Soloing raid bosses
HI,
I'm a solo player as I don't have time to go around and find raid bosses to play with others... So I'm trying to get the best out of the pokemons I have to win raids...
How can I calculate the most effective pokemons I have against a specific raid boss?
Here I found lists of counters, but as solo is almost impossible to have legendaries... So how can I calculate how effective a pokemon will be against a specific raid boss?
Is there any formula for it?
Answers
You need to do much more advanced calculations to know if you are able to solo a boss. The damage pokemon deal gets modified by a few things and isn't just the power you see on the move.
Pokebattler.com is the best resource for this, it has a separate tab for raids, where you can check the top counters to that type of raid. Anything with a Time to Win below 170 seconds and less than 6 deaths (or >100% power) is a safe option. It can be a bit convoluted to use the site but you should be able to figure it out. There are also videos on youtube with more detailed instructions about how to correctly use pokebattler.
CP by itself doesn't mean anything. Blissey has one of the highest (non-legendary) CPs in the game yet it's a horrible damage dealer against anything. And then there's Piloswine which doesn't even break 2500cp at max level and is one of the highest damage attackers against dragon types.
As for your example, the Dragonite would deal not very effective damage with a move that's not great and lacks same type attack bonus. The Rhydon would absolutely be a better choice.
