Latias Raid Guide
Latias– Eon Pokémon

Latios is a Psychic/Dragon Pokemon. It is in general the second best Psychic-Type attacker after Mewtwo, and a pretty decent Dragon Type attacker as well.

Latias is weak to : Bug, Ghost, Ice, Dragon, Dark, Fairy Damage.

Generally speaking, the best counters for it are:
Dialga, Rayquaza, and Palkia.

Latias 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, Latias will be between 1921 and 2006 cp without a weather boost. In Windy weather, Latias will be between 2402 and 2507 when caught.

Release History:

4/2/2018 for 65 days

Latias In the Meta

Raid Meta – Confusion + Psychic

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Movesets

Thunder:
- [Under Construction]
- Dragon-Types are hit for 🛡️ Resistance

Psychic:
- [Under Construction]
- Dark-Types are hit for 🛡️🛡️ Resistance

Outrage:
- [Under Construction]
- Fairy-Types are hit for 🛡️🛡️ Resistance
- Dragon-Types are hit for 💥 Weakness

Top Raid Counters

Dialga

Best Moveset: Dragon Breath / Draco Meteor

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Dialga’s Steel typing gives it nice resistances usually so it comes up a lot as a hefty Steel or Dragon-Type. its a Dragon that isn’t even weak to Dragons, meaning it is helpful against most Dragon Raid Bosses using Dragon-Type attacks. its legendary though, so expensive to trade for and acquire candy for. It is an excellent attacker in recent Team Rocket invasions so powering one up is not the worst idea in the world. In practice it often ends up the highest bulky Dragon-Type attacker over Rayquaza. Dialga was last a raid boss 3/27/2019 .It was last in Raids 296 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Zen Headbutt / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Dragon Breath / Outrage
-Resists: Electric, Psychic
-With Level 35 Dialga you need 3 players.

Rayquaza

Best Moveset: Dragon Tail / Outrage

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Rayquaza was last available (with its shiny!) August 2019. It is a Legendary Pokemon only available in limited time events. Legendary Pokemon have 20k buddy walking distance and are generally a good place to use Rare Candies. Powering them up is also a challenge just because the candy is often limited to Raiding for them. Rayquaza is a phenomenal choice though, as it is currently the highest raw DPS Dragon-Type attacker, and among the best Flying-type attackers as well! its got crazy neutral DPS making it often a great choice even when its not hitting super effectively! Rayquaza was last a raid boss 8/31/2019 .It was last in Raids 138 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Charm / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Charm / Outrage
-Weak: Dragon
-Canceled: Electric
-With Level 35 Rayquaza you need 3 players.

Palkia

Best Moveset: Dragon Tail / Draco Meteor

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

It is a cut below Rayquaza in raw DPS usually, but its interesting Dragon/Water Typing leads to it often performing very well depending on the moveset. its stats can make better use of it than Kingra. Candy will be pretty rough though as its only been released once so far. Palkia was last a raid boss 2/26/2019 .It was last in Raids 323 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Charm / Outrage
-Worst Matchup: Dragon Breath / Psychic
-Weak: Dragon
-Canceled: Electric
-With Level 35 Palkia you need 3 players.

Garchomp

Best Moveset: Dragon Tail / Outrage

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Garchomp while a great Dragon AND Ground-Type (and one with a resistance to Rock and triple resistance to Electric) is very difficult to acquire for now. No nests, no events, very rare, very new. Gible do hatch in 10k Eggs, but are exceedingly rare in the wild.

-Best Matchup: Charm / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Dragon Breath / Outrage
-3xResists: Electric
-Weak: Dragon
-With Level 35 Garchomp you need 3 players.

Latios

Best Moveset: Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Latios was last available April 2019 in raids, and August 2019 in Research Breakthroughs.With Level 35 Latios, you need 2 players. Latios was last a raid boss 4/22/2019 .It was last in Raids 270 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Dragon Breath / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Charm / Outrage
-Resists: Electric, Psychic
-Weak: Dragon
-With Level 35 Latios you need 3 players.

