Mega Rayquaza Raid Guide

Mega Rayquaza

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 a minimum of 3 high level, well-armed trainers trainers. Most groups will want 3-7 trainers with good counters, 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.

Want to boost your candy chances whilst also having a Mega Pokémon that is a great counter? Mega evolve a Dragon type!

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	White Kyurem	Ice Fang	Ice Burn	42.96	44	562s
2.	Black Kyurem	Dragon Tail	Freeze Shock	34.14	54	692s
3.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	33.18	54	731s
4.	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	33.56	64	715s
5.	Shadow Aurorus	Frost Breath	Weather Ball	31.32	50	768s
6.	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Triple Axel	30.39	38	769s
7.	Eternatus	Dragon Tail	Dynamax Cannon	31.19	49	753s
8.	Mega Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	30.63	46	779s
9.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	30.20	61	795s
10.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	30.06	66	798s
11.	Cetitan	Ice Shard	Avalanche	28.31	58	848s
12.	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	29.64	73	818s
13.	Shadow Articuno	Frost Breath	Triple Axel	28.76	64	840s
14.	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	29.37	73	831s
15.	Aurorus	Frost Breath	Weather Ball	26.58	49	898s
16.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	26.10	43	906s
17.	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	30.22	91	818s
18.	Glaceon	Frost Breath	Avalanche	28.01	74	872s
19.	Shadow Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	28.63	85	858s
20.	Shadow Dialga	Dragon Breath	Draco Meteor	25.96	53	913s
21.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	26.69	63	898s
22.	Hisuian Avalugg	Powder Snow	Blizzard	25.15	44	939s
23.	Crowned Shield Zamazenta	Ice Fang	Behemoth Bash	24.78	35	942s
24.	Avalugg	Ice Fang	Avalanche	25.78	54	927s
25.	Origin Dialga	Dragon Breath	Roar of Time	25.06	43	938s
26.	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	25.53	49	930s
27.	Crowned Sword Zacian	Metal Claw	Play Rough	23.95	26	970s
28.	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	27.43	77	855s
29.	Shadow Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	27.09	70	882s
30.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage	26.01	61	927s

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 and Moveset

	Mega Rayquaza DragonFlying
Max CP	5713
ATK	377
DEF	210
HP	227
Weak to	x2
Resists
Fast moves	Dragon Tail Air Slash
Charge moves	Aerial Ace Ancient Power Outrage Breaking Swipe* Hurricane* Dragon Ascent**

*Only obtainable via Elite TM.

**Only obtainable via Meteorite. Needed to Mega Evolve.

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.