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Deoxys Attack Forme Solo Raid Guide

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Tier 5 Raid Boss Guides
Deoxys-Attack-Solo
Difficulty:

Easy at trainer level 30 with proper counters

HP15,000 ATK338.91 DEF48.19
CP Range
Lvl 20 1372 - 1474 Lvl 25 1716 - 1842

Notable Weather

Boosts Boss's Moves Boosts Counters' Moves
Fog, Rain, Windy, Cloudy Fog, Rain

Fast Move Difficulty

Move Difficulty
Poison Jab Intermediate
Zen Headbutt Intermediate

Charge Move Difficulty

Move Difficulty
Dark Pulse Intermediate
Psycho Boost Easy
Zap Cannon Challenging

Overview

Any time that Deoxys-Attack shows up, it's always an exciting prospect. And this isn't due to its utility; nope, this guy is currently borderline useless. It's exciting because this is the single easiest Tier 5 in the entire game, and a great chance to farm resources! If you've been around for a while and have a decent raid group, then chances are that you can solo Deoxys-Attack. It's extremely frail, and can easily be destroyed by off-type counters. 

On that note, this raid guide is going to look very different from what we normally produce. Why is that? Because Deoxys-Attack can be soloed by a huge number of Lv.40 Pokemon, so our guide will actually focus on TDO over DPS. Deoxys-Attack can hit very hard and will take out many of the normal Psychic Type counters pretty quickly, so the best play is to pick up counters that will curb-stomp this space virus via solo-viable DPS while staying on the field for as long as possible. A lot of Pokemon are capable of the solo beyond what we have here, but this should be a good starting point.

Approach

Team composition

  • Focus on TDO over DPS for the most part. Even the low-DPS counters on this list tend to have at least 1.2x the DPS needed tp win

  • Try to load in counters that resist Deoxys - Attack's moves to maximize your odds of success.

Dodging strategy

  • Dodging can be a huge help if it allows you to avoid relobbying an additional time

Best Raid Boss Counters

Solo-Viable Mega Evolution Counters
Mega Gyarados Mega Gyarados
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Bite Crunch Best

Mega Gyarados is the TDO King among the Mega Evolutions. It doesn't like Zap Cannon, but doesn't mind anything else that Deoxys - Attack can throw at it.

Primal Groudon Primal Groudon
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While it feels odds to use a Pokemon that can't deal Super Effective damage, Primal Groudon's huge power and moveset allows it to be more than solo-worthy while sporting a huge TDO as well.

Mega Houndoom Mega Houndoom
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Mega Scizor Mega Scizor
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Mega Gardevoir Mega Gardevoir
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Another odd one, but Mega Gardevoir is actually one of the optimal choices for this raid. Why? Because having this Psychic Type Mega Evolution on your team will boost your ability to obtain bonus XL Candy from this raid.  It doesn't like Poison Jab, but it's still got an outstanding TDO.

Mega Absol Mega Absol
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Mega Swampert Mega Swampert
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Mega Gengar Mega Gengar
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Mega Gengar has the DPS to solo Deoxys-Attack twice. Twice. Yes, let that sink in.

Mega Gengar is the DPS option, but it falls pretty far into overkill. On that note, it's absolutely optimal against Poison Jab/Zap Cannon.

Mega Banette Mega Banette
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Mega Latias Mega Latias
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Yet another off-type option, Mega Latias has high TDO, solo-worthy DPS, and the ability to boost XL Candy obtained from this noodle monster. 

Mega Alakazam Mega Alakazam
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Yet another option for more XL candy.

Hydreigon Hydreigon
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Arguably the best counter on this list, Hydreigon easily beats out the clock while sporting tremendous TDO thanks to its laundry list of resistances. 

Guzzlord Guzzlord
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All of the same advantages of Hydreigon, but a bit lower on the performance spectrum. 

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Bite Crunch Best
ShadowTyranitar Shadow Tyranitar
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Bite Crunch Best
Tyranitar Tyranitar
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Bite Crunch Best
Krookodile Krookodile
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Snarl Crunch Best
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Giratina Origin Forme Pokemon GO Giratina (Origin Forme)
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Giratina Giratina (Altered Forme)
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hoopa Hoopa (Confined)
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Incineroar Incineroar
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ShadowWeavile Shadow Weavile
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Garchomp Garchomp
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alMu Alolan Muk
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