Best Pokémon to POWER-UP In Pokémon GO (2024 UPDATED)

[@DeltaNrOne]

“We fixed raids” 1. Do not see animations for charged attacks anymore. 2. Machinepewpew charged attacks 3. Dodging feels like “swipe till i see a normal attack” instead of stratigic dogding. But sure “fixed raids”

[@milomateer6565]

I was wondering why I keep getting one shot out of nowhere

[@GameRobotPlayz]

The lag and getting kicked out as well.

[@radiant3921]

They didn’t say that, but whatever. Go ahead and just lie.

[@BGFutureBG]

4. Party play power button is not activatable for most of the fight

LOLLL

[@TreFKennedy]

Them nerfing Zekrom and Reshiram was the reason that lead to my exile

[@omarholder9036]

Grinding legends for raiding was always a scam.

[@mauroponce3739]

Probably making room for Black/White Kyurem

[@stephen7292]

Zekrom got buffed, only Reshiram got nerfed

[@TreFKennedy]

@@stephen7292 no Zekrom didn’t, it went from being 2nd best electric type attacker Down to 8th best

[@GHOST22x02]

@@stephen7292you tripping

[@BunBoHue]

Crazy how some pokemon that were on top, don’t even crack top 10 anymore for raid meta.

[@scholmanbryan]

welcome tot the world how pvpers feel😂

[@danielfix8961]

Can i attacks gyms with These pokemons in this Video?

facts

[@grimoire3940]

i hate that normal pokemon are better for raids then LEGENDARIES or ULTRA BEASTS. it kinda defeats on of the main purposes of wanting one

[@NSTRIKER15]

Shout out to Glaceon being the top Eeveelution out of the bunch 🎉

[@sunshinegamer5807]

I say use what ever pokemon as long as it get stab and it strong against the one I'm facing.

[@jmoriarty8000]

I had a list of pokemon to power up and most aren’t even in this video now 😂

[@seejoshrun1761]

And unless you're trying to short-man, you literally don't ever need more than that. Strong attacking pokemon with super effective moves is all you need.

[@Rapishad]

I would love a breakdown of the best budget picks for each type. Which ones make sense and might be easier to get. Megas are tough to always have, Shadows can be tough to get. So like a middle of the road type player break down.

[@libradawg9]

Shadows are tough because of the crapiness of Rocket spawns, but Megas are easy. Most of them are regular meta, except the top 3 because of course they are.

[@sampp44]

Just search top attackers for either types (steel, ice ground etc.) or raid bosses (rayquaza, giratina, darkrai etc.) and then pick the most affordable one for you

[@novashaven9132]

Or non-Legend/Myths/Megas. Though I can except Shadow & Megas

[@Tympro-oi6iq]

There is like 30 times different fast move on the screen snd what you say. Now I'm super confused which I should use...

[@joni2417]

0:19 The question I'm asking myself is how long should I wait to be sure those Changes are final. I don't want to teach my Shadow Dragonite Draco Meteor with a Elite TM, for those Changes to be reverted the Day after.

[@will78787]

We have no clue. Nothing is permanent with niantic other than the low amount of pokecoins that we can get for free a day from gyms

[@Heichou96]

Idk, I am a bit disappointed for things like legacy salamence's outrage which is outplayed by not legacy dragometeor. What am I supposed to do? Teaching bot of them because forgetting a legacy move is crazy? Same for Alakazam with psychic and future sight

[@tetra_5404]

they say they may adjust it over time. So we can't be safe at all. There could be a change coming next year and changing up everything again and again. so basically a money machine with a fake meta

[@Lloyd_Irving]

Don't make any changes at this time is my recommendation. And tbh I would never get rid of a legacy move just to earn a few more seconds. Most of these changes aren't worth investing in

[@LuisLopez-qw4cd]

I have a dragonite 96% with 15 attack which have draco meteor long time ago. I evolved during community day dratini sadly i didn't have a shadow one to evolve but i take what i get. Anyway the point is its better to at least have one or two with legacy moves whenever community day comes around so if those legacy move will come in handy next time also i have a pvp dragonite with draco meteor in Ultra league just in case. I say its important to come prepared for the future.

[@jeffallanday]

RIP Kartana

[@kentrodrigoroble8822]

And my rare candies too 😢😢😂

[@CrimsonThornX]

Yeah, I was very close to maxing out a hundo one I got last year, just for this to happen.

