Regice – The Iceberg Pokemon
Regice is a member of the Legendary Titans/Golems from Hoenn. These Pokemon all have design elements inspired by Braille, which was incorporated in a puzzle you had to solve to Obtain them in console games.
They are infamous for their incredible defensive stats.
Fighting, 
Rock, 
Steel, 
Fire Damage. Generally speaking, the best counters for it are:
(Legacy) Metagross, Chandelure, and (Legacy) Blaziken.
Regice can be beaten by 3 players in optimal weather, with max friendship and perfect level 40 counters or by 5 unfriended players using level 20 counters from this guide. When caught, Regice will be between 1703 and 1784 cp without a weather boost. In Snow weather, Regice will be between 2129 and 2230 when caught.
Release History:
- 6/21/2018 for 23 days
- 7/16/2018 for 3 days
Event Announcement:
Regirock, Regice, and Registeel reunite in raids! Prepare for a colossal discovery!
Regirock, Regice, and Registeel reunite and return to raids!
Date + Time
- From Friday, November 1, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. to Monday, November 4, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. PDT
Features
- Regirock, Regice, and Registeel will be available to encounter in five-star raids.
- The following Pokémon will be appearing more often in the wild: Geodude, Magnemite, Swinub, Aron, and Spheal.
- The following Pokémon will be hatching more often from Eggs: Aerodactyl, Shuckle, Sneasel, Skarmory, Snorunt, and Beldum.
- If you’re lucky, you might encounter Shiny Skarmory, Shiny Regirock, Shiny Regice, or Shiny Registeel!
Bonus
- 2× Incubator effectiveness
A Colossal Discovery—a Special Research story event
A Colossal Discovery introduces a Pokémon originally from the Sinnoh region that’s closely related to Regirock, Regice, and Registeel—Regigigas! You can purchase a ticket to gain access to a unique limited-time experience where you’ll be challenged with a variety of tasks to earn an encounter with the Colossal Pokémon before it debuts in EX Raids later in November. This event does not have a set location—if you have a ticket, you can take part wherever you can play Pokémon GO.
Date + Time
- This Special Research story event will be available on Saturday, November 2, 2019, from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in your local time zone with a ticket purchase.
Features
A ticket to this Special Research story event will grant you access to a unique experience for you to play through during the specified time period! Access to this event comes with the following.
- A new Special Research story event, featuring an early-access encounter with Regigigas, appearing in Pokémon GO for the very first time!!
- A Colossal Discovery medal
- Up to 10 additional Raid Passes at no cost during the Special Research story event time period when you spin a Photo Disc at a Gym. These Raid Passes will not be available after the event period is over. You cannot hold more than one Raid Pass at once.
- A Unova Stone, a Sinnoh Stone, and an exclusive avatar pose (see below!) from conducting the Special Research
—The Pokémon GO team [Source]
Regice In the Meta
Raid Meta – 
Frost Breath / Blizzard
Regice inherits the poor reputation of the Regis as attackers, but it’s honestly a serviceable Ice-Type. Particularly when it was first released! Up until then all Ice-Types sat on a linear spectrum between Attack and TDO, with Jynx on one side and Lapras on the other. Regice performance broke above that, as the overall best Ice Type when considering both factors.
That said, even that notable performance was still a solid rung below the performance of most other Types, limiting Ice to only being usable when it had double weakness on it side, such as against Rayquaza. In fact, Regice’s performance is so poor that Mewtwo getting an Ice Type charge attack instantly outclassed it even without a quick attack to go along with it. With the release of the Gen 4 Ice types. Regice is now far behind the pack, and is entirely dethroned from any argument as the best. Mamoswine, in particular is strictly better than it, even when its ground typing puts it at a disadvantage!
That said, Regice is still a decent Ice-Type attacker, but it doesn’t serve any notably niche anymore, and the competition is easier to aquire.
