16 BEST Value Pokemon To Power-Up in Pokémon GO!

[@Ekheim]

Don't forget that Terrakion is an excellent pick against Team Go Rocket. 3 fast attacks and then a charged attack. That's helped me burn so many shields against leaders.

[@MrJbattle17]

I also recommend lucario with power up punch or melmetal, with legacy moves bc they have decent resistances and are very strong

[@melihsarica91]

Attacks?

[@Ekheim]

@@melihsarica91 double kick/sacred sword

[@whydidhe360noscopeme7]

Virizon with double kick and sacred sword can be the same with the same dps, its just grass and fighting just in case you want one that lasts longer in raids

[@SashyAnnabanana]

My rural self to stardust & candy: I don't even know who you are

[@CS97660]

Good thing tanking in pvp can get you over 1m dust and 500 rare candies in 3 months.

[@timnimigean8971]

​@icycoldfurnacegenerally you want to win 3 from a set, then lose 2. Maybe every so often lose 3 out of 5 and win 2. If you do that, your ranking will stay low enough that you will have easy matchups and you'll be able to win 3 out of 5 consistently, just purposely lose 2 from each set to keep from ranking up

[@timnimigean8971]

​@icycoldfurnacealso you can lookup the level requirements for go battle league. You can lose like all your matches and still reach level 10 or something. Just by completing matches you level up. After that you start having to win some but youll get to 20 pretty quickly then just win 3 out of 5 each set to keeo your rank down

[@blissstated]

It took me several years (-4 yrs) of being strategic and grinding for good 91%+ IV’s for at least 90% of the meta/ pvp and shadow versions of each attack/ defence tiered Pokemon! A lot of them I have like 2-3 each for raid/ gym attacking purposes lol I’m pleased to finally see everything fall into place and though most aren’t maxed out, they’re close or over level 40+! My niche now is meta relavant shiny shadow Pokemon, niched gym defending Pokemon and adding a third attack for pvp relevant Pokemon 🥰 Though ppl always make fun of my lack of stardust they quickly realize that I have a well rounded overall team in every typing! 😤

[@Quackerz2023]

Hell yeah i get that too. We got no stardust cause we building a damn army 😂

[@Hohzaye]

What are good gym defending linemen?

[@Quackerz2023]

@Hohzaye me and my girlfriend always have a blissey 500cp, and a gardevoir 500cp. They compliment eachother great in gyms Others could be slaking, metagross, alolan muk, tyranitar Try to put pokemon with lower cp because they keep their health for longer

[@solataire9805]

Ok

[@Eeveeking201]

I was worried about what to power up for so long. This really helped me out!

[@jollyopossum]

0:00 Error 404 we don't have stardust

[@aaralyninity.tricks]

Watch out for stardust bonuses

[@one-sidedghoul]

Also XL candy ,elite TM, Extra meteorite 😅

[@orangeroadlove7185]

hahahahah

[@ziggy2976]

Do some pvp

[@Rishikesh9910]

I have 5 million Stardust isn't it a good number

[@vaiuuii]

Tyranitar and Dragonite should also be here.

[@Manannam]

I thought about Ttar too but problem is that its fast move Smack Down is legacy, so no quick changing by regular TMs.

[@ace-byronjohnferdbulan8687]

Right ttar and dragonite should be in here

[@MetallicDec75]

Def dragonite he's my fav go to battles raids etc. ❤

[@PSYCHOV3N0M]

​@@MetallicDec75Dragon types are cool but they're basically useless for Raids when I have a team of Mamoswine and Shadow Mamoswine with great IV's.

[@furiatrifasica]

Dragonite is a C tier right now dragon type bro

[@DanielDenoted]

You're the man. This is the type of video we need. I rarely powerup pokemon out of fear of wasting it. Videos like this calm my fears lol gotta spend it eventually lol

[@PSYCHOV3N0M]

The Pokemon Go Gamepress website has a Attacker Tier List with all of this info and more. No need to wait for a KZbin video.

