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Mega Steelix Raid Guide

Table of Contents

Click for Steelix
How Shiny is Acquired
Mega Evolution
  • Original
  • Shiny

Pokemon Ratings

Attacker Tier List See all C

Pokemon Stats

Type
740.00 kg Weight
10.50 m Height
Pokemon Max CP
Level 50: 4,149
Level 40: 3,670
Level 25: 2,622 (Raid + Weather)
Level 20: 2,097 (Raid)
Level 15: 1,573 (Research Tasks)
ATK 212
DEF 327
STA 181

Pokemon Family

PVE Movesets Grades

Quick Charge ATK DEF
Iron Tail
Heavy Slam
A
Iron Tail
Earthquake
A-
Thunder Fang
Earthquake
A-
Dragon Tail
Earthquake
A-
Dragon Tail
Heavy Slam
B
Show Suboptimal/Unranked Movesets

PVE Offensive Moves Explanation

  • Iron Tail and Heavy Slam make for Mega Steelix' strongest moveset.
  • Earthquake is the move of choice if the goal is long-term Ground Type boosts, for the raid team but the lack of a Ground Type Fast Move is definitely a problem. The secondary pick here should be chosen based on the situation:
    • In entirely neutral scenarios, Iron Tail will tend to pull ahead.
    • Thunder Fang and Dragon Tail are slightly behind due to a lack of STAB, but both are perfectly viable if Iron Tail is resisted and/or either one is Super Effective.
  • Crunch is all-around inferior.
  • Psychic Fangs is a PvP move. 

PVE Overview

Mega Steelix is not good for raids. Flat-out, it's destined for obscurity. However, it's not entirely useless. Long-lived Pokemon like Mega Steelix have the advantage of granting their Mega Boost to the entire team for a prolonged period of time, making them situationally very effective in raids. However, this will only work if the entire raid team works together to load in specific types at the same time. 

As of this writing, Ground and Steel are both entirely non-represented in released Mega Evolutions outside of Mega Steelix, so boosting these two types is its only job. It's destined to be almost entirely outclassed by Mega Metagross as a Steel Mega outside of very large raid groups that don't really need the boost, and it will be a bit more secure in its Ground Type role long-term... but not by much. 

Fast Moves

15
Iron Tail
More Info

Steel

1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS EPU DPS DPS w/STAB True DPS
1.10
0.20
6.36
13.64
17.05
15
Dragon Tail
More Info

Dragon

1.6x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS EPU DPS DPS w/STAB True DPS
1.10
0.20
8.18
13.64
17.05
12
Thunder Fang
More Info

Electric

1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51xDamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS EPU DPS DPS w/STAB True DPS
1.20
0.50
13.33
10.00
12.50

Charge Moves

140
Earthquake
More Info

Ground

1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
3.60
0.80
0.00
 1.40
38.89
48.61
 54.44
70
Heavy Slam
More Info

Steel

1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
2.10
0.40
0.00
 1.40
33.33
41.67
 46.67
70
Crunch
More Info

Dark

1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
3.20
1.70
0.00
 2.12
21.88
27.34
 46.40
30
Psychic Fangs
More Info

Psychic

1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
1.20
0.70
0.00
 0.91
25.00
31.25
 22.73

Other

Female Ratio 50.0 %
Male Ratio 50.0 %
Flee Rate 5.0 %
Buddy Distance 5 km
Capture Rate10.0 %

Pokemon Type Chart

Vulnerable

160% damage
160% damage
160% damage
160% damage

Resistant

62.5% damage
62.5% damage
39.1% damage
62.5% damage
62.5% damage
62.5% damage
24.4% damage
62.5% damage
39.1% damage
62.5% damage

Raid Boss Catch Rate

Ground Medal

None
Bronze
Silver
Gold

Steel Medal

None
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Normal Nice! Great! Excellent!
No Berry -
Curve
Razz Berry -
Curve
Golden Razz Berry -
Curve

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How to use: You need to know your Pokemon's exact level. To find exactly what level your Pokémon is, power up your Pokémon following this chart until you're certain of your level from Stardust cost changes.

A Pokémon's minimum level is 1.

Every time you power up, your Pokémon gains half a level.

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2001.594107
2002142162
2002.5191218
4003240273
4003.5288328
4004337384
4004.5385439
6005434495
6005.5483550
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8007.5677772
8008726827
8008.5774882
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10009.5872993
1000109201049
100010.59661101
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160013.512421416
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