[@jeffallanday]

@CrimsonThornX I didn't have a hundo but I powered a few of mine up.

[@andrew3404]

on the bright side, it didn't get worse as much as others got better

[@CS97660]

Huh? It's still solid. Others are just buffed. Making raids overall easier lol.

[@KinglyMajesty]

as someone who got back into playing GO within the last 4ish months, out of all the POGO YTers your videos have been the most helpful and insightful. i enjoy the way you go in depth and explain features rather than just grazing over things as if we all should already know whats going on. really appreciate your content, keep up all the awesome work! (btw your 'Settings' video was SUPER helpful, after downloading all the sprites, etc natively, my game runs much more smoothly!)

[@reyalberto4484]

Idc what the list says this Kartana will still be carrying me

[@miguelcavazos6611]

Hell yeah

[@thunder7209409904ag]

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[@radiant3921]

Might as well. It’s still good.

[@crablax16]

For me it was much more helpful, and pleasant to look at, when you organized into one large group on the screen, so I see all Pokémon in a group at once. Otherwise great vid!

[@TreFKennedy]

And just like that , Nerfantic restored the raid meta Daxi, so pretty much Zekrom, Reshiram, Kartana, Shadow Metagross and etc are back to the top of their respective typing

[@MetroRetro31]

lol the person in the background

[@jmoriarty8000]

His gf I guess

[@jaustill237]

@@jmoriarty8000 That used to happen a lot in the older TrainerTips videos.

[@monsterteamtr6488]

That smack down on terrakion threw me off guard while he was saying double kick

[@johnnydiaz5196]

A lot of the screen shown moves are different from your spoken moves. Which are correct? This video is super helpful and I am gonna put these to use, just want to know which is correct. Thanks for another great video Daxi!

Do u have some examples cause I made sure to put all correct moves on screen. Follow what I said though if there is an issue

[@jasonreardon8477]

Ye there were probably at least 10 dif ones that words and on screen were wrong.

[@medix1203]

7:20 is one

[@BryceDriesenga]

Found: Mega Glalie 9:50 Glaceon 9:55 Shadow Gengar 7:21 Rayquaza 6:33 Shadow Darmanitan 5:48 Terrakion 5:04 Altered Form Palkia 3:01

[@MrAtom631]

Shadow mewtwo psychocut psystrike vs confusion on screen. I just got completely confused. (12:19)

[@hasanvilla5762]

The issue here is Niantic should have said something when the changes happened instead of going silent. Perhaps it was an accident, but then one could argue why hasn’t it been reverted and to that I have no answer. I think people wouldnt have been as upset if Niantic announced with the new season the raid meta was changing because then people wouldn’t have spent candy and stardust on their pokemon which aren’t as good as they once were. Metas are gonna change in a game regardless of the time invested it’s bound to happen because if not it will get stale fast, but how they went about doing it wasn’t the right way.

[@kipp14]

I would consider the dragon type should higher up in the ranking since a solid number of dual role attackers outside their legends that allow role compression. Once I start getting second moves on my shadow garchomps I'll have my dragon and ground teams covered which is nice 3 shadow one mega and 2 regular as flex while I build my second shadow Groudon

[@vdsp1]

The budget options section should not have been taken out. Im sure the types that only had legendaries, shadows and megas were completely useless for a lot of players.

[@raudra07]

some of them, niantic buffed the non legacy move. For example the shadow garchomp, earthpower is not recomended over earthquake anymore. and earthquake is non legacy move.

[@arnavbansal5189]

14:19 bro mega sharpedo doesn’t even exist in the game

[@anterosauditore5850]

Ups spoiler of the mega raid day

[@naborus05]

@@anterosauditore5850 Mega Raid Day is Mega Mawile 😂

[@vitezoman5]

This is why I don't power up pokemons sometimes or just power up a bit, since it might not be useful or just waste my stardust. Good thing I didn't power up any of my Kartana's

[@Pygs]

6:55 take a shot every time he says shadow

[@kingsqueedgybotgaming]

I wouldnt say the normal type is useless. Its pretty good when you dont have a pokemon thats a top attacker, it can be an all rounder like Regigigas with Giga Impact

[@koopakid3102]

Based In What I’ve seen on Reddit, it looks like they changed the moves back to what the DPS roughly were, to scale with the 0.5s changes they did. I’m really bummed bc Gamepress used to show Shadow magnezone #1 now it’s back to 8 :(((((

[@cairneoleander8130]

It also looks like they may be preparing to shift around the meta seasonally, hence why as we get into October Ghost types got a big buff and Poison (which Ghost resists) got nerfed, or how we are approaching Winter and Ice types got buffed.

