Azelf is one of the Lake Guardians which is returning back to Legendary Raids in Pokemon Go, alongside Mesprit and Uxie. In Pokemon Go, you need to defeat Pokemon by knowing their weaknesses and counters. As a clue, Azelf can be found rarely in the wild and also in raids during in-game events.
To make it easy for you to defeat Azelf, it’s highly recommended to know Azelf’s weakness. By knowing its weakness, you can then use Pokemon with these types as its counters. No worries! We’ll show you Azelf’s weakness and also counter that it will be worthy to defeat Azelf. Here you go!
Azelf Weakness
Azelf is a psychic-type Pokemon that is weak against Dark, Ghost and Bug. Of course, you can use Pokemon with those types to defeat Azelf. Certainly, there are some Pokemon with those types that will be worthy to use for encountering Azelf.
When Azelf appears in Pokemon Go Raids Battles, sure you can find it depending on your location. Known, Azelf can be encountered by players who are in the Americans and Greenlands. Defeating Azelf is pretty easy, as long as you know the best counters for Azelf.
Azelf Counters
There are six strongest Pokemon that you can use for Azelf’s counters, they are Mega Gengar, Shadow Tyranitar, Mega Houndoom, Darkrai, and Mega Gyarados. To ease you using them in the combat to defeat Azelf, at least you should know each other’s stats, according to Pokebattler.com. Here are they:
Mega Gengar
Here’s the average combat stats of Azelf versus Mega Gengar!
| Overall | Power | Moveset | Time to Win | Potions | Deaths | Win % | Estimator |
| 262.8% | 28.2% | Lick Shadow Ball | 419.5 | 209.52 | 24.99 | 49.0% | 1.56 |
| 259.5% | 27.9% | Shadow Claw Shadow Ball | 428.0 | 218.17 | 26.00 | 49.0% | 1.60 |
| 252.8% | 27.3% | Hex Shadow Ball | 438.0 | 217.07 | 25.90 | 49.0% | 1.63 |
| 246.3% | 26.5% | Sucker Punch Shadow Ball | 451.4 | 229.17 | 27.34 | 49.0% | 1.68 |
| 223.2% | 23.9% | Shadow Claw Shadow Punch | 489.9 | 239.79 | 28.59 | 48.0% | 1.82 |
| 218.9% | 23.5% | Shadow Claw Dark Pulse | 501.9 | 248.25 | 29.64 | 47.5% | 1.87 |
| 211.9% | 22.8% | Lick Shadow Punch | 517.4 | 252.62 | 30.12 | 45.5% | 1.92 |
| 211.1% | 22.7% | Lick Dark Pulse | 519.2 | 253.08 | 30.21 | 45.5% | 1.93 |
| 210.8% | 22.6% | Shadow Claw Sludge Bomb | 519.7 | 255.30 | 30.44 | 47.0% | 1.93 |
| 206.9% | 22.2% | Shadow Claw Return | 528.3 | 257.31 | 30.70 | 45.0% | 1.96 |
| 200.4% | 21.6% | Hex Dark Pulse | 548.0 | 265.47 | 31.65 | 45.0% | 2.03 |
| 199.6% | 21.5% | Hex Shadow Punch | 551.1 | 269.31 | 32.12 | 45.0% | 2.04 |
Shadow Tyranitar
Here’s the average combat stats of Azelf versus Shadow Tyranitar!
| Overall | Power | Moveset | Time to Win | Potions | Deaths | Win % | Estimator |
| 286.5% | 51.7% | Bite Crunch | 494.2 | 112.37 | 11.61 | 100.0% | 1.72 |
| 247.7% | 44.8% | Smack Down Crunch | 572.0 | 129.72 | 13.40 | 100.0% | 1.99 |
| 246.4% | 44.5% | Bite Stone Edge | 574.9 | 131.18 | 13.50 | 100.0% | 2.00 |
| 234.9% | 42.4% | Iron Tail Crunch | 602.6 | 137.29 | 14.17 | 100.0% | 2.10 |
| 223.6% | 40.4% | Bite Fire Blast | 633.9 | 143.56 | 14.86 | 100.0% | 2.21 |
| 207.0% | 37.4% | Bite Frustration | 684.5 | 155.89 | 16.05 | 100.0% | 2.38 |
| 183.2% | 33.1% | Smack Down Stone Edge | 772.9 | 175.49 | 18.15 | 100.0% | 2.69 |
| 170.4% | 30.9% | Smack Down Fire Blast | 832.1 | 188.57 | 19.43 | 100.0% | 2.89 |
| 165.2% | 29.9% | Iron Tail Stone Edge | 857.2 | 194.62 | 20.11 | 100.0% | 2.98 |
| 154.0% | 27.9% | Iron Tail Fire Blast | 920.6 | 208.33 | 21.51 | 100.0% | 3.20 |
| 139.4% | 25.3% | Smack Down Frustration | 1017.4 | 229.74 | 23.77 | 100.0% | 3.54 |
| 119.7% | 21.7% | Iron Tail Frustration | 1185.1 | 268.00 | 27.66 | 100.0% | 4.12 |
Mega Houndoom
Here’s the average combat stats of Azelf versus Mega Houndoom!
