Drifblim Raid Guide

Drifblim Raid guide

Ghost  /  Flying

Drifblim is an easy Tier 3 raid boss to defeat, with a CP value of 12655. You can solo Drifblim raids without any problem at all. Drifblim is vulnerable to Ghost, Dark type moves and mainly weaker to Pokémon such as Yveltal, Darkrai, Hydreigon, Weavile, Bisharp.

Drifblim can obtain below CP values when defeated.

  • 1609 - 1701 CP during Fog and Windy weather conditions.
  • 1287 - 1361 CP during other weather conditions.

Drifblim is not available at the moment in raids and the last recently available date was November 1, 2022. Shiny Drifblim is also available from raids in the game.

Weather boost

Drifblim raids will be boosted during Fog and Windy weather conditions.

Ghost type Damage Relations

Double damage from: Ghost
Double damage to: Ghost
Half damage from: Poison
Half damage to: Dark
No damage from: Normal
No damage to: Normal

Drifblim Raid Counters

  • Yveltal

    Yveltal is a Dark, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   and fast moves: Snarl   Sucker Punch   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Darkrai

    Darkrai is a Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Shadow Ball   and fast moves: Feint Attack   Snarl   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Hydreigon

    Hydreigon is a Dark, Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   and fast moves: Bite   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Weavile

    Weavile is a Dark, Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Foul Play   and fast moves: Feint Attack   Snarl   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Bisharp

    Bisharp is a Dark, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   and fast moves: Snarl   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Honchkrow

    Honchkrow is a Dark, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   and fast moves: Snarl   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Houndoom

    Houndoom is a Dark, Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Crunch   Foul Play   and fast moves: Snarl   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Zoroark

    Zoroark is a Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Foul Play   and fast moves: Shadow Claw   Snarl   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Absol

    Absol is a Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Payback   and fast moves: Snarl   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Malamar

    Malamar is a Dark, Psychic type Pokémon with charged moves: Foul Play   which is effective against Drifblim.

  • Mandibuzz

    Mandibuzz is a Dark, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Foul Play   Shadow Ball   and fast moves: Snarl   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Scrafty

    Scrafty is a Dark, Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Foul Play   and fast moves: Snarl   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Umbreon

    Umbreon is a Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Foul Play   and fast moves: Feint Attack   Snarl   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Sneasel

    Sneasel is a Dark, Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Foul Play   and fast moves: Feint Attack   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Mightyena

    Mightyena is a Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Crunch   and fast moves: Bite   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Zweilous

    Zweilous is a Dark, Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   and fast moves: Bite   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Liepard

    Liepard is a Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Payback   and fast moves: Snarl   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Murkrow

    Murkrow is a Dark, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Foul Play   and fast moves: Feint Attack   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Pawniard

    Pawniard is a Dark, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: Night Slash   which is effective against Drifblim.

  • Sableye

    Sableye is a Dark, Ghost type Pokémon with charged moves: Foul Play   Shadow Sneak   and fast moves: Feint Attack   Shadow Claw   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Scraggy

    Scraggy is a Dark, Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Foul Play   and fast moves: Feint Attack   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Vullaby

    Vullaby is a Dark, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Foul Play   and fast moves: Feint Attack   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Houndour

    Houndour is a Dark, Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Crunch   Dark Pulse   and fast moves: Feint Attack   which are effective against Drifblim.

  • Zorua

    Zorua is a Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Foul Play   and fast moves: Feint Attack   which are effective against Drifblim.

Drifblim Mega counters

Mega Absol, Mega Banette, Mega Gengar, Mega Gyarados, Mega Houndoom, Mega Sableye, Mega Sharpedo are best Mega counters to battle with Drifblim if you have Mega evolved Pokemon or Mega candy.

Drifblim shadow counters

Calyrex - Shadow Rider, Shadow Absol, Shadow Alolan Raticate, Shadow Alolan Rattata, Shadow Banette, Shadow Cacturne, Shadow Carvanha, Shadow Drapion, Shadow Dusclops, Shadow Dusknoir, Shadow Duskull, Shadow Honchkrow, Shadow Houndoom, Shadow Houndour, Shadow Mightyena, Shadow Misdreavus, Shadow Mismagius, Shadow Murkrow, Shadow Nuzleaf, Shadow Poochyena, Shadow Sableye, Shadow Sharpedo, Shadow Shiftry, Shadow Shuppet, Shadow Skuntank, Shadow Sneasel, Shadow Stunky, Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Weavile are best Shadow counters to battle with Drifblim.

Drifblim moves set

Drifblim will use below moves during the battle.

Astonish Fast Ghost 7.3
Hex Fast Ghost 8.3
Icy Wind Charged Ice 18.2
Ominous Wind Charged Ghost 21.7
Shadow Ball Charged Ghost 33.3

Drifblim raids weather impact

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

Cloudy Great for battle
Fog Boosts Astonish
Boosts Hex
Boosts Ominous Wind
Boosts Shadow Ball		 Astonish is bad for Dark type Pokemon
Hex is bad for Dark type Pokemon
Ominous Wind is bad for Dark type Pokemon
Shadow Ball is bad for Dark type Pokemon
Partly cloudy Great for battle
Rainy Great for battle
Snow Boosts Icy Wind Great for battle
Sunny / clear Great for battle
Windy Great for battle

Drifblim stats

Attack: 142
Defence: 85
HP: 3600
Max CP (level 50): 2750
Max HP (level 50): 268

Shiny Drifblim

There is a chance that you may encounter a shiny Drifblim if you win the raid. The rate of encounting a shiny Drifblim can be around 1%.

Raid events