Rayquaza Raid Guide

Rayquaza

Best Rayquaza Counters in Pokémon GO are strong Ice-types such as Mamoswine, Weavile, Ice Beam Mewtwo, and Jynx. Rayquaza is a Tier 5 Boss with 49808 CP. You can catch Rayquaza in the following CP ranges:

• 2102 – 2191 CP at Lvl 20, no weather boost
• 2627 – 2739 CP at Lvl 25 with Windy weather

Since the introduction of Mamoswine and Weavile, Rayquaza can now be easily duoed. We recommend groups of 2-4, for high-level trainers, or 5-20 for lower leveled players.

For our Simulator’s list of counters, check here. As well, for a full IV chart, you can check here.

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Rayquaza Counters

The following table shows best Pokemon to use versus a Rayquaza raid boss:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	274.79s	14.17
2.	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow Ice	Weather Ball Ice	296.95s	15.67
3.	Mega Gardevoir	Charm Fairy	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	353.91s	10.83
4.	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice	333.05s	18.50
5.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath Dragon	Dragon Claw Dragon	349.98s	14.50
6.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail Dragon	Draco Meteor Dragon	356.08s	14.33
7.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow Ice	Avalanche Ice	360.60s	15.17
8.	Mega Latias	Dragon Breath Dragon	Outrage Dragon	387.47s	14.00
9.	Glaceon	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	384.03s	19.33
10.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	401.00s	16.50
11.	Weavile	Ice Shard Ice	Avalanche Ice	387.85s	21.33
12.	Jynx	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	402.13s	24.33
13.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Ice Beam Ice	426.74s	17.17
14.	Mega X Charizard	Dragon Breath Dragon	Dragon Claw Dragon	431.38s	22.50
15.	Avalugg	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice	452.44s	16.17
16.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter Bug	Dragon Claw Dragon	443.02s	24.25
17.	Kyurem	Dragon Breath Dragon	Blizzard Ice	447.84s	22.50
18.	Hisuian Avalugg	Powder Snow Ice	Blizzard Ice	472.72s	15.00
19.	Mega Ampharos	Charge Beam Electric	Dragon Pulse Dragon	468.45s	18.83
20.	Aurorus	Frost Breath Ice	Weather Ball Ice	471.60s	18.00
21.	Vanilluxe	Frost Breath Ice	Blizzard Ice	454.29s	23.50
22.	Beartic	Powder Snow Ice	Ice Punch Ice	457.55s	23.67
23.	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut Psychic	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	466.40s	22.67
24.	Porygon-Z	Lock-On Normal	Blizzard Ice	470.54s	22.83
25.	Articuno	Frost Breath Ice	Ice Beam Ice	488.68s	20.50
26.	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun Water	Ice Beam Ice	497.93s	18.33
27.	Piloswine	Ice Shard Ice	Avalanche Ice	484.26s	23.17
28.	Salamence	Dragon Tail Dragon	Outrage Dragon	508.31s	21.50
29.	Mr. Rime	Ice Shard Ice	Ice Punch Ice	493.49s	24.00
30.	Mega Gengar	Lick Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	496.33s	23.17
31.	Mega Altaria	Dragon Breath Dragon	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	512.36s	17.50
32.	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail Dragon	Outrage Dragon	507.58s	24.50
33.	Walrein	Frost Breath Ice	Blizzard Ice	509.68s	22.17
34.	Regice	Frost Breath Ice	Blizzard Ice	527.02s	16.83
35.	Cloyster	Ice Shard Ice	Avalanche Ice	505.10s	25.17

Rayquaza is double weak to Ice and weak to Fairy, Dragon and Rock type moves. Consequently, the list of counters follows this to the letter, with Ice types leading the charge.

Rayquaza’s stats and moveset difficulty

Rayquaza Dragon Flying
Max CP 3835 (lvl 40) 4336 (lvl 50)
ATK 284		DEF 170		HP 213
Weak to			Strong Against
Dragon Fairy Ice Rock			Bug Dragon Fighting Grass
Fast Moves			Charge Moves
Dragon Tail Dragon Air Slash Flying			Outrage Dragon Aerial Ace Flying Ancient Power Rock Hurricane Flying (legacy) Breaking Swipe Dragon (legacy)

Rayquaza fights generally fall into two categories: versus Outrage and versus anything else. Outrage is a move that can potentially have massive damage output, especially if it’s frequently activated, and it’s the real reason why Dragon types are not preferred Rayquaza counters. Ice types resist Outrage and Dragon Tail easily, especially Mamoswine, and they make the whole fight much easier.

In terms of difficulty, here’s how Ray’s charged moves stack up:

• Outrage is the most difficult, even for Ice types, roughly 20-30% more difficult in terms of KOs
• Ancient Power is the easiest one, especially for teams using Mamoswine and Ice Beam Mewtwo
• Aerial Ace is “middle of the road” difficulty and nothing to worry about

Given a good setup, however, you will tear through Rayquaza like a Snorlax in an all-you-can-eat restaurant.

Rayquaza Duo Guide

Rayquaza is one of the easiest bosses for a duo raid attempt, provided that you are at least Level 30 with good Ice type counters. Let’s see what is the correct approach for Rayquaza duo raids.

Optimal team composition:

• Mamoswine at level 25+ with Powder Snow and Avalanche. Both moves are easily accessible by using Fast and Charge TMs and, luckily, they are not Community Day exclusives. Shadow Mamoswine will do 20% more damage, but will die off quicker.
• Galarian Darmanitan is also a solid choice with Ice Fang and Avalanche. Your time to win will be less with Darmanitan, but it is a bit glassier so will die more often than Mamoswine.
• Bringing Mega Abomasnow or Mega Glalie will give a great boost to your Ice types and help you defeat Rayquaza even quicker.
• In case you don’t have access to Mamoswine, you can use Ice types, but they need to be powered up to at least level 30: Ice Beam Mewtwo, Glaceon, Weavile, Avalugg, Jynx, Articuno.
• You will need at least two teams of Ice attackers, the teams should be balanced and well rounded. You will need to relobby for sure, so having access to a second team is beneficial.
• Remember that Rayquaza is double weak to Ice moves. It may be tempting to use the recommended Dragon types, but they perform worse than low level Ice attackers.

In terms of move set difficulty:

• Dragon Tail / Outrage is the most difficult move set.
• Double Flying is the easiest move set.
• Outrage is the hardest Charge Move. Please be careful when re-entering the battle, if you get hit by Outrage immediately, that’s one less Pokémon for that attempt.
• When faced against Outrage, prepare to die a lot. Outrage deals a ton of damage and will hurt your team regardless of which Pokémon you use. Mamoswine will have a high death count against Outrage as well. Higher level Mamoswine will perform better.
• Mewtwo performs well against Outrage, but needs to be a sufficiently high level (30+).
• Weavile, Jynx and Glaceon will have problems against Outrage, and should try to dodge. Their stamina is not high enough to survive it at lower levels.

Weather and Friendship Bonuses:

• Higher Friendship level reduces the level requirement for your team. Best friends can easily use ~27-30 level Pokémon.
• Weather bonuses have a strong effect on the difficulty of the fight. You will be able to duo, but it will cost you a ton of potions and revives.