Mega Glalie Raid Duo Guide

Nothing in this game can out-DPS Mega Blaziken in this raid under most circumstances, and very few things can out-TDO it either. This thing shreds Mega Glalie, outright brutalizing this angry snowball with ease. On top of that, its ability to boost Fire and Fighting Types alike makes it extremely useful regardless of the raid group.

Mega Charizard doesn't resist Mega Glalie's Ice Type moves, meaning its TDO isn't quite as great as Mega Blaziken in general, but it's still an outstandingly strong Pokemon that can make quick work of Mega Glalie. 

The top pick among Rock Type Mega Evolutions, Mega Diancie can definitely cause a lot of pain for Mega Glalie. It has to watch out for Gyro Ball, which will drop it pretty quickly, but it generally works great most of the time.

There's no viable reason to use Mega Charizard X over Mega Charizard Y outside of potential energy cost if you don't have Y quite yet. It's fine, but objectively worse.

Mega Diancie's lesser on virtually every front, in part due to the fact that it's weak to nearly everything that Mega Glalie can throw at it. Regardless, it can act as a glass-cannon if you lack other options.

Easily overlooked in the face of the absolute monsters highlighted above, Mega Houndoom is actually a really good budget Mega Evolution, and its Fire Type power allows it to work pretty well here,

While substantially behind Mega Blaziken as a Fighting Type Mega option, Mega Lopunny is actually a fair bit stronger than a lot of players give it credit for, making it a solid option when needed.

A good Mega Evolution option if you want Steel Type damage boosts.

Quite possibly the overall strongest counter in this raid outside of Mega Evolutions, Shadow Metagross has an outstanding mix of DPS and TDO that keeps it well ahead of the pack. The one down side is its weakness to Shadow Ball.

It doesn't like Gyro Ball, but oh boy this Sword of Justice can hit. The top Fighter at the moment, Terrakion is another outstanding option for scoring big hits against Mega Glalie.

Arguably the top Fire Type counter to Mega Glalie, Reshiram has a lot of raw power and a high average performance despite not actually resisting Ice Type moves. It's an outstanding all-around counter that can slot in regardless of what Mega Glalie is packing, so it's really hard to go wrong with Reshiram.

While not quite on a par with Shadow Metagross, Shadow Blaziken actually draws semi-near due to its solid TDO and high DPS. It's not quite the best counter, but it's not too far from the top.

If you want sheer Rock Type damage output, then Shadow Rampardos is your 'mon. Legendary in its raw DPS, it nears the top of the charts as an outstanding Pokemon for cracking skulls... just note that its skull won't stay intact for long in most raids, especially if fighting against Gyro Ball.

Heatran out-TDOs everything else in Pokemon Go for this raid, and has great DPS too. Well, it's actually pretty low on the DPS-side of things compared to many of the monsters on this list, but it's still very duo-worthy, giving it the one of highest average performances on this list.

A classical Fire Type titan, Shadow Moltres still sports outstanding average performance, and can still cause huge amounts of damage in short order.

Shadow Charizard is basically Shadow Moltres-lite, but it's still great in its own right.

The Jr. member of the Swords of Justice, Keldeo is a bit behind Terrakion, but it has the rather large advantage of resisting Ice Type moves while also having no weaknesses to the moves that Mega Glalie can throw its way. 

The most vanilla of the Shadow Fire Types, Shadow Entei has high average performance that is helped by its outright resistance to Mega Glalie's Ice Type moves; a trait that many of its fellow top-tier Fire Type attackers don't share.

The classical Shadow fighter, Shadow Machamp is a bit behind the competition, but still objectively very much worth using.

Basically interchangeable with Shadow Machamp.

Easily overlooked, but doubtlessly effective.

The classic Rock Type glass cannon is still very much worthwhile.

A resistance to Ice Type moves and Gyro Ball is extremely handy for Lucario

Sacred Fire is still very much worth using, just don't purify for Sacred Fire++. Seriously; please don't. The Shadow boost is better than the stronger variant of the move.