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Cresselia,the Psychic-type Legendary Pokemon, is one of the many Legendary Pokemon currently available inPokemon Go. Like others, Cresselia can only be obtained following its defeat in its specific Five-Star Raid, tasking you with competing in a difficult PvE battle.
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There’s no question that Cresselia is a tough opponent to beat when it comes to its Five-Star Raid, requiring you to go into this encounter with the proper preparation and knowledge to be successful. With the chance to catch Cresselia on the line, here’s everything you need to know to easily complete this Legendary Pokemon’s Raid.
Recommended Group Size
Cresseliaproves to be an extremely bulky opponent, possessing alarge amount of HP and requiring a massive amount of damage to be defeatedin its Five-Star Raid. Because of this, it’s best if you’re teaming upwith three to five other Trainersprior to going into this Raid battle.
That being said, even with a larger team of Trainers like the size recommended above, make sure that you’re going into this Raid withseveral Pokemon prepared for battle.With the strength of Cresselia in this Raid,you will most likely go through several Pokemon before taking it down.
To reduce the number of Pokemon that you’ll need to use for this Raid battle, eitherMega EvolveorPrimal Reverta Pokemon that you plan on battling with.
This will greatly increase the effectiveness of that Pokemon, while alsoimproving attacks of specific types for all Raid participants.
Cresselia: Strengths And Weaknesses
Being apure Psychic-type Pokemon,Cresselia only has ahandful of weaknesses and resistancesto keep in mind when deciding which Pokemon to battle with. That being said, it is still important to keep this in mind, as it may make or break your success in this Raid battle.
With Cresselia being a sole Psychic-type, there are onlytwo types of attacks that this Pokemon is resistant to: Fighting and Psychic.These are the only two attack types that you’ll want to avoid using for this Raid battle, as they willlack effectiveness.
You havethree different optionswhen it comes to attacks that aresuper-effective against Cresselia:eitherBug, Ghost,orDark-type attacks. Pokemon that use a combination of these three different attack types will deal the most damage in this Raid, resulting in them being theoptimal choice.
Use theSame Type Attack Bonusmechanic to your advantage when deciding on which Pokemon to use for this Raid battle.
This is activated when usingPokemon with attacks of the same type,raising their damage stat as a result.
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Cresselia: Best Counter Picks
Pokemon that are eitherBug, Ghost, or Dark types with attacks that match their specific typeare the best counters to Cresselia in this Five-Star Raid. These Pokemon willdeal the most damage and take the least amount of damagecompared to those of other types.
We have provided thebest options for each of these three typesbelow, giving you a better idea of which Pokemon to bring to this Raid battle.
You can easily find success in this Raid through the use ofother Bug, Ghost, and Dark-type Pokemonthan those found below.
As long as they arestrong Pokemon with attacks that Cresselia is weak against, this will be no problem.
