Mega Pinsir first came out in "Pokemon X and Y" mainline games in 2013 before arriving in "Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire" the following year. Now, the big brown bug is making a special entrance to Niantic's "Pokemon GO" this month as a Raid boss.
It's not easy to get this Pokemon, but you can take advantage of its weaknesses. From here, you can smoothly deal with Mega Pinsir and finally take it down so you can add it later to your team.
How to Catch Mega Pinsir in 'Pokemon GO'
There's no way that you can get Mega Pinsir in its mega evo form since you need to catch its base form first. Before anything else there are some things you should take note of before battling this ferocious beast.
Dexerto writes that there's a need for you to harvest Pinsir Mega Energy which is enough to temporarily Mega-Evolve Pinsir. Once you have already made rounds of raids, it's time to give it the best transformation it needs.
Once you Mega-Evolve Pinsir, there's no need to consume another Mega Energy in case you want to evolve it the second time around. All you need to do is to wait for the cooldown time before you jump to the process again.
Best Raid Counters for Mega Pinsir
Beating this quite overpowered Pokemon will require at least two trainers in the lineup. If you want to quickly defeat Mega Pinsir, you can invite three more players to join the raid fight.
Pokemon Go Hub shares a list of the best counters against Mega Pinsir, along with their corresponding fast and charge move. If you have at least one or two of them, you're good to go in defeating this new raid boss.
- Mega Aerodactyl: Rock Throw and Rock Slide
- Ramparods: Smack Down and Rock Slide
- Mega Charizard Y: Fire Spin and Blast Burn
- Rhyperior: Smack Down and Rock Wrecker
- Mega Blaziken: Fire Spin and Blaze Kick
- Terrakion: Smack Down and Rock Slide
- Tyranitar: Smack Down and Stone Edge
- Mega Aggron: Smack Down and Meteor Beam
- Tyrantrum: Rock Throw and Meteor Beam
- Gigalith: Smack Down and Meteor Beam
- Aggron: Smack Down and Meteor Beam
- Mega Charizard X: Fire Spin and Blast Burn
- Mega Ampharos: Charge Beam and Power Gem
- Aurorus: Rock Throw and Meteor Beam
- Mega Pidgeot: Wing Attack and Brave Bird
- Mega Houndoom: Fire Fang and Flamethrower
- Archeops: Wing Attack and Ancient Power
- Landorus Incarnate: Rock Throw and Rock Slide
- Aerodactyl: Rock Throw and Rock Slide
- Lycanroc (all variants): Rock Throw and Stone Edge
- Landorus: Rock Throw and Rock Slide
- Mega Manectric: Thunder Fang and Wild Charge
- Nihilego: Acid and Rock Slide
- Mega Abomasnow: Powder Snow and Weather Ball
- Omastar: Rock Throw and Rock Slide
- Reshiram: Fire Fang and Fusion Flare
- Mega Gengar: Lick and Shadow Ball
- Hisuian Avalugg: Powder Snow and Rock Slide
- Golem: Rock Throw and Stone Edge
- Alolan Golem: Rock Throw and Stone Edge
- Hisuian Arcanine: Fire Fang and Rock Slide
- Sudowoodo: Rock Throw and Meteor Beam
Of course, weather conditions have an effect on the CP values of the Pokemon caught. For Mega Pinsir's case, you can catch it from 1613 to 1690 CP at level 20 if there's no weather boost. If there's a Rainy weather boost, it could appear at around 2016-2113 CP at level 25.
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What Are Mega Pinsir's Moves?
For those wondering about its movepool, Mega Pinsir's Charge Moves are X-Scissor, Superpower, Close Combat, and Vise Grip. Meanwhile, its Fast Moves include Bug Bite, Fury Cutter, and Rock Smash.
The Mega Pinsir Raid Battles will run from May 11 until May 24, so there's still a lot of time to beat it with the right team. Just take your time strategizing your best plan to overcome this raid boss.
Speaking of the Raid Battles, some players complained that Mega Pinsir is not switching from Mega Scizor. Niantic has acknowledged the issue and tweeted that it will update the players once they already have the fix.
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