Rayquaza Raid Guide

Rayquaza

Best Rayquaza Counters in Pokémon GO are strong Ice-types such as Mamoswine, Weavile, Ice Beam Mewtwo, and Jynx. Rayquaza is a Tier 5 Boss with 49808 CP. You can catch Rayquaza in the following CP ranges:

• 2102 – 2191 CP at Lvl 20, no weather boost
• 2627 – 2739 CP at Lvl 25 with Windy weather

Rayquaza can now be easily duoed. We recommend groups of 2-4, for high-level trainers, or 5-20 for lower leveled players.

For our Simulator’s list of counters, check here. As well, for a full IV chart, you can check here.

Rayquaza Counters

The following table shows best Pokémon to use versus a Rayquaza raid boss:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	White Kyurem	Ice Fang	Ice Burn	59.24	15	269s
2.	Mega Y Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	49.52	13	317s
3.	Black Kyurem	Dragon Tail	Freeze Shock	50.62	18	312s
4.	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	48.36	22	330s
5.	Mega X Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	46.44	16	336s
6.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	44.05	19	361s
7.	Eternatus	Dragon Tail	Dynamax Cannon	43.37	17	362s
8.	Shadow Aurorus	Frost Breath	Weather Ball	41.17	18	385s
9.	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	44.66	30	365s
10.	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Triple Axel	40.10	14	388s
11.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	42.21	23	377s
12.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	41.38	21	383s
13.	Mega Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	40.05	17	394s
14.	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	41.98	25	381s
15.	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	41.07	25	391s
16.	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	41.89	29	385s
17.	Shadow Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	40.83	29	396s
18.	Shadow Articuno	Frost Breath	Triple Axel	38.83	23	410s
19.	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	39.82	26	398s
20.	Cetitan	Ice Shard	Avalanche	37.76	21	420s
21.	Glaceon	Frost Breath	Avalanche	38.58	26	415s
22.	Weavile	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	38.61	29	418s
23.	Shadow Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	37.00	25	431s
24.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	35.95	23	440s
25.	Kyurem	Dragon Breath	Glaciate	36.27	26	436s

Rayquaza is double weak to Ice and weak to Fairy, Dragon and Rock type moves. Consequently, the list of counters follows this to the letter, with Ice types leading the charge.

Rayquaza Stats and Moveset

	Rayquaza Dragon]flying]
Max CP	4336
ATK	284
DEF	170
HP	213
Weak to	x2
Resists
Fast moves	Dragon Tail Air Slash
Charge moves	Outrage Aerial Ace Ancient Power Hurricane* Breaking Swipe*   Dragon Ascent**

*Legacy move, only obtainable via Elite TMs or through special events

**Only available via Meteorite

Sprites

Rayquaza has one of the all time best shinies, in black.

Regular Rayquaza	Shiny Rayquaza
Rayquaza	Rayquaza

Rayquaza Duo Guide

Rayquaza is one of the easiest bosses for a duo raid attempt, provided that you are at least Level 30 with good Ice type counters. Let’s see what is the correct approach for Rayquaza duo raids.

Optimal team composition:

• Mamoswine at level 25+ with Powder Snow and Avalanche. Both moves are easily accessible by using Fast and Charge TMs and, luckily, they are not Community Day exclusives. Shadow Mamoswine will do 20% more damage, but will die off quicker.
• Galarian Darmanitan is also a solid choice with Ice Fang and Avalanche. Your time to win will be less with Darmanitan, but it is a bit glassier so will die more often than Mamoswine.
• Bringing Mega Abomasnow or Mega Glalie will give a great boost to your Ice types and help you defeat Rayquaza even quicker.
• In case you don’t have access to Mamoswine, you can use Ice types, but they need to be powered up to at least level 30: Ice Beam Mewtwo, Glaceon, Weavile, Avalugg, Jynx, Articuno.
• You will need at least two teams of Ice attackers, the teams should be balanced and well rounded. You will need to relobby for sure, so having access to a second team is beneficial.
• Remember that Rayquaza is double weak to Ice moves. It may be tempting to use the recommended Dragon types, but they perform worse than low level Ice attackers.

In terms of move set difficulty:

• Dragon Tail / Outrage is the most difficult move set.
• Double Flying is the easiest move set.
• Outrage is the hardest Charge Move. Please be careful when re-entering the battle, if you get hit by Outrage immediately, that’s one less Pokémon for that attempt.
• When faced against Outrage, prepare to die a lot. Outrage deals a ton of damage and will hurt your team regardless of which Pokémon you use. Mamoswine will have a high death count against Outrage as well. Higher level Mamoswine will perform better.
• Mewtwo performs well against Outrage, but needs to be a sufficiently high level (30+).
• Weavile, Jynx and Glaceon will have problems against Outrage, and should try to dodge. Their stamina is not high enough to survive it at lower levels.

Weather and Friendship Bonuses:

• Higher Friendship level reduces the level requirement for your team. Best friends can easily use ~27-30 level Pokémon.
• Weather bonuses have a strong effect on the difficulty of the fight. You will be able to duo, but it will cost you a ton of potions and revives.