Articuno Raid Guide

Articuno Raid guide

Flying  /  Ice

Articuno is an easy Tier 5 raid boss to defeat, with a CP value of 40165. 5 trainers should be more than enough to defeat Articuno in the raid. Articuno is vulnerable to Rock, Electric, Ice type moves and mainly weaker to Pokémon such as Tyranitar, Terrakion, Raikou, Avalugg, Zapdos.

Articuno can obtain below CP values when defeated.

  • 2082 - 2179 CP during Snow and Windy weather conditions.
  • 1665 - 1743 CP during other weather conditions.

Articuno is not available at the moment in raids and the last recently available date was July 7, 2022. Shiny Articuno is also available from raids in the game.

Weather boost

Articuno raids will be boosted during Snow and Windy weather conditions.

Flying type Damage Relations

Double damage from: Rock
Double damage to: Fighting
Half damage from: Fighting
Half damage to: Rock
No damage from: Ground
No damage to: -

Articuno Raid Counters

  • Tyranitar

    Tyranitar is a Rock, Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Stone Edge   which is effective against Articuno.

  • Terrakion

    Terrakion is a Rock, Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Rock Slide   and fast moves: Smack Down   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Raikou

    Raikou is a Electric type Pokémon with charged moves: Thunder   Thunderbolt   Wild Charge   and fast moves: Thunder Shock   Volt Switch   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Avalugg

    Avalugg is a Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Avalanche   and fast moves: Ice Fang   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Zapdos

    Zapdos is a Electric, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Ancient Power   Thunder   Thunderbolt   Zap Cannon   and fast moves: Charge Beam   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Mamoswine

    Mamoswine is a Ice, Ground type Pokémon with charged moves: Avalanche   Stone Edge   and fast moves: Powder Snow   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Rampardos

    Rampardos is a Rock type Pokémon with charged moves: Rock Slide   and fast moves: Smack Down   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Gigalith

    Gigalith is a Rock type Pokémon with charged moves: Rock Slide   and fast moves: Smack Down   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Thundurus

    Thundurus is a Electric, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Thunder   Thunder Punch   and fast moves: Thunder Shock   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Tyrantrum

    Tyrantrum is a Rock, Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Stone Edge   and fast moves: Rock Throw   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Regice

    Regice is a Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Blizzard   and fast moves: Frost Breath   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Regirock

    Regirock is a Rock type Pokémon with charged moves: Stone Edge   Zap Cannon   and fast moves: Rock Throw   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Archeops

    Archeops is a Rock, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Ancient Power   which is effective against Articuno.

  • Magnezone

    Magnezone is a Electric, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: Wild Charge   Zap Cannon   and fast moves: Charge Beam   Spark   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Articuno

    Articuno is a Ice, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Ancient Power   Blizzard   Ice Beam   Icy Wind   and fast moves: Frost Breath   Ice Shard   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Golem

    Golem is a Rock, Ground type Pokémon with charged moves: Ancient Power   Rock Blast   Stone Edge   and fast moves: Rock Throw   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Electivire

    Electivire is a Electric type Pokémon with charged moves: Ice Punch   Thunder   Thunder Punch   Wild Charge   and fast moves: Thunder Shock   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Glaceon

    Glaceon is a Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Avalanche   Ice Beam   Icy Wind   and fast moves: Frost Breath   Ice Shard   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Beartic

    Beartic is a Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Ice Punch   and fast moves: Powder Snow   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Cryogonal

    Cryogonal is a Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Aurora Beam   and fast moves: Frost Breath   Ice Shard   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Aurorus

    Aurorus is a Rock, Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Ancient Power   Blizzard   Thunderbolt   and fast moves: Frost Breath   Powder Snow   Rock Throw   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Jolteon

    Jolteon is a Electric type Pokémon with charged moves: Discharge   Thunder   Thunderbolt   and fast moves: Thunder Shock   Volt Switch   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Ampharos

    Ampharos is a Electric type Pokémon with charged moves: Power Gem   Thunder   Thunder Punch   Zap Cannon   and fast moves: Charge Beam   Volt Switch   which are effective against Articuno.

  • Omastar

    Omastar is a Rock, Water type Pokémon with charged moves: Ancient Power   Rock Blast   which are effective against Articuno.

Articuno Mega counters

Mega Glalie, Mega Manectric are best Mega counters to battle with Articuno if you have Mega evolved Pokemon or Mega candy.

Past Articuno events

Articuno Raids: Jul 1, 2022 10 AM - Jul 7, 2022 10 AM
Giovanni Encounter - Shadow Articuno: Mar 1, 2021 01 PM - Apr 1, 2021 01 PM
Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, and Mewtwo Raids: Feb 20, 2021 10 AM - Mar 1, 2021 10 AM

Articuno moves set

Articuno will use below moves during the battle.

Ancient Power Charged Rock 20.0
Blizzard Charged Ice 41.9
Frost Breath Fast Ice 11.1
Ice Beam Charged Ice 27.3
Ice Shard Fast Ice 10.0
Icy Wind Charged Ice 18.2

Articuno raids weather impact

Here is how each weather condition boosts Articuno moves and impacts your Pokemon during the battle with Articuno.

Cloudy Great for battle
Fog Great for battle
Partly cloudy Boosts Ancient Power Great for battle
Rainy Great for battle
Snow Boosts Blizzard
Boosts Frost Breath
Boosts Ice Beam
Boosts Ice Shard
Boosts Icy Wind		 Blizzard is bad for Rock type Pokemon
Frost Breath is bad for Rock type Pokemon
Ice Beam is bad for Rock type Pokemon
Ice Shard is bad for Rock type Pokemon
Icy Wind is bad for Rock type Pokemon
Sunny / clear Great for battle
Windy Great for battle

Articuno stats

Attack: 192
Defence: 249
HP:
Max CP (level 50): 3396
Max HP (level 50): 166

Shiny Articuno

There is a chance that you may encounter a shiny Articuno if you win the raid. The rate of encounting a shiny Articuno can be around 4%.

Raid events