Pokémon Go: How to Catch Shiny Mega Charizard

Mega Charizard Y and Mega Charizard X Shiny variations can be found in Pokémon GO, which will please those who desire to catch them. Shiny Mega Charizard Y has purple skin and its wings' inside are tinted crimson, whereas Mega Charizard X has greenish skin and its wings' interiors tinted the same shade of red. Remember that both Shiny Mega forms in Pokémon GO revert to the dark-colored Shiny Charizard and require 200 Mega Energy to change back into their Mega forms. Fortunately, each further transformation only uses 40 Mega Energy.

Catching Shiny Mega Charizard in Pokémon GO

Trainers must be extremely lucky to come across a Shiny Mega Charizard in a Mega Raid in order to catch one in Pokémon GO. Mega Charizard Y or Mega Charizard X will occasionally spawn as Shiny variants, with a chance of one in sixty. Sadly, players are powerless to alter or affect this RNG-based potential.

But in order to beat and capture Shiny Mega Charizard in Pokémon GO, Trainers must be aware of the finest strategies. Mega Charizard Y is a Fire and Flying-type Pokémon, making it susceptible to Rock, Water, and Electric-type attacks, to start with its weaknesses. As a Fire and Dragon type Pokémon, Mega Charizard X is vulnerable to Dragon, Rock, and Ground-type attacks. The best Pokémon GO countermeasures for a Mega Charizard X raid would be Shadow Salamence, Shadow Dragonite, Mega Latios, and Mega Aerodactyl keeping in mind these elemental weaknesses. Mega Aerodactyl, Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Aerodactyl, and Terrakion can all be used to defeat a Mega Charizard Y Raid.

The Pokémon listed below can be used to defeat Shiny Mega Charizard X in Pokémon GO, albeit, since not every Trainer will have access to these Shadow, Mega, or Legendary creatures.

• Salamence: Type – Dragon and Flying | obtained by evolving Shelgon | Fast Move – Dragon Tail, Charged Move – Outrage
• Rampardos: Type – Rock | obtained by evolving Cranidos | Fast Move – Smack Down, Charged Move – Rock Slide
• Garchomp: Type – Dragon and Ground | obtained by evolving Gabite | Fast Move – Dragon Tail, Charged Move – Outrage

Next, here are the optimal counters to beat and catch Shiny Mega Charizard Y in Pokémon GO:

• Rampardos: Type – Rock | obtained by evolving Cranidos | Fast Move – Smack Down, Charged Move – Rock Slide
• Rhyperior: Type – Ground and Rock | obtained by evolving Rhydon | Fast Move – Smack Down, Charged Move – Rock Wrecker
• Tyranitar: Type – Rock and Dark | obtained by evolving Pupitar | Fast Move – Smack Down, Charged Move – Stone Edge