How to Beat Landorus in Pokemon GO

Landorus, a legendary Pokemon of the ground and flying type, is known for its strong defense and high CP in the Pokemon GO world. It has two forms: Incarnate and Therian, and both have decent stats and shiny forms, so any trainer would likely want to add it to their collection.

Landorus appears in raid battles occasionally and can also be obtained as a reward in the GO Battle League. Players have to wait a bit for Landorus in raid battles, and in order to win raid battles, users need to know the Pokemon's weaknesses and choose counters accordingly. This guide will help trainers prepare for a battle with Landorus by revealing the Pokemon's primary weaknesses.

How to Beat Landorus in Pokemon GO

Landorus is a ground-and-flying Pokemon in Pokemon GO, so most types have reduced damage against it. Below are the attacks it can use:

Quick moves: Mud Shot (Ground), Rock Throw (Rock).
Main moves: Focus Blast (Fighting), Outrage (Dragon), Rock Slide (Rock), Earth Power (Ground).

Only Water types and especially Ice types deal increased damage, so they are the best ones to use to defeat Landorus. If players have Pokemon of this type with low CP, they can use Fighting, Poison, and Bug types. The damage dealt to Landorus with these types is halved, but it's still better than using Pokemon with low stats. Electric and Ground Pokemon are not recommended because they deal the least amount of damage. Here are the most effective Pokemon in the fight against Landorus:

Galarian Darmanitan: Ice Fang, Avalanche.
Mamoswine: Powder Snow, Avalanche.
Weavile: Ice Shard, Avalanche.
Regice: Frost Breath, Blizzard.
Avalugg: Ice Fang, Avalanche.
Mega Gyarados: Waterfall, Hydro Pump.
Kyogre: Waterfall, Surf.
Glaceon: Frost Breath, Avalanche.
Jynx: Frost Breath, Avalanche.
Frosmoth: Powder Snow, Ice Beam.
Vanilluxe: Frost Breath, Blizzard.
Mewtwo: Psycho Cut, Ice Beam.
Abomasnow: Powder Snow, Weather Ball Ice.
Beartic: Powder Snow, Ice Punch.
Sneasel: Ice Shard, Avalanche.

If players have a choice between an Ice and a Water type Pokemon, they should choose the latter. Ice types deal 4x damage to Landorus, while Water types deal 2x damage. Using the counters above, trainers can easily defeat Landorus in less than 60 seconds. After that, all that remains is to throw the Pokeball correctly and Landorus will become a part of the player's collection.

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