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Cresselia is the second half of the Lunar Duo Pokémon (the other beingDarkrai), and is a 5-star raid in Pokémon GO. Cresselia will be aroundfirst from June 12, 2025, at 10:00 am local time to July 25, 2025, at 10:00 am local time, and thenwill return for August 04, 2025, at 10:00 am local time until August 12, 2025, at 10:00 am local time, alongside Heatran.
Cresselia will have its raid hours onFebruary 20th and 28th, 2024, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm local time. If you catch it during its raid hours, it will knowGrass Knot. You cannot catch or teach Cresselia to learn Grass Knot if it was caught outside this raid hour.
Pokémon GO: Full Guide
You can encounter Cresselia at the followingCP ranges:
Cresselia will be released in its shiny and normal variations. This is what it looks like:
Cresselia is aPsychic-typePokémon and, as such, it has weaknesses toBug-, Ghost-, and Dark-typemoves. It is onlyresistant to Fighting and Psychicmoves, so that gives us a lot of Pokémon that we can work with! If possible, we should prioritize Pokémon that areSteel-andDark-types, as they will take the least amount of damage from Cresselia’s Psychic attacks.
Cresselia is boosted byWindyweather conditions. It will be stronger if you encounter it during these conditions, and will be higher level when you catch it. However, given that these conditions also come with actual risks to your person, be wise when you decide to go out or not. It may be worth it to stay in and remote raid instead.
If you have high-level counters and a Trainer friend with high-level counters as well, you can duo Cresselia. It is not a very difficult raid to complete. However, for the sake of getting this done quickly, we recommend you go out with at least 3 Trainers to tackle these raids. If you do not have high level counters, and neither do any of your friends, consider going with at least 6 Trainers. The more people you get, the faster these raids will go by. Remember, take advantage of the buffs you get from Party Play! It’s free damage, if you’re all together anyway.
Recommended Party
As ever, if you have Shadow variations of the Pokémon listed below, they will be better picks over their normal counterparts.Shadow Pokémon do more damagethan their regular counterparts (even with mediocre IVs), so consider taking them for this raid for the extra damage.
Pokémon Go: February 2024 Raid Schedule
Pokémon Go has released information about the raid rotation for the rest of the month, and it is looking exciting!
