Over the two days of the Pokemon GO Fest 2021, users caught many different Pokemon that weren’t available before. During day 2 in particular, all of the legendary raids popped up one after another. There were four different types of raid hours during the second day — wind, lava, frost, and thunder — and different legendary Pokemon appeared for each hour.
Those who are reading this probably caught some of these Pokemon and are looking for the best moves and skillsets for them to make them more efficient in battles and raids. So without further ado, here are the best moves and skillsets for the legendary Pokemon that were available on day 2 of the GO Fest.
Wind hour raids — Best Pokemon skillsets
Pokemon |
Type |
Fast Move |
Charged Move |
Mewtwo |
Psychic |
Psycho Cut |
Psystrike (Elite TM) Psychic Shadow Ball |
Ho-Oh |
Fire/Flying |
Incinerate |
Brave Bird |
Latias |
Dragon/Psychic |
Zen Headbutt |
Psychic |
Latios |
Dragon/Psychic |
Dragon Breath |
Psychic |
Regigigas |
Normal |
Hidden Power |
Giga Impact |
Giratina (Altered) |
Ghost/Dragon |
Shadow Claw Dragon Breath |
Dragon Claw |
Cresselia |
Psychic |
Confusion |
Future Sight |
Tornadus (Therian) |
Flying |
Gust |
Hurricane |
Virizion |
Grass/Fighting |
Quick Attack |
Leaf Blade |
Among the legendary Pokemon for the wind hour raids, Mewtwo, Giratina, and Cresselia are the most useful. Mewtwo and Giratina are two of the best raid/gym attackers in this game, and Cresselia is great in the Ultra league for PVP.
Lava hour raids — Best Pokemon skillsets
Pokemon |
Type |
Fast Attack |
Charged Attack |
Moltres |
Fire/Flying |
Fire Spin |
Sky Attack (Elite TM) Overheat |
Regirock |
Rock |
Rock Throw |
Stone Edge |
Groudon |
Ground |
Dragon Tail Mud Shot |
Solar Beam Earthquake |
Reshiram |
Dragon/Fire |
Fire Fang Dragon Breath |
Overheat Draco Meteor |
Yveltal |
Dark/Flying |
Sucker Punch Snarl |
Dark Pulse Hurricane |
Landorus (Therian) |
Ground/Flying |
Mud Shot |
Earthquake |
Entei |
Fire |
Fire Fang |
Overheat |
Heatran |
Fire/Steel |
Fire Spin |
Flamethrower |
Terrakion |
Rock/Fighting |
Smack Down |
Rock Slide Close Combat |
More than half of the lava hour raid Pokemon are considered top-tier. Moltres and Reshiram are top-tier fire attackers, Groudon and Landorus are top-tier ground attackers, and Terrakion is a top-tier rock attacker.
Frost hour raids — Best Pokemon skillsets
Pokemon |
Type |
Fast Attack |
Charged Attack |
Articuno |
Ice/Flying |
Ice Shard |
Blizzard Ice Beam |
Suicune |
Water |
Extrasensory |
Hydro Pump |
Lugia |
Psychic/Flying |
Extrasensory |
Aero Blast (Elite TM) Sky Attack |
Regice |
Ice |
Lock-On |
Blizzard |
Kyogre |
Water |
Waterfall |
Surf Hydro Pump |
Palkia |
Water/Dragon |
Dragon Tail |
Draco Meteor |
Kyurem |
Dragon/Ice |
Dragon Breath |
Draco Meteor Dragon Claw Blizzard |
Uxie |
Psychic |
Extrasensory |
Future Sight |
Mesprit |
Psychic |
Confusion |
Future Sight |
Azelf |
Psychic |
Extrasensory |
Future Sight |
The frost hour raid Pokemon are better for PVP, but they’re still useful in raids as well. Articuno and Lugia are strong in PVPs, Kyogre is the best water attacker, and Palkia is a top-tier dragon attacker.
Thunder hour raids — Best Pokemon skillsets
Pokemon |
Type |
Fast Attack |
Charged Attack |
Zapdos |
Electric/Flying |
Thunder Shock (Elite TM) Charge Beam |
Thunderbolt |
Raikou |
Electric |
Thunder Shock |
Wild Charge |
Rayquaza |
Dragon/Flying |
Dragon Tail |
Outrage |
Dialga |
Steel/Dragon |
Metal Claw |
Draco Meteor |
Thundurus |
Electric/Flying |
Volt Switch |
Thunderbolt |
Zekrom |
Dragon/Electric |
Dragon Breath Charge Beam |
Wild Charge |
Cobalion |
Steel/Fighting |
Metal Claw |
Sacred Sword (Elite TM) Close Combat |
Registeel |
Steel |
Metal Claw |
Flash Cannon |
Xerneas |
Fairy |
Zen Headbutt |
Giga Impact |
The No.1 Pokemon for the thunder hour raids is Rayquaza, which is one of the best dragon/flying-type attackers. Dialga and Zekrom are also top-tier attackers as well.
The other legendary Pokemon are also pretty good, but they aren’t used as often as the ones mentioned in the tables above.
How was your Pokemon GO Fest 2021? Did you catch’ em all?
Image credit: Niantic
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