[@dirkderolf4021]

I think it is fundamentally wrong to nerf Pokemon or nerf moves after people have invested in them. Another slap in the face from Niantic. No surprise in that at all.

[@alojzypopiolek]

9:54 - SO WHICH MOVE IS BETTER? FROST BREATH OR ICE SHARD?

[@BeaniesDowonders]

Glad we are getting a video about great Pokémon after the rework thanks Dax

[@andyd8434]

The usefullness rating was interesting as i use rock, dark, ground, grass, fire and fairy only types in raids. Coverage pretty much everywhere so less to focus on and power up.

[@tetra_5404]

"we might change it over time" so that basically means that they can turn around everything at their own will whenever they think its right? So it's literally pointless to power up any pokemons since its not safe they be usefull over time. They really that greedy for money...

[@mattbridges4223]

Great graphics, would stil love to see numbers! It would help compare how much better 1 vs 2 is etc

[@emanelfeky5829]

What’s the most up to date website for checking rankings

[@jdshrader72]

When you made your old video like this, you put all the Pokémon of one type on the screen at once I would screen shot that. In future videos hook us up with that graphic please 🙏. Thanks for the content. From a fan in Wv ✌️😎

[@Stinky-m9z]

this is hilarious because it has changed 2 more times since this video has come out

[@Inspactah1]

Your meta collection really doesn't matter when a regular 5* raid boss can be beaten by 4-5 trainers with decent mons. I've been playing from the beginning and I remember when we had to gather 12 trainers to beat a Lugia. Now raiding is easier than ever with remote raids, leveling up to 40 takes a month if you are slow and after this I see crying babies, "OMG my favourite mon got nerfed, hate Niantic". I spent millions of startdust to max out my Eeveeolutions, non of them are top meta (maybe Glaceon but it's because Ice type has low overall DPS) and I don't care. Play for fun. thx

[@arjavjain7229]

Who is leveling up to 40 in a month?💀 i dont think its possible unless you spend a lot like maxed pokemon storage max items and then raid hard

[@aaronconlin]

@@arjavjain7229I got my alt to level 40 in maybe a month and a half playing casually. Friendship exp is broken.

[@an_average_bam]

Quite happy that my highest cp Pokémon are these listed: Dawn Wings Necrozma: 4618cp Dusk Maine Necrozma: 4598cp Kyogre: 4586 Groudon: 4573 Nihilego: 4311

[@lelouchchanbc]

Another mythical Pokemon special research must introduce in Pokemon Go, this special research to lead players a guaranteed Dynamax Mythical Pokemon. For example Dynamax ( Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Shaymin, Victini, Meleotta, Keldeo, Diancie, Hoopa Confine, Marshadow, Magearna, Zarude, Volcanian?, Zeraora? etc) Must at least have two special researhes for each type Dynamax Mythical Pokemon. One is grant Dynamax Mythical Pokemon another will grant Shiny Dynamax Mythical Pokemon..

[@spencerchleung3670]

I do think that niantic is somehow ruining player’s money as well as effort at raids and community day.Before the update, people may spend a lot of money to hunt for great raid attacker like kartana, shadow raikou, reshiram, and terrakion ,although they are still strong, they cannot be used for duo raid as they cannot output the most amount of damage. This change affects all of the trainer especially the trainer in rural area. They need to build up another several Pokémon in order to duo a raid with no help of other people.

[@claritarejoice]

Where can I get this in written/chart form?

[@tetra_5404]

prolly pokemon go hub website. But idk if they already updated their charts

[@andrewtucker2014]

Pokemon go hub is a good spot

[@declan1125]

Twitter

[@JimJoe-v3h]

@@declan1125could you pls elaborate, Daxi’s twitter?

[@reevil402]

Bro Fairy is 5/5. Like every second Legendary Raid has Dragon Type, and also extremely useful against Fighting Type for example Zamazenta and against Dark Type for example Darkrai.

