Venomoth Raid Guide

Venomoth Raid guide

Bug  /  Poison

Venomoth is an easy Tier 3 raid boss to defeat, with a CP value of 14631. 2 trainers should be more than enough to defeat Venomoth in the raid. Venomoth is vulnerable to Flying, Rock, Fire type moves and mainly weaker to Pokémon such as Ho-Oh, Tyranitar, Heatran, Terrakion, Volcanion.

Venomoth can obtain below CP values when defeated.

  • 1407 - 1487 CP during Cloudy and Rainy weather conditions.
  • 1125 - 1190 CP during other weather conditions.

Venomoth is not available at the moment in raids and the last recently available date was February 6, 2023.

Weather boost

Venomoth raids will be boosted during Cloudy and 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: -

Venomoth 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 Venomoth.

  • Tyranitar

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

  • 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 Venomoth.

  • Terrakion

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

  • 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 Venomoth.

  • 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 Venomoth.

  • Rampardos

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

  • Gigalith

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

  • Tornadus

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

  • Tyrantrum

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

  • Victini

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

  • Regirock

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

  • Archeops

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

  • Magmortar

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

  • 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 Venomoth.

  • Flareon

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

  • 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 Venomoth.

  • 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 Venomoth.

  • Arcanine

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

  • Aurorus

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

  • Typhlosion

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

  • 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 Venomoth.

Venomoth Mega counters

Mega Aerodactyl, Mega Charizard Y, Mega Pidgeot are best Mega counters to battle with Venomoth if you have Mega evolved Pokemon or Mega candy.

Venomoth shadow counters

Shadow Aerodactyl, Shadow Aggron, Shadow Arcanine, Shadow Aron, Shadow Articuno, Shadow Camerupt, Shadow Charizard, Shadow Charmander, Shadow Charmeleon, Shadow Crobat, Shadow Cyndaquil, Shadow Delibird, Shadow Entei, Shadow Gligar, Shadow Gliscor, Shadow Golbat, Shadow Growlithe, Shadow Ho-Oh, Shadow Jumpluff, Shadow Kabuto, Shadow Kabutops, Shadow Lairon, Shadow Lugia, Shadow Magmar, Shadow Magmortar, Shadow Moltres, Shadow Ninetales, Shadow Nosepass, Shadow Numel, Shadow Omanyte, Shadow Omastar, Shadow Probopass, Shadow Quilava, Shadow Skarmory, Shadow Staraptor, Shadow Staravia, Shadow Starly, Shadow Sudowoodo, Shadow Typhlosion, Shadow Vulpix, Shadow Zubat are best Shadow counters to battle with Venomoth.

Venomoth moves set

Venomoth will use below moves during the battle.

Bug Buzz Charged Bug 24.3
Confusion Fast Psychic 12.5
Infestation Fast Bug 9.1
Poison Fang Charged Poison 20.6
Psychic Charged Psychic 35.7
Silver Wind Charged Bug 18.9

Venomoth raids weather impact

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

Cloudy Boosts Poison Fang Great for battle
Fog Great for battle
Partly cloudy Great for battle
Rainy Boosts Bug Buzz
Boosts Infestation
Boosts Silver Wind
Bug Buzz is bad for Fire type Pokemon, Bug Buzz is bad for Rock type Pokemon, Bug Buzz is bad for Flying type Pokemon
Infestation is bad for Fire type Pokemon, Infestation is bad for Rock type Pokemon, Infestation is bad for Flying type Pokemon
Silver Wind is bad for Fire type Pokemon, Silver Wind is bad for Rock type Pokemon, Silver Wind is bad for Flying type Pokemon
Snow Great for battle
Sunny / clear Great for battle
Windy Boosts Confusion
Boosts Psychic
Great for battle

Venomoth stats

Attack: 141
Defence: 115
HP: 3600
Max CP (level 50): 2243
Max HP (level 50): 132

Shiny Venomoth

Shiny Venomoth is not obtainable from raids.

Raid events