Pokemon Go: How to defeat Galarian Farfetch’d, weakness and counters

Farfetch'd fight

Galarian Farfetch’d will soon be doing a tour of 1* raids as part of the Ultra Unlock P3 event in Pokemon Go, but do you know its weakness?

This shorthand guide is designed to help inform you of the weakness of Galarian Farfetch’d to get you set and ready to beat the Pokemon when it appears in 1* raids during Ultra Unlock part 3 in Pokemon Go.

What is the biggest weakness of Galarian Farfetch’d in Pokemon Go?

Flying-Type Pokemon take the crown in this matchup, with an advantage against all but one of Galarian Farfetch’ds possible attacks, on top of the Super-effective damage advantage. This makes Flying-Type Pokemon the clear weakness of Galarian Farfetch’d in Pokemon Go.

Fairy comes in second place, resisting some attacks but simply not as many. Psychic is a viable choice as a counter as well but is the worst of these three options due to a weakness to Bug-Type attacks, which Galarian Farfetch’d can use as a fast attack.

How did we find the most reliable counter to Galarian Farfetch’d?

As is typical in any Pokemon title, including Go, precisely how strong a Pokemon is and what moves it uses may vary depending on the individual, but there are a few things that remain consistent across all of any given species of Pokemon.

The easiest of these to exploit is often Type.

Galarian Farfetch’d, unlike its Normal/Flying dual-type Kanto based cousin, is a pure Fighting-type. The wild duck that chose violence. Fighting-Types are a fairly well-balanced type, they have a strength or two and a weakness or two to match, giving us a nice set of options to work with to defeat them.

Type Interactions

Resistances
  • Bug
  • Dark
  • Rock

All the usual for a mono Type Pokemon, these Types will deal 62.5% damage to Galarian Farfetch’d, and should thus be avoided as much as possible in this matchup.

Weaknesses
  • Fairy
  • Flying
  • Psychic

Meanwhile, these types are well-positioned to be weakness options to exploit Galarian Farfetch’d in Pokemon Go. Each will deal 160% of their typical damage.

Ashs Galarian Farfetch'd, used in Pokemon Go Galarian Farfetch'd weakness
Credit: Bulbapedia

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What moves can Galarian Farfetch’d use in battle?

Fast Attacks
  • Fury Cutter (Bug)
  • Rock Smash (Fighting)
Charged Attacks
  • Brave Bird (Flying)
  • Brick Break (Fighting)
  • Leaf Blade (Grass)

Fairy-Types will perform pretty solidly here, with a resistance to both Bug-Types and Fighting-Type attacks and no relevant weakness to note. Psychic-Types do get an advantage against those Fighting attacks but fall down against Fury-Cutter, and as Farfetch’d has only two Fast Attacks, 1/2 of all matchups will be against Fury Cutter.

Flying-Type is the overall winner for this one though, resisting all of Farfetch’d attacks except for Brave Bird, which deals standard unmodified damage at a rate of 100%.

Weakness and counters Summary

The best Type for fighting Galarian Farfetch’d is Flying-Type Pokemon, meaning that original Farfetch’d can do quite well in this matchup, amusingly enough.

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