[@therealDT1]

watching this knowing I can't afford any of it

[@nikgokuhil]

Very helpful list, I've been trying to get good shadow excadrill for quite a while, rhyperior, mamoswine and garchomp have been a blessing to me, if nothing else, I got a great team of ground and rock types

[@ldsoliz]

Absolutely love these type of videos you put out!!

[@josephmcneil7427]

I’ve been steadily building out a team of shadow mewtwo: 5 with psystrike, 5 with shadow ball, and then between those put a second move on 5 for elemental coverages.

[@josenavarro4314]

Rayquaza has always been my favorite pokemon and I was happy to see it coming back to raids because I wasn't playing when it first came out. But I work and don't have the time to go to places for raids. Thought maybe I can remote them but no, it's not happening which sucks. Oh well

[@bunnysuicide7952]

3 pokemon I missed on this list: Swampert, got a strong mega, good for both water and ground type raids attacks, and great in all 3 leagues. My favourite non legendary besides Mamoswine And then Kyogre and Groudon. The primal versions are super strong, the best in their typing and both are great in the master league too. I’ve used them much more often than Dialga or Yveltal

[@danthekangaman]

I can already tell I’ll be sending this link a lot in the Discord 😂great video as always Dax, thank you for the videos, they’re always the best

[@_al7111]

how 1 month ago???

[@titoalexandree]

@@_al7111time traveler

[@Verdognolo]

Can you andvise some discord channels to play raid??

[@finalboss1015]

Tip also for Roserade: it has a baby form, meaning you can also add the second move for a discounted stardust cost. 10k for budew, and 50k for Roselia and Roserade.

[@CentrureAstrike]

I think Salamence/Shadow Salamence/Mega Salamence deserves an Honarable Mention. After getting access to Fly in the new Season, it's Raw Power as a Flying Type Raid Attacker even without a Flying Type Fast Move is CRAZY. It even has a higher DPS than Regular Rayquaza WITH Dragon Ascent. (Which is even more absurd considering how broken Dragon Ascent is) The best part is that you don't really need to switch the Fast Move, and you can just leave it on Dragon Tail, unless the raid boss you're fighting is a Grass Type, then in that instance Fire Fang is better.

[@pokeninjaofficial]

This video is so helpful I have millions of Stardust that I don’t know what to use on!

[@Ancalagon777]

In PvP for zekrom, almost everyone runs fusion bolt. Wild charge makes it a better closer, but fusion bolt is more consistent since you aren’t debuffing yourself.

[@almightyelm5695]

I feel there is a massive oversight here being that Palkia Origin forme is currently the best Dragon raider a great water raider and literally destroys everything in its path. Currently the best Pokemon in the game right now.

[@Brad-Bester]

Always making the most relevant and useful vids for us much love daxi❤️

[@terrencemiltner1005]

Thanks for the rundown. Just spent a bunch of Fast TM to update some Pokemon.

[@kikpopstar8254]

I’ve poured all my resources into a shadow metagross and it’s been so helpful for me. Highly recommend

[@BnBLion.]

Im shocked not to see groudon on the list

[@lcjcurt2089]

should have been right there in the top 3, probably replacing dialga

[@BigPat216]

I would say it's more important than Mewtwo and Ray

[@pokeballdkdenmark8464]

I can't believe you don't have Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon on your list - boosting the entire raid like Mega Rayquaza (a bug not much talked about prevented that from working for Mega Ray until some unknown time this year).

[@DrThunder2004]

For Dialga/Palkia Orogin, it is worth noting that you cannot get their special move via Elite TM.

[@TomNgo-b8d]

Great Guide! Just what I needed, Thanks

[@bubbeN999]

update this pls

[@gogglenation3014]

Really good and put together video very helpful

[@pokedaxi]

appreciate ya!

