Altaria (Mega)
Mega Altaria is a Dragon and Fairy type Mega Raid boss. Optimal raid counters will include powerful Ice Steel Poison and Fairy types, with quite a mixed range of different counters available to help you defeat it.
Depending on your levels and counters, we would recommend 3-5 trainers who are high level, and more if you don’t have optimal teams.
This guide will tell you how to beat this beautiful Mega, as well as its optimal stats, moves and CP range.
Mega Altaria Counters
Let’s check out the top raid counters for Mega Altaria:
| # | Attacker | Fast Move | Charge Move | Faints | TTW |
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| 1. |
Metagross (Shadow)
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Bullet Punch Steel | Meteor Mash Steel | 11 | 358s |
| 2. |
Gardevoir (Mega)
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Charm Fairy | Dazzling Gleam Fairy | 15 | 398s |
| 3. |
Gengar (Mega)
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Lick Ghost | Sludge Bomb Poison | 18 | 406s |
| 4. |
Metagross
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Bullet Punch Steel | Meteor Mash Steel | 11 | 424s |
| 5. |
Mamoswine (Shadow)
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Powder Snow Ice | Avalanche Ice | 22 | 417s |
| 6. |
Rayquaza (Mega)
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Air Slash | Dragon Ascent | 21 | 427s |
| 7. |
Excadrill (Shadow)
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Metal Claw Steel | Iron Head Steel | 17 | 432s |
| 8. |
Beedrill (Mega)
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Poison Jab Poison | Sludge Bomb Poison | 26 | 438s |
| 9. |
Nihilego
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Poison Jab Poison | Sludge Bomb Poison | 12 | 461s |
| 10. |
Gengar (Shadow)
|
Lick Ghost | Sludge Bomb Poison | 29 | 465s |
| 11. |
Gardevoir (Shadow)
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Charm Fairy | Dazzling Gleam Fairy | 22 | 462s |
| 12. |
Weavile (Shadow)
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Ice Shard Ice | Avalanche Ice | 34 | 475s |
| 13. |
Mewtwo (Shadow)
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Psycho Cut Psychic | Ice Beam Ice | 23 | 470s |
| 14. |
Alakazam (Mega)
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Psycho Cut Psychic | Dazzling Gleam Fairy | 24 | 472s |
| 15. |
Aggron (Mega)
|
Iron Tail Steel | Heavy Slam Steel | 11 | 504s |
| 16. |
Darmanitan (Galarian Standard)
|
Ice Fang Ice | Avalanche Ice | 26 | 475s |
| 17. |
Dialga
|
Metal Claw Steel | Iron Head Steel | 17 | 485s |
| 18. |
Melmetal
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Thunder Shock Electric | Double Iron Bash Steel | 12 | 512s |
| 19. |
Kyurem
|
Steel Wing Steel | Glaciate Ice | 26 | 487s |
| 20. |
Scizor (Mega)
|
Bullet Punch Steel | Iron Head Steel | 15 | 499s |
| 21. |
Zacian (Hero)
|
Metal Claw Steel | Play Rough Fairy | 16 | 500s |
| 22. |
Baxcalibur
|
Ice Fang Ice | Avalanche Ice | 28 | 494s |
| 23. |
Mamoswine
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Powder Snow Ice | Avalanche Ice | 22 | 493s |
| 24. |
Granbull (Shadow)
|
Charm Fairy | Play Rough Fairy | 28 | 499s |
| 25. |
Excadrill
|
Metal Claw Steel | Iron Head Steel | 17 | 508s |
| 26. |
Glalie (Mega)
|
Frost Breath Ice | Avalanche Ice | 25 | 502s |
| 27. |
Groudon (Primal)
|
Mud Shot Ground | Precipice Blades Ground | 14 | 523s |
| 28. |
Jirachi
|
Confusion Psychic | Doom Desire Steel | 13 | 530s |
| 29. |
Genesect (Shock)
|
Metal Claw Steel | Magnet Bomb Steel | 18 | 513s |
| 30. |
Genesect (Normal)
|
Metal Claw Steel | Magnet Bomb Steel | 18 | 513s |
With a wide range of counters and a fair few different type weaknesses thanks to that Dragon and Fairy dual typing, most trainers should find themselves able to whip up a strong team of counters. Many trainers will have a strong army of Meteor Mash Metagross they can flex here, and the likes of Gengar, Beedrill, Gardevoir, Glaceon and Mamoswine have all seen their pre-evolutions featured in Community Days so have been fairly widely available.
For more budget counters you can check out the whole counters list here, but Roserade, Weavile, Scizor and Aggron all make an appearance, so keep them in mind.
How to Get Mega Altaria
You cannot catch Altaria in its mega evolved form from the raid. The mega raid boss is always catchable in its base form and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Altaria.
Altaria can be caught with the following CP values:
- 1081 – 1145 CP no weather boost
- 1352 – 1432 CP boosted by Windy or Cloudy weather boost
In order to get Mega Altaria you will need 200 Mega Energy for the initial evolution, then 40 Mega Energy to evolve the same Altaria again in the future. Mega Energy can be obtained via Mega Altaria Raids, and once you have evolved Mega Altaria, you can earn 5 Mega Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy. You can walk any Swablu or Altaria to earn Mega Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Mega Pokédex.
Mega Altaria Sprites
| Regular Sprite | Shiny Sprite |
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Altaria Shiny
Like all Mega Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Altaria from a raid.
| Regular Sprite | Shiny Sprite |
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Mega Altaria Stats
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Altaria (Mega)
DragonFairy
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| Max CP at lvl 40 3576 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK 222 | DEF 181 | HP 218 | |||
| Weak to | Strong Against | ||||
| Steel Poison Ice Fairy | Dragon Fighting Dark | ||||
Mega Altaria Moveset Analysis
| Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
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* denotes Legacy move, only obtainable via Elite TM.
For optimal DPS Peck and Dazzling Gleam are the way to go. However, if you are using to to battle specific Pokémon in raids, tailor your moves towards those. For Dragon types opt for Dragon Breath and Dragon Pulse, for Fighting types Peck and Sky Attack, and for Dark types Peck and Dazzling Gleam.
For a full PvP guide to Altaria, and Meta analysis of Mega Altaria check out our full analysis here.
Conclusion
Mega Altaria isn’t exactly a top tier Mega Pokémon in terms of its ability as an attacker, but it is certainly one of the most beautiful! It doesn’t have the best attack stats, or moveset, but it does have some decent bulk so can be a great addition to your team as a Mega to boost the attacks of other Pokémon your fellow trainers are bringing into the raid. It can boost both Fairy and Dragon type attackers, and because it is so bulky it can do this for a decent length of time, perfect for short manning raids, or getting them done as quickly as possible!
