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For Fast Moves, you will only need to worry if it will have Air Slash or Steel Wing, while all of its Charge Moves are Flying-type attacks.\u00a0 That means all you need to do is bring Electric and Rock-type Pok\u00e9mon that won\u2019t mind taking a few hits and you should be able to close out the Mega Raid against even the toughest Pidgeot.\u00a0 Mega Pidgeot counters Among the top counters for Mega Pidgeot are Zekrom, Rhyperior, and Magnezone. All three options resist the Flying-type\u2019s best moves, and only Rhyperior is hit super effectively by Steel Wing, though it won\u2019t care because of its high defenses.\u00a0 Zekrom and Magnezone can also take some hits and will likely hit harder than Rhyperior can, while resisting every move in its arsenal. Magnezone will be your best bet because of how easily you can train one up, and its best moveset here would be Charge Beam and Wild Charge.\u00a0 Another good choice is Alolan Golem, which is an Electric\/Rock-type that resists both Steel and Flying-type options. 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For Fast Moves, you will only need to worry if it will have Air Slash or Steel Wing, while all of its Charge Moves are Flying-type attacks.\u00a0 That means all you need to do is bring Electric and Rock-type Pok\u00e9mon that won\u2019t mind taking a few hits and you should be able to close out the Mega Raid against even the toughest Pidgeot.\u00a0 Mega Pidgeot counters Among the top counters for Mega Pidgeot are Zekrom, Rhyperior, and Magnezone. All three options resist the Flying-type\u2019s best moves, and only Rhyperior is hit super effectively by Steel Wing, though it won\u2019t care because of its high defenses.\u00a0 Zekrom and Magnezone can also take some hits and will likely hit harder than Rhyperior can, while resisting every move in its arsenal. Magnezone will be your best bet because of how easily you can train one up, and its best moveset here would be Charge Beam and Wild Charge.\u00a0 Another good choice is Alolan Golem, which is an Electric\/Rock-type that resists both Steel and Flying-type options. It won\u2019t hit as heavily, but Rock Throw and Wild Charge should see you through the battle easily enough.\u00a0 Basically any other powerful Rock or Electric-type will serve you well, such as Tyranitar, Electivire, Rampardos, Galarian Darmanitan, Zapdos, Raikou, or even the Ice-type Mamoswine.\u00a0 Once you complete your Mega Raid, you will have a chance to capture Mega Pidgeot, along with gaining some Mega Energy to use for yourself later, whether it be to Mega Evolve your recent capture, or another capable Pok\u00e9mon.","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/14143220\/Eh5W9FuWAAERKo6.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1706"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303660,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303659\/revisions\/303660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303659"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=303659"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=303659"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=303659"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=303659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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{"id":303659,"date":"2020-09-15T20:43:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T01:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?p=303659"},"modified":"2020-09-15T20:43:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T01:43:08","slug":"how-to-beat-and-capture-mega-pidgeot-in-pokemon-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/pokemon\/news\/how-to-beat-and-capture-mega-pidgeot-in-pokemon-go","title":{"rendered":"How to beat and capture Mega Pidgeot in Pok\u00e9mon Go"},"content":{"rendered":"

The newest Mega Evolved Pok\u00e9mon, Mega Pidgeot, is finally available in Pok\u00e9mon Go <\/em>thanks to the hard work the entire community put in to complete two million Mega Raids during the first September Mega Event.<\/p>

The Flying-type is joining the Mega Raid rotation on Sept. 18, which means players can battle and capture it in raids for a limited time. <\/p>

The Bird Pok\u00e9mon isn\u2019t that big of a threat in comparison to some of the other Mega Evolved Pok\u00e9mon currently available, mainly because it has a very limited movepool. For Fast Moves, you will only need to worry if it will have Air Slash or Steel Wing, while all of its Charge Moves are Flying-type attacks. <\/p>

That means all you need to do is bring Electric and Rock-type Pok\u00e9mon that won\u2019t mind taking a few hits and you should be able to close out the Mega Raid against even the toughest Pidgeot. <\/p>