Ice-Type Raid Attackers
| RANK | Pokemon | Moveset | DPS% | TDO% |  |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97% |  Mamoswine | Powder Snow /Avalanche | 100% | 94% | 2.41 | 0.93 | 2.28 | 2.81 | 1.56 |
| 91% |  Mewtwo | Psycho Cut /Ice Beam | 88% | 90% | 2.78 | 0.99 | 2.54 | 2.51 | 1.77 |
| 90% |  Glaceon | Frost Breath /Avalanche | 94% | 83% | 2.83 | 1.00 | 2.53 | 2.73 | 1.65 |
| 87% |  Weavile | Ice Shard /Avalanche | 96% | 75% | 2.89 | 1.03 | 2.59 | 2.88 | 1.71 |
| 86% |  Regigigas | Zen Headbutt /Avalanche | 82% | 98% | 3.01 | 1.02 | 2.75 | 2.52 | 1.91 |
| 80% |  Jynx | Frost Breath /Avalanche | 90% | 60% | 3.10 | 1.11 | 2.74 | 3.17 | 1.99 |
| 73% |  Porygon-Z | Hidden Power Ice /Blizzard | 78% | 62% | 3.36 | 1.21 | 2.95 | 3.52 | 2.10 |
| 73% |  Articuno | Frost Breath /Blizzard | 71% | 90% | 3.60 | 1.16 | 3.21 | 3.16 | 2.10 |
| 72% |  Piloswine | Powder Snow /Avalanche | 75% | 63% | 3.25 | 1.29 | 3.11 | 3.73 | 2.10 |
| 71% |  Regice | Frost Breath /Blizzard | 66% | 100% | 3.64 | 1.25 | 3.17 | 3.49 | 2.11 |
| 70% |  Cloyster | Frost Breath /Avalanche | 74% | 69% | 3.78 | 1.22 | 3.09 | 3.66 | 2.12 |
| 69% |  Mew | Frost Breath /Blizzard | 65% | 80% | 3.72 | 1.26 | 3.42 | 3.51 | 2.16 |
| 68% |  Walrein | Frost Breath /Blizzard | 69% | 77% | 3.77 | 1.24 | 3.13 | 3.90 | 2.21 |
| 66% |  Lapras (Legacy) | Frost Breath /Ice Beam | 64% | 80% | 3.94 | 1.27 | 3.41 | 3.85 | 2.25 |
| 65% |  Alolan Sandslash | Powder Snow /Blizzard | 63% | 58% | 3.96 | 1.50 | 3.46 | 3.59 | 2.26 |
| 65% |  Kyogre | Waterfall /Blizzard | 70% | 85% | 3.46 | 0.90 | 3.05 | 4.41 | 3.05 |
| 64% |  Sneasel | Ice Shard /Avalanche | 76% | 45% | 3.93 | 1.35 | 3.39 | 3.70 | 2.68 |
| 64% |  Glalie | Frost Breath /Avalanche | 68% | 56% | 3.97 | 1.43 | 3.50 | 3.84 | 2.35 |
| 63% |  Mesprit | Extrasensory /Blizzard | 60% | 64% | 4.08 | 1.41 | 3.55 | 3.30 | 2.88 |
| 63% |  Froslass | Powder Snow /Avalanche | 70% | 49% | 3.98 | 1.42 | 3.55 | 3.89 | 2.57 |
| 61% |  Alolan Ninetales | Powder Snow /Ice Beam | 62% | 56% | 4.10 | 1.49 | 3.67 | 4.05 | 2.41 |
| 61% |  Abomasnow | Powder Snow /Blizzard | 64% | 56% | 4.04 | 1.46 | 3.71 | 3.85 | 2.67 |
| 61% |  Empoleon | Metal Claw /Blizzard | 61% | 59% | 5.02 | 1.45 | 2.90 | 3.84 | 2.72 |
| 54% |  Slowbro | Confusion /Ice Beam | 53% | 55% | 4.84 | 1.54 | 4.12 | 4.19 | 3.03 |
| 54% |  Feraligatr | Bite /Ice Beam | 57% | 56% | 4.56 | 1.51 | 4.24 | 4.59 | 2.85 |
| 53% |  Golduck | Confusion /Ice Beam | 55% | 45% | 5.01 | 1.64 | 4.14 | 4.29 | 3.19 |
| 52% |  Slowking | Confusion /Blizzard | 51% | 52% | 5.02 | 1.60 | 4.21 | 4.13 | 3.51 |
| 52% |  Dewgong | Frost Breath /Blizzard | 54% | 52% | 4.89 | 1.62 | 4.03 | 5.21 | 2.83 |
| 52% |  Suicune | Snarl /Ice Beam | 51% | 70% | 4.83 | 1.57 | 4.58 | 4.75 | 2.89 |
