Yveltal Raid Guide

Yveltal Raid guide

Dark  /  Flying

Yveltal is an easy Tier 5 raid boss to defeat, with a CP value of 45899. 5 trainers should be more than enough to defeat Yveltal in the raid. Yveltal is vulnerable to Fighting, Bug, Fairy type moves and mainly weaker to Pokémon such as Xerneas, Volcarona, Conkeldurr, Florges, Togekiss.

Yveltal can obtain below CP values when defeated.

  • 2591 - 2701 CP during Fog and Windy weather conditions.
  • 2073 - 2160 CP during other weather conditions.

Yveltal is not available at the moment in raids and the last recently available date was October 8, 2022. Shiny Yveltal is also available from raids in the game.

Weather boost

Yveltal raids will be boosted during Fog and Windy weather conditions.

Dark type Damage Relations

Double damage from: Fighting
Double damage to: Ghost
Half damage from: Ghost
Half damage to: Fighting
No damage from: Psychic
No damage to: -

Yveltal Raid Counters

  • Xerneas

    Xerneas is a Fairy type Pokémon with charged moves: Close Combat   Megahorn   Moonblast   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Volcarona

    Volcarona is a Bug, Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Bug Buzz   and fast moves: Bug Bite   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Conkeldurr

    Conkeldurr is a Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Dynamic Punch   Focus Blast   and fast moves: Counter   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Florges

    Florges is a Fairy type Pokémon with charged moves: Disarming Voice   Moonblast   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Togekiss

    Togekiss is a Fairy, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Dazzling Gleam   and fast moves: Charm   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Sylveon

    Sylveon is a Fairy type Pokémon with charged moves: Dazzling Gleam   Draining Kiss   Moonblast   and fast moves: Charm   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Genesect

    Genesect is a Bug, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: X-Scissor   and fast moves: Fury Cutter   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Heracross

    Heracross is a Bug, Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Close Combat   Megahorn   and fast moves: Counter   Struggle Bug   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Machamp

    Machamp is a Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Close Combat   Cross Chop   Dynamic Punch   and fast moves: Counter   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Yanmega

    Yanmega is a Bug, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Bug Buzz   and fast moves: Bug Bite   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Scizor

    Scizor is a Bug, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: X-Scissor   and fast moves: Fury Cutter   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Pinsir

    Pinsir is a Bug type Pokémon with charged moves: Close Combat   Superpower   X-Scissor   and fast moves: Bug Bite   Fury Cutter   Rock Smash   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Hariyama

    Hariyama is a Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Close Combat   Dynamic Punch   Superpower   and fast moves: Counter   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Pangoro

    Pangoro is a Fighting, Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Close Combat   and fast moves: Low Kick   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Escavalier

    Escavalier is a Bug, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: Megahorn   and fast moves: Bug Bite   Counter   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Sawk

    Sawk is a Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Focus Blast   Low Sweep   and fast moves: Low Kick   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Durant

    Durant is a Bug, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: X-Scissor   and fast moves: Bug Bite   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Throh

    Throh is a Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Focus Blast   Low Sweep   and fast moves: Low Kick   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Scyther

    Scyther is a Bug, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: X-Scissor   and fast moves: Fury Cutter   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Lucario

    Lucario is a Fighting, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: Aura Sphere   Close Combat   Power-Up Punch   and fast moves: Counter   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Granbull

    Granbull is a Fairy type Pokémon with charged moves: Close Combat   Play Rough   and fast moves: Charm   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Mienshao

    Mienshao is a Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Brick Break   and fast moves: Low Kick   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Crustle

    Crustle is a Bug, Rock type Pokémon with charged moves: X-Scissor   and fast moves: Fury Cutter   which are effective against Yveltal.

  • Hitmonlee

    Hitmonlee is a Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Close Combat   Low Sweep   and fast moves: Low Kick   Rock Smash   which are effective against Yveltal.

Yveltal Mega counters

Mega Beedrill, Mega Blaziken, Mega Gardevoir, Mega Lopunny, Mega Medicham, Mega Scizor are best Mega counters to battle with Yveltal if you have Mega evolved Pokemon or Mega candy.

Past Yveltal events

Yveltal Raids: Sep 27, 2022 10 AM - Oct 8, 2022 10 AM
Yveltal Raids: May 18, 2021 10 AM - Jun 1, 2021 10 AM

Yveltal moves set

Yveltal will use below moves during the battle.

Dark Pulse Charged Dark 26.7
Focus Blast Charged Fighting 40.0
Gust Fast Flying
Hurricane Charged Flying 40.7
Hyper Beam Charged Normal 39.5
Psychic Charged Psychic 35.7
Snarl Fast Dark 10.9
Sucker Punch Fast Dark 10.0

Yveltal raids weather impact

Here is how each weather condition boosts Yveltal moves and impacts your Pokemon during the battle with Yveltal.

Cloudy Boosts Focus Blast Focus Blast is bad for Fairy type Pokemon
Fog Boosts Dark Pulse
Boosts Snarl
Boosts Sucker Punch		 Dark Pulse is bad for Fairy type Pokemon, Dark Pulse is bad for Bug type Pokemon, Dark Pulse is bad for Fighting type Pokemon
Snarl is bad for Fairy type Pokemon, Snarl is bad for Bug type Pokemon, Snarl is bad for Fighting type Pokemon
Sucker Punch is bad for Fairy type Pokemon, Sucker Punch is bad for Bug type Pokemon, Sucker Punch is bad for Fighting type Pokemon
Partly cloudy Boosts Hyper Beam Hyper Beam is bad for Fighting type Pokemon
Snarl is bad for Fairy type Pokemon, Snarl is bad for Bug type Pokemon, Snarl is bad for Fighting type Pokemon
Sucker Punch is bad for Fairy type Pokemon, Sucker Punch is bad for Bug type Pokemon, Sucker Punch is bad for Fighting type Pokemon
Rainy Great for battle
Snow Great for battle
Sunny / clear Great for battle
Windy Boosts Gust
Boosts Hurricane
Boosts Psychic		 Psychic is bad for Bug type Pokemon
Snarl is bad for Fairy type Pokemon, Snarl is bad for Bug type Pokemon, Snarl is bad for Fighting type Pokemon
Sucker Punch is bad for Fairy type Pokemon, Sucker Punch is bad for Bug type Pokemon, Sucker Punch is bad for Fighting type Pokemon

Yveltal stats

Attack: 209
Defence: 158
HP: 15000
Max CP (level 50): 4377
Max HP (level 50): 222

Shiny Yveltal

There is a chance that you may encounter a shiny Yveltal if you win the raid. The rate of encounting a shiny Yveltal can be around 5%.

Raid events