What is a good moveset for Rayquaza?

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Gen 6

Why is there still no moveset forthismonster?

Rayquaza @ Life OrbAbility: Air LockEVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SpeJolly Nature / Adamant Nature- Dragon Ascent- Dragon Dance / Swords Dance- Extreme Speed- Earthquake / Outrage / V-create (event move) / Draco Meteor / Overheat / Whatever you want to run dammit.

Groudon created the Land. Kyogre created the Sea. What about Rayquaza? It created a whole new tier in Smogon. This thing is insane, all you need to do is use Dragon Dance once or twice (or Swords Dance once) and sweep. Dragon Ascent is as powerful as Outrage and it deals a ton of damage to everything not resisting it. Whats could be more badass than to fly to the heavens and smash into your enemies like a meteor? Delta Stream removes its flying weaknesses and leaves it only weak to Fairy, Dragon and Ice (2x) type moves. Earthquake is Earthquake. It kills Steels and that’s what it does. Faster threats? Just ExtremeSpeed it in the face. Mega Rayquaza has transcended Ubers and gone to Anything Goes. A tier made just to house it. In other words, godmode.

Rayquaza @ Choice ScarfAbility: Air LockEVs: 196 Atk / 196 SpA / 116 SpeNaive Nature- Thunderbolt- Outrage- Surf- Earthquake

My Ubers lead, and I love ‘em.

He clears out Kyogre’s weather, then outspeeds the Modest scarf set by 1 speed point. Hits hard with Thunderbolt.

He later can clear out threats like Adamant Zekrom (still outspeeding by 1 point ^^) Modest Reshiram (same boat!), or Dialga with Modest.

The only dragons that I have to worry about are Palkia or a faster Rayquaza.

Anyway, he outspeeds those threats to nail with STAB Outrage.Surf is for Groudon leads. (Once again, no sun is out due to Air Lock)

Earthquake is for general coverage. Takes out the seemingly rare Arceus-Electric, the ever so common Dialga, and lets me hit that troll Ferrothorn for some neutral damage.

It’s easily replaceable with a Fire move. Heck, I’ll probably run this with V-Create when it’s released :D (V-Create > Earthquake that is. Keep in mind that Flamethrower, Fire Blast, and Overheat are all still great choices for that slot.)

Simple Dragon Dance set

AG Creator (Rayquaza-Mega) @ Life OrbAbility: Delta StreamEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Extreme Speed- Dragon Ascent- V-create- Dragon Dance

Dragon Ascent is needed to Mega-Evolve. Extreme Speed is priority and targets faster Pokemon. V-Create melts Ice-type along with Necrozma-Dusk Mane. Dragon Dance is set-up, and at +1, only the bulkiest Pokemon in this whole world can take its hit. Adamant is chosen over Jolly since you already outsped a lot of things after a +1 Dragon Dance. Life Orb is chosen, and for other weird choices would be Lum Berry (Lol) and other things.BUT FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS WORLD DON’T USE SASH RAY!

Calculations

At +1 Atk, without Life Orb, see your damage input against Ho-Oh.- +1 252+ Atk Rayquaza-Mega Dragon Ascent vs. 248 HP / 208+ Def Ho-Oh: 331-391 (79.7 - 94.2%) – guaranteed 2HKO

Now, you shall see yourself getting a burn from Sacred Fire or Whirlwind-ed back while Ho-Oh gets that HP back from Regenerator.

Now, VS opposing M-Ray.- 252+ Atk Rayquaza-Mega Dragon Ascent vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Rayquaza-Mega: 274-324 (78 - 92.3%) – guaranteed 2HKO

VS Yveltal- 252+ Atk Rayquaza-Mega Dragon Ascent vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Yveltal: 288-339 (73.2 - 86.2%) – guaranteed 2HKO

While if you had Life Orb;- 252+ Atk Life Orb Rayquaza-Mega Dragon Ascent vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Yveltal: 374-441 (95.1 - 112.2%) – 68.8% chance to OHKO

This explains why Life Orb is possibly the best item on it.Using Focus Sash on it is totally bad; it doesn’t get a lot of important KOes where it would have done. As such, there arises no reason to use Focus Sash.

Thanks for reading.

Gen V

Rayquaza @ Lum BerryAbility: Air LockEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Extreme Speed- Outrage- Dragon Dance- Brick Break

Gen 8 Dynamax userRayquaza @ Life OrbAbility: Air LockEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Dragon Dance- Dragon Ascent- Dragon Claw- Brick BreakDragon Dance is setup. Dragon Ascent is powerful STAB, and in Dynamax gives you a speed boost. Dragon Claw is STAB. Brick Break gives you an attack boost when it becomes Max Knuckle.

