Mega Steelix: Your Ultimate Guide To Raids And Strategies

The return of Mega Steelix to Pokémon GO raids is an exciting event for trainers! With its unique typing and significant presence in the game, understanding how to effectively battle, capture, and utilize Mega Steelix can greatly enhance your gameplay experience. From its CP ranges during raids to its potential team compositions, knowing the ins and outs will prepare you for success.

As we dive into the details of Mega Steelix, you'll learn about its strengths and weaknesses, the best Pokémon to use against it, and strategies to maximize your chances of winning these raids. Whether you’re a seasoned player or just starting, this guide will provide you with valuable insights and tips to dominate the Mega Steelix battles!

So, let's gear up and explore everything you need to know about Mega Steelix, from its typing and boosts to recommended teams and battle strategies. Are you ready to become a Mega Steelix master?

Hello, Trainers!

Flying right over my head this time around is the Mega Steelix raid! You may have already noticed this guy around already. It entered into the Mega raid rotation on Wednesday, January 24th, 2024 at 10:00 am local time and will last until Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 10:00 am local time.

Mega Steelix has not been with us since last January, so it’s nice to see it back to end off our January raiding season. Keep in mind, you do not have to Mega-Evolve the Steelix that you catch during this event to get a Mega Steelix. If you have an Onyx or a Steelix in your inventory that you would prefer to Mega-evolve instead, you can! Just be sure to save up enough Mega energy by doing these raids. It will cost you 200 Mega Energy to evolve Steelix into Mega Steelix, and 40 Mega Energy for subsequent Mega Evolutions.

Unfortunately, Mega Steelix will not help us too much with the current Raid rotations – Landorus and Shadow Ho-oh would probably decimate this guy. That said, Mega Steelix is a great addition to your Pokémon roster, especially if you do not have too many Mega Pokémon to work with.

It can be encountered at the following CP Ranges:

• Level 20: 2010-2097 CP
• Level 25 with weather boost: 2512-2622 CP

Mega Steelix is one of the better-looking Mega evolutions out there. It will be available in both regular and shiny forms, as Steelix’s shiny form is already in the game. This is what Mega Steelix looks like in all its glory:

This raid should not be too difficult, so let’s get right into it.

Typing

Mega Steelix’s Typing is kind of funny, and let me show you why. Steelix is a Ground- and Steel-Type Pokemon, which gives it a slew of vulnerabilities that include: Fire, Water, Fighting, and Ground. Steelix is weak to one of its own Typings. Luckily, though, that means that our Landorus raids give us a Pokemon we can use against Steelix effectively. This also means we have a ton of options available to us in terms of team-building.

If you can, try to find one that knows Iron Tail and Earthquake, as this moveset has the highest total DPS of all his other movesets. It’s also the best for PvP, if you want to use it in PvP.

Boosts

Steelix’s Typing gives it a host of resistances to keep in mind. These include normal resistances to the following: Normal, Flying, Bug, Steel, Psychic, Dragon, Fairy, Rock, Electric, Poison. It is exceptionally tanky except