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Finally, a successful Zam- solo

A week ago, I posted here stating my twentieth attempt failed miserably basis on below line up:
Ttar B/Se A14 L31.5
Ttar B/Se A14 L33
Ttar B/Se A14 L36.5
Ttar B/C A15 L40
Ttar B/C A10 L30
Ttar B/C A14 L35.5

Since then, I cTM one of the stone edges and caught another B/Crunch Ttar, powered him up to L29.5. Today, I finally soled a Pc/Fs Mr. Zam with:

Gengar Sc/Sb A11 L40
Ttar B/C A15 L40
Ttar B/C A14 L35.5
Ttar B/C A14 L33
Ttar B/C A10 L30
Ttar B/C A13 L29.5

Q: I understand Pc/Fs is probably the easiest among all zam solos. Can my lineup be able to counter one with confusion? Do I need to dodge? Tks

Asked by donguding7 years 5 months ago

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I don't have any experience with Alakazam solo raids, so I'm going based on the theory.

If you happen to time out with that LU (what I expect you to), try start with Gengar (Hex / Shadow Claw x Shadow Ball) and a Baneth (Shadow Claw x Shadow Ball) to get ahead of the clock.

It's worth to note that 15A Tyranitar hits breakpoint (very important for bite) at level 31.5. So your first Tyranitar missed out on that.

There's a very good guide on gamepress which should help you out. I'm looking forward to my first Alakazam raid once I see one.

I'll be using the line up right below, don't mind the wrong move pool and missed breakpoints. Will TM and power up once I see an Alakazam. This should be sufficient for the most difficult Alakazam. If it's not strong enough I can TM my B+SE Tyranitar and put it in the line up instead of Houndoom.

You can more or less ignore my answer from above. I totally missed out on your successful attempt and I thought you failed with the above LU.

I was too happy to share my knowledge:D
Well done!

To also answer your Question below;

Start out with Tyranitar (not Gengar cause it will faint too soon against Confusion) to absorb the first two hits.

Furthermore, according to Gamepress solo raid guide, add a total of 3 ghost Pokemon. So I feel like a combination between 3 ghost and 3 tyranitar B+C should be sufficient.

As long as it is FS, NO need to dodge!

Tks. I only had 12 sec left in this raid. Would I have enough time when facing Confusion, a much challenging fast move?

He is right. With that lineup of T-tars, dodging will only hurt you.

The first Alakazam solo I successfully did was against C/FS, and my lineup wasn't this strong. I did not dodge, and never used my 6th mon, and the Zam boss fainted with zero seconds remaining. With those T-tars, survivability won't be a problem, and you just need to make sure you are delivering enough DPS. Dodging hurts DPS.

One thing you might consider trying is swapping out the SC/SB Gengar for a H/SB Gengar. I realize that SC/SB Gengar has attained deity-like status here on the Gamepress PoGo site, and in most cases it is indeed better, but against C/FS 'Zam, the extra energy gain from hex allowed me to deliver a second SB, which I could not do with SC/SB. I believe that made the difference in knocking out the Zam boss.

As long as it is FS, it can kill Gengars in one hit!

Your lineup can win Confusion Zam. Put Gengar second instead of first and dodge charge moves with Gengar if it hasn't fired 2 Shadow Balls yet. Tyranitars only need to dodge FB, they can tank everything else. You should not have much problem with C/SB and C/FS.
Against PC/FB bring in as many ghost as you have, while C/FB will be extremely hard. You need to dodge perfectly, but all the dodging may lower your DPS enough to not finish the raid. I'd upgrade the team with another good Gengar and leveling the Tyras before attempting C/FB.

Tks.
"Gengar if it hasn't fired 2 Shadow Balls" - shadow balls is a two bar move. Does it mean it has to fire four times ?

" Good Gengar" - I don't have another Sc/Sb Gengar. Can a L33 A15 Hex do the job ?

"levelling the Tyras" - pls explain

Sorry for asking so many questions. I really like to sole Alakazam which is a bit of a challenge. The rest including the legendary bosses are too easy. I am constructing a non-Ttars team to tackle FB but main problem is not having a Mewtwo.

No, you only need to fire Shadow Ball twice for Gengar to earn his spot. There's no way Gengar would survive enough Confusions to fire four Shadow Balls.

Yes, the level 33 Hex Gengar with 15 attack is fine. He reaches the next to last breakpoint at level 29.5 and has one more at level 40, but I don't think you need to go that far. Level 33 is fine.

By "leveling the Tyranitars" he means the level 29.5 and level 30 need to be powered up more. Assuming 10 HP and 10 Defense (you only listed their attack), they need to be bumped up to level 34.5 to hit the defensive breakpoint to survive longer. Check the bulkpoint calculator because they not need to be powered up quite that high if the HP and defense are higher than 10.

The L33 Gengar is fine as long as its def and hp IV aren't horrible. Attack IV weirdly doesn't matter as much as its bulk does. As long as it tanks 3 Confusions, you're golden.

Leveling = powering up. Tyranitar fires off a lot of Crunches so the damage increase you get from powering them up is actually relevant.

For PC/FB you don't need a Mewtwo. I've done it with 6 Gengars, two at level 32, two at level 30 and two at level 28. It's a very easy moveset with a full ghost team. If you don't have all Gengars, just use Tyranitars to round up and dodge Focus Blast.
For C/FB, you practically need Tyranitars for tanking Confusion, again they will just have to dodge perfectly.

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