JHVS, your imput is much appreciated, since i know you have goals on soloing tier 3 raids.
I've successfully beat a few, but Flareon has given me trouble, don't have the best "ground" game. Vape was easiest, IMO, but I've got "grass" for days. Machamp is my issue, or maybe it's lag, but that would be an excuse. I've seen alot of posts of beating Machamp, with good mons, but I lose with the same mons with higher CP.
I went in with:
2620CP Espeon ZH/P
2608CP Espeon ZH/FS
2604CP Alakazam C/FS
2600CP Eggs C/SoB
2217CP Charizard AS/OH
2331CP Eggs E/SoB
Machamp had C/HS
And lost... i must be doing something wrong, the order? I don't know, frustrating. I don't pay now, so i went back2back (yesterday/today's free raid) like this, because it was close the first time. Dodged charged moves (when possible) first round, timed out with I'm sure half a hp left. Second round, went spam hard, with 3 glass cannons ? dont need to tell you how that turned out. Anyway, with everyone saying "easy" with lower CP mons, i can only guess I've done something wrong.
For those who can answer, great. For those that can't, you can look at my Raichu party.
Holy shit you shouldn't lose with that. Not unless lag/other issues are at play.
Did you timeout or die both times? Do you have a DT/H Dragon for a late anchor? Exactly how close did you Get? I already know he had DP or we wouldn't be having this discussion lol. HS is also tough as heck those things can come out of nowhere
I did something stupid today. I fought an Alakazam without restarting the app. Every charge move I dissapeared. It would say "dodged!" but I would go invisible for many seconds...I'm guessing 5 seconds plus at times. I restarted and skull drug that bastard even though he had FB. I think this bug even happens without the visual alert, in that you may be taking undeserved damage and be visable but not actually functioning.
Are you doing a full restart prior to every raid? I've found it more critical than my actual lineup.
When he has DP, PC serves a very defined purpose for me. Champ has a tell most of the time. A slight delay from the regular move a then the flex he does before the charge. Now all that happens stupid fast. If you have confusion you may get a dodge in but it's tough. If you have PC you can do it rather easily. That doesn't mean I think C mons aren't good for this. It's just nice with good dodging to land multiple FSs being slippery at the start. Then tankier mons with slower movesets can do their damage and die if they need to. The first 20 or so seconds seem more predictable but maybe I'm imagining part of that.
This is why if you solo, you start with your glass cannons since the raid boss won't be firing off a charge move immediately for at least 10-20 seconds...
That will let you get off at least one or two charge moves and you can move on the your Exeggutors or bulkier attackers which may miss dodges due to using slower quick moves (and you simply not wanting to dodge quick moves anymore...).
The way your post is written, you missed it the first time with yesterday's free pass. Then you spun another free pass for today...every indication (including my own) you get the whole hour on one pass to keep trying until you win or run out of potions. With that being a fact, stock up on potions and try different orders and specialists
One question here. This team is enough to solo a Machamp? i never tried before but want to be prepared.
Exeggutor - ZH/SoB 2729CP;
Alakazam - PC/P 2610CP;
Espeon - ZH/Psybeam 2472CP;
Exeggutor - C/P 2417CP;
Exeggutor - Ex/P 2381CP;
Exeggutor - ZH/P 2244CP.
Worth switch some for a 3301CP Dragonite DB/DC?.
Kind of. Depends on how well you dodge or glitches. That goes for stronger teams too.
Fwiw I would run that Zam first to judge the charge move. If it's not counter, go all out, try to dodge charges but it's a sprint. He's going to kill at least one of your guys with a decent charge and you've got to play around that. DT/H is more tanky and let's you play the middle on those movesets.
Pretty much this...I used to say don't bother dodging, but if you can get a few more charge moves in, by all means, dodge the charge attacks...
Getting off another Solar Beam or Future Sight is massive damage and worth the extra second to dodge I think...
As mentioned, always start with your glass cannons since they won't be hit with a charge attack immediately and after playing long enough, you'll know that when your charge bar is full, so is the bosses and you may want to prepare to dodge...
Also, check your raid start time, if your time is off, you could start 20-30 seconds late which will make solo raids near impossible...(I fixed my issue by manually setting my time...the AUTO time was way off).
Have fun, I want to solo Level 3 myself, but usually do them with the wife and she won't be able to solo and be upset with me if I soloed it....
