{"id":1124021,"date":"2026-02-01T22:36:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=524035"},"modified":"2026-02-01T22:36:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:36:45","slug":"hoopa-unbound-counters-weakness-and-best-moveset-in-pokemon-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/hoopa-unbound-counters-weakness-and-best-moveset-in-pokemon-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoopa Unbound counters, weakness, and best moveset in Pok\u00e9mon Go"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hoopa Unbound is showing up in raids during Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/a><\/em>\u2019s Hoopa Unbound Raid Day <\/strong>event that runs on Saturday, Feb. 15 from 2-5 p.m.<\/strong> in your local time.<\/p>\n

During this event, Hoopa will show up in raids as a five-star target. You\u2019ll also get up to five free raid passes from spinnin gym discs and the remote raid pass limit will increase to 20.<\/p>\n

Previously, the only way to obtain Hoopa in Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> was through a \u201cMisunderstood Mischief<\/a>\u201d seasonal Special Research. If you completed this research before a specific date or paid $5, you could access an additional, limited-time Special Research called \u201cMischief Unbound\u201d that would allow you to change your Hoopa\u2019s form to its Unbound form.<\/p>\n

However, now all players can nab their own Hoopa Unbound (a pretty dang good psychic-type attacker), thanks to it being available in raids. Players can also swap their Hoopa\u2019s form, even if they didn\u2019t complete the aforementioned research and<\/em> transfer their Hoopa Unbound to Pok\u00e9mon Home \u2014 which wasn\u2019t doable before.<\/p>\n

Below we explain how to take down Hoopa Unbound in Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> raids, listing its weakness, top counters, and its best moveset to give it once you nab one.<\/p>\n

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Hoopa Unbound weaknesses<\/h2>\n

Hoopa in its Unbound form is psychic- and dark-type (as opposed to its psychic- and ghost-type when its in its Confined form). That being said, Hoopa Unbound has a big glaring double bug<\/strong>-type weakness and a regular fairy<\/strong>-type weakness to take advantage of.<\/p>\n

You pretty much should be using bug-type Pok\u00e9mon with bug-type moves \u2014 which you very likely have based on past Community Days.<\/p>\n

Hoopa Unbound will resist psychic-type moves<\/strong>, so do not bring those to the party.<\/p>\n

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Hoopa Unbound counters<\/h2>\n

Here are some of the strongest counters to take down Hoopa Unbound in Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em>:<\/p>\n