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Mega Rayquaza
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Mega Rayquaza

DragonFlying

Best attacking moveset: Dragon Tail and Breaking Swipe, worth 21.2 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Mega Rayquaza can learn 10 combinations. Dragon Tail with Breaking Swipe does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

That set is legacy. Breaking Swipe is only obtainable with an Elite TM or from the event that gave it out, so the Mega Rayquaza you catch today cannot learn it. The best set it can learn now is Dragon Tail and Outrage, worth 20.3 damage per second.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Type matchups

Takes double damageIce
Weak toRockDragonFairy
ResistsFightingBugFireWater
Strongly resistsGroundGrass
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Air SlashFlying121.0s+8
Dragon TailDragon141.0s+8
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Aerial AceFlying552.5s-33
Ancient PowerRock703.5s-33
OutrageDragon1104.0s-50
Breaking Swipe LegacyDragon451.0s-33
Hurricane LegacyFlying1052.5s-100

Shiny

Shiny availability is tracked for Rayquaza as a species, on the Rayquaza page.

Other forms

Rayquaza
Rayquaza

Numbers

Max CP6,458 at level 50, 5,713 at level 40
Raid catch3,264 CP at level 20, or 4,080 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch3,153 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats377 attack · 210 defense · 227 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move100,000 Stardust and 100 Candy
Buddy distance20 km per Candy
Size7.01 m and 206.5 kg

Best moveset against each type

Mega Rayquaza does not have one best moveset, it has 2. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Dragon, Fighting, Bug.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
DragonDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe34.0
FightingAir Slash + Hurricane28.3
BugAir Slash + Hurricane28.3
GrassAir Slash + Hurricane28.3
NormalDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe21.2
FlyingDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe21.2
PoisonDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe21.2
GroundDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe21.2
RockDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe21.2
GhostDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe21.2
FireDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe21.2
WaterDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe21.2
ElectricDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe21.2
PsychicDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe21.2
IceDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe21.2
DarkDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe21.2
FairyAir Slash + Hurricane18.1
SteelDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe13.9

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Mega Rayquaza is actually for.

Counters: what beats Mega Rayquaza

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
EternatusPoisonDragonDragon Tail + Dynamax Cannon Legacy34.8
Chien-PaoDarkIcePowder Snow + Avalanche33.9
BaxcaliburDragonIceIce Fang + Avalanche33.8
MamoswineIceGroundPowder Snow + Avalanche32.2
WeavileDarkIceIce Shard + Avalanche31.7
GlaceonIceFrost Breath + Avalanche31.3
KyuremDragonIceDragon Breath + Glaciate Legacy30.1
JynxIcePsychicFrost Breath + Avalanche29.5
VanilluxeIceFrost Breath + Avalanche Legacy28.9
FrosmothIceBugPowder Snow + Ice Beam28.1

Ranked by damage per second against Mega Rayquaza's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.