There are many Pokémon out there, and to catch’ em all, you would need to participate in raids. As the whole Pokémon world is based on type counters, there are efficient attack parties for each type of raid. Here, we cover the best Pokémon in raids for each type and also the best and most efficient move/skillsets to use.

Best Pokémon and skillsets for Raids

When a Boss Pokémon takes over a gym, players can initiate a Raid in a group attempt to bring it down. Just like with gym battles, you'll have to choose six Pokémon to challenge the raid with and knowing which Pokémon and which skillset are best can greatly aid in your raiding.

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Fighting	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch
	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere
	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Dark	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play
	Tyranitar (Shadow)	Bite	Crunch
	Darkrai	Snarl	Dark Pulse

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Dragon	Dragonite (Shadow)	Dragon Breath	Outrage
	Salamence (Shadow)	Dragon Breath	Outrage (Elite TM)
	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Ice	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball
	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche
	Galarian Darmantian Zen	Ice Fang	Avalanche

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Water	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon (Elite TM)
	Kyogre	Waterfall	Surf
	Swampert (Shadow)	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon (Elite TM)

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Electric	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Wild Charge
	Raikou (Shadow)	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge
	Zapdos (Shadow)	Thunder Shock (Elite TM)	Thunderbolt

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Ghost	Mega Gengar	Lick (Elite TM)	Shadow Ball
	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball
	Giratina (Origin)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Rock	Tyranitar (Shadow)	Smack Down (Elite TM)	Stone Edge
	Ramparados	Smack Down	Rock Slide
	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker (Elite TM)

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Steel	Metagross (Shadow)	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash (Elite TM)
	Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam
	Genesect	Bullet Punch	Magnet Bomb

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Grass	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant (Elite TM)
	Roserade	Razor Leaf	Grass Knot
	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant (Elite TM)

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Ground	Groudon	Mud Shot	Earthquake
	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Earthquake
	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earthquake

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Fairy	Togekiss	Charm	Dazzling Gleam
	Gardevoir (Shadow)	Charm	Dazzling Gleam
	Granbull	Charm	Play Rough

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Fire	Mega Charizard X,Y	Fire Spin	Blast Burn (Elite TM)
	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Overheat
	Darmantian	Fire Fang	Overheat

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Psychic	Mewtwo (Shadow)	Psycho Cut	Psystrike (Elite TM)
	Metagross (Shadow)	Zen Headbutt	Psychic
	Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Bug	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite (Elite TM)	X-Scissor
	Scizor (Shadow)	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor
	Genesect	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor

Type	Pokémon	Fast attack	Charged Attack
Flying	Moltres (Shadow)	Wing Attack	Sky Attack (Elite TM)
	Mega Pidgeot	Gust (Elite TM)	Brave Bird
	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Hurricane (Elite TM)