Mega Salamence Raid Duo Guide

The king of the Ice Type Mega Evolutions, Mega Glalie is the obvious choice for this raid. Its high DPS combined with the ability to boost other Ice Types on the field makes it a prime choice for any Mega Salamence raid, just beware of Fire Type movesets.

Mega Abomasnow is very competitive with Mega Glalie, but it has the added advantage of resisting Hydro Pump, which can be a pretty bothersome move to face. However, it will also go up in flames just looking at a Mega Salamence that's packing Fire Fang and/or Fire Blast.

The Dragon King is one of the few things in this game that can compete with a double-weakness by preying on a mere single-weakness. It has the disadvantage of not granting an Ice Type Mega Boost, but it's still powerful in-and-of itself!

The top Rock counter for this raid, Mega Diancie doesn't care about Mega Salamence' powerful Dragon Type moves and comes in strong in return. Still, its DPS is substantially lower than the Ice Mega Evolutions.

The top option if Fairy damage is your goal, but still falls behind Mega Diancie, which also provides a Rock boost. On top of that, it's also far behind the DPS of the Ice Mega Evolutions.

While definitely below the Ice Type Mega Evolutions in terms of performance for this raid in general, the mirror match is a great option in Windy weather or if you know that your raid group is likely going to run a bunch of Dragon Types. It also has the advantage of resisting Hydro Pump and Fire Type movesets, but it will fold pretty quickly to Dragon Type movesets.

Pretty close to Mega Salamence, and all of the same points still stand, but it also has the added disadvantage of being weak to Bite.

The frigid monarch itself, Shadow Mamoswine is a devastatingly powerful force with a performance in this raid that is unmatched. It fears Hydro Pump and Fire Type movesets alike, but it can still power through with huge damage.

Basically Shadow Mamoswine but... worse. Despite this fact, it still makes our Supreme Counters list due to its very high DPS capabilities. And hey, it resists Bite and isn't weak to Hydro Pump, so that's something, right? In all seriousness, though; Shadow Weavile is an outstanding counter for this raid.

One of the best vanilla Ice-Types, Galarian Darmanitan is a gold-standard counter with outstanding general performance, and makes for a great counter for this raid.

Yes, that army of Mamoswine that you raised back when Gen 4 first started dropping works wonders here too. Like its Shadow variant it fears Water and Fire, but it's still a great overall performer.

Power incarnate, Shadow mewtwo once again breaks into a raid graph with nothing but a relevant charged move to its name. Everyone's favorite Legendary mutant is actually a really solid overall counter in this raid as it doesn't sport the weaknesses to Fire or Dragon that hampers most of the other Pokemon on this list, but it does need to be careful of Bite... though Bite is so weak that it will have similar performance to Fire Fang against Mewtwo when used by a raid boss.

Take everything that we said about Shadow Weavile and bring it down a few notches.

Arguably the top budget counter for this raid, a high-leveled Glaceon is very duo-worthy, and is a fine pick for this raid.

Despite not having an Ice Type Fast Move, Kyurem is actually a pretty solid counter here due to the sheer power of Glaciate. It also has the advantage of being an Ice Type resists Hydro Pump and is not weak to Fire Type movesets. Just watch out for Dragon Type movesets, as Draco Meteor will end this frigid dragon very quickly.

Despite being overlooked, Shadow Articuno is actually a fairly strong counter for this raid that has decent overall performance. And, for once, its Flying Type has absolutely no baring on this matchup.

Despite being a little low on the DPS scale when compared to the above Pokemon, Shadow Cloyster still hits well within duo-range DPS and it has the best resistance set on this list. It resists Hydro Pump, takes neutral damage from Fire Type movesets, and isn't weak to Dragon Type movesets as is a tradeoff with its similar competition. Overall, Shadow Cloyster is a pretty safe universal counter for this raid.

Despite not being an Ice Type, Shadow Salamence just barely makes its way into this list; a true testament to its sheer power. It has the standard fare of resisting Fire and Water while being weak to Dragon, and is best utilized under Windy weather.

All of the same points as Shadow Mewtwo apply, but just... not quite as much.

Solid DPS, but melts pretty quickly... especially if Mega Salamence has Fire Fang.

One of the original Ice Type attackers, Jynx is... okay, but really frail.

Definitely an oddity, Porygon-Z has the raw stats needed to be an okay counter that sits fairly close to Mega Salamence, and it has the advantage of having no weakness among Mega Salamence' moveset. Just... don't invest heavily in it, as it's still pretty mediocre.