Deoxys (Speed Form)

Deoxys is a wild Pokemon best known for squaring off against Rayquaza in “Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys,” as well as being literally an alien. It is the DNA Pokemon, which is reflected in a gimmick where it genetically morphs itself between 4 forms with different stats. Here we’re covering the Speed Form, which in the original Games had high Speed that controlled which of two Pokemon would attack first after both trainers selected their attacks. In Pokemon Go Speed is converted into a value that augments both the Defense and Attack stat.

In Pokemon Go, Deoxys was in EX Raids nearly exactly a year ago (September 19th), with each form lasting roughly 3 months in sequence. The Speed Form’s stat distributions are in between the Normal Form and Defense Forms for mixmaxing. Speed’s division between defense and attack means it  has rounded stats

Deoxys (Speed) is weak to BugGhost andDark Types. Generally speaking, the best counters for it are Giratina (Origin Form), Shadow Ball Mewtwo, and Tyranitar.

Deoxys Speed can be beaten by 2 players in optimal weather, with max friendship and perfect level 40 counters or by 5 unfriended players using level 20 counters from this guide. When caught, Deoxys Speed will be between 1568 and 1645 cp without a weather boost. In Windy weather, Deoxys Speed will be between 1960 and 2056 when caught.

Release History:

• Sep 9nd ➡️ Sep 16th 2019
• June 28 ➡️ Sep 8 [EX][2019]

Event Info

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Time for the second week of  Global Challenge Rewards!

All 4 of the Deoxys forms(Normal , Attack, Defense and Speed) will be available in public Raids for the first time! From September 9th to September 16th! There is no reason to believe they will have shiny rates at this time. No distinction between its moveset has been announced yet. Whether a move from its EX Raid period becoming legacy, or a new move for the public.

Additional Features of the event:

• EGGS:  Regional Pokemon Farfetch’d, Kangaskhan, Mr.Mime and Tauros will be added
• SHINY FORMS: The Above Regional Pokemon will also have their Shiny Forms released!
• RAIDS: Additional Raid Bosses will be featured to help you get pokemon to take on Deoxys, many listed here likely!
• INCUBATORS: 2x effectiveness!

Deoxys (Speed) in the Meta

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Raid Attacker –Charge Beam/Thunderbolt

Deoxys Speed is trying to strike a balance between attack and defense, but it’s just got no real strong purpose anywhere. It doesn’t have the fantastic raw DPS of the Normal and Attack forms of Deoxys, but also doesn’t have the intense Defensive stats that let Defense-Deoxys do so well in PVP. You can use Speed Deoxys as an attack but, I mean, it’s rather uninspiring. Its peers are Ampharos and Electrode. We can do better. It’s also just flat out a F-Tier Psychic type Attack so even less hope over there. Speed form Deoxys spread itself too thin to excel in any particular area.   

Electric Type Raid Rankings

RANK	Pokemon	Moveset	DPS%	TDO%
100%	Raikou	Thunder Shock /Wild Charge	94%	100%	3.11	0.52	0.75	1.00	2.19
99%	Electivire	Thunder Shock /Wild Charge	98%	78%	3.11	0.52	0.77	0.99	2.22
97%	Magnezone	Spark /Wild Charge	92%	86%	3.22	0.54	0.78	1.03	2.26
96%	Zapdos (Legacy)	Thunder Shock /Thunderbolt	92%	93%	3.25	0.56	0.79	1.04	2.28
91%	Luxray	Spark /Wild Charge	91%	73%	3.44	0.57	0.83	1.04	2.45
87%	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut /Thunderbolt	85%	87%	3.49	0.60	0.85	1.22	2.50
87%	Deoxys (Normal Forme)	Charge Beam /Thunderbolt	100%	45%	3.44	0.61	0.92	1.20	2.53
84%	Jolteon	Thunder Shock /Thunderbolt	84%	67%	3.69	0.63	0.89	1.12	2.62
79%	Manectric	Charge Beam /Wild Charge	84%	51%	3.89	0.67	0.99	1.18	2.81
78%	Alolan Golem	Volt Switch /Wild Charge	77%	77%	4.01	0.65	1.05	1.23	2.71
78%	Magneton (Legacy)	Thunder Shock /Discharge	79%	50%	4.07	0.65	1.03	1.23	2.72
77%	Alolan Raichu	Spark /Wild Charge	80%	52%	4.10	0.66	1.02	1.22	2.81
75%	Melmetal	Thunder Shock /Thunderbolt	70%	91%	3.96	0.68	1.00	1.34	3.05
74%	Raichu	Spark /Wild Charge	77%	49%	4.22	0.69	1.04	1.25	3.02
73%	Mew	Charge Beam /Wild Charge	67%	82%	4.09	0.72	1.03	1.39	3.07
73%	Electabuzz	Thunder Shock /Thunderbolt	74%	52%	4.27	0.71	1.08	1.32	2.99
69%	Ampharos	Charge Beam /Zap Cannon	70%	65%	4.77	0.73	1.04	1.35	3.05
65%	Arcanine	Snarl /Wild Charge	68%	62%	4.71	0.72	1.28	1.42	3.48
65%	Deoxys (Speed Forme)	Charge Beam /Thunderbolt	66%	53%	4.85	0.78	1.15	1.51	3.31
64%	Rotom	Thunder Shock /Thunderbolt	69%	41%	4.85	0.81	1.23	1.40	3.43
64%	Electrode	Spark /Thunderbolt	64%	47%	4.90	0.82	1.20	1.51	3.40
64%	Dialga	Dragon Breath /Thunder	65%	74%	3.99	0.74	1.04	1.84	4.25
52%	Latias	Dragon Breath /Thunder	55%	67%	4.85	0.94	1.22	2.05	5.56
48%	Deoxys (Attack Forme)	Zen Headbutt /Zap Cannon	93%	20%	7.93	0.88	1.51	1.78	3.68
40%	Deoxys (Defense Forme)	Counter /Thunderbolt	37%	44%	7.08	1.02	1.79	2.27	6.76

