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Interactive Uxie Counters Guide

Uxie

Uxie is a member of the Lake Trio of Legendary Pokemon released in Gen 4. Uxie represents knowledge and gave it to humanity as a gift after being created by Arceus.

They often get overlooked in favor of the more ravenous Dialga, Palkia and Giratina, and are often interpreted more like the mythicals Mew and Celebi than Legendaries. Interestingly, all 3 of them have almost identical move pools in Pokemon Go in addition to typing, and therefore, have nearly identical counters. They may not shake up the meta too strongly, but they all also hold the distinction of the first legendaries released in the wild and will be encounterable even after this event ends. The lake trio, appropriately enough, is biased towards spawning around lakes. They are regional exclusives, however, both as wild spawns and in raids.

Release Period: August 28th between 6-7pm (ONLY IN ASIA/PACIFIC REGION)

Event Info

Uxie will be released for a legendary raid hour in the Asia and Pacific regions on August 28th between 6-7pm local time. During Legendary Raid hour most gyms will have Uxie Eggs hatch, and remain active for the rough duration. This is different from the Legendary Raid Days we’ve had for the Beasts and Birds. A shiny form is not being released and they will not spawn outside their typical region. It’s just an opportunity to catch your regional Legendary Pokemon.

Uxie in the Meta

ConfusionFuture Sight (Raids)

Uxie really doesn’t compare as its bulk doesn’t even let it come ahead of Mesprit in terms of total damage output. It needs more firepower behind its Future Sight to be able to compete.

Psychic-Type Ranking:

