Mega Altaria Raid Trio Guide

The prime Mega Counter for this raid, Mega Gardevoir has outstanding staying power and DPS, especially when facing down Dragon Type movesets. Its one and only drawback is that it doesn't boost Metagross' Steel Type moveset while on the field, but our lack of strong Steel Type Mega Evolutions at this time makes this a comparatively small issue.

If there's any Pokemon that needs a new move, it's Mega Gengar with a Poison Type Fast Move...

Despite having to throw out neutral Fast Move damage, Mega Gengar has some great performance, especially when facing down Dazzling Gleam. That said, it's basically a worse Mega Gardevoir in the majority of cases objectively speaking.

Mega Beerill is basically a worse Mega Gengar. It resists Dazzling Gleam, but it's also weak to Mega Altaria's Flying Type movests, so its definitely a riskier option.

Mega Scizor has the lowest performance among the Mega Evolutions listed here, but it has one feature that makes it worth considering; it has the highest DPS among the currently available Steel Type Mega Evolutions, meaning it boosts Shadow Metagross to nuclear levels.

Same story as Mega Scizor, but lower DPS and higher TDO.

The counter to Mega Altaria, Shadow Metagross obliterates the cotton dragon with devastating Steel Type blows while resisting its entire moveset. This thing tops the DPS and TDO charts alike, meaning it's the undisputed top counter option for this raid.

While not quite on a par with Shadow Metagross, the vanilla option is still great option that hits very hard and stays on the field for a very long time. This is easy-mode for the Trio.

The frigid pig-mammoth hits very hard, but it also drops pretty quickly due to a lack of resistances. 

The ideal pairing with Mega Gardevoir, Shadow Gardevoir has great performance and is the non-Mega Fairy Type counter option for this raid, standing well above all of the competition. 

The true generalist, Shadow Mewtwo's use of Ice Beam allows it to join this raid pretty danged well.

The one and only non-Mega Poison Type counter that we can objectively call "good", Nihilego has great staying power and solid DPS. It also resists Flying and Fairy Type moves, so it tends to wall most of Mega Altaria's stuff pretty effectively.

The seocnd-tier Fairy Attacker, Shadow Granbull is solid.

The sheer power of Glaciate is no joke, and it gives Kyurem surprising power.

In raids like this where Shadow Ursaring's Fast and Charged move options both deal Super Effective damage, its performance is surprisingly solid, especially for a Normal Type.

Don't forget to TM to Dazzling Gleam!

Utilizing a Steel Type Fast Move foreshadows this monster's future....

More proof that Eevee's Eeveelutions are the ultimate budget-options!

It hits hard, but do not expect it to stay active for long without some fancy dodging footwork.