 Raid Advice

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• Thunderbolt (2 Bar) Not resisted by most of it’s counters-but it’s still resisted by Giratina-Origin form.

• Swift (2 Bar) Makes the raid an absolute joke if you have Gengar and Giratina ready to tagteam it.
  • Ghost-Type 🛡️🛡️Resistance

• Psycho Boost (2 Bar) An garbage move, but it does have STAB. Mostly just Gengar minds it. Dark-Types will absolutely eat it up.
  • Dark-Type 🛡️🛡️Resistance

Top Raid Counters

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Giratina Origin

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Giratina-Origin was released April 2019. While it is legendary, it is the best Ghost-Type around and an Okay Dragon-Type, so a worthwhile investment!

With Level 35 Giratina Origin, you need 3 players.

2xResists: Normal
Resists: Electric

Gengar

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Gengar isn’t too difficult to acquire with Gastlys nesting and being a common night spawn, as well as being featured in the recent Go Fest global spawns. The main issue comes with Legacy Move Shadow Claw, but Lick at least was made available relatively recently in Gengar Raid Day. Gengar is still great without the legacy move, but much less likely to be optimal. 

With Level 35 Gengar, you need 3 players.

2xResists: Normal
Weak: Psychic

Weavile

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Weavile evolves from Sneasel, which is an uncommon Pokemon (that does still nest) and is an occasional 2-star raid boss. It requires a Sinnoh Stone to evolve, which can be acquired at random from your first daily trainer battle. Sneasel has been featured in Winter Time events and Dark Events. Weavile has been a reward from “Catch 5 Poochyena or Houndour” quests. Sneasel can also spawn from Glacial Lure Modules. It’s fantastic as both a Dark and Ice-type, so don’t let its frail appearance fool you. With Level 35 Weavile, you need 3 players.

2xResists: Psychic

Tyranitar

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Accessibility will be a bit tough if you are only starting now as Larvitars do not nest and are rare.  Tier 4 Tyranitar Raids were a staple for quite a while, however. Larvitar can be found in ‘Make 3 Excellent Throws in a Row’ Quests, but you won’t be able to get the legacy move this way. The family was last in raid bosses during Water Festival in Sept 2019. Larvitar community day (the only time you could get Smack Down) was June 2018. With Level 35 Tyranitar, you need 3 players.

2xResists: Psychic
Resists: Normal

Mewtwo

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Mewtwo is pretty inaccessible, as the useful form hasn’t been released recently. Trading for one is probably the most likely way you’d be able to get one of these, and you can use the candy you got from catching Armored Mewtwo to power it up. That said, if you weren’t lucky enough to get an Ex Raid back during its era Shadow Ball period-you can’t get it now. When Mewtwo was released from its EX shackles for a global event-that move was removed from it’s TM pool. This used to be more unfortunate, but there are quite a lot of alternative Ghost-Type options at this point so don’t sweat it too much.

With Level 35 Mewtwo, you need 3 players.

