Pokemon GO Primeape Raid Guide: Best Counters and How to Solo

Pokemon GO trainers looking for Primeape counters should use Flying-, Psychic-, and Fairy-type Pokemon. The Fighting-type Pig Monkey Pokemon will have 16475 CP in 3-star raid battles and will have 1239-1307 CP or 1549-1634 CP (Cloudy weather boost) once caught.

In Pokemon GO, Primeape evolves from Mankey with the help of 50 candy. Trainers can then evolve Primeape into Annihilape with 100 candy once they have defeated 30 Ghost- or Psychic-type Pokemon with Primeape as the Buddy Pokemon.

Best Primeape counters in Pokemon GO

The top raid counters for Primeape are:

Rank	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charged Move
1	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent
2	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike
3	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic
4	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic
5	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent
6	Mewtwo	Confusion	Psychic
7	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic
8	Incarnate Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly
9	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Fly
10	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack

Primeape weaknesses, stats, and moveset

Primeape is weak to Flying-, Psychic-, and Fairy-type Pokemon (taking 1.6x damage) and resistant to Rock-, Bug-, and Dark-type Pokemon (taking 0.63x damage). You can check our Pokemon GO Type Calculator to learn more.

Its max CP at level 50 is 3056 CP, with ATK 207, DEF 138, and HP 163 stats.

Primeape current moveset in Pokemon GO is:

Fast Moves	Charged Moves
Counter (Fighting-type) Low Kick (Fighting-type)	Night Slash (Dark-type) Ice Punch (Ice-type) Low Sweep (Fighting-type) Close Combat (Fighting-type)

Can Primeape be shiny from Pokemon GO raids?

While Pokemon GO trainers can encounter Shiny Primeape in-game, the same isn’t available in the 3-star raids currently.

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