Yveltal Raid Guide

Yveltal

Yveltal is a Tier 5 legendary raid boss in Pokémon GO and with a typing of Dark Flying, it is boosted by Fog and Windy weather. Yveltal can be caught with the following CP values:

• 2073- 2160 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 2591- 2701 CP at Level 25 with Fog or Windy weather boost

Its counters include strong Electric Fairy Rock and Ice type Pokémon such as Xurkitree, Zekrom, Rampardos and Mega Evolutions like Mega Manectric and Mega Aerodactyl.

Yveltal’s stats will show that it is pretty bulky and as such, we would suggest 3-5 trainers with strong counters to ensure a hassle-free win. Trainers will less preferable counters or who are lower levelled will want to bring more trainers into the raid with them.

Xerneas is a disappointment in Pokémon GO, owing to its sorry moveset in the fast moves category. But how will Yveltal fare? Will this destructive Pokémon be worthy enough to add to your arsenal? Let’s find out and show you how you can easily get it on your side.

Yveltal Raid 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.

The best counters for Yveltal, based on the time required to win, are the following:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Manectric (Mega)	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	401.52s	18.27
2.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	433.08s	15.53
3.	Ampharos (Mega)	Charge Beam Electric	Zap Cannon Electric	483.48s	17.07
4.	Abomasnow (Mega)	Powder Snow Ice	Weather Ball Ice	505.05s	24.60
5.	Xurkitree	Spark Electric	Discharge Electric	507.69s	24.87
6.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Wild Charge Electric	567.72s	19.20
7.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	561.92s	22.07
8.	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	563.10s	23.60
9.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	564.56s	31.00
10.	Rhyperior	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock	611.00s	18.60
11.	Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	595.61s	26.93
12.	Raikou	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	611.82s	21.93
13.	Latios (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Dragon Claw Dragon	608.76s	22.87
14.	Darmanitan (Galarian Standard)	Ice Fang Ice	Avalanche Ice	588.21s	33.29
15.	Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	627.91s	23.54
16.	Gengar (Mega)	Lick Ghost	Sludge Bomb Poison	604.40s	28.80
17.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow Ice	Avalanche Ice	618.25s	26.54
18.	Magnezone	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	634.88s	19.75
19.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	634.26s	22.20
20.	Latias (Mega)	Charm Fairy	Outrage Dragon	645.46s	19.47
21.	Blastoise (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	634.26s	23.27
22.	Altaria (Mega)	Dragon Breath Dragon	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	638.92s	22.53
23.	Beedrill (Mega)	Bug Bite Bug	Sludge Bomb Poison	609.90s	36.91
24.	Luxray	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	634.61s	28.20
25.	Tyranitar	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	678.95s	14.67
26.	Tapu Koko	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	655.98s	23.73
27.	Weavile	Ice Shard Ice	Avalanche Ice	655.40s	23.82
28.	Pidgeot (Mega)	Wing Attack Flying	Brave Bird Flying	649.21s	27.67
29.	Glaceon	Frost Breath Ice	Avalanche Ice	646.26s	28.25
30.	Lopunny (Mega)	Pound Normal	Hyper Beam Normal	678.91s	22.33
31.	Gyarados (Mega)	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water	685.72s	17.46
32.	Charizard (Mega X)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	658.09s	26.13
33.	Zacian (Hero)	Quick Attack Normal	Play Rough Fairy	684.69s	19.18
34.	Togekiss	Charm Fairy	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	689.38s	16.71
35.	Golem (Alola)	Rock Throw Rock	Wild Charge Electric	682.18s	20.60

How to get a Shiny Yveltal?

Shiny Yveltal was released with the start of Fashion Week 2022. It is an unusual white, grey and red shiny, and is often referred to as the ‘bacon bird’ shiny.

You can get a Shiny Yveltal from Raid Catch encounters after defeating the Raid Boss.

Yveltal	Shiny Yveltal

Yveltal Stats and Max CP in Pokémon GO

Yveltal DarkFlying
Max CP at Level 40 3781| Max CP at Level 50 4275
ATK 250		DEF 185		HP 246
Weak to			Strong Against
Electric Fairy Ice Rock			Ghost Psychic Bug Fighting Grass

Yveltal’s Moveset Analysis

Yveltal learns the following moves in Pokémon GO:

While Yveltal has many eyebrow-raising charged moves, it simply cannot be denied that it hits hard. Quite hard. Snarl does decent damage and has a good energy gain, letting Yveltal get to its charged moves fast. Sucker Punch does relatively low damage and has the lowest energy gain out of all Yveltal’s fast moves.

You don’t have to worry too much if the boss Yveltal is using Snarl. Gust does massive damage and also has a good energy gain. However, it is resisted by both Electric and Rock types, which are your best counters. Dark Pulse is a 2-bar charged move, has STAB and does neutral damage to all your main counters. So be wary of this move as it can trouble you a lot.

Hurricane is a powerful STAB move that is not easy to dodge and can do reasonable damage to even the Electric and Rock types that resist it. Coming to the non-STAB moves, Focus Blast is dodgeable but does massive super-effective damage to your Ice and Rock types.

Hyper Beam is again very easy to dodge and despite being a powerful move per see, it shouldn’t be a worry. Psychic won’t KO your counters but is a 2-bar charged move and will come frequently.

In conclusion, Yveltal’s Dark type moves could make it relatively challenging but with the right counters and trainer numbers on your side, it shouldn’t be too hard.

Parting Words

While Yveltal received a nerf to its stats (just like Xerneas), it is still good. And unlike Xerneas, Yveltal did get some decently good moves and would be a good fit in the Master League and PvE meta.

You can read in detail about Yveltal’s performance in my Yveltal Meta-Analysis article and find out just how this amazing Pokémon fares in the meta.

This is a hugely popular Pokémon that can scale more heights with its signature move, Oblivion Wing, done right.

With balanced stats on its side, this legendary monster is a welcome addition to the Dark types. So this is a Pokémon that you definitely want to get good IVs for! Happy Raiding!