Resists: Psychic

Pinsir

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Pinsir is one of the most accessible Pokemon, that is nonetheless top tier in its typing. You don’t need to evolve them, they can be found at high levels in the wild, they nest- they got a lot going for them. The Legacy Moveset while often a smidge better isn’t something to stress over. With Level 35 Pinsir, you need 4 players.

Weather Counters

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Here is a list of Pokemon that can perform similar or better than the typical #1 option (in this case, Giratina_Origin_Form) with weather bonuses:

Pokemon		Weather		Fast Move		Charge Move		Estimator @ L35
	(Legacy) Gengar		FOG		Lick		Shadow Ball	2.2693477
	Weavile		FOG		Feint_Attack		Foul Play	2.4437063
	Tyranitar		FOG		Bite		Crunch	2.4776907
	(Legacy) Mewtwo		FOG		Psycho_Cut		Shadow Ball	2.5033355
	Honchkrow		FOG		Snarl		Dark Pulse	2.6472156
	Pinsir		RAINY		Bug_Bite		X Scissor	2.6575675
	Houndoom		FOG		Snarl		Foul Play	2.6688638
	Banette		FOG		Shadow_Claw		Shadow Ball	2.6862292
	Giratina Origin Form		NO_WEATHER		Shadow_Claw		Shadow Ball	2.6872833
	(Legacy) Gengar		NO_WEATHER		Lick		Shadow Ball	2.6994357
	Absol		FOG		Snarl		Dark Pulse	2.7137737
	Mismagius		FOG		Sucker_Punch		Shadow Ball	2.7632372

Alternate Raid Counters

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Banette Vs.

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Supports are uncommon but not too hard to find- and they nest, so getting some hopefully wouldn’t be too outlandish. They aren’t boosted in a common weather like Gastlys though. It’s an ok Ghost-Type but almost always inferior to Gengar.

With Level 35 Banette, you need 4 players.

2xResists: Normal

Honchkrow

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Murkrow are very common (although less so than they used to be), but are only weather boosted in Windy and Foggy-which are generally rare. Honchkrow also requires a Sinnoh Stone to evolve, which can be acquired randomly from your first Trainer Battle each day. You can also get a Murkrow from the Special Research “A Troubling Situation”  part 1/4.

With Level 35 Honchkrow, you need 4 players.

2xResists: Psychic
Weak: Electric

Houndoom

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

It’s got the benefits of being a Dark-type that doesn’t involve a ton of extra work to evolve and find as a high level, and Houndours can be found weather boosted in the common Sunny weather. It’s also a relatively common research reward as well. With Level 35 Houndoom, you need 4 players.

2xResists: Psychic

Absol

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Absol is a Raid (and very rarely, Field Research) exclusive Pokemon. That means you can only get its candy from Raiding usually or walking it as a 5k buddy. Rare candy is an option too but a bit inefficient. The family was last in raid bosses during Sept 2019 (Tier 4). With Level 35 Absol, you need 4 players.

2xResists: Psychic

Mismagius

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Mismagius is pretty expensive to acquire. Misdreavus are uncommon, and you need a Sinnoh Stone to evolve one. You can get it from Trainer Battles, but most of Mismagius use cases are covered by Honchkrow and Weavile. With Level 35 Mismagius, you need 4 players.

2xResists: Normal

Raikou

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Raikou was recently available during it’s Raid Day, so it’s actually very likely you are holding onto one right now. That said, it is a legendary pokemon, which are expensive to get candy for. But it’s the best Electric-Type in the game right now, and even an okay Ghost-Type! With Level 35 Raikou, you need 4 players.

Resists: Electric

Scizor

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Scyther and Scizor have also been featured a couple of times recently reducing the difficulty to acquire one. You need a Metal Coat to evolve Scyther into Scizor, which can be acquired either: VERY rarely from spinning a poke stop, in a pool of other evolution items on your 7-day streak spinning Pokestop (guaranteed to get at least one item), or from the Celebi Special Research 4/8 rewards. With Level 35 Scizor, you need 4 players.

Resists: Psychic, Normal

Cacturne

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Cacnea can be found in the common Sunny weather-but is almost non-existent outside of it. If you somehow don’t see much sun, it will be hard to get. With Level 35 Cacturne, you need 4 players.

2xResists: Psychic
Resists: Electric

Yanmega

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐☆☆☆

Yanmega is a Sinnoh Stone Evolution of an uncommon Pokemon, so not the easiest thing to get your hands on from scratch. With Level 35 Yanmega, you need 4 players.

