Darkrai is a popular mythical Pokémon and one of the strongest Dark types in the game. It was released in 2019 and has appeared often since then.
Darkrai has a cool, shiny form, but players can only get it once a year during the Halloween event. If you like Darkrai, don’t miss your chance to catch this rare Pokémon during the Halloween 2024 event.
1. How to get Darkrai in Pokemon Go?
Players can get Darkrai in Pokemon Go by completing raid battles and encounters from Go Battle League rewards after rank 20. Darkrai cannot be obtained by trading with other players.
The easiest way to get Darkrai is by doing 5-star raids. Doing the raids with a friend can be very helpful as you can take down the Pokemon quickly. Bring Fairy, Fighting, and Bug-type pokemons to deal super effective damage. After defeating Darkrai, you can encounter it at level 20, 2048 – 2136 CP (non-boosted) or level 25, 2560 – 2671 CP (boosted).
Obtaining Darkrai from the Go Battle League is the most challenging because players need to win three battles out of five to get a pokemon encounter. Even if they win three battles, the pokemon encounter is completely RNG due to the pokemon pool available.
2. Darkrai Raid Boss Counters
As said, Darkrai is weak against Fairy, Bug, and Fighting-type pokemons. Here are the top five counters against Darkrai-
| Type | Pokemon | Moveset |
| Fighting | Mega Lucario | Force palm + Aura Sphere |
| Fighting + Bug | Mega Heracross | Counter + Megahorn |
| Fighting | Terrakion | Double Kick + Sacred Sword |
| Fighting + Water | Keldeo | Low Kick + Sacred Sword |
| Fighting + Fire | Mega Blaziken | Counter + Focus Blast |
Other good options are Mega Gardevoir, Mega Pinsir, Shadow Machamp, Shadow Conkeldurr, Xerneas, and Mega Rayquaza.
3. How to get Shiny Darkrai?
You have a 1 in 20 chance of encountering a shiny Darkrai during Raids and in the Go Battle League.
However, remember that this doesn’t guarantee you’ll get a shiny one after 20 tries. Instead, there’s a 5% chance of finding a shiny Darkrai with each encounter.
4. Can Darkrai flee after encountering?
Darkrai can escape after an encounter in raids if you do not catch it with the number of Poké Balls provided.
The base catch rate for Darkrai is 2% for each Poké Ball thrown. This rate increases significantly by 10% to 12% when you use a Golden Razz Berry and achieve great or excellent throws.
5. About Pokemon Go
Developed by Niantic and published by Nintendo, Pokémon Go is a free-to-play augmented reality (AR) game. The game was released in July 2016 for iOS and Android mobile devices.
Directed by Tatsuo Nomura, the game utilizes the GPS on mobile devices to locate, capture, train, and battle Pokémon. The game supports in-app purchases to buy in-game currency used to procure various items. The game launched with around 150 Pokémon species, which had increased to around 600 by 2020.
Praised by both critics and fans for its concept and user-friendly interface, it was one of the most profitable games of 2016. Netting a whopping 1.92 billion dollars in revenue last year itself. With over 500 million downloads, it is a pioneer of location-based and AR games.
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