[@pokemongoplayer8659]

Dax put a video like this for great and ultra league Pokemon this video was very useful ❤

[@mysteriousm.9158]

Pleased to see that I already have a decent amount of Pokémon out of your list. Thank you!!!:)

[@regal222]

Great video with new PVP season and go fest coming up!

[@301nav]

Yveltal is actually gonna become really good in Master League once the Necrozma forms become common after global GO Fest

[@RyanS3817]

You should have also said what the non-shadow ranking was for each in its type instead of just the shadow ranking. Good shadows are harder to come by with people having more chance of having a good non-shadow.

[@thekweewee]

Agree. I'm a returning player from 2017 when shadows didn't exist. I only have access to the current shadows

[@smudgey1572]

Fun fact shadow exca is also the number 3 steel type raid attacker(metal claw and iron head) so it’s essentially the most useful Pokémon on the entire non legendary list and perhaps overall.

[@fictionworld1289]

Less than garchomp

[@smudgey1572]

@@fictionworld1289 true that good call

[@caustic1611]

Eyyyyyy I've been waiting for this one 👀

[@DaveAkaCeladris]

I totally expected you to say Bidoof for #1 lol. Thanks for a great video!

[@ambrosiocalderon2336]

Very useful video! Ty 🎉🎉

[@mikem6611]

Thx boss, would appreciate part 2 top 16

[@donaldtNS]

Hopefully the raids coming out of Go Fest are in the Mewtwo / Rayquaza tier for legendaries. The latter seems possible with the season being Flying themed but given that Mega Ray is in freaking Elite Raids, who knows.

[@thecaptainatlas]

I need Mewtwo raids to come back! My favorite Gen 1 Pokemon. Definitely going to spam raids the next time I can.

[@arxhetype1828]

After like 7 years I Finally restarted legitly playing pokemone go (shout out Pokémon ++ tho, loved not having to walk around) this game has become so much different, I’ve been playing for like 4 days , I’m level 28 an have 7 shiny’s

[@TRWottie]

Keep up the banging content 🎉❤

[@liamod8599]

Just the video I needed 🎉

[@rayhan3704]

Should also add giratina origin, it sees alot of play as a ghost raid attacker, and in pvp, being useful in all 3 leagues.

[@CJ_Dub]

Garchomp is the goat, and my personal favorite pokemon

[@Leto85]

My first Origin Form Dialga was a SHUNDO. One day later i've managed to raise it to level 50! No regrets. XD

[@phillipleety]

Thank you so much. This is so useful

[@thomasaldridge3179]

I also think shadow dragonite deserves a mention, good in all 3 leagues and as a raid attacker too

[@christopherlawyer4214]

I'd make a case for Gyarados being a fantastic value pokemon. In the master league #29/24 (shadow). In Master Premier #7 (shadow)/#4 regular. As a water attacker Mega #5/ Shadow #7/ Regular #10. As a dark attacker Mega #13, (not top 30 for either shadow or regular). As a dragon type attacker Mega #29. It's got good value in PVP. The mega can be used as a water/dark/barely dragon attacker. The non mega can be used as a water attacker. And candy/xl candy/mega energy is easy to get by walking.

[@MasterBamarah]

F2P players are the punching the air right now… 😂🤣

[@mikegarcia1713]

You pay money for this phone game?

[@1MoB_BLUD]

I don’t think f2p players watching stuff like this tbh plus pogo way cheaper than a lot of mobile games like gotc

[@212Romulus]

I'm f2p played casually forever but it's helps to know the meta even if you aren't selling out cash

[@InfiniteDetailing101]

@@mikegarcia1713the whole world does

[@hydraclockblast]

I think you get to rank 20 then you can get a legendary or mythical Pokémon

[@Bassel2112]

Sweet, got a hundo shadow weavile, didn’t realize he was rated so high.

[@DaddyBerns137]

I’ve been playing for a month and learned a lot from your videos. But I have a question. Are these the “best” assuming they’re 100 iv?

[@lelouchchanbc]

During the Scorching event, at least boosted hatch rate for Charcedet and Larvesta will be good enough but Niantic even does not do this too!!!