| 50% |  Tentacruel | Poison Jab /Blizzard | 50% | 52% | 5.22 | 2.06 | 3.54 | 4.57 | 3.76 |
| 49% |  Ludicolo | Bubble /Ice Beam | 52% | 46% | 4.92 | 1.45 | 4.45 | 5.50 | 3.41 |
| 49% |  Wigglytuff | Pound /Ice Beam | 53% | 39% | 5.11 | 1.87 | 4.50 | 5.13 | 3.12 |
| 48% |  Miltank | Tackle /Ice Beam | 47% | 52% | 5.07 | 1.81 | 4.71 | 4.93 | 3.39 |
| 48% |  Huntail | Bite /Ice Beam | 55% | 39% | 5.21 | 1.69 | 5.06 | 4.83 | 3.21 |
| 48% |  Seaking (Legacy) | Poison Jab /Ice Beam | 52% | 39% | 5.50 | 1.93 | 3.89 | 5.41 | 3.40 |
| 48% |  Milotic | Dragon Tail /Blizzard | 55% | 67% | 4.95 | 1.57 | 6.06 | 4.88 | 2.84 |
| 47% |  Kingdra | Dragon Breath /Blizzard | 58% | 54% | 4.66 | 1.74 | 5.87 | 4.63 | 3.42 |
| 47% |  Castform (Snow) | Powder Snow /Ice Beam | 52% | 28% | 5.21 | 1.87 | 4.72 | 5.20 | 3.39 |
| 47% |  Qwilfish | Poison Sting /Ice Beam | 55% | 34% | 5.69 | 1.97 | 4.09 | 5.26 | 3.48 |
| 47% |  Wailord | Zen Headbutt /Blizzard | 50% | 42% | 5.54 | 1.84 | 4.65 | 4.83 | 3.63 |
| 47% |  Kecleon | Lick /Ice Beam | 48% | 38% | 5.23 | 1.92 | 4.61 | 5.31 | 3.50 |
Movesets
-
Earthquake:
- Most dangerous attack, hits all of it’s top counters for weakness, with the exception of Moltres thanks to Flying.
Rock-Types are hit for 💥 Weakness
Ice-Types are hit for 💥 Weakness
Fire-Types are hit for 💥 Weakness
-
Focus Blast:
- Notably boosts Chandelure a ton due to it having double resistance.
Rock-Types are hit for 💥 Weakness
Ice-Types are hit for 💥 Weakness
-
Blizzard:
- Easiest moveset despite STAB. All of it’s best counters resist it.
Ice-Types are hit for 🛡️ Resistance
Fire-Types are hit for 🛡️ Resistance
Top Raid Counters
Metagross
Best Moveset: Bullet Punch/Meteor Mash
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
It’s Legacy Moveset (Meteor Mash) was made very available during it’s community day in October 2018. Trading is the only way to aquire it right now. Non-Legacy Metagross can still be obtained however.
Legacy: METEOR_MASH. This family hatches from 10K eggs. Metagross was last a raid boss 5/27/2019. It was last in Raids 142 days ago.
-Best Matchup: Rock Smash / Blizzard
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Earthquake
-Legacy Charge Move: Meteor_Mash
-Resists: Ice
-Weak: Ground
With Level 35 Metagross you need 4 players.
Chandelure
Best Moveset: Fire Spin/Overheat
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆
Chandelure is incredibly hard to get right now. It was released September 17th, and you can only get Litwik from 10k eggs! Maybe there will be an event during October. It is the new highest DPS Ghost AND Fire-Type, so here’s hoping.
-Best Matchup: Rock Smash / Focus Blast
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Earthquake
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With Level 35 Chandelure you need 4 players.
