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Mega Garchomp Raid Guide
Download full size infograph here. Mega Garchomp is here! Maybe it is overshadowed by Groudon or Ray in raids, but it's up there! It has it's play in ML here and there as well, and look at that shiny! Double weakness to ice means use ice.. Those Mamoswines just keep...
Virizion Raid Guide
Download full size infograph here. It's Virizion season! It's not the biggest counter for raids, but it does show up from time to time. It's a pretty good pick for Ultra League, so worth getting if you like that kind of thing. How to beat this thing? It's one of those...
[Analysis] Mega Garchomp as a raid attacker: Overshadowed by Primals and Mega Ray
Mega Garchomp raid day happens on Saturday, November 11, 2-5pm local time. The official Japanese PoGo account also suggests that it will stay in Mega Raids afterwards until the morning of November 16. In this article, I will look at Mega Garchomp's role as a Ground-...
Genesect Raid Guide
Download full size infograph here. Genesect is here, how badly do you want it? Genesect is okay for PvE sometimes, but it often depends on what kind of hidden power you get rather than the special charge moves. It has a place in ultra league in GBL, but it's not going...
Mega Houndoom Raid Guide
Download full size inforgraph here. Mega Houndoom is here! Do you need it? Well, it's mega, so you need candy from raiding it to get one of your own. It's a top tier dark attacker, not a bad fire attacker, and it boosts your friends damage of like type...
[Analysis] New Halloween Shadows as raid attackers: Rhyperior/Rampardos, Excadrill, Chandelure (and more…?)
A Team GO Rocket Takeover starts at 10am on Thursday, October 26, and ends at 8pm on Tuesday, October 31. During this time, you can remove Frustration with a regular Charged TM. All these Shadow Pokemon will continue to be available even after the event. In this...
[Quick Analysis] Conkeldurr as a fighting-type raid attacker, without the CD move
Timburr Community Day takes place on Sunday, October 15, at 2pm-5pm local time. Any Conkeldurr evolved between 2pm-10pm will learn the CD move Brutal Swing. Brutal Swing is practically useless if you want to use Conkeldurr as a raid attacker (it's great in PvP...
[Quick Analysis] Shadow Moltres as a Fire and Flying-type raid attacker
Shadow Moltres is in local-only Shadow Tier 5 raids on weekends in October. They'll presumably end on October 29 (although may possibly end earlier if October 28-29 end up being a Shadow Lugia raid weekend as rumored). In this article, I cover its role as both a fire...
Raikou Raid Guide
Download full size infograph here. Raikou, legendary beast cat! I'm not backing down! It's a good cat, look at those teeth, it's a decent raid attacker, and a shadow version is even better, same candy, so go get an orange one! Ground it out for sure, you know the...
Suicune Raid Guide
Download full size infograph here. Suicune! Cat? Dog? Beast? I mean, it's blue and not super useful, but pretty and maybe someday it will get better moves? Grass and electric are key here, I hope you didn't miss Kartana and Xurkitree! If you did, I've got some to...