go wrong for this raid if you bring an Ice-type to fight with.
Keeping in mind that Ice types are more common at the moment, I will include a few noteworthy, if not best in slot, Pokémon following this list.
The Pokémon above will do the best during these raids of all the regular Pokémon you can find in the wild, but they are not the only Pokémon that will do well either. If you have been unlucky until now but have caught some of the other Pokémon in the spawn rotation, then you can use some of these Pokémon instead:
There are tons of other Pokémon out there to bring, but these Pokémon above are just the most common ones in the current spawn rotation. If you have other Ice-types than this, use them. They will do just fine as long as they all knowIce-Type moveslike the ones above.
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There is a small handful of Ice-Type Legendary Pokémon currently available in Pokémon Go, and luckily, a lot of them just had raids recently. If you have been keeping up with raids over the last few months, you should have a Kyurem or an Articuno to spare. Here is a list of the top-performing Legendary Pokémon:
If you have someWater-TypeLegendaries, they will work as well but they will not be nearly as good. Landorus will take some extra damage fromWater-Typemoves, but it will not be anywhere near as catastrophic asIce-Type moveswill be. I do not recommend usingWater-Type Pokémonif your intent is to speed through these raids, but if you need an extra Pokemon in your team and that is all you have then just go for it. you’re able to account for the damage variance later amongst your party - and hopefully the difference will be unnoticeable.
If yourPokemon inventoryis sadly lacking inIce-type Pokemon, take a look at some of yourNormal-andWater-Type Pokemon. Many Pokemon from those Typings can learn an Ice-Type move if given either aFast TMorCharged TM.
Happy raiding, Trainers! Check back in with us for more Pokemon Go raid guides going into February!
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