Blaziken
Best Moveset: Fire Spin/Blast Burn
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
Blaziken was featured in Community Day May 2019! In terms of Raids, the most common member of the Family is Combuskin. Who was last a Tier 2 raid in March 2019.
Legacy: BLAST_BURN. This family hatches from 2K eggs. Torchic currently can be found in nests.Combusken was last a raid boss 3/27/2019. It was last in Raids 204 days ago.
-Best Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
-Worst Matchup: Rock Smash / Earthquake
-Legacy Charge Move: Blast_Burn
-Resists: Ice
-Weak: Ground
With Level 35 Blaziken you need 4 players.
Moltres
Best Moveset: Fire Spin/Overheat
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
Top tier Fire and Flying Type attacker.
Moltres was last a raid boss 9/13/2018. It was last in Raids 393 days ago.
-Best Matchup: Rock Smash / Earthquake
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
-Resists: Fighting, Ground
-Cancelled: Ice
With Level 35 Moltres you need 4 players.
Machamp
Best Moveset: Counter/Dynamic Punch
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
Machamp stands as the pokemon with the longest cumulative duration it has spent as a raid boss, being one of the very first AND most frequently returning. If you’ve been playing long enough to participate in Tier 3 raids it’s likely you have a Machamp or a dozen. They also have been an incredibly useful Fighting Type since the game’s inception. Machop does nest and are in 2k Eggs. This family hatches from 2K eggs. Machop currently can be found in nests.
Family was last in raid bosses during Sept 2019 (Machamp Tier 3)
-Best Matchup: Frost Breath / Earthquake
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
With Level 35 Machamp you need 4 players.
Entei
Best Moveset: Fire Fang/Overheat
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
Entei was last a raid boss 9/2/2019. It was last in Raids 39 days ago.
-Best Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Earthquake
-Resists: Ice
-Weak: Ground
With Level 35 Entei you need 4 players.
Weather Counters
Here is a list of Pokemon that can perform similar or better than the typical #1 option (in this case, Metagross) with weather bonuses:
| Pokemon | Weather | Fast Move | Charge Move | Estimator @ L35 | ||||
|
(Legacy) Metagross |  |
SNOW | |
Bullet Punch | |
Meteor Mash | 2.82 |
|
Chandelure |  |
CLEAR | |
Fire Spin | |
Overheat | 3.08 |
|
Machamp |  |
OVERCAST | |
Counter | |
Dynamic Punch |
3.11 |
|
Entei | |
CLEAR | |
Fire Fang | |
Overheat | 3.14 |
|
Moltres | |
CLEAR | |
Fire Spin | |
Overheat | 3.17 |
 |
Rampardos |  |
PARTLY CLOUDY |
|
Smack Down | |
Rock Slide | 3.19 |
 |
(Legacy) Charizard | |
CLEAR | |
Fire Spin | |
Blast Burn | 3.28 |
 |
Dialga | |
SNOW | |
Metal Claw | |
Iron Head | 3.28 |
 |
Hariyama | |
OVERCAST | |
Counter | |
Dynamic Punch |
3.32 |
|
Blaziken | |
CLEAR | |
Fire Spin | |
Blaze Kick | 3.37 |
 |
Flareon | |
CLEAR | |
Fire Spin | |
Overheat | 3.43 |
 |
Heracross | |
OVERCAST | |
Counter | |
Close Combat |
3.46 |
|
(Legacy) Metagross |  |
NO_WEATHER | |
Bullet Punch | |
Meteor Mash | 3.46 |
 |
Excadrill | |
SNOW | |
Metal Claw | |
Iron Head | 3.49 |
|
Chandelure | |
NO_WEATHER | |
Fire Spin | |
Overheat | 3.49 |
 |
(Legacy) Typhlosion | |
CLEAR | |
Ember | |
Blast Burn | 3.50 |
 |
Toxicroak | |
OVERCAST | |
Counter | |
Dynamic Punch |
3.52 |
 |
Jirachi | |
SNOW |  |
Charge Beam | |
Doom Desire | 3.55 |
 |
(Legacy) Arcanine | |
CLEAR | |
Fire Fang | |
Flamethrower | 3.55 |
 |
Magmortar | |
CLEAR | |
Fire Spin | |
Fire Punch | 3.56 |
Alternate Raid Counters
Dialga
Best Moveset: Metal Claw/Iron Head
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
Dialga was first in raids March 2019, and hasn’t returned since. It’s a top tier Steel-Type Attacker who isn’t weak to Fire. Dialga was last a raid boss 3/27/2019. It was last in Raids 216 days ago.
