Pineco Raid Guide

Pineco Raid guide

Bug

Pineco is an easy Tier 1 raid boss to defeat, with a CP value of 3526. You can solo Pineco raids without any problem at all. Pineco is vulnerable to Flying, Rock, Fire type moves and mainly weaker to Pokémon such as Ho-Oh, Tyranitar, Heatran, Terrakion, Volcanion.

Pineco can obtain below CP values when defeated.

  • 733 - 791 CP during Rainy weather conditions.
  • 586 - 633 CP during other weather conditions.

Pineco is not available at the moment in raids and the last recently available date was August 17, 2022. Shiny Pineco is also available from raids in the game.

Weather boost

Pineco raids will be boosted during Rainy weather conditions.

Bug type Damage Relations

Double damage from: Flying
Double damage to: Grass
Half damage from: Fighting
Half damage to: Fighting
No damage from: -
No damage to: -

Pineco Raid Counters

  • Ho-Oh

    Ho-Oh is a Fire, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Brave Bird   Fire Blast   and fast moves: Incinerate   which are effective against Pineco.

  • Tyranitar

    Tyranitar is a Rock, Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Stone Edge   which are effective against Pineco.

  • Heatran

    Heatran is a Fire, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Flamethrower   Stone Edge   and fast moves: Fire Spin   which are effective against Pineco.

  • Terrakion

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

  • Entei

    Entei is a Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Flame Charge   Flamethrower   Overheat   and fast moves: Fire Fang   Fire Spin   which are effective against Pineco.

  • Moltres

    Moltres is a Fire, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Ancient Power   Fire Blast   Heat Wave   Overheat   and fast moves: Fire Spin   Wing Attack   which are effective against Pineco.

  • Rampardos

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

  • Gigalith

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

  • Tornadus

    Tornadus is a Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Hurricane   and fast moves: Air Slash   which are effective against Pineco.

  • Tyrantrum

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

  • Victini

    Victini is a Fire, Psychic type Pokémon with charged moves: Overheat   which is effective against Pineco.

  • Regirock

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

  • Archeops

    Archeops is a Rock, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Ancient Power   and fast moves: Wing Attack   which are effective against Pineco.

  • Magmortar

    Magmortar is a Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Fire Punch   and fast moves: Fire Spin   which are effective against Pineco.

  • 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 Pineco.

  • Flareon

    Flareon is a Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Flamethrower   Overheat   and fast moves: Ember   Fire Spin   which are effective against Pineco.

  • Delphox

    Delphox is a Fire, Psychic type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Flame Charge   Flamethrower   and fast moves: Fire Spin   which are effective against Pineco.

  • Emboar

    Emboar is a Fire, Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Flame Charge   Heat Wave   Rock Slide   and fast moves: Ember   which are effective against Pineco.

  • Arcanine

    Arcanine is a Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Flamethrower   and fast moves: Fire Fang   which are effective against Pineco.

  • Aurorus

    Aurorus is a Rock, Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Ancient Power   and fast moves: Rock Throw   which are effective against Pineco.

  • Typhlosion

    Typhlosion is a Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Overheat   and fast moves: Ember   Incinerate   which are effective against Pineco.

  • Charizard

    Charizard is a Fire, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Overheat   and fast moves: Air Slash   Fire Spin   which are effective against Pineco.

Pineco moves set

Pineco will use below moves during the battle.

Bug Bite Fast Bug 10.0
Gyro Ball Charged Steel 24.2
Rock Tomb Charged Rock 21.9
Sand Tomb Charged Ground 20.0
Tackle Fast Normal 10.0

Pineco raids weather impact

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

Cloudy Great for battle
Fog Great for battle
Partly cloudy Boosts Rock Tomb
Boosts Tackle		 Great for battle
Rainy Boosts Bug Bite Bug Bite is bad for Fire type Pokemon, Bug Bite is bad for Rock type Pokemon, Bug Bite is bad for Flying type Pokemon
Snow Boosts Gyro Ball Gyro Ball is bad for Fire type Pokemon
Sunny / clear Boosts Sand Tomb Great for battle
Windy Great for battle

Pineco stats

Attack: 73
Defence: 82
HP: 600
Max CP (level 50): 1210
Max HP (level 50): 98

Shiny Pineco

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

Raid events