Weak: Electric

Shiftry

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Shiftry evolves from Seedot, which is common in a variety of areas. Shiftry itself has also existed as a Tier 4 Raid Boss. It also gets weather boosted from the very common Sunny weather. With Level 35 Shiftry, you need 4 players.

2xResists: Psychic
Resists: Electric

Alakazam

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Abra nest, are a common egg hatch and is boosted a ton during windy weather. Alakazam has a long history in raid bosses as a 3 star, With Level 35 Alakazam, you need 4 players.

Resists: Psychic

Drifblim

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐☆☆☆

Drifblim are pretty hard to get  outside of the Halloween Event.  Drifloon spawn very rarely by default, but really they are effectively limited to Windy weather. This weather is rare for most players making this not the most reliable way to get a floom to evolve. They have rarely been both in Tier 1 raids and “trade a Pokemon” Field Research.They spawn in thith Level 35 Drifblim, you need 4 players.

2xResists: Normal
Weak: Electric

Salamence

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Salamence Community Day was April 2019. It’s not really the best at any of the things it can do, but it’s still a top tier Dragon with powerful off-type movesets. With Level 35 Salamence, you need 4 players.

Cancelled: Electric

Metagross

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐☆☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Metagross is a rare pseudo-legendary and doesn’t nest. Beldum can be found in 10k eggs, however. It was made very common and given the legacy move Meteor Mash during its community day in October 2018. With Level 35 Metagross, you need 4 players.

2xResists: Psychic
Resists: Normal

Spiritomb

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐☆☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Spiritomb was only available Halloween 2018 as a special research reward. It is likely it will return annually, but that has yet to be confirmed. While everyone only has at most 1, it CAN be traded. With Level 35 Spiritomb, you need 4 players.

2xResists: Psychic, Normal

Crawdaunt

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Crawdaunt received Crabhammer 9/2/19 making it a viable Water Type. Corphish is a nesting species. Added to 5k eggs (Sept 2019).Boosted spawns during Water Festival 2019.With Level 35 Crawdaunt, you need 4 players.

2xResists: Psychic
Weak: Electric

Sharpedo

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐☆☆☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐☆☆☆☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Carvana was available in the Quest “Water Festival: Defeat a Team GO Rocket Grunt” in Sept 2019. It also had boosted spawns during Water Festival 2019. The family was last in raid bosses during Water Festival in Sept 2019. With Level 35 Sharpedo, you need 4 players.

2xResists: Psychic
Weak: Electric

Muk – Alola

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐☆☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Alolan Grimer can only be acquired from 7k Alolan Eggs. You can get them if you open a Gift when you have an available Egg Slot, but it is not guaranteed. While at first rare hatch, now it is in the most common category of 7k hatches. Its candy is the same as normal Grimer. Alolan Grimer came to eggs in June 2018.With Level 35 Muk – Alola, you need 4 players.

Resists: Psychic

Scyther

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐☆☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Scyther are a nesting species, and have been featured as a relatively easy Tier 3 Raid boss a couple times. They also got boosted Spawns during the Bug Out event.

With Level 35 Scyther, you need 4 players.

Weak: Electric

Rayquaza

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐☆☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Rayquaza despite being beloved by fans has been very rarely available and re-released compared to most legendaries. Then there’s the candy cost to consider on top of that. Still, Raayquaza was featured in Raids last August 2019 which is recent at the time of writing. With Level 35 Rayquaza, you need 4 players.

Cancelled: Electric

Lucario

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐☆☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Riolu is an egg exclusive pokemon sadly, one of the absolute rarest and highly desired ones in fact. It was added October 2018th. It isn’t easy to power up and has a walking distance of 10k. There are increased chances of finding one in a 7k Alolan egg instead of normal 10ks. You also have better chances if you get difficult Adventure Sync eggs. if you collect your weekly adventure sync reward and have earned the 50k distance, AND have an available egg slot, you will get an egg with a skewed hatch pool. With Level 35 Lucario, you need 4 players.

Resists: Normal
Cancelled: Psychic

Garchomp

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐☆☆☆☆
  🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
  🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Garchomp while a top tier Dragon-Type and Ground-Type,-is very difficult to acquire for now. No nests, no events, very rare, very new. Gible are a lot of people’s white whales for now. When it inevitably gets it’s community day, however, expect that to change. With Level 35 Garchomp, you need 4 players.

3xResists: Electric

Closing Thoughts

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Sadly the most we can say about the Speed Form of Deoxys is that it is rounded-but not well rounded.  It has no real hope that it can be fantastic in for now.

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