| Overall | Power | Moveset | Time to Win | Potions | Deaths | Win % | Estimator |
| 280.6% | 43.6% | Snarl Foul Play | 468.2 | 122.52 | 13.87 | 100.0% | 1.64 |
| 253.8% | 39.4% | Snarl Crunch | 517.8 | 134.92 | 15.34 | 100.0% | 1.82 |
| 233.8% | 36.4% | Fire Fang Foul Play | 562.7 | 146.14 | 16.62 | 100.0% | 1.98 |
| 228.3% | 35.6% | Fire Fang Crunch | 576.5 | 149.23 | 16.98 | 100.0% | 2.03 |
| 210.2% | 32.6% | Snarl Return | 624.3 | 163.11 | 18.55 | 98.5% | 2.19 |
| 206.3% | 32.1% | Snarl Flamethrower | 637.2 | 165.33 | 18.85 | 98.0% | 2.24 |
| 199.2% | 31.0% | Snarl Fire Blast | 660.4 | 171.82 | 19.53 | 98.0% | 2.32 |
| 173.8% | 27.0% | Fire Fang Flamethrower | 756.5 | 197.13 | 22.38 | 96.5% | 2.66 |
| 171.7% | 26.7% | Fire Fang Return | 764.7 | 199.82 | 22.67 | 96.5% | 2.69 |
| 168.0% | 26.1% | Fire Fang Fire Blast | 782.8 | 204.80 | 23.17 | 96.0% | 2.75 |
Darkrai
Here’s the average combat stats of Azelf versus Darkrai!
| Overall | Power | Moveset | Time to Win | Potions | Deaths | Win % | Estimator |
| 247.2% | 36.0% | Snarl Shadow Ball | 514.4 | 146.28 | 16.99 | 85.5% | 1.81 |
| 246.1% | 35.7% | Snarl Dark Pulse | 516.1 | 147.50 | 17.08 | 84.5% | 1.82 |
| 239.8% | 34.8% | Feint Attack Dark Pulse | 530.1 | 151.09 | 17.51 | 86.5% | 1.87 |
| 239.7% | 34.9% | Feint Attack Shadow Ball | 530.4 | 151.38 | 17.54 | 85.5% | 1.87 |
| 194.4% | 28.2% | Snarl Return | 652.4 | 187.34 | 21.66 | 75.5% | 2.30 |
| 192.9% | 28.0% | Feint Attack Return | 658.3 | 188.47 | 21.77 | 76.0% | 2.32 |
| 157.8% | 23.0% | Feint Attack Focus Blast | 806.0 | 230.22 | 26.58 | 69.0% | 2.84 |
| 152.2% | 22.1% | Snarl Focus Blast | 834.8 | 239.76 | 27.64 | 66.0% | 2.94 |
Mega Gyarados
Here’s the average combat stats of Azelf versus Mega Gyarados!
| Overall | Power | Moveset | Time to Win | Potions | Deaths | Win % | Estimator |
| 276.8% | 52.3% | Bite Crunch | 523.5 | 107.28 | 11.30 | 100.0% | 1.81 |
| 240.1% | 45.3% | Bite Hydro Pump | 603.0 | 124.20 | 13.04 | 100.0% | 2.09 |
| 240.0% | 45.4% | Dragon Tail Crunch | 604.1 | 124.00 | 13.02 | 100.0% | 2.09 |
| 239.3% | 45.3% | Waterfall Crunch | 605.6 | 124.37 | 13.06 | 100.0% | 2.09 |
| 234.2% | 44.3% | Dragon Breath Crunch | 618.7 | 127.87 | 13.35 | 100.0% | 2.14 |
| 231.8% | 43.8% | Bite Return | 624.8 | 128.61 | 13.50 | 100.0% | 2.16 |
| 219.4% | 41.5% | Bite Aqua Tail | 660.4 | 136.15 | 14.28 | 100.0% | 2.28 |
| 210.5% | 39.8% | Bite Outrage | 688.9 | 141.37 | 14.84 | 100.0% | 2.38 |
| 200.0% | 37.8% | Bite Dragon Pulse | 724.5 | 148.54 | 15.63 | 100.0% | 2.50 |
| 194.6% | 36.8% | Bite Twister | 744.6 | 152.88 | 16.08 | 100.0% | 2.57 |
| 184.6% | 34.9% | Waterfall Hydro Pump | 785.5 | 161.06 | 16.91 | 100.0% | 2.71 |
| 177.6% | 33.6% | Waterfall Return | 816.0 | 167.20 | 17.57 | 100.0% | 2.82 |
Azelf Moveset
Confusion and Future Sight are the best moveset for Azelf when fighting Pokemon in Gyms. There are two Here’s for the best moveset for Azelf!
Offense
In order to get the best result of Offensive, it simulates a Pokemon battle for over 100 seconds. Here’s a list of Azelf offense:
- Confusion + Future Sight: 100%
- Extrasensory + Future Sight: 98%
- Confusion + Fire Blast: 88%
- Extrasensory + Fire Blast: 86%
- Confusion + Swift: 77%
- Extrasensory + Swift: 73%
Defense
To calculate Defense, it’s based on how defending Pokemon behave when defending a combat. So, here’s a list of Azelf defense!
- Confusion + Future Sight: 100%
- Confusion + Fire Blast: 96%
- Confusion + Swift: 83%
- Extrasensory + Future Sight: 82%
- Extrasensory + Fire Blast: 79%
- Extrasensory + Swift: 68%
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