Ho-Oh Raid Guide

Ho-Oh Raid guide

Fire  /  Flying

Ho-Oh is an easy Tier 5 raid boss to defeat, with a CP value of 50064. 5 trainers should be more than enough to defeat Ho-Oh in the raid. Ho-Oh is vulnerable to Ground, Rock, Water type moves and mainly weaker to Pokémon such as Kyogre, Groudon, Palkia, Rhyperior, Tyranitar.

Ho-Oh can obtain below CP values when defeated.

  • 2649 - 2759 CP during Sunny / clear and Windy weather conditions.
  • 2119 - 2207 CP during other weather conditions.

Ho-Oh is not available at the moment in raids and the last recently available date was March 21, 2023. Shiny Ho-Oh is also available from raids in the game.

Weather boost

Ho-Oh raids will be boosted during Sunny / clear and Windy weather conditions.

Fire type Damage Relations

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

Ho-Oh Raid Counters

  • Kyogre

    Kyogre is a Water type Pokémon with charged moves: Hydro Pump   Surf   and fast moves: Waterfall   which are effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Groudon

    Groudon is a Ground type Pokémon with charged moves: Earthquake   and fast moves: Mud Shot   which are effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Palkia

    Palkia is a Water, Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Aqua Tail   Hydro Pump   which are effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Rhyperior

    Rhyperior is a Ground, Rock type Pokémon with charged moves: Earthquake   Stone Edge   Surf   and fast moves: Smack Down   which are effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Tyranitar

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

  • Keldeo

    Keldeo is a Water, Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Aqua Jet   Hydro Pump   which are effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Terrakion

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

  • Landorus

    Landorus is a Ground, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Earth Power   Rock Slide   and fast moves: Mud Shot   Rock Throw   which are effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Rhydon

    Rhydon is a Ground, Rock type Pokémon with charged moves: Earthquake   Stone Edge   Surf   which are effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Gyarados

    Gyarados is a Water, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Hydro Pump   and fast moves: Waterfall   which are effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Rampardos

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

  • Gigalith

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

  • Vaporeon

    Vaporeon is a Water type Pokémon with charged moves: Aqua Tail   Hydro Pump   Water Pulse   and fast moves: Water Gun   which are effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Excadrill

    Excadrill is a Ground, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: Drill Run   Earthquake   Rock Slide   and fast moves: Mud Shot   which are effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Tyrantrum

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

  • Manaphy

    Manaphy is a Water type Pokémon with charged moves: Bubble Beam   Surf   and fast moves: Bubble   Waterfall   which are effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Hippowdon

    Hippowdon is a Ground type Pokémon with charged moves: Earth Power   Earthquake   Stone Edge   which are effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Regirock

    Regirock is a Rock type Pokémon with charged moves: Stone Edge   and fast moves: Rock Throw   which are effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Archeops

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

  • Donphan

    Donphan is a Ground type Pokémon with charged moves: Earthquake   which is effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Lapras

    Lapras is a Water, Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Hydro Pump   Surf   and fast moves: Water Gun   which are effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Milotic

    Milotic is a Water type Pokémon with charged moves: Surf   and fast moves: Waterfall   which are effective against Ho-Oh.

  • Golem

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

  • Krookodile

    Krookodile is a Ground, Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Earthquake   which is effective against Ho-Oh.

Ho-Oh Mega counters

Mega Blastoise, Mega Steelix, Mega Swampert are best Mega counters to battle with Ho-Oh if you have Mega evolved Pokemon or Mega candy.

Past Ho-Oh events

Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Lugia, Ho-Oh Raids: Feb 26, 2022 09 AM - Feb 26, 2022 09 PM
Ho-oh Timed Research: Jan 26, 2021 10 AM - Feb 7, 2021 08 PM

Ho-Oh moves set

Ho-Oh will use below moves during the battle.

Brave Bird Charged Flying 45.0
Extrasensory Fast Psychic 10.9
Fire Blast Charged Fire 33.3
Incinerate Fast Fire
Solar Beam Charged Grass 36.7
Steel Wing Fast Steel 13.8

Ho-Oh raids weather impact

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

Cloudy Great for battle
Fog Great for battle
Partly cloudy Great for battle
Rainy Great for battle
Snow Boosts Steel Wing Steel Wing is bad for Ground type Pokemon
Sunny / clear Boosts Fire Blast
Boosts Incinerate
Boosts Solar Beam		 Fire Blast is bad for Water type Pokemon, Fire Blast is bad for Ground type Pokemon, Fire Blast is bad for Rock type Pokemon
Incinerate is bad for Water type Pokemon, Incinerate is bad for Ground type Pokemon, Incinerate is bad for Rock type Pokemon
Windy Boosts Brave Bird
Boosts Extrasensory		 Brave Bird is bad for Rock type Pokemon

Ho-Oh stats

Attack: 263
Defence: 301
HP:
Max CP (level 50): 5383
Max HP (level 50): 193

Shiny Ho-Oh

There is a chance that you may encounter a shiny Ho-Oh if you win the raid. The rate of encounting a shiny Ho-Oh can be around 5%.

Raid events