Combusken Weakness & Raid Counters in Pokemon Go (2022)

Pokemon Go will have you facing off against difficult raid Pokemon throughout your journey outdoors. If one of these is Combusken, you are going to need to have a strong team by your side, because they can be a difficult fight if you don’t have the right setup available. If you are getting ready for a battle with Combusken, we’ll walk you through the best counters and all of its weaknesses in this guide!

Combusken Weaknesses

Combusken is a Fire and Fighting-type Pokemon, which means Combusken is weak to Flying, Ground, Psychic, and Water-type moves. You will want to bring a team full of Pokemon who can utilize those move types to take down Combusken quickly!

If you are running out of Pokemon to throw at Combusken, you will just want to make sure to avoid bringing any Pokemon that have Bug, Dark, Fire, Grass, Ice, and Steel-type moves. Combusken is resistant to all of these, particularly Bug-type. You will also want to try and avoid bringing Normal, Rock, Steel, Ice, Dark, Bug, and Grass-type Pokemon. These are all weak to Fire and Fighting-type moves, which is what Combusken is going to use against you.

Combusken can throw out a pretty weird set of moves which includes Peck and Rock Slide. These are Flying and Rock-type moves, which could give you trouble if you’re running Pokemon that are countered by them.

Best Combusken Counters

The best counters for Combusken in Pokemon Go are the following Pokemon: Mewtwo, Hoopa, Espeon, Alakazam, Latios, Kingler, Kyogre, and Azelf. If you have shadow or mega versions of the ones on these list, they are generally going to be the best option.

Here’s an extended list of the Pokemon you can use with the best moves that they have available to them for the fight. You don’t have to have the exact moveset, but make sure you have the right type of moves to take advantage of Combusken’s weaknesses.

Combusken Counters List

• Mewtwo – Confusion/Psystrike
• Hoopa – Confusion/Psychic
• Espeon – Confusion/Psychic
• Latios – Zen Headbutt/Psychic
• Kingler – Bubble/Crabhammer
• Kyogre – Waterfall/Surf
• Azelf – Confusion/Future Sight
• Lugia – Extrasensory/Aeroblast++
• Metagross – Zen Headbutt/Psychic
• Rayquaza – Air Slash/Hurricane
• Gardevoir – Confusion/Psychic
• Gallade – Confusion/Psychic
• Samurott – Waterfall/Hydro Cannon
• Garchomp – Mud Shot/Earth Power
• Rhyperior – Mud Slap/Earthquake
• Landorus – Mud Shot/Earth Power
• Swampert – Mud Shot/Hydro Cannon
• Excadrill – Mud Slap/Drill Run
• Exeggutor – Confusion/Psychic
• Empoleon – Waterfall/Hydro Cannon
• Honchkrow – Peck/Sky Attack
• Groudon – Mud Shot/Earthquake
• Feraligatr – Waterfall/Hydro Cannon
• Clawitzer – Water Gun/Crabhammer

If you run out of the best counters on the list then running pretty much any high level Flying, Ground, Psychic, and Water-type Pokemon should get the job done. You don’t always have to have the ideal Pokemon to win the battle!

Those are all of the weaknesses and best counters for Combusken in Pokemon Go. We have more detailed guides for you to checkout in the Pokemon Go section of our website.