Salamence

Best Moveset: Dragon Tail / Outrage(legacy)

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Salamence Community Day was April 2019, which is when it received Outrage. its not really the best at any of the things it can do, but its still a top tier Dragon with powerful off-type movesets as well. You can find Bagon in 10k eggs, but they do not nest. Bagon was last a raid boss 8/31/2019 .It was last in Raids 138 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Charm / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Charm / Outrage
-Weak: Dragon
-Canceled: Electric
-With Level 35 Salamence you need 3 players.

Weather

Here is a list of Pokemon that can perform similar or better than the typical #1 option (in this case, Dialga) with weather bonuses:

Pokemon	Weather	Fast Move	Charge Move	Estimator
Dialga	Windy	Dragon Breath	Draco Meteor	2.5
Garchomp	Windy	Dragon Tail	Outrage	2.5
Palkia	Windy	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	2.6
Latios	Windy	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	2.6
Dragonite	Windy	Dragon Tail	Dragon Claw	2.6
Mamoswine	Snow	Powder Snow	Avalanche	2.7
Haxorus	Windy	Dragon Tail	Dragon Claw	2.7
Weavile	1	Snarl	Avalanche	2.7
Gardevoir	Overcast	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	2.8
Rayquaza	Windy	Dragon Tail	Outrage	2.8
Latias	Windy	Dragon Breath	Outrage	2.8
Togekiss	Overcast	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	2.9
(Legacy) Salamence	Windy	Dragon Tail	Outrage	2.9
Giratina Origin Form	Windy	Dragon Tail	Shadow Ball	2.9

Alternate Pokemon

Dragonite

Best Moveset: Dragon Tail / Outrage

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Dratini can be acquired from the “Jump Start” Special Research part 1 (the whole Questline grants Dratini Candy and essentially hands you a Dragonite if you complete all the steps), as well as available as a Shadow Pokemon. The “Catch a Dragon-type Pokemon” quest rewards one. Dratini was also available during community day in February 2018. You can likely find a friend to trade you a Dratini, if not a Dragonite if you ask nicely! Dragonite was last a raid boss 10/5/2019 .It was last in Raids 85 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Zen Headbutt / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Dragon Breath / Outrage
-Weak: Dragon
-Canceled: Electric
-With Level 35 Dragonite you need 3 players.

Darkrai

Best Moveset: Snarl / Dark Pulse

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Darkrai is by far the best Dark-Type attacker right now. Giratina Origin Form is only prefered if you are facing Fighting-Type damage from the Raid. Shadow Ball and Dark Pulse have near identical performance. Darkrai was last a raid boss 10/25/2019 .It was last in Raids 78 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Zen Headbutt / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Dragon Breath / Outrage
-2xResists: Psychic
-With Level 35 Darkrai you need 4 players.

Haxorus

Best Moveset: Dragon Tail / Dragon Claw

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Haxorus is very new right now and has not been featured in any events, but it’s a pretty good Dragon-Type attacker.

-Best Matchup: Charm / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Dragon Breath / Outrage
-Resists: Electric
-Weak: Dragon
-With Level 35 Haxorus you need 4 players.

Giratina_Origin_Form

Best Moveset: Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐☆☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ☆☆☆☆☆

-Best Matchup: Zen Headbutt / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Zen Headbutt / Outrage
-Resists: Electric
-Weak: Dragon
-With Level 35 Giratina_Origin_Form you need 4 players.

Weavile

Best Moveset: Snarl / Avalanche

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Weavile evolves from Sneasel, which is an uncommon Pokemon (that does still nest), and is an occasional 2 star raid boss. They hatch from 5k Eggs. It requires a Sinnoh Stone to evolve, which can be acquired (at random) from daily trainer battles. Sneasel has been featured in Winter Time events and Dark Events. Weavile has been a reward from “Catch 5 Poochyena or Houndour” quests. Sneasel can also spawn from Glacial Lure Modules. Weavile is generally the top Dark-Type in terms of raw attack power. While it looks frail, it can honestly tank a lot more than you’d expect-especially if we’re talking Psychic-Type damage. It also tops the charts as a Ice-Type attacker so is definitely worth acquiring. Sneasel currently can be found in nests.Sneasel was last a raid boss 11/1/2019 .It was last in Raids 75 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Charm / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Charm / Outrage
-2xResists: Psychic
-With Level 35 Weavile you need 4 players.

