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Hambo posted...

I might hafta do that some day. It's really annoying that there are like six pokemon total that are viable for high level raids though. Also, are buffs and debunks actually useful in raids? I always hear about using them but it seems like every couple turns the raid boss nullifies them all and steals your tera charge for good measure.

LinkPizza posted...

They can be good. It is true that the boss nullifies it every few turns. But if you use it right after he nullifies, you might get a couple of turns out of it

Those happen at health and time thresholds, just like the energy shield. It varies a bit with each star-level, but it's able to be manipulated.

They can only "cure" themselves once per raid, and negate your buffs twice. If you can time it right, it shouldn't be an issue, especially since the AI doesn't do much damage.

Charizard was especially exploitable since it opened with Overheat, then cured itself of the Special Atk. debuff immediately. After that you used fake tears 3 times and it was an easy sweep from there.