The Legendary Flight Event Begins on January 20th

Soaring themselves into the Dynamax scene, Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres make their Dynamax debut. While it remains to be scene how easy these battles are going to be, these legendary Dynamax Battles could make having to wait multiple years to see certain legendaries in rotation a thing of the past.

Legendary Flight

Featured Pokemon

Note that these Pokemon will only be available in Max Battles after their respective debut on Max Mondays.

Meta Relevance

Among the three Legendary Birds, Zapdos is arguably the best for this role. Its strongest competition is Gigantamax Toxtricity, which has a stronger Max Move in G-Max Stun Shock, but Zapdos has a higher Attack stat, and a potentially useful sub-typing that can also allow it to tank a bit in select raids.

Articuno is also a solid option, as right now we only have Gigantamax Lapras for Ice Type performance. Both are bulky options that can tank and heal, but we have a similar case to Zapdos here as Dynamax Articuno has a superior Attack stat, but Gigantamax Lapras closes the gap with G-Max Resonance. But, arguably, Lapras has a better defensive typing than Articuno in general, so there's that to consider.

Moltres is fine too, but we already have Gigantamax Charizard.......