-Best Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Earthquake
-Weak: Fighting, Ground
-Cancelled: Ice
With Level 35 Dialga you need 4 players.
Rampardos
Best Moveset: Smack Down/Rock Slide
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐☆☆☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆
Rampardos is very difficult to acquire being fairly new and only having been featured briefly in one quest as Cranidos. It’s the highest DPS Rock Type. This family hatches from 10K eggs.
-Best Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Focus Blast
-Weak: Fighting, Ground
With Level 35 Rampardos you need 4 players.
Charizard
Best Moveset: Fire Spin/Blast Burn
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
Very good Fire-Type attacker, with useful flying-typing Legacy: BLAST_BURN. This family hatches from 2K eggs. Charmander currently can be found in nests.
-Best Matchup: Frost Breath / Earthquake
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
-Legacy Charge Move: Blast_Burn
-Resists: Fighting, Ground
-Cancelled: Ice
With Level 35 Charizard you need 4 players.
Flareon
Best Moveset: Fire Spin/Overheat
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Eevee currently can be found in nests.
-Best Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
-Worst Matchup: Rock Smash / Earthquake
-Resists: Ice
-Weak: Ground
With Level 35 Flareon you need 4 players.
Heatran
Best Moveset: Fire Spin/Iron Head
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
Heatran was last a raid boss 1/3/2019. It was last in Raids 288 days ago.
-Best Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
-Worst Matchup: Rock Smash / Earthquake
-2xResists: Ice
-Weak: Fighting
-2xWeak: Ground
With Level 35 Heatran you need 5 players.
Excadrill
Best Moveset: Metal Claw/Iron Head
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
Exadrill is a new pokemon, but Drilbur are not rare at all and it is boosted in sunny weather.
-Best Matchup: Frost Breath / Earthquake
-Worst Matchup: Rock Smash / Focus Blast
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With Level 35 Excadrill you need 5 players.
Hariyama
Best Moveset: Counter/Dynamic Punch
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Hariyama is cheaper to evolve up than Machamp, requiring less candy and a more common pokemon (with nearly identical practical performance).
Makuhita was last in raids April 2019, and they do Nest and are in 2K eggs. This family hatches from 2K eggs. Makuhita currently can be found in nests.Makuhita was last a raid boss 3/27/2019. It was last in Raids 216 days ago.
-Best Matchup: Rock Smash / Earthquake
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
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With Level 35 Hariyama you need 5 players.
Arcanine
Best Moveset: Fire Fang/Flamethrower
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆
Legacy: FLAMETHROWER. This family hatches from 5K eggs. Growlithe currently can be found in nests.
-Best Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Focus Blast
-Legacy Charge Move: Flamethrower
-Resists: Ice
-Weak: Ground
With Level 35 Arcanine you need 5 players.
Magmortar
Best Moveset: Fire Spin/Fire Punch
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
Magmortar evolves from Magmar, and requires a Sinnoh Stone to Evolve. You can aquire them at random from daily Trainer Battles and Research Breakthroughs. This family hatches from 5K 7K eggs. Magmar currently can be found in nests. Magmar was last a raid boss 2/26/2019. It was last in Raids 243 days ago.
-Best Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
-Worst Matchup: Rock Smash / Earthquake
-Resists: Ice
-Weak: Ground
With Level 35 Magmortar you need 5 players.
Jirachi
Best Moveset: Charge Beam/Doom Desire
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
Jirachi can be obtained from the “A Thousand-Year Slumber” Special Research.
-Best Matchup: Rock Smash / Blizzard
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Earthquake
-Resists: Ice
-Weak: Ground
-Cancelled: Fighting
With Level 35 Jirachi you need 5 players.
