IMO Machamp is the easiest of the bosses although he does spam Heavy Slam frequently which can become annoying, you need Espeons with Future Sight ( C or ZH should work just fine I use C though), same goes for Alakazam ( C, PC with Fs), Dragonite with Hurricane works better than O. I also find my Gengar with SC/SB does work.
Executor is ok if that's your only option but you need more DPS which those above provide you, check pokebattler sims using time to win
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Level 3 Raid solo question
Hello fellow trainers, so i just hit level 32 and i was thinking if is possible to start soloing this beast. I though starting with Arcanine, but maybe Machamp is the easier one:
For Machamp:
- 3141 Dragonite DT/O
- 2523 Espeon ZH/FS
- 2476 Espeon C/Ps
- 2340 Exegutor Ex/Psychic
- 2152 Exegutor Ex/ Solar Beam
- 2073 Exegutor Ex/ Psychic
Please leave and fundament your opinion :D
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Not true from a pure dps perspective. However, the difference is slight and if you manage to just squeeze out that one more SB before dying, a SB exeggutor might just end up ahead. So I would say in real life battles there is no material performance difference (I use both types in my Machamp solos).
Nope, I find the pokebattler simulations don't really work for me (too much difference to my real life results), so I don't use them anymore and do pure DPS calculations on the basis of the known damage formulas (which luckily are widely available).
I found this pure and abstract spreadsheed approach makes comparisons between move sets a lot easier. Also, it gives me an impression of the overall quality of a mon (glass cannon, top attacker and (in group raids only) acceptable tank)).
In my experience, the variables in the game (lag, boss behaviour, time between a mon dying and the next being rotated in) can be huge. Pokebattler suggests a closeness to real life which I for one cannot confirm. So abstract calculations/pure mathematics ultimately worked better for me.
Btw, as stated above, I would not recommend ctm-ing a SB exeguttor. The difference in Machamp raids is marginal. But in Vaporeon raids a SB Exeggutor (with both ES and BS) is top notch whereas a P Exeggutor is useless.
What matters is cycle damage per second. If a mon had a high damage, energy inefficient, charge attack, and a quick attack that generated energy rapidly, it would do well. It's about the whole picture, not just one aspect of it. And of course, all the damage or DPS in the world won't do you any good if you can't get a charge attack off because you get KO'd first.
That is still a little weak.
You may win against a counter - close combat machamp but you will lose against other move sets.
I do not recommend that you try this:
- TM your Dragonite for Hurricane => not recommended since Outrage is better in general.
- Getting Future sight on your Espeons => probably not the best use of your TM.
You can try to improve your team by doing the following:
- obtaining 4 lvl 30 Alakazam/Espeon with future sight. You can find lvl 30 Eevee in the wild. 10km is not a big loss.
- obtaining another dragonite with Hurricane. That would be a good investment for more than Machamp.
- getting a Mewtwo. That would make things so easy...
I think you should power up the eggys to around 2500. Also try getting one more espeon or alakazam instead of one of the eggys or the dragon. I think you are close, you can give it a try and see how far you can go, but don't be discourage if you fail at first.
Another relatively easy option is to solo gengar with FB. If you can supplement the espeons with a good gengar and ttar you should be good. I find it easier than machamp.
