Pokemon Go Zekrom Raid Guide

You can best fight Zekrom with Dragon, Ground, Ice or Fairy type moves. You can beat it with at least 2 or 3 players in neutral weather, but prepare to have to rejoin the battle. As counters we recommend Rayquaza & (Shadow) Salamence & Garchomp & (Shadow) Dragonite’s Dragon Tail/Outrage, Zekrom’s own Dragon Breath/Outrage, and Dialga & Reshiram’s Dragon Breath/Draco Meteor. There’s also the most common choice in Rhyperior’s Smack Down/Rock Wrecker or Mud Slap/Earthquake. The closer those Pokemon’s levels are to level 35-40, the better.

The moveset you’ll want to face Zekrom with is the Charge Beam fast attack and Flash Cannon charge attack, because it does the least Damage Per Second to you. Face the Outrage (Dragon) or Wild Charge (Electric) charge attacks and you’ll have to dodge it to survive, although dodging is recommended for all charge attacks where possible (read: Outrage).

Be wary of the Dragon Breath fast attack and Outrage or Wild Charge charge attack move combinations, as they have the highest total Damage Per Second. On the bright side, once you take it down and catch it, the Dragon-type combination makes for a great moveset during Zekrom VS Zekrom battles.

Normally it would be best to battle it during Sunny/Clear or Cloudy weather, so it won’t have any weather boosted stats. However, with dragon counters that also means your Pokemon won’t have boosted attacks either, so you might as well battle during Foggy, Windy, Snowy or Rainy weather to get boosted dragon attacks yourself.