Deossi it’s a Bipedal Pokémon with alien type characteristics in Pokémon Go. It has four forms and each of them has a different type of statistic. We will talk about its normal form in this guide. Deoxys in its normal form has tapered legs with vertical blue stripes on the upper side while the rest of the skin is reddish-orange. Her arm can take on different shapes to fight her enemies. In this Pokémon Go guide, we will talk about the best ways and counters to defeat Deoxys in a battle raid.

Deoxys in Pokémon Go

Deoxys is a Level 5 Raid Boss and it is a pure Psychic type which means it is weak towards Dark bug And Ghost type attacks. This means that players have several options for a counterattack against this Pokémon which has a maximum CP of 2580.

Moveset Deoxys

Pokémon Go Deoxys counters
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The best movesets for Deoxys are Zen headboard And Hyper Ray. Both have a combined DPS of 52.6. This is the best combination that can be used by Pokémon in Pokémon gyms and PvP battles. Some other decent Deoxys move sets include Radius of charge, psychological enhancement And Lightning.

The best counters against Deoxys in Pokémon Go

Here is the list of the best counters that you can use against Deoxys and guarantee yourself a victory.

  • Gengar (Mega): Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball
  • Hydreigon: Brutal bite / swing
  • Houndoom (mega): Growl / foul play
  • Gyarados (Mega): bite / crunch
  • Absol (Mega): Growl / Dark Pulse
  • Darkrai: Growl / Dark Pulse
  • Giratina (Origin): Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball
  • Chandelure: Curse / Shadow Ball
  • Hoopa (confined): Amazement / Shadow Ball
  • Hoopa (unbound): Amazement / Dark Pulse
  • Scizor (Mega): Fury Cutter / X-Scissor
  • Yveltal: Growl / Dark Pulse
  • Tiranitar: bite / crunch
  • Zarude: Bite / Dark Pulse
  • Mewdue: Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball
  • Krookodile: Growl / creak
  • Genesetto: Fury Cutter / X-Scissor
  • Trevenant: Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball
  • Pheromose: Bug Bite / Bug Buzz
  • Gengar: Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball
  • Bisharp: Growl / Dark Pulse
  • Blastoise (Mega): Bite / Hydro Cannon
  • Weavile: Growl / foul play
  • Regiga: Hidden Power / Giga Impact
  • Incinera: Growl / Dark Pulse
  • Banette: Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball
  • Absol: Growl / Dark Pulse
  • Beedrill (Mega): Bug Bite / X-Scissor
  • Scizor: Fury Cutter / X-Scissor
  • Raiko: Thunderbolt / Shadow Ball
Pokémon Go Deoxys counters
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Players should try to use their best Ghost and Normal-types against Deoxys as only normal form will be there for battle as of now. They can use as Pokémon Mewdue, Gengar And Zarude in their teams as they are great options against this Pokémon.

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