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Trainers, Mega Heracross will soon make its debut in our megaraid rotation! It will be available starting Saturday, July 22, 2025, at 10:00 PM Local Time.
Since Mega Heracross is new to us inPokémon GO, we do not know what CP ranges it will be. Play it safe when you’re picking your teams, and assume that the toughest Heracross you can come across will be around2000 CP.
Heracross is available in both shiny and regular variations. Here is what it looks like in its Mega form:
Mega Heracross is a blend ofBug and Fighting types, which gives it weaknesses to the following types of Pokemon moves:
When we design our teams, we will focus mostly on flying-type Pokemon, as Heracross will take much more damage from Flying moves than from any of the others in the list above.
Mega Heracross will be weather boosted byRainy or Cloudyweather conditions. It will be stronger if you encounter it during these conditions, and will be higher level when you catch it. However, given that these conditions may also come with actual risks to your person, be wise when you decide to go out or not. It may be worth it to stay in and remote raid instead.
Mega Heracross should not be extremely strong, since it’s just a Mega raid, and you can probably duo it with a friend if you both have best-in-slot counters for these raids. We recommend going with at least 3 Trainers, just to keep things efficient. However, if none of your friends have terrific counters for Mega Heracross, consider going out with 5 friends or more. The more people you get, the faster these raids will go by. Remember, take advantage of the buffs you get from Party Play! It’s free damage, if you’re all together anyway.
Recommended Party
As ever, if you have Shadow variations of the Pokémon listed below, they will be better picks over their normal counterparts.Shadow Pokémon do more damagethan their regular counterparts (even with mediocre IVs), so consider taking them for this raid for the extra damage.
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