| RSE |
| Rayquaza | |
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| Type | Dragon/Flying |
| Abilities | Air Lock |
| Gender Ratio | Genderless |
| Catch Rate | 3 (0.4%) |
Rayquaza can be caught on the top of Sky Pillar at level 70 in Emerald only.
This title Legendary can be caught at level 70, which means it outlevels everything remaining in the game. It has very good stats all around, with equal Attack and Special Attack, so it can run any set it pleases.It even sports good Defenses and an above average HP. This guy can solo the game for you without you doing anything.Lost a lot of team members, or don't want to grind? Just catch this Pokemon, and the game is won.
And who doesn't love chucking a legendary at your opponents? It makes you feel like a kid again...
Important Matchups[]
- Gym #8 - Juan (Sootopolis City, Water-type): Have fun with your ~30 level advantage. Give it Thunderbolt, and it will zap everybody.
- Wally (Victory Road): Give it Flamethrower, and watch it sweep with Outrage and Flamethrowering that Magneton.
- Elite Four Sidney (Ever Grande City, Dark-type): No Problemo. This should be easy as pie. Just spam whatever move you want, there will be no survivors.
- Elite Four Phoebe (Ever Grande City, Ghost-type): No Problemo. This should be easy as pie. Just spam whatever move you want, there will be no survivors.
- Elite Four Glacia (Ever Grande City, Ice-type): Normally, with a 4x weakness to Ice, you wouldn't let Rayquaza anywhere near this... but Rayquaza isn't normal. Watch as Thunderbolts and Flamethrowers fall from the heavens and KO everyone.
- Elite Four Drake (Ever Grande City, Dragon-type): You are faster and you should have a Lum Berry in your bag to give to Rayquaza to watch it sweep with Outrage. Heal fatigue with the Lum Berry. And sweep again.
- Champion Wallace (Ever Grande City, Water-type): Water-types, Water-types everywhere. There are some problems with them, though. Whiscash is Water/Ground and can survive an Outrage cycle, so use Fly or Crunch or whatever move you have that's best for it. Ludicolo is bulky, so use Fly. Milotic is a joke, and so are the others.
- Post-Game: It can solo Steven without grinding because for some strange reason it can learn Surf. Just set up a few X Specials and watch everything fall to Surf+Flamethrower. Then just let it roam the skies like it used to.
Moves[]
It has a wide moveset, worthy of a legendary. When caught, it has the moveset of Outrage, Fly, Rest, and Extremespeed. It can learn Crunch, Ancient Power, Dragon Dance, Dragon Claw, Twister, and Scary Face from the move reminder, and learns Hyper Beam at level 75.
TM-wise, it has a large selection of moves as well. Dragon Claw can be used instead of Outrage, if the confusion chance is not to your taste. On the special side it has access to Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Flamethrower and their stronger versions, Thunder, Fire Blast, Blizzard for excellent coverage, as well as Surf through HM.
On the physical side, Fly is its primary STAB move. Return could be an option, but since it is legendary, it starts off with 0 happiness, making Frustration stronger, and increasing happiness a pain. It also learns Earthquake.
Both Physical and Special movesets can be applied here since Rayquaza has equal attacking stats of 150.
On the Support side, it learns Protect, Toxic, and Rest, and a few other useless ones like Sandstorm or Double Team. It also learns Dragon Dance, a great move for a Physical Rayquaza.
Recommended movesets:
Physical: Dragon Dance, Fly, Earthquake, ExtremeSpeed/Rock Slide/Brick Break
Mixed: Outrage/Dragon Claw, ThunderBolt/Flamethrower/Dragon Dance, Fly/Earthquake, Crunch/ExtremeSpeed/Surf
Special: Outrage/Dragon Claw, ThunderBolt/Flamethrower/Ice Beam, Thunder/Fire Blast/Blizzard, Surf/Overheat/Crunch/SolarBeam
Other[]
Rayquaza's stats[]
| Stat | Range | ||||
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| At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||||
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165 - 212 | 320 - 414 | |||
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139 - 222 | 274 - 438 | |||
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85 - 156 | 166 - 306 | |||
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139 - 222 | 274 - 438 | |||
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85 - 156 | 166 - 306 | |||
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90 - 161 | 175 - 317 | |||
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- What Nature do I want? This Pokemon is so strong that you might as well want to give your opponent a chance with a bad Nature; it's not going to make any difference anyway. On a more serious note, anything that will increase any of its already outstanding attacking stats will do. The Special Attack raising Natures such as Modest, Mild, and Rash will complement its Dragon-type nukes together with the elemental beams and their stronger variants. The Attack raising ones like Adamant, Naughty, and Lonely, work best for the physically-inclined set that includes Fly, Earthquake, ExtremeSpeed etc. Speed raising natures that don't hinder its offensive stats will do great as well, but most of the times Rayquaza won't even need its already good Speed to be enhanced, as its target are usually slower than it already.
- How good is the Rayquaza line in a Nuzlocke? Awesome. That pretty much sums it up. Great stats, great Movepool, found at an extremely high level, out leveling the game, this Pokemon is a must to all those who either need help with their team, those who cannot grind, have a bad team for the Elite Four, or have suffered many deaths. It's lots of fun to use, as you're chucking a Legendary at your opponents, and who doesn't love that? It's like you're a kid again. Unless you are a kid.
Rayquaza's type matchups:
- Weaknesses: Dragon, Ice (x4), Rock
- Resistances: Fire, Grass (x0.25), Fighting, Water, Bug
- Immunities: Ground
- Neutralities: Normal, Poison, Ghost, Steel, Flying, Psychic, Dark, Electric