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Soloing Focus Blast Gengar with Glass Canons

First time to solo a 3 star raid boss. Did not want to spend stardust so just use my current pokemons. The closest I got (before my ultimate success below) is time's up with very tiny blood left with the following lineup (in that order):

3171 Ttar (B/SE)
3292 Dragonite (DT/H)
3001 Gary (C/HP)
2076 Ttar (B/C)
2080 Ttar (B/C)
3368 Dragonite (DB/DC)

My successful lineup, to my surprise, is to start with a bunch of glass canons and I beat the boss with 11 sec left (I named my pokemons with A/D/S and level) and only Ttar left:
1860 Gengar SC/SB
1723 Zam PC/FS
2207 Espeon C/FS
3001 Gary C/HP
3292 Dragonite DT/H
3171 Ttar B/SE

Appears that I should go with glass canons going forward when soloing.

Asked by relvix7 years 10 months ago

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When you solo Level 3 bosses, if it has a 1 bar move, it is VERY easy to predict when their energy bar is full...This can let you plan accordingly when/if to use yours or when you know your mon will be knocked out or to dodge, etc...

Like when I use Golem against Arcanine, I can always use 2 or 3 Stone edges since after he fires his move, he won't be firing another 1 for a while...You can also take the full brunt of his charge if you have a lot of health to gain energy faster since Rock Throw is slow to gain energy...

Congrats btw....I have yet to solo anything :(

I don't think Jolteon is soloable. OK, maybe with extremely good luck and perfect playing.

I sucked at dodging, haha. I think i only successfully dodged one or two focus blast. Just keep tapping the screen like crazy the whole time.

Nice work, I've always found it worth leading with 2 or 3 glass cannons then tanking through with Ttar or Dragons. Especially since those Psychic glass cannons hit really hard.

Yes, will try on Machamp/Zam next time.

The difference in difficulty between Machamp and Zam are night and day.

I can beat any machamp moveset handily. I can only just scrape past a PC/FS Zam with 1 sec left, so far can't beat anything else.

I put zam on my last solo list, and try to find the psycho cut one first, after that trying to do the confusion zam..
For me zam is the hardest soloable tier 3

I am not saying machamp is easy, but it is definitely easier than zam, and zam with psycho cut is easier than confusion one