Omastar Solo Raid Guide

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Omastar Solo Raid can be successfully completed at level 30 (or higher) with powerful Grass, Fighting and Electric types. Omastar ranks as a mid-tier challenge when it comes to solo raiding difficulty. Omastar has a Raid Boss CP of 19576. Omastar solo raid counters are heavily based around his double weakness to Grass.

Catch CP Ranges for Omastar:

  • 1517 – 1592 CP (level 20, non boosted)
  • 1897 – 1990 CP (level 20, boosted by Partly Cloudy and Rainy)

Omastar solo counters

Omastar has a double weakness to Grass, which makes picking counters rather trivial. Your best (and only viable) option are high DPS Grass types, especially Roserade. Roserade destroys Omastar with ease, faints only once and performs well under 60 seconds at level 30.

Omastar raid counters
Roserade Razor Leaf Grass Grass Knot Grass
Exeggutor Bullet Seed Grass Solar Beam Grass
Exeggutor (Alola) Bullet Seed Grass Solar Beam Grass
Sceptile Bullet Seed Grass Frenzy Plant Grass
Venusaur Razor Leaf Grass Frenzy Plant Grass
Leafeon Razor Leaf Grass Leaf Blade Grass
Tangrowth Vine Whip Grass Solar Beam Grass
Breloom Bullet Seed Grass Grass Knot Grass
Victreebel Razor Leaf Grass Leaf Blade Grass
Torterra Razor Leaf Grass Solar Beam Grass
Groudon Mud Shot Ground Solar Beam Grass
Shiftry Razor Leaf Grass Leaf Blade Grass
Carnivine Vine Whip Grass Power Whip Grass

Omastar moveset

To start, Omastar has a raid boss CP of 18915, with access to the following moves:

  • Water Gun (fast – Water type)
  • Mud Shot (fast – Ground type)
  • Hydro Pump (charge, 1 bar, Water type)
  • Rock Blast (charge, 3 bars, Rock type)
  • Ancient Power (charge, 3 bars, Rock type)

Mud Shot and Hydro Pump is the weakest move set to go against. Mud Shot has a base power of only 5 and does not receive STAB. Hydro Pump (130 DMG) is a 1 bar charge move, which means it won’t be using it as often. A move set of Water Gun and Ancient Power would be the hardest to solo. Ancient Power (70 DMG) is a 3 bar charge move, meaning it will be used more in battle. These attacks would be boosted in Rainy / Partly Cloudy weather making it more difficult to solo. Regardless of weather, it’s possible to take down Omastar!

Below is a visual representation of the move set difficulty from roughly easiest to hardest based on their damage output totals added together, STAB calculated, weather boosts, and charge moves based off of a single energy cycle:

Quick Charged Weather
(easiest) Mud Shot (5) Hydro Pump (156)
Water Gun (6) Hydro Pump (156)
Mud Shot (6) Hydro Pump (156) Sunny
Mud Shot (5) Rock Blast (50)
(medium) Mud Shot (5) Ancient Power (70)
Water Gun (7) Hydro Pump (182) Rainy
Water Gun (6) Rock Blast (70) Partly Cloudy
Mud Shot (5) Ancient Power (98) Partly Cloudy
(hardest) Water Gun (6) Ancient Power (98) Partly Cloudy

Weather considerations

Weather Pros Cons
Cloudy Boosts Fighting moves
Windy
Snow
Sunny Boosts Ground and Grass type moves Boosts Ground moves
Rainy Boosts Water and Electric type moves Boosts Water moves
Fog
Partly Cloudy Boosts Rock moves
  • Sunny weather would be the best weather to attempt soloing Omastar, as it boosts the power of Grass moves. In addition, Sunny boosts Ground moves also, making SB Groudon the strongest all around counter.
  • Rainy weather boosts Omastar’s Water moves, but it also increases your damage of Electric moves too. In addition, Omastar level will be boosted, so Rainy an interesting scenario to attempt a solo raid.
  • Partly Cloudy weather is where Omastar can get annoying. The added boost to those Rock multi-bar charge moves hurts. With the right counters, you can still come out victorious, but be careful.

Parting words

Note that if you are alone and below Level 30 soloing might be difficult for you. It is not only your trainer level that matters, but the power levels of the Pokemon you are using to raid with as well. It might take some candy and stardust to get your Pokemon up to par to take on a raid boss like Omastar by yourself.

Weather is important, because you can either keep the playing grounds even, harm, or help yourself. So keep an eye on what  the current weather is in your game.

The moves that Omastar has also plays an impact on your success in the raid. It is usually hard to tell what moves it has, until you have already used up your raid pass to see what counters the game set for you.

This should be a medium-difficulty raid boss to beat, as Omastar’s move sets have common counters. It has a solid attack and defensive stat, but with the right Pokemon you should be able to take this raid boss down. Pokemon such as Golem and Rhydon, can be useful but they can get destroyed by Omastar’s Water moves (heavy super effective damage). Feel free to use them, just be careful.

All in all, a good Omastar is great to have in the meta game. Get out there and good luck soloing that ancient Pokemon!

Raw Simulator Output

# Pokemon Fast Move Charge Move Time to win Deaths
1. Roserade Razor Leaf Grass Knot 47.8s 1
2. Exeggutor Bullet Seed Solar Beam 50.9s 1
3. Exeggutor Bullet Seed Solar Beam 51.1s 1
4. Sceptile Fury Cutter Frenzy Plant 50.5s 2
5. Venusaur Vine Whip Frenzy Plant 52.8s 1
6. Leafeon Razor Leaf Leaf Blade 52.8s 1
7. Tangrowth Vine Whip Solar Beam 54.1s 1
8. Breloom Bullet Seed Grass Knot 51.2s 2
9. Shaymin Zen Headbutt Grass Knot 54.2s 2
10. Victreebel Razor Leaf Leaf Blade 53.8s 2
11. Torterra Razor Leaf Solar Beam 56.7s 2
12. Meganium Vine Whip Frenzy Plant 61.6s 1
13. Groudon Mud Shot Solar Beam 60.7s 0
14. Vileplume Razor Leaf Solar Beam 58.3s 2
15. Shiftry Razor Leaf Leaf Blade 54.8s 2
16. Carnivine Vine Whip Power Whip 55.7s 2
17. Latios Dragon Breath Solar Beam 63.8s 1
18. Ludicolo Razor Leaf Solar Beam 65.2s 1
19. Gallade Low Kick Leaf Blade 62.6s 2
20. Porygon-Z Charge Beam Solar Beam 61.4s 2
21. Bellossom Razor Leaf Leaf Blade 66.1s 2
22. Shaymin Zen Headbutt Grass Knot 71.4s 1
23. Sunflora Razor Leaf Solar Beam 62.6s 2
24. Cherrim Razor Leaf Power Whip 64.2s 2
25. Cherim Bullet Seed Power Whip 65.3s 2
26. Cacturne Sucker Punch Grass Knot 61.3s 3
27. Machamp Counter Dynamic Punch 72.0s 2
28. Magnezone Spark Wild Charge 74.5s 2
29. Raikou Thunder Shock Wild Charge 72.1s 2
30. Electivire Thunder Shock Wild Charge 69.9s 3

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Been playing and following Pokemon ever since I was 10 years old. I'm also a Pokemon GO content creator on YouTube - FitzCity. Outside of Pokemon, I'm an Electrical Engineer who also loves to golf and stream on Twitch - Fitzcity40

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