As each new season and event comes and goes in Pokemon GO, different Pokemon tend to be rotated in and out of Raid battles. As many Raids are limited time, knowing the best ways to prepare in advance and counter the Pokemon in question will come in handy. As an addition to the 2024 Bellsprout Community Day event, Weepinbell will be spawning in 4 Star Raids on April 20, between the hours of 2 PM - 5 PM, local time.

Since this is a limited-time Raid, you'll likely be looking to prepare in advance by ensuring you have a team best suited for success. Weepinbell is a Grass/Poison Dual-Type Pokemon, meaning that in Pokemon GO, it will have a significant weakness to Fire Types, Ice Types, Psychic Types, and Flying Type Pokemon.

When utilizing the best move combination of Acid and Power Whip, Weapinbell tends to dish out around 12.66 damage per second and will receive weather boosts from both Cloudy and Sunny weather. Lastly, Weepinbell comes equipped with resistance against Grass, Fairy, Electric, Water, and Fighting Types, so these Pokemon will be much less reliable going up against Weepinbell in Raid battles.

When it comes to finding the most success in Weepinbell Raid battles, Trainers will need to consider the weaknesses and resistances of both Weepinbell and the Pokemon on their team. By carefully selecting certain Pokemon to take with them in battle, they can ensure that they not only have the best team but also the best moveset equipped with each team member when it comes to going up against Weepinbell.

Some of the best Weepinbell Raid counters to consider using, plus some moveset recommendations have been included below to help point you in the right direction. Pokemon Fast Move Charged Move Mega Blaziken Fire Spin Blast Burn Mega Charizard Y Fire Spin Blast Burn Mega Rayquaza Air Slash Dragon Ascent Mega Alakazam Confusion Psychic Shadow Mewtwo Confusion Psystrike Rayquaza Air Slash Dragon Ascent Reshiram Fire Fang Fusion Flare Shadow Moltres Fire Spin Sky Attack Mega Latios Zen Headbutt Psychic Shadow Ho-Oh Incinerate Brave Bird As Weepinbell Raids start appearing following the Bellsprout Community Day, it sadly seems that the Raids themselves do not have a chance at spawning an encounter with Shiny Weepinbell.

However, players who were hoping to shiny hunt are still in luck, as once a Weepinbell has been defeated, Bellsprout will start spawning around proximity to the Gym for 30 minutes. Thankfully, these Bellsprout have a chance of being shiny, meaning that if you manage to catch one, you could evolve it into Weepinbell if you wish to, or even further evolve Weepinbell into Victreebel.

Furthermore, Bellsprout that appears under these circumstances receives the shiny rates of all Bellsprout that spawned during the Community Day event. This effectively boosts the chances for encountering a shiny Bellsprout following a Weepinbell Raid to be approximately 1 in 25 spawns, therefore making your chances of obtaining a shiny Weepinbell quite realistic.