[@TreFKennedy]

Zekrom and Reshiram top 5, you love to see it

[@Michael5carn]

Surprised no Dragonite. It's super useful for both raids and PVP in all leagues plus it's been around since the beginning and has had several events for people to get candy/xl candy.

[@Dizz2019]

You could argue that yveltal is good in master and pve. Ive used it even without its legacy move to wild success. That and dragonite are both great.

[@andrewtucker2014]

Big fan of this list, I wish I had this when I started playing!

[@ryanhelm1813]

Just got past the budget power ups, im not sure how gyarados with legacy aqau tail missed this list. Great in the ML, especially when legends/mythics are banned. Can use it for stab water dmg or stab dark dmg as the mega. Also gets a dragon moveset if you need to use it for like a non stab dragon attacker (only if you really dont have 5-6 higher level pokemon that counter dragons).

[@BlackAdam-xn3qw]

Great vid!

[@Anne-qk3ch]

I'm with Pokemamma, I have some powered up Mammoswine that I use constantly. Great for rockets too.

[@trickle2257]

I really liked this video. I think it would have been more informational if you added the rankings for the non shadows. You really only commented the shadows ranking I really would have liked to seen both rankings for the shadow and the non shadow variations. video was very nicely done I liked the format and the on screen layout well done. Just add the non shadow rankings and it would have been perfect.

[@benjasoto23]

Thanks pokedaxi

[@吳軒銘-k5d]

I think Origin Palkia should be on your top 5

[@michaelpang-oden2244]

Great vid

[@Caden32105]

Garchomp is an absolute animal!!! I need him so bad so I can actually grow my account. Sad it takes 59 years to get anywhere in this game.

[@3nvixivity]

Bro im watching this as if I have these pokemon and have enough stardust to power them up

[@aaralyninity.tricks]

Wait for spotlight hour morelul and use a starpiece for 1hr 😊Thank me later

[@PurdueRox13]

I enjoy seeing double-legacy Mewtwo in Master League.

[@_al7111]

daxi i have hundo shadow darmuka should i evolve it or pover it up??????????????

[@MrWadeBarrett]

No, transfer that garbage

[@fictionworld1289]

Upto about level 35, that should be good enough

[@Trailer__Swift]

Both…

[@_al7111]

so i shoudent evolve it?

[@_al7111]

@@Trailer__Swift ok

[@FloppaFarrell]

3:05 correction: shadow rampardos is the best rock type attacker excluding megas

[@fictionworld1289]

That is in terms of dps, overall shadow rhyperior is better as it has enough bulk to land some charge moves

[@Koentf]

Good information now i now how i needto juse my stardust😅

[@korzork]

Awesome video man !

[@fictionworld1289]

I find myself using Mega Rayquaza the most. Dragon Ascent is insane. Mewtwo is a close second

[@fictionworld1289]

If ice beam on mewtwo is only single super effective even then mega ray does more damage. It oushines mega ray in terms of ice, fire or electric type dps only if thise are double super effective , not the case with shadow ball

[@DeviousDrew100]

No groudon??? Top ground raid attacker (primal version) Good fire raid attacker (primal version) - super effective damage against grass with fire punch while giving you extra candies #8 in master league

[@NoName-pi3dx]

Rhyperior is also an excellent Gym defender too. Great resist profile, strong normal moves.

[@2TheMaxKing2]

i legit dont even use my shadow rhyperior/ normal rhyperior bc it does like no dmg its just a tank

[@franciscolaurean8550]

Is it? Resist doesnt mean much when you have 2 double weaknesses

[@gabriyelp]

It has two double weaknesses and a single weakness that is shared with the most common gym defenders... Probably one of the worst defenders in my opinion.

