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Pokemon Gois unique when it comes to the number of Pokemon that they have made available to catch within the game, including those from each generation. Most notably, this includes Legendary Pokemon, allowing you to battle and catch many of these top-tier ‘mons, regardless of which game they first appeared in.
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Among the available Legendary Pokemon in the game isIncarnate Forme Landorus,aGround and Flying dual-typePokemon that was introduced in Pokemon’s fifth generation. Here’s everything you need to know to defeat this Pokemon in itsFive-Star Raid, giving you the opportunity to catch it for yourself.
Recommended Group Size
Like with other two members of the Legendary Forces of Nature, Incarnate Forme Landorus’s Raid won’t pose too much of a challenge compared to other Five-Star Raids. Although other Raids of this tier may require large, coordinated groups, this isn’t the case with Incarnate Forme Landorus’s, only requiring the help oftwo to four other Trainers.
That being said, it’s important that the group you go into this Raid with is experienced, andincludes multiple high-level Trainers.This will ensure that your Raid group has access to multiple top-tier Incarnate Forme Landorus counters, making this Raid battle a piece of cake to successfully complete.
Especially if you’re attempting this Raid with a relatively small group of players, take advantage of the benefits provided from eitherMega EvolvingorPrimal Revertinga Pokemon you’re battling with.
While the Pokemon you powered-up is in battle, all members of your Raid team will receive anattack boost if their attacks match the type of the Pokemon that you powered-up.
Incarnate Forme Landorus: Strengths And Weaknesses
With a unique dual-typing ofGround and Flying,Incarnate Forme Landorus possesses several strengths and weaknesses on the battlefield.
With this dual-typing, Incarnate Forme Landorus has a lot of coverage when it comes to its resistances to different types of attacks. This includesresistances to five different attack types - Electric, Fighting, Poison, Bug, and Ground,all of which will deal less damage in this Raid compared to others of different types.
Although you will want to avoid using any attacks that this Pokemon has a resistance to, you will especially want tostay away from Ground-type attacks.
Incarnate Forme Landorus has adouble-resistanceto this attack type, causing attacks of this type to do extremely little damage in this Raid battle.
Thankfully, Incarnate Forme Landorus also has a couple of weaknesses, one being a standard weakness and one being a double-weakness. Possessing astandard weakness to Water-type attacksand a double-weakness to Ice-type attacks,using attacks of these two types is recommended, although those that are Ice types will prove to be significantly more effective.
If you’d like tofurther increase your overall effectiveness and damage output, choose Pokemon that will have theSame Type Attack Bonusapplied to their moves.
To do this, select Pokemon that use attacks thatmatch their specific type,applying a damage buff to these moves on the battlefield.
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Incarnate Forme Landorus: Best Counter Picks
There are several Pokemon that will find success in this specific Raid battle, mainly being Ice and Water types. Due to Incarnate Forme Landorus’s specific type combination, Pokemon with strong attacks of these two types will deal the most damage,especially those with Ice-type attacks.
Due to the double-weakness of this Pokemon, themajority of the top-tier Incarnate Forme Landorus counters are Ice-type Pokemon with Ice-type moves, although there are some Water types that make the cut. We have put together a list of these top counter picks, including theiroptimal move setsfor this specific Raid battle.
Most strong Ice-type Pokemon will prove to be effective when used in this Raid battle.
With this in mind,don’t worry if you can’t make a Raid team only using the Pokemon found below, as they are not the only options.