Chandelure

Best Moveset: Hex / Shadow Ball

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Chandelure is incredibly hard to get right now. It was released September 17th, and you can only get Litwick from 10k eggs! It is the new highest DPS Ghost AND Fire-Type. There was a Halloween quest and Spiritomb Special Research that rewarded one at least.

-Best Matchup: Charm / Outrage
-Worst Matchup: Dragon Breath / Psychic
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-With Level 35 Chandelure you need 4 players.

Mamoswine

Best Moveset: Powder Snow / Avalanche

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Mamoswine evolves from Swinub which is a nesting species that has been in raids in the past. Swinub can also be found in Nests. It does however require a Sinnoh Stone to evolve which can be acquired randomly from your first trainer battle every day. Swinub has gotten a community day (February 2019) and was also featured in Christmas events. Finally, Swinub can also spawn in the pool of Pokemon from Glacial Lure Modules, which you can get from the shop for 200 coins. Swinub currently can be found in nests.Piloswine was last a raid boss 11/1/2019 .It was last in Raids 75 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Zen Headbutt / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Dragon Breath / Outrage
-2xResists: Electric
-With Level 35 Mamoswine you need 4 players.

Mewtwo

Best Moveset: Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball(legacy)

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Mewtwo is pretty inaccessible, as the useful form hasn’t been released recently. Luckily the moveset, however, isn’t exclusive to its EX raid period! Trading for one is probably the most likely way you’d be able to get one of these, and you can use the candy you got from catching Armored Mewtwo to power it up. That said, if you weren’t lucky enough to get an Ex Raid back during its era Shadow Ball period-you can’t get it now. When Mewtwo was released from its EX shackles for a global event-that move was removed from its TM pool. This used to be more unfortunate, but there are quite a lot of alternative Ghost-Type options at this point so don’t sweat it too much. Mewtwo was last a raid boss 11/7/2019 .It was last in Raids 0 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Charm / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Zen Headbutt / Outrage
-Resists: Psychic
-With Level 35 Mewtwo you need 4 players.

Gardevoir

Best Moveset: Charm / Dazzling Gleam

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Ralts nest, and were featured in Aug-2019’s community day. They are a decently accessible spawn in cloudy weather and also hatch from 10k eggs. In addition Kirlia is no stranger to 2 star raids.They do not however nest. Kirlia was last a raid boss 8/31/2019 .It was last in Raids 138 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Dragon Breath / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Charm / Psychic
-2xResists: Dragon
-Resists: Psychic
-With Level 35 Gardevoir you need 4 players.

Latias

Best Moveset: Dragon Breath / Outrage

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Latias was last available April 2019 in raids, and August 2019 in Research Breakthroughs.With Level 35 Latios, you need 2 players. Latias was last a raid boss 2/26/2019 .It was last in Raids 323 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Zen Headbutt / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Dragon Breath / Outrage
-Resists: Electric, Psychic
-Weak: Dragon
-With Level 35 Latias you need 4 players.

Tyranitar

Best Moveset: Bite / Crunch

⚔️ 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.
Tyranitar was last a raid boss 11/4/2019 .It was last in Raids 72 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Zen Headbutt / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Charm / Outrage
-2xResists: Psychic
-With Level 35 Tyranitar you need 4 players.

Hydreigon

Best Moveset: Dragon Breath / Dark Pulse

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Hydreigon is incredibly difficult to get, being Pseudo-legendary rarity, and released September 17th. Someday it will get a community day, but until then just hope to be lucky out hunting and hatching.

-Best Matchup: Charm / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Charm / Outrage
-2xResists: Psychic
-Resists: Electric
-Weak: Dragon
-With Level 35 Hydreigon you need 4 players.

