Trainers have an updated Raid Boss schedule to tackle in March 2025 inPokémon GO.From traditional raids and their strongest 5 Star Bosses to Mega Pokémon, Dynamax Pokémon, and Shadow Bosses, there is a lot for players to get stuck into. March sees the start of a new season as Might and Mastery run for the next three months. This season focuses on Dynamax Pokémon, but all Raid Battles are set to feature.
The month started with the Road To Unova Event and carried on strong.New Pokémon are set to make their debut in certain variants via Raid Bosses. While someelements may change throughoutthe month, such as Team GO Rocket BossGiovanni’s lineup inPokémon GO, the Raid Boss Schedule is now set. Here are all the Bosses you can face off to try and capture in March 2025.
All 5-Star Raid Bosses In March 2025
Five Pokémon in Five Star Raids
There are five different 5-star Raid Bosses for trainers to take on inPokémon GOin March 2025. These are the hardest tier of regular raids and will require a large number of trainers to have a chance of defeating.
How To Beat Sierra In Pokémon GO (March 2025)
Sierra’s line-up is currently easier to defeat, but you should select the best counters in Pokémon GO to increase your chances of victory.
While all of these Pokémon have featured in raids before, they are all strong options for the GO Battle League, so if you have missed out on them before, you should make sure to catch them.
Pokémon and Type
Articuno - Ice and Flying
Rock, Steel, Electric, and Fire
March 5 and March 12
Zapdos - Electric and Flying
Rock and Ice
Moltres - Fire and Flying
Rock, Water, and Electric
Tapu Koko - Electric and Fairy
Ground and Poison
Heatran - Fire and Steel
Fighting, Water, and Ground
March 26
Early on in the month, the three Gen 1 Legendary birds,Zapdos, Moltre,s and Articun,oare all available to be caught. The recent introduction of the birds into Dynamax Max Battles, following theLegendary Flight event, provides a good chance to earn more candies to power them up.Tapu Koko and Heatranalso return to Max Raids for March. All of these five raids have the potential to reward you with shiny versions of the respective Pokémon.
Mega Raid Bosses In March 2025
Four Tough Tests With Mega Raids
There are four Mega Raid Bosses for players inPokémon GOthis month. Mega Pokémon have a huge advantage in battles, including PVP in Mega Cups, Raids, and encounters with Team GO Rocket. Each of these four battles will require several players to take down.
Mega Garchomp - Dragon and Ground
Dragon, Fairy and Ice
Mega Lucario - Fighting and Steel
Fighting, Fire and Ground
Mega Swampert - Water and Ground
Mega Pinsir - Bug and Flying
March 22 - March 31
Rock, Electric, Fire, Flying and Ice
After defeating any Mega Raid bosses, you will get a chance to capture them, but in their base form. You will then need to use Mega Energy to evolve them into their Mega form, a state they will stay in for 24 hours.
Mega Garchomp, Mega Lucario, Mega Swampert, and Mega Pinsirfeature in March 2025. All are strong, but two stand out. Lucario, in all forms, remains one of the topFighting-type Pokémon inPokémon GO, while Mega Swampert is one of the top performers in multiple GO Battle Leagues.
Max Raid Bosses In March 2025
Dynamax Pokémon Providing A Different Test
There are also a host of Max Raid Bosses with various difficulties available for all trainers to take on inPokémon GOthis month. These bosses provide opportunities to capture Dynamax Pokémon, a concept brought into the game in 2024.
Darumaka Pidove and Sobble
Darumaka, Pidove, Sobble, Gastly and Beldum
Krabby, Drilbur, Darumaka and Beldum
Machop, Chansey, Scorbunny and Falinks
Charmander, Chansey, Caterpie and Pidove
March 24 - March 31
Dynamax Max Raids offers a different type of battle inPokémon GO. Each can be attempted by a maximum of four trainers together, but Pokémon’s normal moves aren’t used. With each attack, you build up your Max Meter, which then unlocks Max Moves to assist in the hardest of Max Raids. Alongside the regular Dynamax Pokémon this month,Dynamax Raikou makes its debutfor the Max Battle Weekend.
Five Dynamax Pokémon are further featured as part of Max Monday hours, which take place between 6:00p and 7:00 pm local time every Monday across March.
Unlike the other Raid Bosses, many Dynamax Max Raid Pokémon appear twice across the month in different weeks. The majority of the Pokémon appearing in Max Raid Battles in March have previously been available to capture in Dynamax form, but two make their debuts.Chansey appears for the first timefrom March 17 until March 31, whileCaterpie also debutsin this form in the last week of the month.
Shadow Raid Bosses In March 2025
Another Legendary Titan On Offer
Following on fromFebruary’s Raid Boss Schedul,ewhen Regirock was the Shadow Raid Boss, it is replaced for March by fellowLegendary Titan Regice.As opposed to the standard Raid Bosses, Shadow Regice will only appear on weekends.
Pokémon GO: Dynamax Beldum Max Battle Guide (Max Mondays)
Dynamax Beldum returns to Pokémon GO for Max Mondays, but you may easily defeat it by picking types of Pokémon that are super effective against it.
It can be found in the same way as normal raids in PokéStops. So your best bet to find it is to keep an eye on the nearby raids menu across weekends in March.
Shadow Regice can additionally be found in its shiny form if you are lucky.
Once you have found it, Shadow Regice is incredibly tough to beat. It is recommended that you take part in this battle with a minimum of six trainers, all with super-effective counters, to have a chance of beating it. It is a pure Ice-type, making it weak against Fighting-, Fire-, Rock-, and Steel-type attacks. Regice is one of the hardest raids inPokémon G, but it is worth completing to get the chance to capture it inPokémon GO.