[@lelouchchanbc]

Now I want to comment on how to introduce SHADOW DYNAMAX POKEMON AND IT'S SHINY. Same method battle with Go Team Rocket members but dark Pokestops will have red aura cloud on top of it indicates team go rocket has a Shadow Dynamax Pokemon. When come to leaders and boss, red cloud Pokestops will appears when players uses Rocket Radar and Super Rocket Radar respectively. Shadow Dynamax Pokemon of course have DOUBLE AURA. One is dark shadow aura and another is red cloud plus red aura for Dynamax Pokemon. When battle with Team Go Rocket it should be acquire larger battle space because those Pokemon will turn to huge size. Unlike Dynamax raid, when players and Team Go Rocket when they hold Pokeball, it will immediately turn to max ball and players and Go Team Rocket throw the max ball then Dynamax Pokemon for players definitely for Shadow Dynamax Pokemon will show off. Only Dynamax Pokemon will allowed for players to use in this kind of battle. Shadow Dynamax Pokemon can be purify to become Purified Dynamax Pokemon. As usual, shadow dark aura will replace with Bright Light Aura and Red Cloud plus Red Aura, this is Purified Dynamax Pokemon..

[@Sphynx00]

Having Ghost the same as Bug at 2/5 is an insane take especially when you list Water at 3/5 when it only has a single good attacker.

[@forkbear3521]

I’m so ready to up my power raids for pokemon

[@philipprior1529]

Hey Daxi... thanks for the info! Quick question though, I noticed that sometimes the audio of the moves you were saying did not match up with the image as for the best move set for some of these… Is there one that is more correct in these circumstances? Also, what would be super helpful in the future if you do another one of these would be to possibly make an infographics link for it in the comments section, so that we can refer back to it quickly in the future as a saved image… I actually just sat here and wrote notes on the entire video to help me organize priority. Either way, super helpful to have someone go over all of these in one spot, so thanks again!

[@Hambam123]

Your ability to pronounce all of the ‘mons names correctly deserves an award

[@Lexityyy]

one small thingy; glazeon iceshard in audio, frost breath visual. thanks for the good video btw! :)

[@danielfix8961]

You think this pokemons in this Video are perfekt to Attack gyms?

[@BoBnfishy]

I think your ratings for the types are very fair and well thought out. Fantastic work man

[@pogo.exp_79]

Except ice is on the same level as ground when the ice types in the game are so bad glaceon makes an appearance

[@ChefQuilava156]

For anyone confused or wondering, the pictures on screen are the correct moves and info

[@BuffaloFeather]

Why should I power up, evolve, invest in anything when it’s: 1) extremely expensive to power up in the first place 2) one time only legacy, CD, raid/power spot event exclusive moves; and now evolutions (looking at shiny shadow Koffing) 3) Isolated power-up resources required for Dynamax/Gigantamax forms 4) Seasonal tuning that negates previous investments Like, I want to evolve my Dynamax Scorbunny to take on the Giganamax starters. BUT the eventual Comm Day exclusive moves and potential for Gigantamax Shiny debut just makes it feel like a “waste of time and resources”. I get the pressure to make these types of decisions feel impactful. But, it just feels paralyzing at this point.

[@statigious]

You should make a tier list instead. Just mention the moves like you already do and it would simplify everything

[@Ltolli06_]

Finally got Zacian, Gengar and Muk combo in that raid went pretty well

[@BryceDriesenga]

