Pokemon GO Genesect: Best raid counters, weaknesses, and move set

Pokemon GO has brought back Genesect in five-star raids for the Unova Week event allowing fans an opportunity to grab the Mythical Pokemon. Genesect was first added in the game earlier this year as part of the in-game event – A Drive to Investigate. The Mythical Pokemon is a Bug and Steel type which makes it double resistant to grass and poison. It single resists Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Dragon, Normal, Psychic and Steel.

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Genesect weakness

It is important to know the weaknesses of a Pokemon before you attempt to catch them. Considering that Genesect is a Bug and Steel type Pokemon, it is clear that Fire is its only weakness. However, it should be noted that Genesect is double weak to Fire types. You will need to come up with the right counters to take down a Genesect and possibly catch one. So, let us take a look at some of the best Pokemon counters for Genesect and its move set to understand the kind of problems it may pose.

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Genesect raid counters

• Reshiram – Fire Fang and Overheat combination
• Chandelure – Fire Spin and Overheat combination
• Volcarona – Fire Spin and Overheat combination
• Heatran – Fire Spin and Fire Blast combination
• Moltres – Fire Spin and Overheat combination
• Darmanitan – Fire Fang and Overheat combination
• Entei – Fire Fang and Overheat combination
• Charizard – Fire Spin and Blast Burn combination
• Blaziken – Fire Spin and Blast Burn combination
• Flareon – Fire Spin and Overheat combination
• Infernape – Fire Spin and Blast Burn combination
• Arcanine – Fire Fang and Flamethrower combination
• Magmortar – Fire Spin and Fire Punch
• Typhlosion – Ember and Blast Burn
• Salamence – Fire Fang and Fire Blast

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Genesect move set

Genesect has two different types of move sets that it can use against opponents. They are as follows: 

• Fast moves: Fury Cutter and Metal Claw.
• Charge moves: Hyper Beam, X Scissor and Magnet Bomb.

The above move set indicates that Genesect wouldn’t really pose a lot of problems to your Pokemon and can be easily caught if you choose the right raid counters.

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