What is a good moveset for Rayquaza? (page 3)

Question

If you have a good competitive moveset for Rayquaza, post an answer below and upvote the best ones. Movesets for any of its pre-evolutions can also be shared on this thread.

Be sure to include full set details in your post, e.g. items, abilities, natures and EVs. Some detail, including the intended game mode for your set, is also appreciated. Access the full list of guidelines here.

Rayquaza Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Answer 1

Gen 7 AG

Rayquaza @ Lum Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Air Lock
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Ascent
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw / Outrage
- Brick Break

Dragon ascent for Flying-type STAB, Dragon Dance to sweep absolutely everything, Dragon Claw if held item is Life Orb or Outrage if item is Lum Berry, and Brick Break for coverage against Ice-types.

Comments

Lum Berry is inferior to Life Orb even with Outrage as you need the extra damage output. There's a reason why Rayquaza isn't ranked high in the Gen 7 Ubers viability rankings -- it's because it simply doesn't have enough damage output without the mega evolution. Hence, a LOrb or CBand is necessary. Brick Break is inferior to Earthquake since EQ hits Groudon, Tyranitar, Lucario-Mega and Klefki for more damage; Ice coverage simply isn't needed in Ubers because of the lack of Ice-type pokemon. Also, Dragon Claw is an awful move and always inferior to Outrage.

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Brick break does more on tyranitar
And beats ice types and also this is a mega raquaza

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Not that it matters when the whole point of your set is being at +1:
+1 252+ Atk Life Orb Rayquaza Brick Break vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tyranitar: 717-847 (177.4 - 209.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252+ Atk Life Orb Rayquaza Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tyranitar: 478-564 (118.3 - 139.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Use Earthquake, even solely for the fact that it hits Primal Groudon.

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In fact, what format is this for anyway? You can't use Mega Rayquaza in Ubers.

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Oops sorry this was suppose to be AG raquaza

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And also why did they ban rayquaza from Ubers ? It has the same base stats as mega mewtwo just a better ability why did they ban it?

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I answered that in detail here: https://pokemondb.net/pokebase/279060/?show=388751#a388751.

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Thanks that explains a lot about why mega rayquaza qas banned from the ultimate banlist