Summarized by Gemini: Bug: Fury cutter nerf Mega Heracross with Struggle Bug and Mega Horn Mega Pincer with Bug Bite and X-Scissor Mega Beedrill with Infestation and X-Scissor Shadow Pincer with Bug Bite and X-Scissor Mega Caesar with Fury Cutter and X-Scissor Vikavolt with Bug Bite and X-Scissor Yanmega with Bug Bite and Bug Buzz Dark: Bite nerf for raids Mega Tyranitar with Bite and Brutal Swing Shadow Tyranitar with Bite and Brutal Swing Mega Houndoom with Snarl and Foul Play Mega Gengar with Sucker Punch and Dark Pulse Mega Gyarados with Bite and Crunch Shadow Weal with Snarl and Foul Play Yveltal with Sucker Punch and Dark Pulse Mega Absol with Snarl and Payback Hydreigon with Bite and Brutal Swing Darkrai with Snarl and Dark Pulse Dragon: Draco Meteor buff Mega Rayquaza with Dragon Tail and Outrage Mega Garchomp with Dragon Tail and Outrage Mega Salamance with Dragon Tail and Draco Meteor Palkia (Origin Form) with Dragon Tail and Spatial Rend Shadow Salamance with Dragon Tail and Draco Meteor Shadow Dragonite with Dragon Tail and Draco Meteor Shadow Garchomp with Dragon Tail and Outrage Mega Latios with Dragon Breath and Dragonclaw Dialga (Origin Form) with Dragon Breath and Roar of Time Palkia with Dragon Tail and Draco Meteor Shadow Latios with Dragon Breath and Dragonclaw Mega Latias with Dragon Breath and Outrage Salamance with Dragon Tail and Draco Meteor Rayquaza with Dragon Tail and Outrage Electric: Spark buff Shadow Magnezone with Spark and Wild Charge Shadow Raichu with Thundershock and Wild Charge Zekrom with Spark and Discharge Manectric with Thunder Fang and Wild Charge Shadow Luxray with Spark and Wild Charge Shadow Electivire with Thundershock and Wild Charge Zapdos with Charge Beam and Fusion Bolt Shadow Zapdos with Thundershock and Thunderbolt Magnezone with Spark and Wild Charge Thundershock and Thunderbolt Raichu with Thundershock and Wild Charge Mega Manectric with Volt Switch and Zap Cannon Fairy: Charm, Dazzling Gleam, Fairy Wind, and Moonblast nerfs Mega Gengar with Charm and Dazzling Gleam Shadow Gengar with Charm and Dazzling Gleam Aromatisse with Fairy Wind and Dazzling Gleam Shadow Granbull with Charm and Play Rough Xerneas with Geomancy and Moonblast Hatterene with Charm and Dazzling Gleam Hoga kiss with Charm and Dazzling Gleam Granbull with Charm and Play Rough Fighting: Counter nerf Low kick buff Mega Lucario with Force Palm and Aura Sphere Shadow Machamp with Counter and Dynamic Punch Mega Blaziken with Counter and Focus Blast Shadow Conkeldurr with Counter and Dynamic Punch Shadow Hariyama with Force Palm and Dynamic Punch Shadow Hitmonlee with Low Kick and Focus Blast Mega Lopunny with Low Kick and Focus Blast Lucario with Force Palm and Aura Sphere Fire: Fire Spin and Overheat buffs Fire Fang nerf Mega Blaziken with Fire Spin and Blaze Kick Mega Charizard Y with Fire Spin and Blast Burn Shadow Darmanitan with Incinerate and Overheat Shadow Chandelure with Fire Spin and Overheat Shadow Blaziken with Fire Spin and Blaze Kick Blastoise with Incinerate and Mystical Fire Shadow Moltres with Fire Spin and Overheat Shadow Ho-Oh with Incinerate and Sacred Fire Shadow Entei with Fire Spin and Overheat Shadow Infernape with Fire Spin and Blast Burn Flying: Wing attack nerf Air slash buff Mega Rayquaza with Air Slash and Dragon Ascent Rayquaza with Air Slash and Dragon Ascent Shadow Honchkrow with Sky Attack Shadow Unfezant with Air Slash and Sky Attack Mega Pidgeot with Air Slash and Brave Bird Shadow Staraptor with Gust and Fly Yveltal with Gust and Oblivion Wing Shadow Moltres with Wing Attack and Sky Attack Braviary with Air Slash and Brave Bird Ghost: No notable changes Dawn Wings Necrozma with Shadow Claw and Moonbeam Mega Gengar with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball Shadow Gengar with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball Mega Banette with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball Shadow Chandelure with Hex and Shadow Ball Shadow Banette with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball Gengar with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball Ghastly with Shadow Claw and Shadow Force Haunter with Astonish and Shadow Ball Chandelure with Hex and Shadow Ball Grass: Precipice Blades buff Shadow Groudon with Precipice Blades and Earth Power Primal Groudon with Precipice Blades and Earth Power Shadow Hippopotas with Sand Attack and Scorching Sands Ice: Avalanche buff Shadow Weavile with Ice Shard and Avalanche Shadow Mamoswine with Powder Snow and Avalanche Mega Glalie with Ice Shard and Avalanche Kecleon with Ice Fang and Avalanche Glalie with Ice Fang and Avalanche Glaceon with Ice Shard and Avalanche Weavile with Ice Shard and Avalanche Mamoswine with Powder Snow and Avalanche Saikyo with Ice Shard and Avalanche Normal: No notable changes Poison: Sludge Bomb and Poison Jab nerfs Mega Beedrill with Poison Jab and Sludge Bomb Nidoking with Poison Jab and Sludge Bomb Overqwill with Poison Sting and Sludge Bomb Shadow Drapion with Poison Sting and Sludge Bomb Nagadile with Poison Jab and Sludge Bomb Shadow Toxapex with Poison Jab and Sludge Bomb Shadow Victreebel with Acid Spray and Sludge Bomb Roserade with Poison Jab and Sludge Bomb Shadow Vileplume with Acid Spray and Sludge Bomb Shadow Alolan Muk with Poison Jab and Gunshot Rock: Rock throw nerf Smackdown and Rock Wrecker buffs Shadow Gigalith with Smackdown and Meteor Beam Shadow Tyranitar with Smackdown and Stone Edge Mega Diancie with Rock Throw and Rock Slide Rhyperior with Smackdown and Rock Slide Riperior with Smackdown and Rock Wrecker Shadow Aggron with Smackdown and Meteor Beam Trapinch with Smackdown and Rock Slide Steel: Metal Claw buff Dusk Mane Necrozma with Metal Claw and Sunsteel Strike Shadow Metagross with Bullet Punch and Meteor Mash Shadow Excadrill with Metal Claw and Iron Head Dialga (Altered Form) with Metal Claw and Roar of Time Registeel with Waterfall and Hydro Cannon Water: Origin Pulse buff Primal Kyogre with Waterfall and Origin Pulse Shadow Kyogre with Waterfall and Origin Pulse Kyogre with Waterfall and Origin Pulse Mega Swampert with Water Gun and Hydro Cannon Mega Gyarados with Waterfall and Hydro Pump Shadow Kingler with Waterfall and Hydro Cannon Mega Blastoise with Water Gun and Hydro Cannon Shadow Feraligatr with Waterfall and Hydro Cannon Shadow Gyarados with Waterfall and Hydro Pump Primarina with Waterfall and Hydro Cannon Shadow Kingler with Waterfall and Crabhammer Shadow Swampert with Water Gun and Hydro Cannon Mega Sharpedo with Waterfall and Hydro Pump

