For a special weekend in March, Lugia will be available to fight Pokémon Go. You can find him in the Five Star Raids that run from March 27 at 8 a.m. to March 30 at 22 p.m. in your region alongside the main one. March five-star raid, Thundurus, making its debut. Not only do you have a chance for Lugia to be brilliant, but he'll experience the exclusive aeroblast ability, which is a flying type attack that has an increased chance of being a critical hit.
Lugia's weaknesses
Lugia is a Psychic and Flying type Pokémon, which makes it weak to Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock type attacks. You have a variety of options available to you to remove it, but it's still not a pushover. You may find yourself in trouble when fighting it if you don't have a reliable Defensive Pokémon available.
Pokémon to counter Lugia
When fighting Lugia, there are a number of options to choose from, but some good choices include Tyranitar, Magnezone, and Weavile.
Image via The Pokémon Company via BulbapediaTyranitar is a heavy hitter. It is a Dark and Rock type Pokémon, capable of dealing heavy damage against Lugia while having strong defense to keep it alive during battle. You want it to know how to bite and bite, snap and bite, or snap and stone edge. Any of them should do pretty well against Lugia, considering they all deal heavy damage and are STAB attacks for Tyranitar.
Image via The Pokémon Company via BulbapediaMagnezone is a solid choice to have in this raid battle, plus it withstands most of Lugia's attacks. If you wanted a decent attacker who wouldn't feel too much damage from Lugia, Magnezone would be your first choice. You want yours to know the Spark and the Wild Charge or the Charging Beam and the Wild Charge. These are all great attacks for overpowering Lugia's weakness to Electric type attacks.
Image via The Pokémon Company via BulbapediaThe last option, Weavile, is another great choice for your battle. While Weavile's variety of weaknesses generally make him a risky choice in several other battles, he's a superior attacker to use against Lugia. Additionally, Weavile has a wide variety of moves at its disposal. You can choose for this to growl and avalanche, growl and foul play, ice shard and foul play, or ice shard and avalanche. There are a handful of other options a Weavile may know about, but these are some of the best, and they will all do well when fighting this legendary foe.
While all of them are great choices, Lugia has several weaknesses that you can exploit, meaning you can have a diverse team to use against her. You may want to use other Pokémon, such as Hydreigon, Zapdos, Mewtwo, Electivire, Mamoswine, Rampardos, Golem, Gengar, Glaceon, Rhyperior, Gigalith, and many more.
Lugia's Special Raids take place March 27 at 8 a.m. and continue through March 30 at 22 p.m. local Pokémon Go time. Use this time wisely to try and grab it to acquire one with the ability to. '' use the aeroblast.
