Pokémon GO Twilight Wishes Mega Raid Counters: All Four Bosses

Pokémon GO Twilight Wishes Mega Raid counters are different for each of the four featured bosses. Mega Beedrill, Mega Houndoom, Mega Sableye and Mega Manectric appear from Tuesday 24 November at 10am to Monday 30 November 2026 at 8pm, using your local time.

You can reuse some attackers between raids, particularly Ground-types for Houndoom and Manectric. Sableye needs a Fairy team, while Beedrill has more weaknesses to choose from. Check the matchups before spending a Raid Pass.

Pokémon GO Twilight Wishes Mega Raid counters and all four weaknesses

Mega Raid boss	Type	Weak to
Mega Beedrill	Bug / Poison	Fire, Flying, Psychic, Rock
Mega Houndoom	Dark / Fire	Fighting, Ground, Rock, Water
Mega Sableye	Dark / Ghost	Fairy
Mega Manectric	Electric	Ground

The right moves matter as much as the Pokémon. Check your Fast and Charged Attacks before joining the lobby, rather than choosing a team by CP alone.

Pokémon GO Twilight Wishes Mega Raid counters for Beedrill

Mega Beedrill is Bug/Poison and has four weaknesses. You can use strong Fire, Flying, Psychic or Rock attackers, so there is plenty of room to work with Pokémon you already own. Rhyperior with Rock attacks and Mewtwo with Psychic attacks are two possible choices if they have useful moves.

The Pokémon GO Twilight Wishes Mega Raid counters for Beedrill are flexible, but a strong attacker using the wrong Charged Attack will still lose the advantage you wanted. Pick a group with super-effective attacks and enough variety to keep fighting if your first Pokémon faint.

Pokémon GO Twilight Wishes Mega Raid counters for Houndoom

Mega Houndoom is Dark/Fire, making Ground, Water, Fighting and Rock attacks effective. Groudon with Ground moves, Kyogre with Water moves, Terrakion with Fighting moves and Rhyperior with Rock moves are all options depending on what you have powered up. None is mandatory if you have another strong attacker of a matching type.

If you’re short on resources, start with Ground attackers. Those can also be used against Mega Manectric later in the same event. If you already have a strong Water or Ground raid team, you may be ready for Houndoom without investing in new attackers.

Pokémon GO Twilight Wishes Mega Raid counters for Mega Sableye: Fairy is the only weakness

Mega Sableye is Dark/Ghost and only weak to Fairy attacks. Good Fairy-type attackers such as Mega Gardevoir, Xerneas or Togekiss can help, provided their attacks actually deal Fairy damage. A Fairy-type Pokémon using the wrong Charged Attack won’t take full advantage of that weakness.

Sableye is the one boss where you really need to stick to Fairy damage. A team built for Espeon or another Psychic-type raid won’t do the same job here. If your Fairy team is underpowered, bringing other Trainers is safer than burning passes on repeated unsuccessful attempts.

Pokémon GO Twilight Wishes Mega Raid counters for Mega Manectric: Ground attacks only

Mega Manectric is pure Electric, so Ground is its one weakness. Groudon, Garchomp or Excadrill with Ground moves are useful choices if you have them. Water and Flying Pokémon can take particularly unpleasant damage from Electric attacks, even when they’re normally reliable raiders.

For Pokémon GO Twilight Wishes Mega Raid counters, Ground specialists are the main thing to prepare for Manectric. A team that works well against Mega Houndoom may already contain suitable Pokémon. Check move types and restore your attackers between raids rather than assuming the same team is fully ready.

Pokémon GO Twilight Wishes Mega Raid counters and Shiny chances

All four Mega Raid bosses have a Shiny eligibility marker in Niantic’s Twilight Wishes announcement. That means a Shiny encounter is possible after winning, not guaranteed. There is no official Shiny rate for these Mega bosses in the event news, and the specifically increased Shiny chance applies to wild Staryu and Elgyem instead.

Winning a Mega Raid gives you an encounter with the underlying Pokémon species and Mega Energy. You don’t keep the Pokémon permanently Mega Evolved after catching it. Save the Pokémon you want to evolve, and check its individual Mega Energy requirement in the game.

Mega Energy from the Twilight Wishes GO Pass

You can also earn Mega Energy for Beedrill, Houndoom, Sableye and Manectric through the Twilight Wishes GO Pass. The pass starts automatically at 10am on 24 November, stops awarding GO Points at 8pm on 30 November and allows unlocked rewards to be claimed until 2 December at 8pm local time.

Niantic hasn’t released a complete rank-by-rank energy breakdown, so don’t count on a specific amount from one pass tier. Event-themed Field Research also offers Mega Energy, but the complete task mapping is not available before launch. Check our GO Pass free versus Deluxe comparison and Field Research rewards for the confirmed information.

Which Mega Raid is the best use of your passes?

If you already have strong Ground Pokémon, Manectric and Houndoom are straightforward to prepare for. If you need Mega Sableye Energy, put a Fairy team together before going out. Beedrill offers the broadest choice of attack types. Which one to prioritise depends on the Mega Evolutions and Energy you’re missing.

These bosses are different from the event’s sun- and moon-crown Pikachu and scarf Espeon and Umbreon raids. Those outfits appear in one-star and three-star raids rather than Mega Raids. Our costume raid guide covers them separately.

Pokémon GO Twilight Wishes Mega Raid counters are only useful if you join the right raid tier. Check the raid tier and Pokémon on the map, use the right attacks and remember that the event closes at 8pm local time on 30 November.

Official source: Pokémon GO Twilight Wishes announcement.