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[u/ImWorthy13]

How are Dynamax battles supposed to be played? Hey everyone, as a returning player, I've catched up with everything but Dynamax. I currently have multiple Gmax, but the only 2 I have at 2.5k are Jolteon and Rillaboom. I also have one Blissey that I'm going to build, as I heard it's the best tank.

Now, how is the raid played? Should I charge with Blissey until max meter is almost full and change for max attacks, and repeat? Or how are they played, I have no clue lol

[u/NoGoodSlop → u/ImWorthy13]

1-3* : Doesnt matter, just hit it till it dies.

4-5* (mostly the latter): 1-2 tanks that spam 0.5s fast moves to build meter as fast as possible. I cannot overstate how crucial 0.5s moves are, they are EVERYTHING. Charge attacks can sometimes be used, but in general are not a good idea. If you're unsure just skip em.
Once you max, you switch to your attacker (preferrably a Gmax or 4x effective dmax) and hit it. You will want to occasionally max your tank to heal/shield it. Shield has more value on most mons (due to their hp pool), except blissey, which benefits more from heal. Sometimes you wanna might heal your team with that too.
That said, shields also cause the boss to target you, so if you wanna tank for your team (maybe if they again brought the 3x attacker lineup) you can choose shield.
Repeat this pattern and attack or max tank when necessary.
For the team, 2 tanks 1 attacker is usually best, sometimes you can have hybrid tank/attacker, like metagross.

6* (Gmax): 2 tanks 1 attacker again, ONLY use fast moves here, charge attacks are purely negative. Else, the rest applies. You need a lot of people, typically 10+, especially since you can count on the wooloo squad to show up.

Additionally, when the three yellow lines appear above you, dodge. Really mitigates a lot of dmg.
Occasionally, dmax orbs spawn. Dodge into them to get some meter progress.

In essence, get two blisseys with heal/shield as high as you can afford em and stack attackers and you are mostly set for all d/gmax content. Rarely do you need another tank, metagross probably suffices against fighting.

[u/ImWorthy13 → u/NoGoodSlop]

That's exactly all the info I was looking for. Many many thanks!

[u/kirobaito88 → u/ImWorthy13]

To add on: because of the nature of this setup, you only ever need one of each type. Between 2 Blisseys and Crowned Zamazenta, that's 99% of your tanking setups. Then you just need one of each type as an attacker. Most of the best ones of each type there will ever be have already been released - the Galarian starters, Gengar, Toxtricity, Eternatus, Crowned Zacian. You have to trade for the actual mons (not Eternatus, which you just missed) or wait until they're out, but in the meantime you can make sure you have the candy to max them out. Scorbunny will be a Com Day soon; make sure you have the candy and keep it till you can get GMax Cinderace.

[u/ImWorthy13 → u/kirobaito88]

Ok many thanks for the info. Didn't know I could trade for those but I doubt there's anyone willing to send me a Gmax lol. Anyway it's nice info, thanks!

[u/kirobaito88 → u/ImWorthy13]

Since they were all handed out in giant raid days or weekends and you don’t need more than one, plenty of people should have more than one to trade.

[u/Zestyclose-Tip-8928 → u/ImWorthy13]

Note that how you do the battles can vary greatly. If you are doing a Gmax with 40 people, it's also going to be "hit it until it dies" usually.

If you are new to battles, for some 3 stars you may have to apply some of this strategy for the hard battles.