Tapu Lele first appeared in five-star raids during the Lush Jungle event, but, whenever it’s avaliable, your ability to defeat it depends on your experience with Pokémon Go. Even experienced trainers, however, should know the Tapu Lele counters and weaknesses before battling it. Hopefully you’ll be able to catch this guardian deity and others - Tapu Koko, Tapu Bulu and Tapu Fini! On this page:
Tapu Lele type - Psychic and fairy-type Tapu Lele is weak against - Ghost, poison and steel-types Best Tapu Lele counters - Chandelure, Giratina and Hoopa for ghost, Roserade and Toxicroak for poison, Metagross and Dialga for steel. Tapu Lele resistances - Tapu Lele is resistant to dragon, fighting and psychic-types, so, if you’re going to have Dialga in your team, we recommend focusing on its steel-type attacks.
Tapu Lele Raid CP - 50,112 CP CP range for catching Tapu Lele - 1912 to 1996 CP Weather (Windy or Cloudy) boosted CP range - 2390 to 2496 CP Max Tapu Lele CP - 3950 CP
The Season of Mythical Wishes continues with the Winter Holiday event, which has brought Mega Glalie to Pokémon Go. Don’t forget to partake in the new Go Battle League season.
Elsewhere, be sure to use Daily Adventure Incense for the chance of encountering Galarian Articuno, Galarian Zapdos and Galarian Moltres.
Here is the complete set of Tapu Lele Fast and Charged moves in Pokémon Go:
Fast Moves:
Astonish (Ghost) Confusion (Psychic)
Charged Moves:
Focus Blast (Fighting) Future Sight (Psychic) Moonblast (Fairy) Psyshock (Psychic)
There are three other guardian deities for you to track down in the Alola region - Tapu Koko for Melemele Island, Tapu Bulu for Ula’Ula Island and Tapu Fini for Poni Island. All of these guardian deities, including Tapu Lele, share the Land Spirit Pokémn category. Tapu Lele appears to have been partly inspired by butterflies, which is why it appears to be hatching from a cocoon. Its name also appears to be a combination of the Hawaiian words for sacred or holy - tapu - and butterfly - pulelehua. Good luck catching Tapu Lele!