[@aximat]

Ah yes mega gengar, my favorite fairy type

[@BryceDriesenga]

@@aximat lol, ope

[@olivershipside7497]

Really annoys me when a pokemon's best moves are legacy moves that aren't readily available, due to the drought of elite tm's. For example, the recent kyogre and groudon raids did not feature the legacy moves and due to the recent raid days for the primals, i felt no need to do any raids. I feel like there should be another way to get the signature move on a pokemon, such as paying a large candy cost.

[@austinc8300]

Dang was I wanted to see what the normal types were talkin about. I have a 13/15/13 shadow regigigas I’ve been debating powering up.

[@jacechunn1531]

In other videos he confirms (in his opinion) Regigigas, Slaking, etc are "useless" cuz of the lack of damage they do in important aspects (normal type, move set, raids usefulness etc)

[@determineddaaf3]

The move rebalance is promising but is also annoying and raising uncertainty. Like if I knew Draco Meteor would become better than Outrage I would've waited to evolve into Dragonite. At the same time I don't want to use an elite tm as they might change things up again and Outrage might end up being better again.

[@lelouchchanbc]

Spectrier became an elite raid legendary Pokemon during the Day of the Death event or Halloween event. Glastrier will be an elite raid legendary Pokemon for holiday or Christmas event.

[@HotR8Now]

Where did you get this info? A year ago we were already expecting Keldeo in elite raids.

[@stateofdisarrei]

Thanks for dropping this before 2x Transfer Candy. I was worried I’d transfer something useful. 😂

[@justn1n]

Tbh, I believe this is already outdated and the Silph league research stuff is still in progress for the change they did a little bit ago.

[@lilquack8961]

Finally tysm PokeDaxi

[@Soulwell90]

Too many mega pokemon

[@SirMopy]

yeah.. i always use mega only for candy bonus..... not for attacking...

[@ethan2286]

@@SirMopythen you’re crazy? Thats like what they’re here for

[@FlarePhoenix21]

wait til ZA comes out. were getting more ;)

[@ancalagon7772]

Breaking swipe got nerfed from 50 power to 35 power for the dragon category. That’s why it’s not there in any of the mons that learn it.

[@sleepy3151]

Appreciate you, Dax. Haven’t watched yet but know it’ll be a good one.

[@killerclone1]

this video might have been a little before zacian was released again but metal claw/play rough zacian is in the top 3 for fairy attackers

[@SirMopy]

yo some moves are different on the graphics than you mentioned… so what’s the right move then..?

