Mega Rayquaza Raid Guide

Mega Rayquaza is set to make their debut as the main attraction in raids for the 2023 GO Fest events. As such, the method of obtaining Mega Rayquaza will be exclusive to those with tickets to the in person or global event, with a global release for the sky serpent’s superior form expected at a later date. Don’t miss out your chance to add this fan favourite to your Pokémon GO Mega collection!

Rayquaza (Mega)

Mega Rayquaza is a Dragon and Flying type Mega Legendary Raid boss. The best counters for Mega Rayquaza will be your top Ice types, as it has a 2x weakness to Ice, along with weakness to Fairy Rock and Dragon types. Fairy and Rock type Pokémon will also have the benefit of resisting most of Mega Rayquaza’s attacks.

Depending on your trainer levels and counters, we would recommend 6-7 trainers who are high level, and more if you don’t have optimal teams. This guide will tell you how to beat this incredibly powerful Legendary Mega, as well as its optimal stats, moves and CP range.

Mega Rayquaza 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.

Let’s check out the top raid counters for Mega Rayquaza:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Abomasnow (Mega)	Powder Snow Ice	Weather Ball Ice	351.10s	26.17
2.	Glalie (Mega)	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	356.82s	29.00
3.	Gardevoir (Mega)	Charm Fairy	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	436.96s	20.50
4.	Latios (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Dragon Claw Dragon	443.33s	30.00
5.	Darmanitan (Galarian Standard)	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice	433.67s	39.17
6.	Tyranitar (Mega)	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	490.94s	18.00
7.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	475.16s	27.83
8.	Salamence (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Outrage Dragon	469.73s	32.33
9.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow Ice	Avalanche Ice	491.13s	36.00
10.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Ice Beam Ice	505.45s	31.50
11.	Weavile	Ice Shard Ice	Avalanche Ice	491.63s	41.67
12.	Jynx	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	504.82s	45.50
13.	Glaceon	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	505.92s	40.83
14.	Kyurem	Dragon Breath Dragon	Glaciate Ice	511.13s	39.33
15.	Aurorus	Frost Breath Ice	Weather Ball Ice	541.09s	28.17
16.	Latias (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Outrage Dragon	531.00s	35.33
17.	Sceptile (Mega)	Fury Cutter Bug	Dragon Claw Dragon	515.30s	47.00
18.	Avalugg	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice	550.56s	29.67
19.	Blastoise (Mega)	Bite Dark	Ice Beam Ice	552.18s	29.83
20.	Charizard (Mega X)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Dragon Claw Dragon	532.14s	41.50
21.	Avalugg (Hisuian)	Powder Snow Ice	Blizzard Ice	583.27s	27.83
22.	Beartic	Powder Snow Ice	Ice Punch Ice	547.72s	38.25
23.	Articuno	Frost Breath Ice	Ice Beam Ice	576.33s	34.67
24.	Vanilluxe	Frost Breath Ice	Blizzard Ice	558.23s	39.50
25.	Walrein	Frost Breath Ice	Icicle Spear Ice	588.66s	35.17
26.	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Quick Attack Normal	Ice Punch Ice	591.63s	36.50
27.	Ampharos (Mega)	Charge Beam Electric	Dragon Pulse Dragon	591.29s	38.50
28.	Piloswine	Ice Shard Ice	Avalanche Ice	599.53s	42.60
29.	Mr. Rime	Ice Shard Ice	Ice Punch Ice	591.58s	40.25
30.	Ursaluna	Tackle Normal	Ice Punch Ice	631.35s	35.33
31.	Ninetales (Alola)	Powder Snow Ice	Weather Ball Ice	639.38s	31.00
32.	Altaria (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	622.56s	33.50
33.	Genesect (Chill)	Fury Cutter Bug	Ice Beam Ice	618.52s	35.50
34.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	600.48s	38.75
35.	Slowbro (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Ice Beam Ice	633.69s	29.17

Mega Rayquaza Moveset

*Denotes a Legacy Move, only obtainable via Elite TM.

**Denotes a future exclusive move, which we discuss later in this article.

How to Get Mega Rayquaza

You cannot catch Rayquaza in its mega evolved state from the raid. The mega raid boss is always catchable in its base form and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Rayquaza.

Rayquaza can be caught with the following CP values:

• 2102 – 2191 CP no weather boost
• 2627 – 2739 CP boosted by Windy weather boost

Rayquaza is one of the most unique Mega Evolution to come to Pokémon GO based on it’s requirements. In order to get Mega Rayquaza you will not only need 400 Mega Energy, but also it’s signature move Dragon Ascent which will only be obtained through use of a Meteorite item. After that, as long as you don’t remove Dragon Ascent, it will cost 80 Mega energy to Mega evolve the same Rayquaza again, or wait the required ‘cooldown’ period after which the Mega Evolution will be free. This cooldown period becomes shorter the higher mega level your Mega Pokémon is. Mega Energy can be obtained via Mega Rayquaza Raids, and once you have evolved Mega Rayquaza, you can earn 100 Mega Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy. You can walk any Rayquaza to earn Mega Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Mega Pokédex.

Shiny Rayquaza

Like all Mega Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Rayquaza from a raid or in the wild. To obtain a shiny Mega Rayquaza you need to evolve a shiny Rayquaza.

Raquaza Sprite	Rayquaza Shiny Sprite

Mega Rayquaza Sprite	Mega Rayquaza Shiny Sprite

Mega Rayquaza Stats

Rayquaza (Mega) DragonFlying
Max CP at lvl 40 5713
Max CP at lvl 50 6458
ATK 377		DEF 210		HP 227
Weak to			Resistances
Dragon Fairy Icex2 Rock			Grass Ground Bug Fighting Fire Water

Conclusion

Even with massive competition from other Dragon type Mega Pokémon, Mega Rayquaza beats them all! With a 100IV maxing out at over 5700CP at level 40, it hits 6458CP at level 50, leaving it just below its Primal counterparts for the highest CP at this time. Mega Rayquaza is going to be the top Dragon and Flying type attacker depending on their moveset, making a high IV one incredibly useful in the future.