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Kyurem Duo Raid Guide

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Tier 5 Raid Boss Guides
KyuremDuo
Difficulty:

Doable at trainer level 30 with optimized counters or weather boost

HP15,000 ATK206.30 DEF146.40
CP Range
Lvl 20 1957 - 2042 Lvl 25 2446 - 2553

Notable Weather

Boosts Boss's Moves Boosts Counters' Moves
Snow, Rain Snow, Windy, Partly Cloudy, Cloudy

Fast Move Difficulty

Move Difficulty
Dragon Breath Easy
Steel Wing Easy

Charge Move Difficulty

Move Difficulty
Dragon Claw Intermediate
Blizzard Easy
Draco Meteor Easy

Overview

Despite a lack of double-weakness, Kyurem is actually not a very hard raid to duo. It's hit hard by a host of top-tier attackers and has a laundry list of great/must-have Pokemon that can face it down. However, it's also a very polarizing raid due to the fact that virtually everything that is viable for this raid falls into one of two categories: weak to basically everything that Kyurem has, or resistant to basically everything that Kyurem has. For that reason, the color blue is generally your best friend when building a team.

Approach

Team composition

  • Metagross and Shadow Metagross are ridiculously good in this raid. While they may not have the absolute top DPS, they still have a DPS far beyond duo-levels and TDO that puts everything else to shame. Prioritize Metagross and its shadow forme!

  • Lucario, Dialga, and Shadow Gardevoir are generally the best secondary picks, though they tend to have far lower TDO than Metagross without a huge gain in DPS.

  • The big-name dragons can be used as they do have the top DPS, but keep in mind that they will be torn apart by the vast majority of Kyurem's movesets. Best to front-load them, and only use them as filler.

Battling strategy

  • Given the right counters, the clock is not a problem. The real enemy here is fainting out, so reasonable dodging is definitely encouraged.

  • Re-entering will almost definitely be necessary.

Note: "Good" movesets are not necessarily viable at the level indicated.

Best Raid Boss Counters

Counters Viable at Lv.30

Metagross Metagross
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Pros:

  • Absolutely outstanding mix of DPS and TDO!
  • Resists Kyurem's entire moveset
  • Good general availability, was featured in its own community day

Cons:

  • Only viable moveset uses Meteor Mash, an Elite Move.

Shadow Metagross

This is the top counter for this raid. Keeps its base forme's massive TDO and adds to it a huge jump in DPS. 

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Pros:

  • Second best non-shadow, non-dragon DPS
  • Resists Kyurem's entire moveset

Cons:

  • Currently considered a semi-rare species
Rampardos Rampardos
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Pros:

  • Best non-shadow, non-dragon DPS
  • Decent general availablity, has been featured in a few events

Cons:

  • Weak to Steel Wing
  • Frail, appreciates dodging
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Pros:

  • Best overall Dragon for this raid, takes neutral damage from Ice and Dragon and has no weaknesses among Kyurem's movesets
  • Resists Steel Wing

Cons:

  • Legendary species, can be difficult to obtain candy for
Gardevoir Gardevoir
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Pros:

  • Double-resists Dragon Type movesets
  • Excels in common Cloudy weather

Cons:

  • Weak to Steel Wing
  • Only Shadow Gardevoir is viable at Lv.30, normal Gardevoir is viable for duo-level DPS at lv.37

Shadow Gardevoir

Extremely viable Vs. Dragon Type movesets, hitting for solid DPS with great TDO. Performance suffers Vs. other movesets

Counters Viable at Lv.35

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Pros:

  • The old classic: Machamp has been available since day 1, has been featured in events, and has been a common raid boss since the system's inception

Shadow Machamp

One of the top counters by far, sporting the highest DPS of any Pokemon in the common cloudy weather in particular.

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Pros:

  • Resists Steel Wing
  • Takes neutral damage from Ice Type movesets thanks to secondary Water Typing

Cons:

  • Weak to Dragon Type movesets
  • Legendary species, can be difficult to obtain candy for
Conkeldurr Conkeldurr
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Pros:

  • Good general availability, pre-evolution is a common raid boss
  • Excels in common Cloudy weather
Rhyperior Rhyperior
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Pros:​​​

  • Good general availability. Species has been featured since day 1 and has had its own community day

Cons:

  • Best performance comes from its Elite Move, Rock Wrecker
  • Weak to Ice Type movesets and Steel Wing
Reshiram Reshiram
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Pros:

  • Takes neutral damage from Ice Type movesets thanks to secondary Fire typing
  • Resists Steel Wing

Cons:

  • Less than stellar overall performance, but still viable
  • Weak to Dragon Type movesets
  • Legendary species, candy can be difficult to obtain
Terrakion Terrakion
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Cons:

  • Weak to Steel Wing
  • Legendary species, candy can be difficult to obtain
Tyranitar Tyranitar
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Pros:

  • Good general availability. Has been featured in several events, has been a common raid boss since day one, and has had its own community day

Cons:

  • Only Shadow Tyranitar is truly viable for this raid. Normal Tyranitar does not reach the needed DPS even at Lv.40
  • Weak to Steel Wing
  • Requires Smack Down, an Elite Move, to be viable

Shadow Tyranitar

Acceptable overall performance, but not exceptional. Not worth raising for this raid, but not a terrible choice if you already have one raised/with Smack Down.

Glass Counters - Not Generally Recommended

Salamence Salamence
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Pros:

  • Very high DPS, especially in Shadow Forme

Cons:

  • Weak to everything save Steel Wing, double-weak to Blizzard
  • Extremely frail as a result, basically requires dodging
  • Basically requires its elite move, Outrage, as it's unlikely to get off a Draco Meteor, and nearly guaranteed to not use a second one 

Shadow Salamence

Top DPS, but will go down extremely fast.

Rayquaza Rayquaza
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Pros:

  • Very high DPS

Cons:

  • Weak to everything save Steel Wing, double-weak to Blizzard
  • Extremely frail as a result, basically requires dodging
  • Legendary species, can be difficult to obtain candy for
Dragonite Dragonite
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Pros:

  • Great DPS, especially in Shadow Forme

Cons:

  • Weak to everything save Steel Wing, double-weak to Blizzard
  • Extremely frail as a result, basically requires dodging

Shadow Dragonite

Near-top DPS, but will go down extremely fast.

Garchomp Garchomp
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Pros:

  • Good DPS option

Cons:

  • Weak to everything save Steel Wing, double-weak to Blizzard
  • Extremely frail as a result, basically requires dodging
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Pros:

  • Resists Steel Wing

Cons:

  • Weak to everything else
  • Legendary species, can be difficult to obtain candy for
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Cons:

  • Weak to Dragon Type movesets and Blizzard
  • Currently considered a rare species

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