Pokémon GO: All raids and raid hours in January 2022

In Pokémon GO you will meet the strong raid bosses Heatran, Genesect, Regice, Mega-Rexblisar and Mega-Aerodactyl in January 2022. We show you the dates for the boss changes and the raid hours in the overview.

What kind of overview is that? The raids change regularly on the different levels of difficulty in Pokémon GO. New raid bosses replace old ones and you can fight them. There are also new mega raids. Every Wednesday there is a raid lesson that focuses on a Level 5 Pokémon.

In this overview we show you the most important raid dates in January 2022.

Raid hours and bosses in January 2022

Make a note of these dates for raid hours:

date Bump
January 5th Kyurem *
January 12th Heatran*
January 19th Genesect
(Blitzmodule)
January 26th Director *
Bosses with a star

are marked, you can catch them as Shiny

Boss changes and mega raids: Until January 7th
Kyurem * in
Stufe-5-Raids Until January 7th
Mega-Rexblisar*
in Mega-Raids
January 7th to
15. January
Heatran*
in Stufe-5-Raids
January 7th to
February 1st
Mega-Aerodactyl*
in Mega-Raids
January 15 to
January 24th
Genesect mit Blitzmodule
in Stufe-5-Raids
January 24th to
February 1st
Director *

in Stufe-5-Raids

The best counterattacks for the raids in January 2022
Pokémon GO Kyurem Titel

Kyurem is in raids until January 7th Kyurem-Konter:

Kyurem is susceptible to battle, rock, steel, dragon, and fairy types. (Crypto) Metagross, Terrakium, (Crypto) Machomei, Lucario, Mega-Aerodactyl and (Crypto) Hariyama can be used as attackers.

In our counterattack guide for Kyurem in Pokémon GO we show you more strong counterattacks against the boss.
Heatran Pokemon GO

Heatran can be found in Raids from January 7th to 15th Heatran-Konter:

In combat, Heatran is very vulnerable to ground-type attackers. Combat and Water Pokémon are also effective. Relies on attackers like Knakrack, Rihornior, Demeteros (also in the animal spirit form), Groudon or (Crypto) Sumpex in raids.

In our counterattack guide against Heatran we show you the best attackers.
Pokémon Go Genesect Titel

Genesect with Blitzmodul is in level 5 raids from January 15th to January 24th Genesect counter:

Fire attackers are particularly effective against Genesect with a lightning module. It is advisable to bet on Pokémon like Mega-Charizard Y, Mega-Charizard X, (Crypto) Entei, Reshiram, Mega-Hundemon or Crypto Arkani.

You can find more attackers in our counter-guide to Genesect in Pokémon GO.

Regice can be found in Raids from January 24th to February 1st Regice-Konter:

The Combat, Rock, Fire, and Steel types are strong against Regice. We recommend attackers such as Mega Charizard Y, (Crypto-) Metagross, (Crypto-) Lavados, (Crypto-) Machomei, (Crypto-) Entei or Terrakium.

Counterattack for mega raids in January Mega-Rexblisar-Counter:

Mega Rexblisar is very vulnerable to fire attacks. But also the types fight, flight, poison, rock, beetle and steel have good chances in the fight. Bet on Mega Charizard Y, (Crypto) Entei, (Crypto) Moltres, Mega Charizard X, Mega Hundemon or Reshiram. Mega-Rexblisar will be in the game as the boss until January 7th. Mega-Aerodactyl-Konter:

Against mega-aerodactyl, it is best to rely on rock, steel, water, electro or ice attackers. The strongest counterattacks are (Crypto) Metagross, Mega-Turtok, (Crypto) Raikou, (Crypto) Sumpex, Mega-Voltenso or (Crypto) Zapdos.

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