Normal Max Battle tier
5-star Dynamax
17,500 HP, 6:40 on the timer
17,500 HP, 6:40 on the timer
Best Articuno Max Battle Counters
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Swap these in for the Max Phase. Ranked by the damage of one Max Move against Articuno, at Max Move level 3; a Dynamax Pokémon's Max Move takes its Fast Attack's type, while Gigantamax Pokémon and a few others always use their own.
Pokémon
Max Move
Damage
- 1 620
- 2 583
- 3 537
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4
525Behemoth Blade (fixed)
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5
492G-Max Fireball (fixed)
- 6 470
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7
465G-Max Stun Shock (fixed)
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8
465G-Max Stun Shock (fixed)
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9
463G-Max Wildfire (fixed)
- 10 458
- 11 421
- 12 412
- 13 409
- 14 406
- 15 403
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16
401Behemoth Bash (fixed)
- 17 399
- 18 396
- 19 395
- 20 387
Keep these in between Max Phases. Ranked by how many Max Phases one trainer reaches with three of the Pokémon before they faint or time runs out, using Max Guard in each Max Phase and dodging targeted attacks.
Pokémon
Moveset
Max Phases
- 1 9.1
- 2 8.9
- 3 8.8
- 4 7.8
- 5 7.8
- 6 7.7
- 7 7.7
- 8 7.5
- 9 7.4
- 10 7.2
- 11 6.9
- 12 6.8
- 13 6.8
- 14 6.6
- 15 6.6
- 16 6.5
- 17 5.9
- 18 5.9
- 19 5.8
- 20 5.7
Simulated at level 40 with no weather, friendship or Max Mushroom, over every pair of moves Articuno can use. Some of how Max Battles work hasn't been measured, so parts of the simulation are educated guesses.