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Rayquaza, a Dragon and Flying type Pokémon, official artwork

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Rayquaza: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

DragonFlyingUber

Rayquaza is a bulky attacker, led by its Attack (150) and Sp. Atk (150), with a base stat total of 680. Competitively it is banned from standard play for being too strong; a top pick in Ubers and unrestricted formats.

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What is Rayquaza weak to?

How much damage Rayquaza takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toIce
2×Weak toDragonFairyRock
0.5×ResistsBugFightingFireWater
0.25×ResistsGrass
0×Immune toGround

Rayquaza takes super-effective damage from Ice, Dragon, Fairy, Rock (Ice hit it for 4x damage). It resists Bug, Fighting, Fire, Water, Grass and is immune to Ground.

Best moveset for Rayquaza

Rayquaza has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Draco MeteorDragon130
  • OverheatFire130
  • Dragon AscentFlying120

Best nature for Rayquaza

Careful or Bold. Rayquaza's mixed stats mean the best nature depends on the set: boost whichever defense or attacking stat your build leans on.

Abilities

  • Air LockWhile this Pokemon is active, the effects of weather conditions are disabled.
Full learnset (73 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Draco MeteorDragon13090%Special
OverheatFire13090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Dragon AscentFlying120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Meteor BeamRock12090%Special
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
HurricaneFlying11070%Special
Hydro PumpWater11080%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
FlyFlying9095%Physical
Hyper VoiceNormal90100%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
SurfWater90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
Wild ChargeElectric90100%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dragon PulseDragon85100%Special
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Dragon ClawDragon80100%Physical
Extreme SpeedNormal80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
WaterfallWater80100%Physical
Air SlashFlying7595%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
U-turnBug70100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Ancient PowerRock60100%Special
AvalancheIce60100%Physical
Breaking SwipeDragon60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Dragon TailDragon6090%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
Icy WindIce5595%Special
TwisterDragon40100%Special
WhirlpoolWater3585%Special
Scale ShotDragon2590%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Gyro BallSteel?100%Physical
Bulk UpFighting--Status
Dragon CheerDragon--Status
Dragon DanceDragon--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
TailwindFlying--Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status