Genesect Raid Duo Guide

The DPS king for this raid, Mega Blaziken hits extremely hard and can manage to make this raid substantially easier. If you need some help beating the clock, then this is definitely the best option.

Mega Charizard Y has lower DPS than Mega Blaziken, but it's still within solo-range and has higher average TDO as well. Either one of the top Mega Evolutions are perfect picks for the Solo, but Mega Charizard Y may be a bit better for the Duo, where DPS generally isn't a worry.

While not on a par with the above in terms of DPS, Primal Groudon's Primal Boost helps the entire team even when it's on the bench, making it extremely useful for select solo runs, especially in Sunny weather as these two boosts stack to bring a lot of Pokemon up to solo-viable DPS. It's also worth noting that Primal Groudon itself has duo-worthy DPS, so it's not dead weight unto itself, but it still can't make the solo work without a team that has DPS substantially above the golden 50.

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Honestly though, Mega Charizard X is an okay option for the duo, hitting decently hard. However, it doesn't have any advantages over its Y variant.

While sub-optimal when compared to the two big-names, Mega Houndoom is still a solid secondary/budget option for the duo.

Shadow Chandelure sports nuclear levels of Fire damage, and a resistance to everything that Genesect can throw it save Hyper Beam... which it double resists. This is an outstanding option, and one of the absolute strongest counters to Genesect for those lucky enough to have one raised.

The Fire legend itself, Reshiram sports outstanding performance rivaled by few and objectively surpassed only by the big Mega Evolutions. It's hard to go wrong with the dragon of Truth, though it's a bit low on DPS for the Solo without a weather boost

Heatran can't really hit the numbers needed for the solo, but it's easy mode for the Duo. this thing is well above duo-required damage, and it lasts forever, hitting hard and resisting or double-resisting Gensect's entire moveset. If you're not going for the solo, then Heatran makes this raid very easy!

The shadow forme of the original big Fire-Type, Shadow Moltres still puts in outstanding work while also having the same great typing of Mega Charizard Y, allowing it to withstand Genesect's assaults for a surprisingly long time.

One of the top DPS options with great TDO to back it up, Shadow Ho-oh is a premier counter for this raid, and a universally great pick. An Apex Shadow Ho-oh sporting Sacred Fire+ is ideal, but normal Sacred Fire is still perfectly fine. Just please don't purify it!

Mega Evolution isn't the only way that Blaziken can be viable. In its Shadow forme, it's a bit glassy but sports the highest non-Mega DPS for this raid. Just be ready to back it up with some higher TDO options in the duo to avoid having to reloby. 

Shadow Entei is comparable to Shadow Moltres, with the traditional DPS/TDO trade-off that we've seen in so many cases. Overlooked, but genuinely good.

Another overlooked yet strong counter, Shadow Charizard is comparable to Shadow Blaziken with its lower DPS but higher TDO. But on that note, it's still an objectively worse Shadow Moltres most of the time.

While not as good as the above Shadow Starters, Shadow Tyhlosion is extremely overlooked as a Fire Type attacker, and is still able to put in some outstanding performance.

The victim of a terrible moveset, Shadow Magmortar still has the power to at least be a solid attacker.

The premier burning-ghost, Chandelure has the same rare trait of double resisting Hyper Beam as its Shadow forme, giving it a worthwhile niche to back up its great overall performance.

The Grand Bug itself, Volcarona comes in with great average performance that makes it a very worthwhile Pokemon to utilize on this raid.

One of the true-vanilla Fire Types, Darmanitan is a solid team filler, though it's a bit glassy. 

Another option with a sub-optimal moveset, Shadow Arcanine is a worthy team-filler.

Despite the fact that Genesect resists Psycho Cut, Shadow Mewtwo can still put in decent numbers here with Flamethrower... just beware of Bug Type movesets.

Sacred Fire is preferred over Sacred Fire++ despite being weaker because no Apex Shadow Ho-oh should ever be purified!