The current Alolan Season of Pokémon GO has seen the appearance of a few new Pokémon, including some that will only be available in Raid Battles. One of those cases is Tapu Kokoso we have prepared the following guide in which we are going to offer you the best tips to defeat him and get hold of him.
How to defeat and capture Tapu Koko in Raids
In Pokémon Sun and Moon there are several legendary Pokémon, including the guardians of the different islands that make up the Alola region. The guardian of Melemele Island is Tapu Koko and the first one you will have to face during the current season dedicated to the seventh generation of the saga.
This powerful Pokémon appears in five-star Raid Battles and has 45,438 battle points. This means that the only way you can deal with him is by gathering a few players to reduce his life points to zero. Being about five or six people should be enough as long as everyone has a good team of Pokémon.
Types and moves to watch out for against Tapu Koko
The combination of Tapu Koko is the most curious, because together with Dedenne they are the only Pokémon in the entire saga that are Electric / Fairy. So, keeping this detail in mind, these will be the types he will be strong or weak against:
- Strong against type Pokémon: Water, Dragon Bug, Fighting, Grass, Dark and Flying.
- Weak against type moves: Earth and Poison.
- Resistant against type moves: Bug, Electric, Fighting, Dark and Flying
Any Ground and Poison type attack that you use against Tapu Koko will cause real havoc and thanks to them you will reduce the life faster than normal. In principle, being a Fairy, Steel-type moves should also be valid, but the problem is that being Electric is resistant against them, so you will cause normal damage.
The problem you may find is that Tapu Koko can appear with a Flying-type move, hence the number of types it’s strongest against. With that said, these are the attacks you can have:
Movement | Guy | attack type |
---|---|---|
VoltChange | Electric | Fast attack |
Fast attack | Normal | Fast attack |
bold bird | Flying | charged attack |
Thunder | Electric | charged attack |
Lightning | Electric | charged attack |
magic shine | Fairy | charged attack |
As you can see, the probability that Tapu Koko has Bold Bird as a charged attack is lower compared to Electric-type moves. Even so, in principle you should not care if you use a team made up of Ground-type Pokémonwhich after all are the most suitable for this particular meeting.
What Pokémon to use against Tapu Koko
The question of opting for some Ground-type Pokémon is because their Electric-type attacks will be ineffective against them, so it will take longer than normal to reduce the life of your equipment. From this base, these are the best Pokémon that you can choose for your fight against Tapu Koko.
pokemon name | Pokemon | Guy | Fast attack | Charged Attack |
---|---|---|---|---|
Garchomp | | Earth Dragon | Mud Shot | Alive earth |
Landorus (Totem Form) | | Ground / Flying | Mud Shot | Earthquake |
excadrill | | Earth / Steel | Mud Slap | Earthquake |
Rhyperior | | Rock / Earth | Mud Slap | Earthquake |
Groudon | | Land | Mud Shot | Earthquake |
Gengar | | Ghost / Poison | Lick | Mud pump |
golem | | Rock / Earth | Mud Slap | Earthquake |
golurk | | Earth / Ghost | Mud Slap | Earthquake |
nido king | | Poison / Earth | Harmful Puja | Earthquake |
swampert | | Water earth | Mud Shot | Earthquake |
mamoswine | | Ice / Earth | Mud Slap | Earthquake |