Raid Operations Guide

Raids are cooperative server boss fights. The modern raid system is built around shared HP, phase objectives, raid score, and roster rotation so one tanky Pokemon cannot solve the whole event by stalling forever.

Core raid loop

Rule	How it works
Shared boss HP	Every player attacks the same raid health bar. Each completed attempt chips away at the server-wide boss.
Fixed event timer	Scheduled raids run for one week or until the boss is defeated.
One active Pokemon per attempt	Your chosen Pokemon fights the boss in a normal battle attempt, then goes on raid cooldown.
Weekly automation	The current boss is reused for up to four weekly raids, then an admin must select the next boss.
Boss level scaling	Battle difficulty scales from the higher of the configured boss level or about 1.25x your selected Pokemon's level.
Cooldown	After attacking, that Pokemon has a 1-hour raid cooldown. Bring multiple prepared Pokemon if you want to keep contributing.
Quest progress	Raid fights, raid damage, raid score, and clears can feed quest board and world-operation progress.

Raid phases

Mechanic raids move through phases based on the boss HP. The lobby and battle screen show the active phase and objective.

Phase	What matters	Why it changes your play
Probe	Counter-type hits and early score setup	Use the listed counter types and learn what the boss wants you to answer.
Shield	Break score from counter hits and defense-lowering pressure	The boss takes reduced damage until the server earns enough Break points.
Charge	Guard and Control score	Defensive and disruption actions help stabilize the raid-wide danger window.
Burn	Counter damage and finish pressure	The boss is exposed, so clean damage earns extra value.

Raid score

Modern raids reward raid score instead of only rewarding raw damage. Damage still matters, but the best contributors also handle mechanics.

Score source	Examples
Damage	Reducing boss HP, especially with good counter damage.
Break	Helping crack the Shield phase with counter-type pressure and defense-lowering tools.
Guard	Using defensive actions during Charge windows.
Control	Using disruption-style actions during Charge windows.
Support	Useful recovery or sustain, within the support cap.
Objective	Bonus score for doing the current phase objective instead of ignoring mechanics.

Leaderboards and rewards use raid score for mechanic raids. Damage is still tracked and remains useful as a tiebreaker and for older raid formats.

Why Blissey-style stall no longer maxes raids

The old best strategy was to bring a bulky Pokemon, stack boosts, heal with Softboiled, and slowly spam damage. Modern raids add several limits that stop that from being the only correct answer.

• A single battle attempt cannot earn the full top reward by itself. By default, one attempt can score up to 15% of the current top reward target.
• The opening turns have lower cumulative caps than the full attempt cap, so players need to survive long enough to actually play the encounter.
• Support score has its own cap inside each attempt. By default, support can only fill 25% of the attempt score cap.
• Attempts that faint in the first couple turns are capped to 5% of the top score target, so quick throwaway losses do not become the best way to farm raid score.
• Repeated self-healing such as Softboiled, Recover, Roost, Synthesis, Moonlight, and Slack Off quickly loses score value after the first free use.
• Repeated self-healing also raises raid pressure, so stalling makes later turns less efficient instead of safer.
• Reusing the same species has fatigue: the first attempt scores normally, the second same-species attempt scores at 60%, and later same-species attempts score at 30%.
• Repeating the same move pattern adds pressure and reduces efficiency, so one-button spam is worse than rotating useful actions.

A Blissey can still be useful as a support pick, but it cannot score the maximum tier in one attempt by surviving forever. To place well, you need multiple prepared Pokemon and a mix of damage, Break, Guard, Control, and objective play.

Restrictions

Raids still restrict a few effects because they can bypass the intended boss race.

Restriction	Reason
Banned raid moves	Poison, burn, confusion, weather-percent damage, and similar percent-damage effects are blocked in raids.
Allowed control statuses	Paralysis, sleep, and freeze are allowed because they support control without replacing the raid scoring loop.
Held items	Normal held items are disabled in raid battles. Mega Fragment battle transforms are the intended exception.
Revives	Revive-style battle items are unavailable in raids so a single attempt cannot be extended forever.
Switching	You cannot switch Pokemon during a raid battle attempt. Team rotation happens between attempts.

Rewards and prep

Reward tiers pay out when the boss falls. For modern mechanic raids, your total raid score across attempts decides your reward bracket; for legacy raids, damage percentage remains the reward metric. The default score ladder is 25, 75, 150, 250, and 400. Raid prize tiers roll forward week to week until an admin changes them.

Practical prep:

• Build at least two or three raid-ready Pokemon instead of one stall tank.
• Check the lobby objective before entering so you know whether the raid needs Break, Guard, Control, or Burn damage.
• Bring counter-type attackers for Shield and Burn phases.
• Bring utility only when it helps the current phase; support has a cap, so pure healing is not enough.
• Watch the leaderboard for raid score first and damage second.
• Coordinate with other players so the boss falls while contributors are online to claim rewards.