Use Golden Razz Berries and aim for excellent curveball throws to maximize your chance of catching Zekrom.

Weaknesses & resistances

Category	Details
Weak to	Ground • Ice • Dragon • Fairy
Resists to	Flying • Steel • Fire • Water • Grass • Electric

Notes Dragon and Ice-type attackers like Rayquaza, Salamence, Garchomp, Mamoswine, and Kyurem usually offer the best mix of damage and survivability.

Best Mega Evolutions

Recommended Megas to use against Zekrom:

• Sceptile, Rayquaza, Garchomp, Salamence, Latios, Latias – Dragon boost
• Gardevoir – Fairy boost
• Sceptile - Bug boost

Difficulty

Zekrom can use moves such as Fusion Bolt, Wild Charge, Outrage, and Crunch. While it is an offensive monster, its Electric-type charged moves can destroy Water or Flying-type counters, and Outrage can shred Dragons if shields aren’t managed.

Best Team Compositions

Small Group (3–4 Trainers)

With strong Ice, Dragon, or Ground-type counters and at least one Mega Pokémon, Zekrom can be defeated by 3 to 4 high-level trainers.

Medium Group (5–7 Trainers)

A group of 5 to 7 trainers with decent counters should have no trouble defeating Zekrom.

Large Group (8+ Trainers)

Zekrom becomes very easy with a large group, but avoid overfilling the lobby to save raid passes.

Recommended Teams

Optimized Team

• Mega Rayquaza
• Rayquaza
• Salamence
• Dragonite
• Palkia
• Mega Gardevoir

Budget Team

• Dragonite
• Garchomp
• Excadrill
• Togekiss
• Glaceon
• Mamoswine

If possible, use a Mega Dragon or Mega Ground Pokémon to boost the damage of other trainers’ Pokémon during the raid.

Battle Tips and Strategy

• Use Ice, Dragon, Fairy, or Ground-type attackers only.
• Avoid using Water or Flying types because Zekrom’s Electric moves are very strong.
• Dodge charged moves if you are using fragile attackers like Weavile or Gardevoir.
• Use Mega evolutions to increase your team’s overall damage.
• Rejoin the battle quickly if your team faints.

Rewards

• Chance to catch Shiny Zekrom (with boosted IVs)
• Rare Candy & XL Candy

Shiny Zekrom

Shiny Zekrom is available in Pokémon GO. The shiny version has green highlights instead of blue and is highly valuable for collectors and battlers.

Why Raid Zekrom?

It has a very popular shiny form. It is one of the best Electric-type attackers in Pokémon GO. It’s a top-tier Legendary for raids and collections.

Conclusion

Zekrom is a powerful and valuable Legendary Pokémon in Pokémon GO. Prepare strong Ice, Dragon, Fairy, or Ground-type counters, use Mega evolutions, and take advantage of favorable weather to defeat and catch Zekrom efficiently.

Related Guides

Looking for more counters? Check out our Mega Rayquaza Raid Guide, Mega Garchomp Raid Guide

Summary

• Focus on Dragon, Ice, Fairy, or Ground types.
• Avoid using Water and Flying types—they get destroyed by Electric moves.
• Manage shields around Outrage and Wild Charge.
• Keep damage fast and aggressive.
• Preparation makes this raid very manageable.