Togekiss

Best Moveset: Charm / Dazzling Gleam

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐☆☆☆

Togekiss is the absolute bane of Fighting-Types, with stunning tankiness to boot. They compete with Gardevoir atop the Fairy Pokemon chart since receiving Charm as a Fast Attack! While Togekiss is excellent as a Raid Attacker and (even more so) a Gym Defender, its extremely expensive. Togetics are a white whale spawn, and Togepi are a random baby hatch from eggs. Then, even if you amass the 123 candy you need to evolve it- you must have a Sinnoh Stone. Which can only be acquired at Random from either Trainer Battles or Field Research Breakthroughs.

Togekiss is an ordeal to obtain for sure. But its formidable defensive utility is no joke. This family hatches from 7K eggs. Togetic was last a raid boss 10/5/2019 .It was last in Raids 85 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Dragon Breath / Outrage
-Worst Matchup: Dragon Breath / Psychic
-2xResists: Dragon
-Weak: Electric
-With Level 35 Togekiss you need 4 players.

Houndoom

Best Moveset: Snarl / Foul Play

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Houndoom ha the benefits of being a Dark-type that doesn’t involve a ton of extra work to evolve and find as a high level. You can find Houndours weather boosted in the common Sunny weather! its also a relatively common research reward as well. Houndour hatch from 5k Eggs. Houndour was last a raid boss 11/4/2019 .It was last in Raids 72 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Zen Headbutt / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Charm / Outrage
-2xResists: Psychic
-With Level 35 Houndoom you need 4 players.

Glaceon

Best Moveset: Frost Breath / Avalanche

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Glaceon evolves from Eevee, which is a nesting species, who has also been featured in community day, AND in many many events. Eevee is also just a decently common Pokemon in general, with even increased spawns in Partly Cloudy weather which is fairly common. If all else fails, you can acquire a shiny Eevee from the “Jump Start” Special Research quest part 4/6. Eevee is also a quest reward for the “Evolve a Pokemon” Field Research quests. “A Ripple in Time” Special Research also rewards a normal Eevee in both part 3 and part 4. After acquiring enough Eevee candy, Glaceon can be acquired in one of two ways: Either, you get a Glacial Lure Module and evolve Eevee while within its boundaries, or you use a ONE TIME USE naming trick, naming your Eevee “Rea” prior to evolving. This family hatches from 5K eggs. Eevee currently can be found in nests.Flareon was last a raid boss 11/4/2019 .It was last in Raids 72 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Dragon Breath / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Dragon Breath / Outrage
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-With Level 35 Glaceon you need 4 players.

Absol

Best Moveset: Snarl / Dark Pulse

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Absol is a Raid (and very rarely, Field Research) exclusive Pokemon. That means you can only get its candy from raiding, or walking it as a 5k buddy. Rare candy is an option too but a bit inefficient. It has been spawning in the wild, and in 10k Eggs, during Shiny Mewtwo Week starting September 9th 2019. Absol is a B list Dark Type, with similar DPS to Tyranitar, while having far less Bulk. its not optimal, but its quite a popular pokemon, and has a good attack stat. This family hatches from 10K eggs. Absol was last a raid boss 11/7/2019 .It was last in Raids 0 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Zen Headbutt / Psychic
-Worst Matchup: Charm / Outrage
-2xResists: Psychic
-With Level 35 Absol you need 4 players.

Granbull

Best Moveset: Charm / Play Rough

⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Snubbull are not currently hatching from eggs, but they do nest! Granbull has lived at the edge of viable for most of its tenure in PoGo. Now that its been given Charm, however, its a top tier Fairy-Type attacker! Granbull and Snubbull were last in raids September 2019. Snubbull currently can be found in nests.Granbull was last a raid boss 10/25/2019 .It was last in Raids 78 days ago.

-Best Matchup: Charm / Outrage
-Worst Matchup: Dragon Breath / Psychic
-2xResists: Dragon
-With Level 35 Granbull you need 4 players.