Pokémon Go Darkrai counters, weaknesses and moveset explained

Darkrai counters and weaknesses in Pokémon Go

The best counters to a given Pokémon ebb and flow as different Pokémon are added to the game. Here’s a list of the best Darkrai counters, as of October 2024:

• Darkrai type - Dark-type
• Darkrai is weak against - Bug, Fairy and Fighting-types
• Darkrai Mega counters - Mega Lucario is by far your strongest option, running Force Palm and Aura Sphere. If you don't have one of those, you're looking at Mega Heracross with Counter and Megahorn, or Mega Rayquaza with Dragon Tail and Dragon Ascent for pure damage output, though there's a big step down from Mega Luke at this point.





• Darkrai non-Mega counters - Terrakion (Double Kick and Sacred Sword) remains your best non-Mega counter. If you don't have one, the Shadow Conkeldur is the next best counter, running Counter and Dynamic Punch. Keldeo, Lucario, Shadow Machamp, Shadow Hariyama follow, though that’s academic because who is looking at anything worse than the punchiest boi.
• Number of players to beat Darkrai - The dark days of needing a veritable army to take down this Pokémon are long behind us. With a reasonable set of counters, three players at Level 40 is perfectly reasonable!
• Tactics - Fighting is your obvious go-to, given the abundance of strong counters in the game, and the never-ending supply of Shadow Machops you can turn into big beaters. Fairy is an option, but for once, weirdly, the Bug-type options are somehow better. Still, you really should focus on Fighting-types if you want to beat (up) the darkness!
• Other Darkrai notes - There is a shiny available, and shinies are caught automatically after a raid as long as you connect with one of your Premier Balls. Use a Pinap Berry, take a screenshot and then enjoy catching yourself a new shiny!

Darkrai CP in Pokémon Go

Darkrai will have the following CP ranges when try to catch it:

• Raid Boss CP - 53,623
• CP range when being caught - 2048 to 2136
• Weather boosted (fog) CP range when being caught - 2560 to 2671

Thank you to kashifaz from reddit for the help with this information.

Darkrai Moveset in Pokémon Go

Darkrai will be able to learn and use a variety of moves in Pokémon Go, including:

Possible Fast Moves:

• Feint Attack (Dark)
• Snarl (Dark)

Possible Charged Moves:

• Dark Pulse (Dark)
• Focus Blast (Fighting)
• Shadow Ball (Ghost)
• Sludge Bomb (Legacy Poison)

The Max Out Season is here and includes a new global event, Wild Area, and the current 2024 Halloween event brings us Morpeko and the Halloween cup. You can now catch Dynamax Pokémon through Max Battles. First, however, you need to visit Power Spots to collect Max Particles and complete the To the Max! quest. Don't forget to try out Routes, Gift Exchange and Party Play while you're hunting down rare Pokémon, fighting in the Go Battle League or competing in PokéStop Showcases.

Everything we know about Darkrai

Known as the Pitch-Black Pokémon, Darkrai is the embodiment of nightmares.

Originating from the Sinnoh region, Darkrai is a member of the Lunar Duo, alongside its counterpart, Cresselia. Each legendary Pokémon inhabits an island that geographically sit opposite each other; Cresselia lives on Fullmoon Island, while Darkrai can be found on Newmoon Island.

Darkrai has the ability to both create and inhabit nightmares. People who have cursed with dreams by Darkrai often become trapped within them, unable to wake up. If this happens, the dreamer can only be saved by a Lunar Wing from Cresselia.

According to its official Pokédex page, 'It chases people and Pokémon from its territory by causing them to experience deep, nightmarish slumbers.'

If you wanted to catch Darkrai in Pokémon Platinum, you had to save Sailor Eldritch’s son from his nightmares using the Lunar Wing. You would then be able to access the Harbor Inn in Canalave City using the Member Card. Here you would fall into a nightmare and find yourself on Newmoon Island.

Good luck catching Darkrai in Pokémon Go!