best legendaries?
Hello friends!! hope you are all well. I was wondering what are the best legendery pokemon to invest dust/candy in and trade for?
Also unrelated yet important question-- I have a ho-oh on 3590 CP and the internet doesn't seem to agree whats a better moveset some say its extrasensory/solar beam while others say extrasensory/ brave bird. your input would be greatly appreciated thanks!
Answers
Here's my verdict:
S Tier:
Rayquaza
Kyogre
Groudon
Mewtwo
Premier attackers of one or more types, nothing will outclass them in their role except for themselves. They are meta defining, and top counters for their raid bosses that are weak or doubly weak to their typing
A Tier:
Moltres
Raikou
Latios
Top attackers of their types, with lots of good things going for them, even with incoming competition (I argue Latios because Palkia and Dialga still won't be effective low motivation gym sweepers with DT/O)
B Tier:
Entei
Zapdos
Outclassed by already existing legendaries, but they will still be in the top 3 options of their type into Gen 4.
C Tier:
Lugia
Deoxys (Attack, Normal)
Very niche fighters.
D Tier:
Articuno
Ho-Oh
Regirock
Regice
Lati@s
Don't even bother powering up, they're outclassed by many Pokemon.
F Tier:
Registeel
Other Deoxys Formes
Suicuine
Why are they in your dex? Transfer them immediately. (Unless if Shiny forms are released, that is)
Word here is that Deoxys attack might have some value in the first slot against 1 bar raid bosses, where it takes them a long time to build up enough to get the first charged attack off. Expect that Deoxys attack will be almost KOd by the fast move, and will get some good damage off if using Psybeam or Dark Pulse.
For me, the jury is still out on that one, but could be a B or A to lead off an attack when the foe is weak to Psychic or Dark.
I also think Ho-Oh should be a C tier, as it makes a great Machamp tank powered up to level 30, but that's a small quibble. Wouldn't power it up to 35 or 40.
Unless the Machamp has Bullet Punch and Heavy Slam, and then Lugia looks very vulnerable, but Ho-Oh still resists and hits hard.
Also, Ho-Oh with SB is very effective against Groudon, resisting all three charged attacks, and double resisting the dreaded Solar Beam, as well as packing it to put a hurting on Groudon. Sure, it's a specialized niche, but one that will be important when Groudon comes back with a shiny form.
Jynx is technically the best ice type, Articuno doesn’t have the stats to back itself up to even being the best. If you’re looking for a tanky option Regice would probably do better as well. So neither way is it the best, and Mewtwo despite being a psychic type has such massive attack it’s overall the best Pokémon to use as an ice attacker since it doesn’t have any of the horrible weaknesses ice does
Jynx vs. Mewtwo is similar to Breloom vs. Machamp. Sure Jynx has a bit more DPS, but the disadvantage of being so glassy is real and hurts its performance. According to pokebattler, Mewtwo has better TTW against Rayquaza than Jynx, the difference likely caused by having to waste less time on deaths and rejoins.
Pokemon's type effectiveness in this game aren't judged by the holder's type but by their damage output type. Being a certain type AND having moves that match that type sure helps because of STAB, but some Pokemon have stats so ridiculously huge that they can outpace other species when using their typed attacks. Mewtwo, despite not having STAB on Ice Beam, still deals more total damage to ice-vulnerable targets than Articuno (a proper ice type with dual ice attacks). That's why it counts as an ice type ATTACKER and the currently-best of them all at that. That speaks volumes about how powerful Mewtwo is and how relatively weak is Articuno in comparisson.
Tangentially, Mewtwo is also the best counter to itself if it has Shadow Ball because it deals more total super-effective damage than the strongest ghost, dark, and bug types in the game despite it not having a fast SE move to match its type or to follow up on its ghost type damage when it's not firing up shadow balls.
So yeah, Mewtwo is the best ice type attacker and arguably also the best ghost type attacker atm. Emphasis on "attacker".
For me its like.
S tier:
Kyogre
SB Mewtwo
A tier:
Rayquaza
Groudon
SA Moltres
Mewtwo not SB
Raikou
B tier:
Latios
Entei
Zapdos
Moltres not SA
C tier:
Lugia
Ho-oh
Articuno
Pokedex filler tier:
All Deoxys
Regice
Regirock
Registeel
Latias
Suicuine
Everyone can have their own list because of what they have/need
I'd say Rayquaza or sky attack moltres if the best legendary, at the current moment or raid rotations, all of mewtwo's currently available sets arent overly useful, but depending on what comes next it might be good. I'd focus on thos ethree, try trading for some Rayquaza or sky attack moltres and try raiding mewtwo to build up some candy/good iv ones for later usage.