Rayquaza @ Focus Sash / Life OrbEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 SpeHasty Nature- Protect- Dragon Ascent- Extreme Speed- Earth Power

Focus Sash is better if you find Xerneas more of a problem, but Life Orb causes it to increase it’s already amazing attacking power even higher. Protect is mandatory, Dragon Ascent is your main attacking move, with 120 BP and STAB. Extreme Speed helps pick off KOs on Sashes and faster Pokemon. Earth Power is used over Earthquake to not hit allies and to do more damage to Primal Groudon.

Rayquaza @ Choice Band / Choice ScarfAbility: Air LockEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeJolly Nature / Adamant Nature- Outrage- Stone Edge- Fly- Earthquake

Rayquaza is already really fast. Choice Band is mainly for Outrage, however, other moves can work. If you want extra speed go with Choice Scarf, and if you’re going scarfed, use Adamant.

Rayauaza @ Life Orb / Expert BeltAbility: Air LockEVs: 252 Atk / 128 SpA / 128 SpeLonely Nature- Dragon Claw- Earthquake / Stone Edge- Thunderbolt- Flamethrower

Generally you should attack with Dragon Claw & if there is one a super effective move. Ice is covered by Flamethrower, Dragon is covered by Dragon Claw & Rock by Earthquake.

So Rayquaza is just OP:

Rayquaza @ Choice SpecsAbility: Air LockEVs: 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 SpeModest Nature- Dragon Ascent- Dragon Pulse- Ice Beam- Flamethrower

Ok so this is a special sweeper move set. As you can see I run Choice Specs Rayquaza. Here is my explanation of Moves:Dragon Ascent: Signature move, why not? + STABDragon Pulse: STABIce Beam: CoverageFlamethrower: Coverage

Hope this helps!! :)

Anyone for Choice Band Rayquaza?

Rayquaza @ Choice BandAbility: Air LockEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Dragon Ascent- Dragon Claw- Earthquake / V-Create- Extreme Speed

This set might receive a lot of hate for not running Dragon Dance or Swords Dance, but the sheer power of Choice Band without a boost makes up for it. Dragon Ascent allows mega evolution and is Flying type STAB, Dragon Claw for STAB, Earthquake for coverage, and V-Create allows him to not be walled by Skarmory, at the cost of stat drops. Extreme Speed for priority.

Rayquaza is aMONSTER.Especially when it’s Mega-Evolved. Except it doesn’t fare well against Scarfers. (Preferably White Kyurem with a Choice Scarf.) We are fixing that today by giving Mega-Rayquaza a Choice Scarf of its own.

Rayquaza @ Choice ScarfAbility: Air LockEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Outrage- Dragon Ascent- Earthquake- Iron Tail / Iron Head

Outrage is big Dragon STAB and OHKOs most Dragon Pokemon from Ubers. Dragon Ascent is Flying STAB and the way to mega-evolve Rayquaza. Earthquake hits Rock, Steel, Poison, and Electric types. Iron Tail picks off White-Kyurem and Xerneas, but Iron Head does the same thing and has better accuracy, though it has less power than Iron Tail.

National Dex AG

Rayquaza-Mega @ Life OrbAbility: Air LockEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Dragon Dance- Dragon Ascent- V-create / Earthquake- Extreme Speed

Explanation: Use Dragon Dance to boost your Speed and Attack. Dragon Ascent is powerful STAB. V-create is a powerful moves that provides coverage for Fairy/Steel types like Zacian-Crowned. You can also use Earthquake for slightly more accuracy and to avoid Stat reduction. Extreme Speed is priority and helps you quickly finish foes.

Gen 3 UbersRayquaza @ Lum BerryAbility: Air LockEVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HPAdamant Nature- Dragon Dance- Hidden Power [Flying]- Earthquake- Extreme Speed

Nat Dex AGRayquaza @ Life OrbAbility: Air LockEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Swords Dance- Scale Shot- Dragon Ascent- Extreme Speed / Earthquake / V-Create

Rayquaza @ Life OrbAbility: Air LockEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Dragon Dance / Sword Dance- Earthquake / V-create- Dragon Ascent- Extreme Speed

This is the first Mega-Rayquaza set you would expect. Adamant is the extra push to get a chance to OHKO Primal Groudon.

Jolly Nature against Defensive Primal Groudon:+1 252 Atk Life Orb Rayquaza-Mega Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 56+ Def Groudon-Primal: 315-372 (77.9 - 92%) – guaranteed 2HKO

Earthquake is for coverage against steel types and V-Create is another option but that speed drop will hurt its sweeping potential.

Extreme Speed is for valuable priority and can kill faster mons apart from Marshadow.