[@JoaXinPerez]

Good video, but I'm surprised Palkia wasn't there 😱

[@PeterMurrayj]

Ty for this

[@yemichu]

for shadow pokemon, do i have to get the good iv or i can just evolve it? bcs most of my shadows are only 1 or 2 stars

[@17Gecko]

Surprised groudon and kyogre arent on here 🤔

[@LiveLikeCris]

Mew is slept on in GO

[@01gengargaming4]

Run focus blast in PvP , it's a very underrated attack with full of suprise , can 1 hit ko many

[@juraganash2809]

I am surprised to not see Swampert in here

[@gabriyelp]

Zekrom has an ER score 97% as high with Wild Charge than with Fusion Bolt for PVE so not that bad of a deal to use your Master League Zekrom for PVE too. And Mewtwo has a 93% ER score with Psychic compared to having Psystrike in PVE. Clearly not as good in PVP though, but it means if you already have a Mewtwo for the Master League with Psystrike, it's probably not that useful to Elite TM a Psystrike on it.

[@Chris-tz2um]

I didn’t get enough energy for rayquaza this past appearance. Also no mewtwo. Have a perfect zekrom and a perfect shadow excadrill though that are already best buddies. Just need a ton of XLs.

[@SM-hf1en]

He forgot metagross

[@regal222]

Can you consider making a video about the PVP Pokémon that need XL candy and a lot of stardust so we can maybe save for that?

[@ovcrash]

You should share a search string for your list. It would be easier for to organize our pokemon base on your information. Thanks.

[@vitezoman5]

Currently on my list of getting hundos are for the weather trio, more specially for my boi Groudon and for Rayquaza. I do have my one and single meteorite from Go Fest and I'm waiting for a hundo or a shundo (if I'm lucky) because I don't want to waste it on a Rayquaza that is like 89% in terms of IV's, which is currently my best one. Let's hope during the mega Rayquaza raid day I get the luck to get a hundo so I can use it on

[@KaiaKaito]

I would add Metagross and Togekiss to the List Both are good/amazing in Raids and have good use in the Master League AND Metagross will get the mega in the future which will be great x3

[@MasonsWorldOfficial]

Dragonite, Charizard, Origin Palkia, Zacian, and Togekiss Left the Chat

[@RedRum1347]

Chanderlure is actually really fun and pretty decent in master premier

[@corylyonsmusic]

I just wish it was possible to get enough stardust to power up more than a handful of the whole hundreds that are in the game😂

[@tf8327]

What about Metagross? What about Marchamp? What about Lucario? What about Togekiss? I use them on daily bases. And as a secret wappon Gholdengo... Hard to get, but very good. And honorable mention Melmetal as easy to get Mystical. By the way I love to use my Yveltal...

[@jestdevz]

Tyranitar, Salamence and Dragonite.. I think must also be on the lists (specially Tyranitar).

[@Yoshikid666]

I just recently received a hundo armored mewtwo from a lucky trade. My question is that is it basically the same as a regular mewtwo in terms of power? Is it worth powering up just like the regular one?

[@skeletondragon3694]

You're right about garchomp only one hp left, and thanks garchomp i won togekiss

[@LilItaly]

I am a new player to Pokémon GO and have not played Pokémon games since generation three. A written list would be very helpful because I'm not even certain how you even spell most of these let alone do I know what Pokémon they evolve from so I don't even know what to look for

[@monuow]

Also if u consider both pvp and pve and accessibility, DNite and Metegross should make the list!

[@basillah7650]

the noob never played a pokemon game before go should not take advice from him only thing he can do is read the in game news out for people to lazy to read themselves.

[@Foxtrot3996]

Got a hundo Gardevoir, I think I’m set. 👍

[@pelt8]

ayeeee same

[@clink50]

Where do we go to find the updated rankings for raid attackers like you've listed in the video here? I see the link to the raid attacker rankings, but I was expecting to see where it says something like Mamoswine is #1 ice attacker and #6 for ground attacker for example.

[@Alice_Haukea]

Is there a trick to the shadow versions? Most often, they have terrible IVs. I assume you're saying to keep them shadow form and just power them up. But what IV threshold am I aiming for?