Palkia Raid Guide

Palkia Raid guide

Dragon  /  Water

Palkia is a difficult Tier 5 raid boss to defeat, with a CP value of 54793. Therefore, it is recommended to join 7 trainers to defeat Palkia raid boss successfully in a raid battle. Palkia is vulnerable to Ice, Dragon, Fairy type moves and mainly weaker to Pokémon such as Reshiram, Zekrom, Rayquaza, Kyurem, Garchomp.

Palkia can obtain below CP values when defeated.

  • 2737 - 2850 CP during Rainy and Windy weather conditions.
  • 2190 - 2280 CP during other weather conditions.

Palkia is not available at the moment in raids and the last recently available date was August 10, 2022. Shiny Palkia is also available from raids in the game.

Weather boost

Palkia raids will be boosted during Rainy and Windy weather conditions.

Dragon type Damage Relations

Double damage from: Ice
Double damage to: Dragon
Half damage from: Fire
Half damage to: Steel
No damage from: -
No damage to: Fairy

Palkia Raid Counters

  • Reshiram

    Reshiram is a Dragon, Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Draco Meteor   and fast moves: Dragon Breath   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Zekrom

    Zekrom is a Dragon, Electric type Pokémon with charged moves: Outrage   and fast moves: Dragon Breath   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Rayquaza

    Rayquaza is a Dragon, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Outrage   and fast moves: Dragon Tail   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Kyurem

    Kyurem is a Dragon, Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Blizzard   Dragon Pulse   and fast moves: Dragon Breath   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Garchomp

    Garchomp is a Dragon, Ground type Pokémon with charged moves: Outrage   and fast moves: Dragon Tail   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Latios

    Latios is a Dragon, Psychic type Pokémon with charged moves: Dragon Claw   and fast moves: Dragon Breath   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Dragonite

    Dragonite is a Dragon, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Dragon Claw   Outrage   and fast moves: Dragon Breath   Dragon Tail   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Goodra

    Goodra is a Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Draco Meteor   and fast moves: Dragon Breath   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Salamence

    Salamence is a Dragon, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Draco Meteor   and fast moves: Dragon Tail   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Haxorus

    Haxorus is a Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Dragon Claw   and fast moves: Dragon Tail   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Latias

    Latias is a Dragon, Psychic type Pokémon with charged moves: Outrage   and fast moves: Charm   Dragon Breath   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Druddigon

    Druddigon is a Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Dragon Claw   and fast moves: Dragon Tail   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Fraxure

    Fraxure is a Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Dragon Claw   and fast moves: Dragon Tail   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Sliggoo

    Sliggoo is a Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Dragon Pulse   which is effective against Palkia.

  • Shelgon

    Shelgon is a Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Dragon Pulse   Twister   and fast moves: Dragon Breath   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Altaria

    Altaria is a Dragon, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Dazzling Gleam   Dragon Pulse   and fast moves: Dragon Breath   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Gabite

    Gabite is a Dragon, Ground type Pokémon with charged moves: Twister   which is effective against Palkia.

  • Dragonair

    Dragonair is a Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Dragon Pulse   and fast moves: Dragon Breath   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Axew

    Axew is a Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Dragon Claw   Dragon Pulse   which are effective against Palkia.

  • Bagon

    Bagon is a Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Twister   which is effective against Palkia.

  • Gible

    Gible is a Dragon, Ground type Pokémon with charged moves: Twister   which is effective against Palkia.

  • Goomy

    Goomy is a Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Dragon Pulse   which is effective against Palkia.

  • Dratini

    Dratini is a Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Twister   and fast moves: Dragon Breath   which are effective against Palkia.

Palkia Mega counters

Mega Altaria, Mega Charizard X, Mega Gardevoir, Mega Glalie, Mega Latias, Mega Latios, Mega Rayquaza, Mega Salamence, Mega Sceptile are best Mega counters to battle with Palkia if you have Mega evolved Pokemon or Mega candy.

Past Palkia events

Palkia Raids: Jul 31, 2022 10 AM - Aug 10, 2022 10 AM
Palkia Raids: Aug 6, 2021 10 AM - Aug 20, 2021 10 AM

Palkia moves set

Palkia will use below moves during the battle.

Aqua Tail Charged Water 26.3
Draco Meteor Charged Dragon 41.7
Dragon Breath Fast Dragon 12.0
Dragon Tail Fast Dragon 13.6
Fire Blast Charged Fire 33.3
Hydro Pump Charged Water 39.4

Palkia raids weather impact

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

Cloudy Great for battle
Fog Great for battle
Partly cloudy Great for battle
Rainy Boosts Aqua Tail
Boosts Hydro Pump		 Great for battle
Snow Great for battle
Sunny / clear Boosts Fire Blast Great for battle
Windy Boosts Draco Meteor
Boosts Dragon Breath
Boosts Dragon Tail		 Draco Meteor is bad for Dragon type Pokemon
Dragon Breath is bad for Dragon type Pokemon
Dragon Tail is bad for Dragon type Pokemon

Palkia stats

Attack: 233
Defence: 181
HP: 15000
Max CP (level 50): 5262
Max HP (level 50): 166

Shiny Palkia

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

Raid events