{"id":77981,"date":"2026-05-13T18:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T22:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=77981"},"modified":"2026-05-13T19:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:36:33","slug":"xurkitree-pokemon-go-raids-weaknesses-best-counters-and-how-to-get-shiny-xurkitree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=77981","title":{"rendered":"Xurkitree Pokemon Go Raids: Weaknesses, Best Counters, And How To Get Shiny Xurkitree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A trio of Ultra Beasts have returned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/pokemon-go\/\">Pokemon Go<\/a> for a limited time. Xurkitree, Buzzwole, and Pheromosa are back as five-star Raid bosses from May 13-19. Each of these Pokemon will appear exclusively in a particular region of the world, but if you have friends around the globe, you can still participate in those Raids using a Remote Raid Pass.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some tips to help you defeat and catch Xurkitree before it leaves Raids again. And for a look at what else is happening in the game this month, be sure to check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/pokemon-go-may-2026-events-raid-bosses-community-days-spring-marathon-and-more\/1100-6539502\/\">Pokemon Go May events roundup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div data-embed-type=\"toc\">Xurkitree Weaknesses<\/p>\n<p>While most other Ultra Beasts are dual types, Xurkitree is pure electric, which means the extradimensional Pokemon only has one true weakness: <strong>ground types<\/strong>. Not only will ground Pokemon deal super-effective damage to Xurkitree, they&#8217;ll take reduced damage from the Ultra Beast&#8217;s electric attacks, making them your best choice.<\/p>\n<p>Although no other type is super-effective against Xurkitree, a few others like <strong>grass<\/strong> and <strong>dragon<\/strong> resist electric attacks, which means they&#8217;ll take half as much damage from these moves. This makes them good alternatives to use if you don&#8217;t have enough ground Pokemon to fill out your team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/a\/uploads\/scale_super\/1578\/15787979\/4684941-2003797237-2zyq3Hg7jYI3q3tyGpdJK3CzSnKJfqYDR0Ag0IQiwE-7wPfBEg2KYjIu-GuRHItDY3Ey3rE8dkGi_JZInnyyaQeat2u_e48rzuDJjYoDgsycWFc%3Dw1440-e365.jpg\"><\/a>Best Xurkitree Counters<\/p>\n<p>Any<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trio of Ultra Beasts have returned to Pokemon Go for a limited time. Xurkitree, Buzzwole, and Pheromosa are back as five-star Raid bosses from May 13-19. Each of these Pokemon will appear exclusively in a particular region of the world, but if you have friends around the globe, you can still participate in those&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":77983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-gamespot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77981"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77984,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77981\/revisions\/77984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}