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.