Best teams for Darkrai in Pokemon GO

Darkrai was released in Pokemon GO in October 2019 during the Halloween celebrations. It has appeared in the game multiple times since then. Its latest appearance comes in 5-star raids in February 2024 ahead of the GO Tour: Sinnoh. While it will not feature any exclusive attacks, the creature can still be caught by trainers and used in battles.

Pokemon GO players who catch Darkrai during the period might be looking for the best teams for the critter. This article covers the best teams for this Mythical Pokemon for the Ultra League and Master League.

Note: This article is subjective and reflects the writer's opinions. Attacks marked with * are Legacy Moves and require an Elite TM.

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Best team for Darkrai in Ultra League of Pokemon GO

Registeel and Giratina are the best teammates for Darkrai in the Ultra League (Image via TPC)

The best team for Darkrai in Pokemon GO's Ultra League is as follows:

• Darkrai as the lead
• Registeel as the safe swap
• Origin Forme Giratina as the closer

Moves of all creatures in this team

Pokemon	Role	Fast Attack	Charged Attacks
Darkrai	Lead	Snarl	Dark Pulse and Focus Blast
Registeel	Switch	Lock On	Zap Cannon* and Focus Blast
Origin Forme Giratina	Closer	Shadow Claw	Dragon Claw and Shadow Sneak

It is best to send out Darkrai on the lead since this team's backline has sufficient bulk and reasonably good matchups against the majority of this Pokemon GO Battle League format's meta. Darkrai is the relatively weak link, and depending on what critter you see on the opponent, you can choose to stay in or switch out.

The biggest threats to Darkrai on the lead are the Swords of Justice and Fairies. If you are met with the former, switch to Giratina, and for the latter, Registeel is a fantastic answer.

Zap Cannon on Registeel can do a lot of neutral damage and even lower the enemy's defenses. Giratina is a solid chip damage dealer. Once the enemy's team is low, Darkrai can come in and sweep the end-game with Dark Pulse.

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Best team for Darkrai in Master League of Pokemon GO

Dialga and Xerneas are the best teammates for Darkrai in the Master League (Image via TPC)

The best team for Darkrai in the Master League is as follows:

• Dialga as the lead
• Xerneas as the safe swap
• Darkrai as the closer

Moves of all creatures in this team

Pokemon	Role	Fast Attack	Charged Attacks
Dialga	Lead	Drgon Breath	Iron Head and Draco Meteor
Xerneas	Switch	Geomancy*	Close Combat and Moonblast
Darkrai	Closer	Snarl	Dark Pulse and Focus Blast

The Master League of Pokemon GO Battle League is where Darkrai has some play since the absence of a CP-cap allows it to explore the full potential of its base 172 Stamina. In this team, Darkrai is the closer and will, more often than not, take your opponent by surprise.

Between Dialga as the lead and Xerneas as the safe switch, you have superb bulk and excellent type coverage, both offensively and defensively. The only critters neither of them wants to face off against are Groudon and Therian Forme Landorus.

Ideally, you should save shields for Darkrai so that it can sweep in the endgame. With a two-to-zero shield advantage, this Mythical Pokemon can defeat everything except Charm users.

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