RANK	Pokemon	Moveset	DPS%	TDO%
100%	Mewtwo (Legacy)	Confusion /Psystrike	100%	100%	1.72	0.56	0.55	1.90	0.67
72%	Azelf	Confusion /Future Sight	78%	56%	2.28	0.77	0.97	2.64	0.87
71%	Espeon	Confusion /Future Sight	75%	56%	2.36	0.78	0.91	2.67	0.88
69%	Gallade (Legacy)	Confusion /Synchronoise	71%	60%	2.44	0.79	0.82	2.78	0.94
69%	Gardevoir (Legacy)	Confusion /Synchronoise	71%	60%	2.43	0.81	0.82	2.83	0.94
69%	Alakazam	Confusion /Future Sight	77%	50%	2.45	0.82	0.98	2.75	0.89
67%	Latios	Zen Headbutt /Psychic	66%	68%	2.62	0.84	0.89	2.72	0.99
65%	Metagross	Zen Headbutt /Psychic	63%	70%	2.70	0.90	0.87	2.75	1.05
64%	Lugia	Extrasensory /Sky Attack	55%	99%	2.68	0.86	1.12	2.73	1.06
63%	Mesprit	Confusion /Future Sight	62%	64%	2.69	0.87	0.93	3.00	1.06
62%	Exeggutor (Legacy)	Confusion /Psychic	63%	53%	2.73	0.92	0.96	2.93	1.11
59%	Jirachi	Confusion /Psychic	57%	68%	3.01	0.99	0.96	2.98	1.15
59%	Latias	Zen Headbutt /Psychic	57%	67%	2.96	0.97	1.02	3.04	1.17
58%	Ho-Oh	Extrasensory /Brave Bird	52%	68%	3.00	1.00	1.18	2.98	1.16
56%	Armored Mewtwo	Confusion /Future Sight	54%	80%	3.07	1.01	1.00	3.28	1.20
56%	Deoxys (Normal Forme)	Zen Headbutt /Psycho Boost	74%	33%	2.97	0.99	1.20	3.28	1.13
55%	Jynx	Confusion /Psyshock	64%	42%	3.09	1.05	1.14	3.34	1.19
54%	Regigigas	Zen Headbutt /Avalanche	54%	63%	4.14	1.11	1.01	2.52	1.26
52%	Deoxys (Attack Forme)	Zen Headbutt /Psycho Boost	93%	19%	3.36	1.23	1.18	3.39	1.25
51%	Mew	Pound /Psyshock	52%	62%	3.39	1.08	1.25	3.46	1.33
51%	Gengar (Legacy)	Shadow Claw /Psychic	50%	31%	3.47	1.22	1.00	3.47	1.36
51%	Celebi	Confusion /Dazzling Gleam	44%	53%	2.95	0.96	1.38	4.25	1.14
49%	Cresselia	Confusion /Future Sight	46%	77%	3.58	1.17	1.16	3.68	1.42
49%	Uxie	Confusion /Future Sight	47%	58%	3.62	1.18	1.22	3.71	1.39
48%	Xatu	Air Slash /Future Sight	48%	31%	3.45	1.13	1.71	3.54	1.37
48%	Honchkrow	Peck /Psychic	50%	32%	3.73	1.20	1.46	3.48	1.36
48%	Slowbro	Confusion /Psychic	49%	48%	3.49	1.11	1.19	4.16	1.34
48%	Slowking	Confusion /Psychic	49%	48%	3.49	1.11	1.19	4.16	1.34
47%	Chimecho	Extrasensory /Psyshock	51%	41%	3.50	1.22	1.35	4.02	1.37
47%	Mr. Mime	Confusion /Psychic	51%	33%	3.41	1.18	1.50	4.07	1.36
47%	Bronzong	Confusion /Psyshock	47%	43%	3.80	1.24	1.26	3.80	1.47
46%	Kadabra	Confusion /Dazzling Gleam	48%	19%	3.40	1.08	1.54	4.57	1.27
45%	Grumpig	Extrasensory /Psychic	46%	42%	3.72	1.29	1.33	4.09	1.46
45%	Lunatone	Confusion /Psychic	49%	40%	3.96	1.29	1.29	4.10	1.37
45%	Solrock	Confusion /Psychic	49%	40%	3.96	1.29	1.29	4.10	1.37
45%	Magmortar	Fire Spin /Psychic	48%	39%	5.06	1.28	1.29	2.97	1.43
45%	Rampardos	Zen Headbutt /Outrage	55%	35%	4.05	1.40	1.21	3.94	1.48
45%	Hypno	Confusion /Future Sight	44%	43%	3.90	1.26	1.34	4.15	1.47
44%	Noctowl	Extrasensory /Sky Attack	41%	38%	3.88	1.31	1.60	3.86	1.49
44%	Deoxys (Speed Forme)	Zen Headbutt /Psycho Boost	50%	39%	3.65	1.28	1.58	4.28	1.41
44%	Girafarig	Confusion /Psychic	49%	30%	3.96	1.32	1.23	4.21	1.52
44%	Gorebyss	Confusion /Psychic	47%	32%	3.92	1.31	1.30	4.34	1.53
41%	Venomoth	Confusion /Psychic	41%	27%	4.23	1.45	1.44	4.29	1.68
40%	Golduck	Confusion /Psychic	43%	35%	4.19	1.40	1.39	4.84	1.55
39%	Snorlax	Zen Headbutt /Hyper Beam	40%	57%	4.41	1.48	1.86	4.37	1.69
38%	Alolan Raichu	Spark /Psychic	43%	27%	3.63	1.42	1.73	5.66	1.67
32%	Deoxys (Defense Forme)	Zen Headbutt /Psycho Boost	32%	38%	5.46	1.77	1.86	5.58	2.01
28%	Blissey	Zen Headbutt /Dazzling Gleam	27%	56%	4.77	1.51	2.62	8.45	1.91

Uxie in Gym Combat:

Uxie is a legendary Pokemon and thus cannot be placed in Gyms as a defender.

As an attacker, it has the strongest matchup against poison types like Muk, and if operating with a rare Fire/Electric combination of moves also hits Togekiss. It does not, however, break into the top 30 choices as a general Gym Attacker regardless of dodging or weather conditions, and given its similarly poor performance in raiding, speaks to its limited utility.

Uxie Movesets

• Thunder (1 Bar move) Thunder is the easiest elemental move to deal with, and it’s being fired by the softy of the trio. Even when it hits super effectively, it doesn’t necessarily hurt the Pokemon too bad.
• Swift (2 Bar move) Ghost types will adore this move with their 2x resistance to it! It will fire much more frequently than the other moves which can get annoying though.  It hits absolutely nothing super effectively though which is a delight.
• Future Sight (1 Bar move) Here Dark-types will do best due to their own 2x resistance! While the highest raw damage moveset, Dark types are ready to eat it up.

General Uxie Counters

These bosses are one of the most vanilla Psychic-type bosses ever. Gone are the monster Focus Blasts and Shadow Balls from Mewtwo and Alakazam! The Trio’s moveset is perfectly suited to be hard countered by the standard Dark and Ghost-type counters to Psychic.

Uxie takes 1.6x damage from Bug / Ghost / Dark.

Bug Pokemon have no move interactions.

Ghost Pokemon have 2x Resistance to Normal moves.

Dark Pokemon have 2x Resistance to Psychic moves.

Uxie can be beaten by 3 players in optimal weather, with max friendship and perfect level 40 counters or by 5 unfriended players using level 20 counters from this guide. When caught, Uxie will be between 1370 and 1442 cp without a weather boost. In Windy weather, Uxie will be between 1712 and 1803 when caught.

Giratina Origin

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Giratina is sitting in a fantastic spot against these Pokemon. Giratina Origin is already the best Ghost Type attacker having swiped the title from Mewtwo, having both the Bulk and DPS to survive. But its ghost typing also gives it double resistance against Swift, while its dragon typing gives it resistance to Thunder! This leads to Giratina Origin on average having just TWICE the survivability against any other top counter. If you have the option, go with the Floaty Centipede.

Gengar

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐☆☆☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Gengar manages to equal Giratina against Swift movesets, and actually jumps ahead if you have legacy movesets. Notably it’s the only Pokemon capable of exceeding Giratina-O on moveset alone. Gengar’s Poison dual typing, however, punishes it extra hard against psychic movesets, dropping it to Drifblim and Mismagius levels. So while Gengar has a niche where it excels, just as often it suffers from being significantly less consistent than alternatives.

Weavile

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Weavile continues to top the Dark-type charts, having the best non-Giratina performance against Psychic movesets on average. 

Tyranitar

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Tyranitar has top tier bulk (even more so than Giratina-O) but doesn’t have quite the same attack power. This makes Tyranitar the best tank choice for attempting to two-man Azelf or Mesprit if you want to avoid rejoins. It has his best performance against Psychic movesets.

Mewtwo

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Mewtwo is, of course, also phenomenal. On average they are the strongest choice following Giratina-but its position isn’t as stable as it usually is. Dark and Ghost types have double resistances while Mewtwo only has a regular resistance, so depending on the moveset there are still arguments to use other Pokemon if you don’t have a floaty Giratina. Giratina itself is strictly superior to Mewtwo though, beating it in all metrics, even in Windy weather.

Honchkrow Vs.

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆

While Honchkrow has top tier attack power as a Dark type, it has some bad matchups here that diminish it. Thunder knocks Honchkrow down a peg, but Uxie really doesn’t have the power to make it too terrifying. 

Alternative Uxie Counters

Absol

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Absol pure dark typing insulates them to both the benefits and disadvantages of odd elemental type matchups, which allows it to skirt into the top 10. But on average their lack of special resistances still lead them to have low survivability, even less than Weavile.

Houndoom

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Unlike with the other members of the trio, Houndoom’s fire typing gives no special resistances here as an advantage over other dark types with higher DPS.

Banette

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Banette jumps all over the scale in performance, and while sometimes it shines as high as Gengar-it’s just so frail that it’s anyone’s guess how it will pan out.

Pinsir

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Bug-type sadly doesn’t get inherent resistances to Psychic-types, which means they will always be at a disadvantage against the competition. Pinsir, however, has pretty reliable performances against all movesets. In terms of Bug types though, he reliably has more overall attack power than Scizor.

Scizor

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Scizor has almost identical performance to Pinsir, with higher bulk due to Steel typing giving them a resistance to psychic attacks. Steel notably does not have a resistance to Electric attacks, giving Scizor no advantage.

Mismagius

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

On the more expensive side, Mismagius is able to survive psychic attacks somewhat better than Gengar at least.

Deoxys Attack

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐☆☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Deoxys jumps all over the place. It really just comes down to if it survives long enough to make use of its Dark Pulses. It has horrific survivability, is very difficult to acquire, and has inconsistency like no other, but, if you want to make use of it, you might get lucky. And hey, now that the dodge glitch is fixed, some assumptions we have about how useful it is might be disproven with enough skill! Its best use case is against Swift Uxie.

Cacturne

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Cacturne is not really that bad despite its lack of reputation. Grass has a resistance to Electric that is relevant here.

Sharpedo

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐☆☆☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

While not top tier, Sharpedo has respectable performance. It is probably the only Pokemon that is frail enough to really fear Uxie’s soggy Thunder attack hitting it for weakness.

Raikou

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Yes, Raikou can learn Shadow Ball now. While bizarre, it does have pretty good tankiness against Thunder (similar to Mewtwo). Its lack of special resistances otherwise makes it on the more frail side. Getting a Shadow Ball Raikou is an expensive use of resources that could better be put towards a top tier Electric attacker.

Yanmega

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

A decent bit below Scizor and Pinsir, Yanmega’s flying duel type does not do it any favors against Thunder.

Alakazam

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Alakazam’s psychic resistance helps it out here, and Uxie’s low attack stat allows it to survive long enough to get off a Shadow Ball or two.

Scyther

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A decent bit below Scizor and Pinsir, Scyther’s flying duel type does not do it any favors against Thunder.

Drifblim

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Drifblim has an inverse problem to Banette, is it respectably tanky but with that durability, it often can’t do top tier damage. It also is difficult to get outside of its initial release, due to being largely a weather exclusive.

Shiftry

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Shiftry is not really that bad despite its lack of reputation. Grass has a resistance to Electric that is relevant here.

Haunter

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐☆☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐☆☆☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐☆☆☆

Haunter isn’t too difficult to acquire with Gastly’s nesting and being a common night spawn, as well as being featured in the recent Go Fest global spawns. The main issue comes with its moveset, which are one of the most ancient and inaccessible Legacy moves.

Crawdaunt

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐☆☆☆☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ok, we’re getting pretty low on the list now but cut Crawdaunt some slack. No one ever talks about him but he can still pull his weight in a fight.

Weather Counters

Weather Table
Pokemon		Weather		Fast Move		Charge Move		Estimator @ L35
	Giratina Origin Form		FOG		Shadow Claw Fast		Shadow Ball	2.70
	Weavile		FOG		Feint Attack Fast		Foul Play	2.88
	Tyranitar		FOG		Bite Fast		Crunch	2.95
	(Legacy) Gengar		FOG		Lick Fast		Shadow Ball	2.97
	Honchkrow		FOG		Snarl Fast		Dark Pulse	3.06
	Banette		FOG		Shadow Claw Fast		Shadow Ball	3.07
	(Legacy) Mewtwo		FOG		Psycho Cut Fast		Shadow Ball	3.09
	Absol		FOG		Snarl Fast		Dark Pulse	3.11
	Houndoom		FOG		Snarl Fast		Foul Play	3.11
	Giratina Origin Form		NO_WEATHER		Shadow Claw Fast		Shadow Ball	3.17
	Mismagius		FOG		Sucker Punch Fast		Shadow Ball	3.25

Closing Thoughts

This gentle trio from Sinnoh has finally come to raids! While there is no need to throw out your Mewtwo’s for them, they remain a welcome addition to our arsenal of diverse Psychic Type attackers.

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