This weekend is GO Fest 2021 in Pokémon GO, a two day event that is based around catching on day one, and raiding on day two. You can still currently buy a GO Fest ticket, which is priced at £4.99, or regional equivalent, which will grant you special bonuses for the two day event. This guide will cover the bosses originally found in the Kanto region of the games.
While all previously released raid bosses will be available over the course of the day for this event, this article will cover the bosses originally found in the Kanto region of the games. This includes Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres and Mewtwo. Remember, you can Mega Evolve a Pokémon to help you out with these raids, but only one Pokémon at a time. Once evolved, your Mega Pokémon will last for 8 hours.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Kanto raid bosses for Pokémon GO Fest 2021.
Pokémon GO Fest 2021 Kanto Raid Bosses
Articuno
Type – Ice/Flying
Hour – Frost
Shiny – Yes
100% CP – 1743 (Weather boosted 2179)
Weaknesses – Rock (4x), Fire, Electric and Steel
The top counters against Articuno are Rampardos, Rhyperior (Rock Wrecker), Terrakion, Tyranitar (Smackdown) and Gigalith. If you wanted to Mega Evolve a Pokémon to go against it, you could choose Charizard, Houndoom or Ampharos, which would give you Fire, Dark and Electric coverage.
Zapdos
Type – Electric/Flying
Hour – Thunder
Shiny – Yes
100% CP – 2015 (Weather boosted 2519)
Weaknesses – Rock and Ice
The top counters against Zapdos are Rampardos, Rhyperior (Rock Wrecker), Darmanitan (Galarian), Terrakion and Tyranitar (Smackdown). If you wanted to Mega Evolve a Pokémon to go against it, you could choose Abomasnow, which would give you Ice coverage.
Moltres
Type – Fire/Flying
Hour – Lava
Shiny – Yes
100% CP – 1980 (Weather boosted 2475)
Weaknesses – Rock (4x), Electric and Water
The top counters against Moltres are Rampardos, Rhyperior (Rock Wrecker), Terrakion, Tyranitar (Smackdown) and Gigalith. If you wanted to Mega Evolve a Pokémon to go against it, you could choose Blastoise or Ampharos, which would give you Water and Electric coverage.
Mewtwo
Type – Psychic
Hour – Wind
Shiny – Yes
100% CP – 2387 (Weather boosted 2984)
Weaknesses – Ghost, Bug and Dark
The top counters against Mewtwo are Giratina (Origin), Chandelure, Darkrai, Yveltal and Mewtwo (Shadow Ball). If you wanted to Mega Evolve a Pokémon to go against it, you could choose Gengar or Houndoom, which would give you Ghost and Dark coverage.
Be sure to check out our other Raid Boss Guides for Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova and Kalos regions.
GO Fest 2021 Ticket Bonuses
If you choose not to buy the ticket, you will still be able to encounter all of the raids listed below, but will miss out on these additional benefits for the 2nd day:
– Earn an extra 10,000 XP in raid rewards, which means 20,000 XP per raid.
– Claim up to 10 Free Raid Passes during this time, which is simply done by spinning a Pokégym once you have used up your previous pass.
– Complete Timed Research to earn upto eight Remote Raid Passes.
– Pick up a free event bundle in the in-game shop to get three more Remote Raid Passes (this will only be available between 10am-6pm local time on July 18th).
GO Fest 2021 Day 2 Start and End Times
GO Fest Day 2 will occur on July 18th, from 10am until 6pm local time. During these hours, there will be four themes, each of which will appear twice over the eight hours. These themes are Wind, Lava, Frost and Thunder.
– Wind will be occurring 10-11am and 2-3pm
– Lava will be occurring 11-12pm and 3-4pm
– Frost will be occurring 12-1pm and 4-5pm
– Thunder will be occurring 1-2pm and 5-6pm
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