Deoxys (Attack Forme) Raid Guide

Deoxys (Attack)

Attack Forme Deoxys is a Tier 5 raid boss in Pokémon GO and being a pure Psychic type, its weaknesses include strong Bug, Dark and Ghost types.

Attack Forme Deoxys can be caught with the following CP Values:

• 1372 – 1474 CP with no weather boost (Level 20)
• 1716 – 1842 CP with Windy weather (Level 25)

This guide lists the best counters, forme stats, and which moves Attack Forme can have in Pokémon GO. For more information about Deoxys’ role in the Pokémon GO metagame, read our Deoxys formes and their place in the Pokémon GO meta article.

Attack Forme Deoxys can be soloed! With proper level 40 counters, high level trainers should be able to solo this Deoxys forme, and the duo is easy with a friend boost. Lower level or newer trainers may want to bring a third or fourth trainer.

Deoxys Attack Forme Counters

Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.

The best counters for Attack Forme Deoxyas are the following:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Houndoom (Mega)	Snarl Dark	Foul Play Dark	133.83s	6.33
2.	Absol (Mega)	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	132.88s	8.67
3.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	127.62s	11.67
4.	Scizor (Mega)	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	149.87s	6.00
5.	Banette (Mega)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	134.48s	11.83
6.	Gyarados (Mega)	Bite Dark	Crunch Dark	154.53s	7.00
7.	Beedrill (Mega)	Bug Bite Bug	X-Scissor Bug	147.29s	13.50
8.	Sceptile (Mega)	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	165.40s	9.00
9.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Charge Beam Electric	Shadow Ball Ghost	169.26s	8.50
10.	Hydreigon	Bite Dark	Brutal Swing Dark	178.05s	6.00
11.	Swampert (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	175.13s	7.00
12.	Ampharos (Mega)	Volt Switch Electric	Brutal Swing Dark	174.70s	7.67
13.	Salamence (Mega)	Bite Dark	Outrage Dragon	181.10s	7.67
14.	Alakazam (Mega)	Psycho Cut Psychic	Shadow Ball Ghost	171.75s	11.83
15.	Giratina (Origin)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Force Ghost	185.96s	7.67
16.	Darkrai	Snarl Dark	Shadow Ball Ghost	184.40s	8.33
17.	Pheromosa	Bug Bite Bug	Bug Buzz Bug	164.97s	16.50
18.	Latios (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Dragon Claw Dragon	190.16s	8.00
19.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Wing Attack Flying	Blast Burn Fire	182.32s	10.00
20.	Blaziken (Mega)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	177.74s	12.00
21.	Giratina	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Force Ghost	215.90s	7.00
22.	Blastoise (Mega)	Bite Dark	Hydro Cannon Water	185.43s	8.50
23.	Manectric (Mega)	Snarl Dark	Wild Charge Electric	188.75s	10.67
24.	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	189.65s	7.00
25.	Latias (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Outrage Dragon	209.47s	6.00
26.	Gengar	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	193.40s	16.00
27.	Yveltal	Snarl Dark	Dark Pulse Dark	201.24s	5.00
28.	Guzzlord	Snarl Dark	Brutal Swing Dark	206.46s	6.17
29.	Chandelure	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	187.66s	12.33
30.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Shadow Ball Ghost	197.05s	10.00
31.	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	195.06s	9.00
32.	Lunala	Confusion Psychic	Shadow Ball Ghost	209.48s	7.50
33.	Genesect (Normal)	Fury Cutter Bug	X-Scissor Bug	205.40s	13.00
34.	Tyranitar	Bite Dark	Crunch Dark	209.75s	7.00
35.	Giratina (Altered)	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Force Ghost	216.12s	8.00

*denotes a legacy move

Attack Forme Deoxys Movesets

Deoxys Attack Forme learns the following moves:

The only move you should be afraid of is Dark Pulse, as it will be super effective against your Ghost and Psychic type Pokémon.

If we had to give a recommendation: don’t be concerned over which moves this boss has. Only Dark Pulse should give your Pokémon any concern, but even then the battle should be easy for most trainers. Attack with your best team, be it a Tyranitar army, legacy Shadow Ball Mewtwo, or even some Houndoom, it’s not a terribly hard battle.

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All the best, trainers!