Mewtwo is a Tier 5 Raid Boss in Pokémon Go and is one of the strongest bosses to fight against in the game. 🌟 It is a feline Pokémon whose appearance is based on Mew with a more humanoid look along with the additional feline parts. 🐱
Apart from being a tough opponent, it is also one of the toughest Pokémon to catch in the game as it is very rare to come across. 🌈 It is one of the most famous Legendary Pokémon in the game which makes it understandable why many players look for it eagerly.
So in this guide, we are going to talk about how to get a Mewtwo in Pokemon Go.
🐾 Mewtwo in Pokémon Go
Mewtwo appeared first all the way back in Generation 1 and is artificially made from the DNA of Mew. It is a pure Psychic-type Pokémon and is vulnerable to Dark, Ghost, and Bug-type attacks and will deal in 160% damage while attacks from Fighting and Psychic-type Pokémon will deal in around 80% damage. 🌀
These are the following moves that can be performed by Mewtwo:
– Confusion – Fast Psychic Move
– Psystrike – Charged Psychic Move
– Psychic – Charged Psychic Move
– Return – Normal Psychic Move
– Frustration – Normal Psychic Move
– Hyper Beam – Normal Psychic Move
– Shadow Ball– Ghost Psychic Move
– Focus Blast – Fighting Psychic Move
– Thunderbolt – Electric Psychic Move
– Ice Beam – Ice Psychic Move
– Flamethrower– Fire Psychic Move
As Mewtwo has some great moves, defeating it can become quite difficult during Battle Raids, so players can use these counters against Mewtwo to help themselves. 🛡️
🔥 How to get Mewtwo in Pokémon Go
Mewtwo is a hot favorite for trainers to catch and the only way to catch it is by defeating it in a 5-star Raid.
Mewtwo is a very powerful Pokémon as it is and as a Raid Boss, it is even more powerful. This is why it becomes important for the players to prepare the perfect team in order to get Mewtwo in Pokémon Go for free. Here are some of the best Pokémon who will be effective against Mewtwo. 💥
– Pheromosa – Bug Bite/Big Buzz
– Chandelure – Hex/Shadow Ball
– Gengar – Lick/Shadow Ball
– Darkrai – Snarl/Shadow Ball
🌟 Alternate versions of Mewtwo in Pokémon Go
Even if players are not able to get their hands on Mewtwo, there are alternate versions of it that players can acquire such as Armored Mewtwo and Shadow Mewtwo. Here are all the things players need to do in order to get Shadow Mewtwo and Armored Mewtwo in Pokemon Go.
1. Players need to create a Team Rocket Radar at first. This will cost them 200 PokeCoins from the shop. In order to get the materials to craft this item, players will need to defeat six Team Go Rocket Grunts. 💪
2. Using the radar, players will be able to locate Team Go Rocket leaders. There are three of them and after defeating one of them, they will need to repeat the first step in order to create the radar again to reach the next leader. 🚀
3. After defeating all three leaders, players will be rewarded with a Super Rocket Radar which will lead them to Giovanni who will use an alternative version of Mewtwo against them. If players are able to defeat him successfully, they’ll be able to acquire the legendary Pokémon. 🌟
Another way to get a Shadow Mewtwo in Pokemon Go is by taking part in Shadow Raids which had been recently introduced. In Shadow Raids, different Shadow Pokémon are available for battle against players and players can wait for Shadow Mewtwo to come up in the cycle again. This is everything players can do to get Mewtwo in Pokemon Go for free. 🆓
Now that you have all the information, go out there and catch that elusive Mewtwo! Good luck, trainers! 🔥