[@DaveAkaCeladris]

I need a graphic for this. Memory overload. Eventually I'll remember, though. :) Thanks for the video, and covering such important info!

[@clownfish1337]

terrakion wrong fast move (shows smack down)

[@pokeninjaofficial]

Perfect bc I have a lot of dust that needs to get spent:D

[@DittosDungeon]

Just curious how much is alot to you? I have 6mill stardust. 🤔

[@pokeninjaofficial]

@@DittosDungeonI currently have 3 mill but I have had up to 7-8 mill before

[@DittosDungeon]

@@pokeninjaofficial nice, I've been hording SD for the level 47 requirements of maxing out 3 mons to level 50.

[@pokeninjaofficial]

@@DittosDungeon I finished that. I’m lv 48

[@alsonaarif7367]

@@DittosDungeonits not worth it you dont wanna level up 3 mons to lvl 50

[@Schatz__]

I was just thinking this morning that I need to power something up since I have like 81 rare candy saved up. Good timing lol

[@benjaminrichmond4227]

Also some of these type ratings are not factoring in common raid quadryple weaknesses. Sveral moms are double weak to ground, fire, rock, and ice so those are even more effective, especially ice.

[@riddlesphinxx]

Will this affect PVP? Will my Moonblast 100% Xerneas be less optimal?

[@FourPiece333]

Given that one can only mega evolve one Pokemon at the time and that good/worthy IVs of shadow versions are difficult to obtain and costly to power up, could you make a similar video with top non megas, non primal and non shadow Pokemons? That would be nice :)

[@CreepyColumbus]

I absolutely hate the new changes... Before, we had to adapt our teams according to the boss we were fighting and everything was clear as to what to use in certain situations... Now you just build a team with 5 fused Necrozma and a Mega Ray in the back and you're good to go for most bosses Of course, for people who have access to the ressources necessary to power up those mons, it is great news as they can now no-brain their teams, especially with how powerful Party Play is and it should make raids easier as our mons got more powerful overall (except poison which is sad as it was one of the worst types already) But nowadays, raids have never been this broken... Niantic needs to address this instead of uploading news about features we've had for months now

[@jstrozza9411]

You guys need to remember if your Pokemon makes it on the list at all it’s worth investing into. You don’t have to have a top 3 to invest into it ❤️

[@ghoulm0n]

A few of these are in raids rn so pretty cool!

[@nicolasperalta8202]

The fact that genesect is not in the top bug attackers despite being a mythical is wild to me

[@sevenorenzo]

GF in the background is so wholesome

[@chanceasteria]

Thanks! An update video for pvp would be useful as well~

[@jessica-ov6js]

@Poké Daxi could you make a list like this but without the mega and shadow pokémon? I don't have megas and the shadow ones are bad. With the latest update, which budget pokémon are best to raid and battle? Thank you, it would mean a lot to me.

[@pokeballdkdenmark8464]

Bad timing for this video! I read on reddit Niantic a couple of days ago reverted it all back to before the changes (of course without telling us). Pokebattler Celandro was part of the Reddit chat so I believe it's true because he didn't say otherwise and of all people he must know. Celandro said that these changes are his "personal nightmare" - which is understandable. I was actually OK with these changes because I think we had lots more positive move changes than negative. The only thing I'm negative about is having to relearn my knowledge of moves again which will of course take a long time. But right now they changed it all back to "normal" as I said so maybe we won't have to anyway?

[@Paintballpro18]

I personally don't mind changes, if they help us to beat the obvious buff they put on raids recently, but at the same time with these changes they made were rather disastrous to legitimate business. First and foremost, non-CD moves suddenly surpassed CD moves by a bit, in that basically if the pokemon had a full bar STAB move, you were going with that instead of what most CD moves are for raid attackers being 2 bar charges. If this isn't an issue to begin with, this also would affect Niantics $$ in a way as Elite fast/charged tms are no longer needed as half the CD moves became obsolete to the raiding standpoint, so if not for a stat line standpoint this is a business model issue too. Secondly, I know Daxi was looking at a certain website and many different ones tell you many different things, but to me one raid attacker stands out above all other ones: that is excadrill and metagross. From a couple other sites, they have excadrill over metagross (and some they have meta over ex, BUT), so you're meaning to tell me, a 2 stage, non-legacy semi-common pokemon requiring less resources to obtain, is stronger than a 3 stage pseudo, WITH it's legacy move, and being a fairly rarer spawn? That to me states there is a huge problem, and while the buffs are cool, they need to immediately ensure pokemon that SHOULD be on top are, because that's crazy to me. A harder to get, more resource driven, and specially timed move is being beaten out by something you can grab on a normal sunny day.

