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Zapdos or Raikou

I have two Raikous (91% and 89%) and one Zapdos (91%) with max attack. I doubt I'll need to power up all three so which two should I do?

Asked by N20Hilarious7 years 6 months ago
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Zapdos for nostalgia. Raikou for DPS.

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I've battle with both. Zapdos was better on the attack IMO.

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One of each, they have completely different strengths and weaknesses. Each has its use.

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Zapdos has higher attack but Raikou has MUCH better moves (charge beam sucks), which gives it an edge.

Until Zapdos gets better moves, or until moves change, Raikou will be strictly better. Not by much, but still better. Hang on to your Zapdoses though, because it's HIGHLY likely that Niantic will update moves since they do that pretty often.

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Not in all cases. For example against Ho-Oh with SoB Zapdos will have the edge since he resist grass type. Raikou will be one shot most of the time.

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Zapdos is not only for the nostalgia, it's the best choice against solar beam Ho-oh.

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why not one of each?

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This. Especially with how easy it is to get dust. I had 20K dust before the event. I'm pushing 300K dust. :D

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