Rayquaza-Mega @ Life OrbAbility: Air LockEvs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Dragon Dance / Swords Dance- Dragon Ascent- Extreme Speed- Earthquake / V-create (Event) / Dragon Claw

This thing is an absolute monster and even created a new tier in Smogon. Dragon Dance is to boost its attack and speed to absolutely insane levels. Dragon Ascent is a Flying Type Close Combat and is broken on Mega Ray. Extreme Speed is for valuable priority and hits really hard with M-Ray’s 180 base Attack stat. Earthquake is for Steel mons that resist flying.

V-create (if you can get your hands on it) also smashes Steel mons and can also hit mons like Celesteela. Dragon Claw is for your other STAB move and this is better than outrage because locking yourself to one move is not good for ray. Life Orb grabs valuable OHKOes and if you use Sash you are big dumb cause after they set up rocks, you just lost your item.

Mixed Mega Ray destroys common checks like defensive Zygarde.

National Dex AGRayquaza-Mega @ Life OrbAbility: Air LockEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 SpeNaive Nature / Naughty Nature- Dragon Ascent- V-create- Extreme Speed- Draco Meteor

Dragon Ascent is brutal STAB and is needed for Mega Rayquaza to Mega Evolve. V-Create does more damage to Dusk Mane and slaughters Ferrothorn. Extreme Speed revenge-kills weakened faster Pokemon. Draco Meteor absolutely destroys defensive Zygarde, and gets rid of Primal Groudon who think they can switch in since Ray is using V-create over Earthquake.

252 Atk Life Orb Rayquaza-Mega V-create vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Prism Armor Necrozma-Dusk-Mane: 298-351 (74.8 - 88.1%) – guaranteed 2HKO

252 Atk Life Orb Rayquaza-Mega V-create vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Ferrothorn: 775-915 (220.1 - 259.9%) – guaranteed OHKO

4 SpA Life Orb Rayquaza-Mega Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 200 SpD Groudon-Primal: 270-320 (66.8 - 79.2%) – guaranteed 2HKO

Have fun!

Gen 8 Doubles UbersRayquaza @ Life OrbAbility: Air LockEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Dragon Ascent- Swords Dance / Dragon Dance- Protect- V-create

Dynamax attacker. Dragon Ascent is Flying STAB and, when used as Max Airstream (in Dynamax), boosts both Rayquaza and it’s ally’s speed. Swords Dance and Dragon Dance are options for setup. Protect allows Rayquaza to scout for attacks while being mostly safe for a turn. When used as Max Guard, it can be used to stall out the opponent’s Dynamax. V-Create / Max Flare hits the majority of the steel types in the metagame hard, including an OHKO on Zacian-C, and, when at +1 attack, OHKO’s non-Dynamaxed Necrozma-DM and Calyrex-Ice. Sadly, Air Lock prevents the Sun boost from coming into effect, but also makes it so Venusaur doesn’t receive it’s Chlorophyll boost and shut down Rayquaza with Sleep Powder. The Life Orb boosts Rayquaza’s damage output, notably allowing it to always OHKO Kyogre with an unboosted Max Airstream. Jolly Nature should be used in order to outspeed Calyrex-Shadow and Choice Scarf Kyogre when at +1 speed.

National Dex AG

Rayquaza-Mega @ Life OrbAbility: Air LockEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Dragon Ascent- Extreme Speed- Protect- Swords Dance

Impostor-proof Mega Ray. Dragon Ascent is STAB. Extreme Speed is priority and can revenge-kill transformed Ditto that have locked themselves into Dragon Ascent. Protect is to block Ditto’s move and KO with Extreme Speed if they lock into Ascent or switch to the mandatory Ghost type teammate if they lock themselves into Espeed. The 4th slot goes to Swords Dance, which lets Rayquaza OHKO Ditto-ray with Extreme Speed.

Calyrex-Shadow is immune to Extreme Speed and beats defensive Necrozma-Dusk Mane and does fairly well against Zygarde if it’s a Substitute set, while Calyrex-Shadow’s worst matchup in specially defensive Yveltal gets destroyed by Rayquaza. Thehy share a common check in Tyranitar, which has no recovery outside of Rest, so with entry hazards, they can wear Tyranitar down and get rid of it.

Gothitelle traps and removes checks such as Necrozma-Dusk Mane and Zygarde-C for good, which makes this Rayquaza’s lack of V-create or Earthquake not so bad. For safety against Zygarde, you can use HP Ice Gothitelle (posting the set here soon)

Rayquaza @ Life Orb / White HerbAbility: Air LockEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Swords Dance- Dragon Claw- V-Create- Extreme Speed

Swords Dance - Boosts Attack

Dragon Claw - STAB

V-Create - Awesome move, huge power, Ice coverage

Extreme Speed - Good priority move, great with Swords Danceand awesome to use when speed falls with V-Create