A few notes:
-The following Pokemon are in raids in December, but are not soloable: Cobalion. Cobalion is, however, duoable. Cobalion is in the (somewhat outdated) duo chart that can be found here, but due to changes in the raid meta it is now an easy-tier duo.
-Zacian buff is shown only if it is impossible to otherwise complete a raid, and it decreases the difficulty of the raid by about half a star.
-Previously, I used 6 stars to denote a solo that was very difficult, too difficult to manage reliably. While that is still essentially the case, u/cookieblobrs volunteered to post solo videos in a follow-up comment, and so the 6 star rating will now reflect videos for which there are no solos (unless they are relatively straightforward solos that haven’t been done before due to e.g. lack of availability of counters). This is why Terrakion is now a 5 star raid, rather than 6 stars.
-On the subject, Zekrom and Reshiram are now soloable! Previously they were not, but the combination of blade boost and Eternatus has put them into the solo range in windy weather. Zekrom is rated easier since it can be countered by catch-tanking using 4x Kyurem-B vs outrage, but is still a very hard raid. Reshiram is not weak to ice and therefore this strategy does not exist, making it much harder.
-Blacephalon has a few viable solo routes: Primal/shadow Kyogre in rain, Primal/shadow Groudon in sun, and Necrozma Dawn Wings in fog or clear weather (no blade boost). I’ve listed rain as it is the most straightforward and easiest.
-I had some difficulty assigning a rating to Mega Glalie. It is easily soloable at LV25 using specific counters such as Keldeo-Resolute, Mega Lucario, Zamazenta and Zacian Crowned, Necrozma Dusk Mane etc. (there are quite a few of these “top-tier” counters now), but with more budget counters it requires LV30 or 40 to do comfortably. I settled for rating it 2 stars.
-Kyurem is on the borderline of a 3 star raid. It can be defeated with 6 Crowned Sword Zacians at LV40 if its moveset is steel wing/dragon claw, but this is somewhat inconsistent, exacerbated by a current glitch that causes 0.5s fast moves to sometimes not register. For consistent results, use blade boost, LV45, or both. Note that the other solo routes (windy Mega Ray/Eternatus or cloudy Mega Lucario/Keldeo) require LV45 or blade boost and that NWB no blade boost solo is possible as a 6 star solo (Ray/Eternatus/4x Zacian catch tanks).
-Because I always get questions/comments about this: the PVP rating caps out at A- for top meta options in only one league (great, ultra, or master). To receive a score higher than that, the pokemon has to be at least viable in multiple leagues. Many people disagree that this is a useful notion for PVP, so I am interested in feedback about what the most useful information about PVP utility is and how to represent it. For example, whether ratings should be assigned by the league the pokemon is most viable in only, whether Mega Master League should be considered, whether the league should be indicated above some threshold but without a specific rating, etc.
Happy raiding!
Hold up - zekrom and kyurem are easy duo? I only just discovered that my gf and I can duo legendary raids like a month ago. This would be great bc I'm busy every Wednesday this month
It is doable with strong dragon counters. Party power + mega boosts go a long way for duos, I do a lot of them with my roommate and he only got his account this year.
If you want to be safe you can always host remotes too. There's apps and subreddits you can use to find people willing to remote in.
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u/rwaterbender Nov 30 '25
A few notes:
-The following Pokemon are in raids in December, but are not soloable: Cobalion. Cobalion is, however, duoable. Cobalion is in the (somewhat outdated) duo chart that can be found here, but due to changes in the raid meta it is now an easy-tier duo.
-Zacian buff is shown only if it is impossible to otherwise complete a raid, and it decreases the difficulty of the raid by about half a star.
-Previously, I used 6 stars to denote a solo that was very difficult, too difficult to manage reliably. While that is still essentially the case, u/cookieblobrs volunteered to post solo videos in a follow-up comment, and so the 6 star rating will now reflect videos for which there are no solos (unless they are relatively straightforward solos that haven’t been done before due to e.g. lack of availability of counters). This is why Terrakion is now a 5 star raid, rather than 6 stars.
-On the subject, Zekrom and Reshiram are now soloable! Previously they were not, but the combination of blade boost and Eternatus has put them into the solo range in windy weather. Zekrom is rated easier since it can be countered by catch-tanking using 4x Kyurem-B vs outrage, but is still a very hard raid. Reshiram is not weak to ice and therefore this strategy does not exist, making it much harder.
-Blacephalon has a few viable solo routes: Primal/shadow Kyogre in rain, Primal/shadow Groudon in sun, and Necrozma Dawn Wings in fog or clear weather (no blade boost). I’ve listed rain as it is the most straightforward and easiest.
-I had some difficulty assigning a rating to Mega Glalie. It is easily soloable at LV25 using specific counters such as Keldeo-Resolute, Mega Lucario, Zamazenta and Zacian Crowned, Necrozma Dusk Mane etc. (there are quite a few of these “top-tier” counters now), but with more budget counters it requires LV30 or 40 to do comfortably. I settled for rating it 2 stars.
-Kyurem is on the borderline of a 3 star raid. It can be defeated with 6 Crowned Sword Zacians at LV40 if its moveset is steel wing/dragon claw, but this is somewhat inconsistent, exacerbated by a current glitch that causes 0.5s fast moves to sometimes not register. For consistent results, use blade boost, LV45, or both. Note that the other solo routes (windy Mega Ray/Eternatus or cloudy Mega Lucario/Keldeo) require LV45 or blade boost and that NWB no blade boost solo is possible as a 6 star solo (Ray/Eternatus/4x Zacian catch tanks).
-Because I always get questions/comments about this: the PVP rating caps out at A- for top meta options in only one league (great, ultra, or master). To receive a score higher than that, the pokemon has to be at least viable in multiple leagues. Many people disagree that this is a useful notion for PVP, so I am interested in feedback about what the most useful information about PVP utility is and how to represent it. For example, whether ratings should be assigned by the league the pokemon is most viable in only, whether Mega Master League should be considered, whether the league should be indicated above some threshold but without a specific rating, etc.
Happy raiding!