Pokémon GO Mega Camerupt Raid Week

Mega Camerupt is the current Mega Raid boss in Pokémon GO, and the useful part is simple — if you want Mega Energy for it, this is your window. The rotation started on Wednesday, May 6, at 6 a.m. local time and ends on Wednesday, May 13, at 6 a.m. local time. In the same raid cycle, Nihilego is the regular five-star boss, and Shadow Cresselia is still the five-star Shadow option on weekends. (leekduck.com) ### What’s actually live right now? Mega Camerupt is in Mega Raids all week. The current standard raid pool also includes Hisuian Voltorb, Bagon, Shieldon, and Espurr in one-star raids, plus Nidoqueen, Starmie, and Druddigon in three-star raids. Nihilego is the non-Shadow legendary in five-star raids during the same May 6 to May 13 stretch. (leekduck.com)Because Mega Raids are really about Mega Energy. Beat Mega Camerupt enough times and you unlock the ability to Mega Evolve your own Camerupt later. After that first unlock, future Mega Evolutions cost less energy, so the first week a Mega returns is when a lot of players try to stockpile enough to stop worrying about it. Leek Duck’s event list(leekduck.com)ed if you get lucky. (leekduck.com) ### Is Mega Camerupt actually good? It’s a niche Mega, not a must-have. Mega Camerupt is Fire and Ground, which gives it some interesting raid utility if you want boosted Fire- or Ground-type damage and extra catch candy for matching types. But it also has a brutal double weakness to Water, so some raid matchups turn it into glass. Basically, this is more (leekduck.com)part is an inference from its typing and role, not a formal event claim. (leekduck.com) ### What should you use against it? Water is the big answer. Mega Camerupt’s Fire/Ground typing means Water attacks hit especially hard, so strong Water attackers are the cleanest counterplay. If you raid casually with a small group, rainy weather can make those counters even better. The catch is that you still want enough players or strong enough teams to(leekduck.com) from the event listing and standard type interaction logic. (leekduck.com) ### What about Shadow Raids this weekend? This is where the original “daily one- and three-star Shadow Raids and weekend five-star Shadow Raids” framing needs a tweak. The live raid trackers show Shadow Cresselia as the current five-star Shadow Raid boss, not Mega Camerupt. Mega Camerupt is only in the Mega slot. So if you head out this weekend, you’re cho(leekduck.com)overing both lanes. (pokemongohub.net) ### Does Saturday get crowded? Probably, yes. Lechonk Community Day starts Saturday, May 9, at 2 p.m. local time, which means more players will already be outside, moving between parks and gyms. That can make it easier to fill Mega Camerupt lobbies before or after Community Day hours — especially in active places like downtown play spots and larger park clusters. (leekduck.com) ### So what’s the smart plan? Do one or two Mega Camerupt raids early if you just want the Pokédex entry and some energy. Grind harder only if you care about building up Mega Energy or hunting the shiny. And if your weekend schedule is tight, remember the hard stop — Mega Camerupt leaves at 6 a.m. local time on Wednesday, May 13, when the next Mega boss takes over. (leekduck.com)ay-2026/)) ### Bottom line This is a short, tidy raid week. Mega Camerupt is live now, it leaves on May 13, and the real decision is whether you want a niche Mega enough to spend passes on it before the rotation flips. (leekduck.com)