Heracross
Best Moveset: Counter/Close Combat
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆
Heracross is a Regional Exclusive pokemon limited to Central and South America. It’s arguably the most useful Regional, having been among the best Fighting Types (and soon to be obliterated down the rankings once the incredible gen 5 Fighting-Type pokemon get released). You can get them in 5K eggs acquired within its spawn region as well. This family hatches from 5K eggs.
-Best Matchup: Rock Smash / Earthquake
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
-Resists: Fighting, Ground
With Level 35 Heracross you need 5 players.
Breloom
Best Moveset: Counter/Dynamic Punch
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐☆☆☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐☆☆☆☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The family was last in raid July 2019 (Tier 2 Breloom) Breloom evolves from the very common Shroomish and has higher pure DPS than Machamp or Makuhita. Shroomish currently can be found in nests.
-Best Matchup: Rock Smash / Earthquake
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
-Resists: Ground
-Weak: Ice
With Level 35 Breloom you need 5 players.
Typhlosion
Best Moveset: Ember/Blast Burn
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
Legacy: BLAST_BURN. This family hatches from 2K eggs. Cyndaquil currently can be found in nests.
-Best Matchup: Rock Smash / Blizzard
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Focus Blast
-Legacy Charge Move: Blast_Burn
-Resists: Ice
-Weak: Ground
With Level 35 Typhlosion you need 5 players.
Toxicroak
Best Moveset: Counter/Dynamic Punch
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
Toxicroak is an unexpectedly great Fighting AND Poison Raid Attacker. Crogunk is moderately uncommon outside of cloudy weather. This family hatches from 5K eggs.
-Best Matchup: Frost Breath / Focus Blast
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Earthquake
-Resists: Fighting
-Weak: Ground
With Level 35 Toxicroak you need 5 players.
Tyranitar
Best Moveset: Smack Down/Stone Edge
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
Accessibility will be a bit tough if you are only starting now as Larvitars do not nest and are rare. They are also in 10k eggs. Tier 4 Tyranitar Raids were a staple for quite a while, however. Larvitar can be found in ‘Make 3 Excellent Throws in a Row’ Quests. The family was last in raid bosses during Water Festival in Sept 2019. Larvitar community day (the only time you could get Smack Down) was June 2018. It isn’t the highest raw DPS Dark-Type anymore, but it has a ton of bulk on top of near optimal DPS. Weavile and Honchkrow trade with it depending on the matchup.
Legacy: SMACK_DOWN_FAST. This family hatches from 10K eggs. Tyranitar was last a raid boss 9/25/2019. It was last in Raids 0 days ago.
-Best Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
-Worst Matchup: Rock Smash / Focus Blast
-Legacy Fast Move: Smack_Down_Fast
-Weak: Ground
-2xWeak: Fighting
With Level 35 Tyranitar you need 5 players.
Regigigas
Best Moveset: Rock Smash/Heavy Slam
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐☆☆☆☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆
Regigas is only available in the paid “Collosas Discovery” research event, and following that, EX Raids.
-Best Matchup: Rock Smash / Earthquake
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Focus Blast
-Weak: Fighting
With Level 35 Regigigas you need 5 players.
Mewtwo
Best Moveset: 
Confusion/Flamethrower
- ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐☆☆☆☆
- 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
- 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
Mewtwo is a pretty good Fire-Type attacker when it’s Psychic typing helps. Luckily the moveset, however, isn’t exclusive to its EX raid period! That said, if you weren’t lucky enough to get an Ex Raid during its Shadow Ball period, you can still get this move. When Mewtwo was released from its EX shackles for a global event-that move was removed from it’s TM pool. Mewtwo was last a raid boss 10/5/2019. It was last in Raids 35 days ago.
-Best Matchup: Frost Breath / Focus Blast
-Worst Matchup: Frost Breath / Blizzard
-Resists: Fighting
With Level 35 Mewtwo you need 5 players.
Closing Thoughts
Regice is going to only be around a couple days, so be sure to snag one of these rarely available pokemon while you can! It might not be immediately useful, but it has the potential for some niche service. Who are we kidding… get a shiny one and move on to the next raid!
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