[@HyperBots]

could you share the reddit post?

[@Align3]

Watching a few KZbinrs made my standards so high I don’t even power up 90%iv shinys

[@jonathanvail9643]

Thanks again for this, Daxi. I hope to find better moves on Pokémon.

[@MatthewJrP]

Poke genie should update the top counters. It’s not that big of a deal but it would be nice

[@Profluffy1]

Gotta watch your own videos to see if it came out how you wanted, since some moves were shown different than what you said in audio. Not everyone will hear it and listen they’ll most likely go off visuals so just wanted to let you know besides that great video 👌🏻

[@kocarkacir9188]

Don't forget to mention some pokemon have low defense stat, make it like glass Cannon and fainting quickly in battle especially in shadow version, example : weavile, darmanitan, and starter pokemon, they not really worth power up to max LV 50, i only power up them to 35 - 40, except for starter that have mega

[@Cyberpansy]

He’s using combination DPS*TDO as the ranking metric, so it will be adjusted for glass cannons already. Stuff like Shadow Rampardos are apparently that powerful now, despite how glassy they are.

[@rikavanderhofstad]

i really hate that now for some pokemon in order to make em better again id have to reroll the legacy move. like salamence with draco meteor now instead of outrage. i just refuse to do it honestly xD

[@pheethee3018]

Isn’t the whole reason for the buffs/nerfs that the raid battle system changed the timers on attacks to be based on 0,5s turns? And the buffs/nerfs are just a product of the attacks time being roundest to nearest 0,5s? Therefore I don’t believe any changes were intentional, regarding legacy moves etc

[@jmoriarty8000]

Can’t even do most of them because I can’t do shadow raids and I only do one raid a day so no point in using mega 😂

[@aaronconlin]

I wasn’t able to get enough fusion energy for the Necrozma fusions. Guess I’ll wait 2 years.

[@ozoioi11]

I just got level 40 my dawn wings necrozma and I knew moongeist beam was good but now that it’s been boosted I am so glad I level 40d it main reason I was powering it up was because it was a 96%

[@thesai4884]

Thanks! Can you do one video like this for PvP? It’d be great!

[@Favimusic]

Never liked UBs (Ultra beasts) since Sun and Moon on the DS. I just catched them for the dex then they rotten in my PC. For that same reason I never had interest or faith in Kartana.

[@UpNowExotix]

I was unaware of changes like this being that I’m just returning to Pokemon go from when it initially was released whole different app I battled a player he let me kill his first 2 Pokémon then kyorge with unmounted defense and hp touched my team disrespectfully

[@sebastianspencer3644]

Any budget raid attackers we should know about to?

[@franciscodrgn17]

awesome vid!! keep them coming !!

[@edwinjrgarcia]

Question: I got an Annilape 1° for GBL, but it hasn't Rage FIst, I have Elite CHarge TM, and i have a Primeape as a tentative 8° Annilape, is worth Have an "1° + Elite TM Annihape (2/15/15)" or an "8° Annihape (1/15/15)"? In other words: Should I spend the Elite TM in a number 1° Annilape? Or save it for any other pokemon and rise the 8° Annilape w/ Rage fist?

[@Taha-m2g4c]

Im looking for a good pokemon to do raids with and trading my galarian shiny zapdos for it

[@milomateer6565]

Raids are so broken rn I randomly get kicked, raids end mid battle when raid timer ends, and charged attacks don’t have any animation all my pokemon get one shot instantly

[@Miklo_1]

Can somebody please tell me what legendary’s are good for? If they’re not all legendary. For example, Zekrom, Kartana and Xerneas are not great anymore. Why are Most legendaries just regular Pokémon now? Are “Legendaries” a Scam for more money?

[@kwolo_]

i don't think you should overvalue the power of "legendary" too much, the "legendary" status is just lore-wise after all, it doesn't always has to be the top of crop

[@Miklo_1]

@@kwolo_ Oh ok, yeah i think people were over valuing these legendaries, while in reality they are just Pokemon. I understand that some play to collect and some for competition. The collector is in awe of a so called legendary even though the competitor like me will throw them in the trash since they do not have value.