Dynamax Articuno is the primary Legendary we’re seeing in Max Battles for Pokémon Go. It’s making its debut throughout Max Monday on Jan. 20 from 6-7 p.m. and might be obtainable afterwards till Jan. 27 when Dynamax Zapdos will debut.
Whereas it’s possible that Dynamax Articuno gained’t be as tough as Gigantamax Battles, it nonetheless will possible put up a struggle, so we’re right here that can assist you out.
Beneath, we record out some basic Max Battle suggestions and counters for Dynamax Articuno in Pokémon Go.
Dynamax Articuno weak spot
Articuno is ice- and flying-type, so it has a plethora of weaknesses to make the most of. It’s weak towards rock-, metal-, hearth-, and electrical-type strikes. Below regular circumstances, the very best transfer kind to make use of could be rock-type, because it’ll do much more harm because it’s sturdy towards each ice- and flying-type, however there’s not any Dynamax Pokémon which have rock-type Dynamax strikes (as of scripting this).
However, Articuno will resist bug- and grass-type strikes, so steer clear of these.
Dynamax Articuno finest counters
With the above in thoughts, there’s a number of counters to convey to Articuno. We suggest the next to deal with offensive strikes:
Be aware that Dynamax Articuno can have Historical Energy, which can dish out some critical harm towards Charizard. Maintain your Charizard in your wings and think about solely bringing it out to Dynamax, whereas different tankier Pokémon soak up the harm.
As for protection, you need to convey the next with Max Guard:
There nonetheless aren’t too many excellent Pokémon to make use of as healers, since Max Spirit needs you to make use of high-HP Pokémon. When you’ve got a Blastoise or Lapras constructed out, you may educate them therapeutic strikes within the meantime to assist out.
Even when you don’t have these powered up, think about simply bringing the strongest Dynamax Pokémon you may have. When you’ve got a maxed out Dynamax Gengar and your Dynamax Charizard isn’t leveled (and also you don’t have the means to energy it up), simply convey your Gengar.
When you’ve been struggling in Max Battles, right here’s some basic tricks to survive — and be sure you’re an asset to your staff. Whereas Gigantamax Battles are robust, a Legendary Max Battle shouldn’t be as robust as that. You may slack a little, however you need to nonetheless heed our recommendation:
