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Building a Jynx solo team

Sitting on 1.3 million dust, 274 RC, 19 FTMs and 9 CTMs. My main fire attacker is a 15/15/11 Entei with FS/OH, which was recently joined by a 14/13/15 Charizard with FS/BB.

The simulations suggest that I can only do FB/DK, using the above two, Arcanine with FF/FT, Gengar with Hex/ShB, Tyranitar with Bi/Cr and Scizor with FC/XS or Houndoom with Sn/FP. Against other sets, Gengar is too fragile and Arcanine is barely viable despite resisting Avalanche.

Candidates for powering up to replace the Arcanine (and eventually face the Regis):
A. 14/15/12 Moltres with FS/HW (needs 64 RC + CTMs)
B. 15/10/14 Moltres with FS/OH (needs 64 RC)
C. 14/14/10 Flareon with Emb/OH (needs FTM)
I am leaning towards the Flareon (which I used for prestiging back then) to save RC (far more precious than dust), but am concerned about its bulk despite resisting Avalanche.

In four weeks, I will no longer be limited to one Tyranitar, making Psyshock Jynx (probably) doable, if she is still a raid boss then. Is Crunch or SE better against Jynx (who is weak to both)? Of course, Crunch is necessary for Gengar and if I ever dare take on Alakazam.

This leaves Metagross with BP/FC as the final piece that would provide enough bulk, even for Avalanche. Been walking Beldum for over 400km and have around 180 candy, but yet to hatch a wonder (only caught attention).

(All team members are level 30 unless stated otherwise. IVs are listed as A/D/S. Simulations were Dodge Specials Pro with 25% accuracy.)

Asked by hkn5 years 11 months ago
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As long as your Entei and Tyranitar are high enough level you should be able to take on any moveset Jynx throws at you. 4 DPS cannons up front (Mewtwo or Alakazam with PC/SB, Flareon, or even Gengar in some cases)

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Haha! Unfortunately, level 30 Alakazam with PC/ShB is not viable against Jynx; simulations give its TTW as 188s to 198s depending on boss moves.

I guess Charizard qualifies as a glass cannon?

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I did Jynx just once with FB/DK, but even vs this set Flareon is really bad. MVP in this fight is Metagross. Only needed 4 mons to beat and Flareon did little dmg( died before launch second Overheat). Try put smth bulkier.

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one obvious improvement will be to power up your Entei once. It has a breakpoint at 30.5 and it will shave some seconds from his TTW. Then ttar has a breakpoint at 33.5 and gengar at 32.5 (for 15 atk).

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Go with Flarion for Gengar if fainting, Flareon for Arcanine if timing out. One you get more rare candy coming, power that first Moltres.

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Aim for easiest movesets, FB/Psyshock or FB/DK.

Gengar is viable if it can get 2–3 Shadow Balls off, but you need to dodge well. Flareon is very useful against DK, if the Jynx has Psyshock, switch the Flareon with Houndoom.

Scizor in the spot for smoother DPS.

So probably this team might work here:

Gengar (glass cannon)

Flareon/Houndoom

Tyranitar

Arcanine

Moltres (at least to the 14 FS damage breakpoint)

Scizor

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No Entei?

With the scanners down, having a team that can only do FB/DK and FB/Pk means a 2/3 chance of wasting a raid pass only to find out that my team is not good enough.

How difficult to dodge are her charged moves?

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Psyshock spams like there's no end to it, very hard to dodge perfectly. Avalanche is moderately hard, DK is easy.

Personally I'd say your team can do any moveset with dodging already but C/PS and C/A might be pretty hard

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