Pokémon Legends Z-A Rogue Mega Altaria weaknesses

Altaria's cloud-like appearance becomes even more adorable in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, with Rogue Mega Altaria being more cloud than they are hummingbird at this point, and I'm not complaining. When your head isn't in the clouds admiring Rogue Mega Altaria's design, however, you'll want to get to work beating them in battle.

Below, we run through all of Rogue Mega Altaria's weaknesses and counters in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, as well as some tips on how to beat them.

On this page:

• Rogue Mega Altaria weaknesses
• Rogue Mega Altaria counters
• Rogue Mega Altaria recommended level
• Rogue Mega Altaria boss strategy

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Rogue Mega Altaria weaknesses

Here are Rogue Mega Altaria's counters and weaknesses in Pokémon Legends: Z-A:

• Altaria type – Dragon and Fairy-type.
• Altaria is weak against – Poison, Steel, Ice, and Fairy-types.
• Altaria is resistant to – Fighting, Fire, Bug, Water, Grass, Dark, and Electric-types.

Rogue Mega Altaria counters

The best Rogue Mega Altaria counters are Poison, Steel, Ice, and Fairy-types. Here are the Pokémon we recommend for each type:

Pokémon	Type
Ekans/Arbok	Poison-type
Gastly/Haunter/Gengar	Ghost/Poison-type
Trubbish/Garbodor	Poison-type
Onix	Ground/Steel-type
Mawile	Steel/Fairy-type
Aron/Lairon/Aggron	Steel/Rock-type
Honedge/Doublade/Aegislash	Steel/Ghost-type
Snorunt	Ice-type
Glalie	Ice-type
Glaceon	Ice-type
Froslass	Ice/Ghost-type
Ralts/Kirlia/Gardevoir	Psychic/Fairy-type
Flabebe/Floette/Florges	Fairy-type
Spritzee/Aromatisse	Fairy-type
Swirlix/Slurpuff	Fairy-type
Sylveon	Fairy-type

Rogue Mega Altaria recommended level

Rogue Mega Altaria is Level 53 in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, therefore we recommend being between Level 51 and 58. You can challenge this Rogue Mega Pokémon while being slightly underleveled for it, but make sure your party of Pokémon caters to Altaria's weaknesses.

Rogue Mega Altaria boss strategy

It's a good rule of thumb to collect and save your Mega Power for Mega Evolving a Pokémon of your choice in Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Occasionally, the Trainer you're fighting alongside might suggest you use some of your Mega Power on a Plus Move – an enhanced, more powerful version of one of your Pokémon's existing moves – but this is rarely worth it during Rogue Mega battles.

Instead, you should be saving all Mega Power to Mega Evolve one of your Pokémon, and if you're lucky, you may even get to Mega Evolve them more than once before the fight is over. Spending your Mega Power on Plus Moves means you'll just have to wait a little longer before Mega Evolving.

On top of that, as you make progress in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, it slowly becomes increasingly important to have a variety of leveled-up Pokémon that cater to most, if not all, type weaknesses. This means you'll never be stuck on a battle for long.

In Rogue Mega Altaria's instance, you want to use Poison, Steel, Ice, and Fairy-type Pokémon to quickly deplete her HP, and avoid using Fighting, Fire, Bug, Water, Grass, Dark, and Electric-type Pokémon where possible as Mega Altaria is stronger against these.

Some example Pokémon you could level up and use are Mawile, who rather conveniently is Steel/Fairy-type, catering to two of Altaria's weaknesses. At this point, you'll have also completed a battle against Rogue Mega Mawile and will have the Mega Stone needed to Mega Evolve Mawile in battle.

On top of Mawile, you could also consider bringing along fan favourites such as Gengar and Gardevoir, the Sylveon and/or Glaceon evolutions, and more. Fortunately, there's no shortage of appropriate Pokémon to choose from for this fight.

You'll also want to prepare for Rogue Mega Altaria's moveset. The attacks (and special abilities) she uses are as follows:

• Dragon Pulse (Dragon-type) – Altaria fires a lengthy blue jetstream towards opponents in front of them.
• Moonblast (Fairy-type) – Altaria flies into the air and summons a large blue/purple orb that flies towards the target, damaging them upon contact. This may also lower the targets Special Attack.
• Brave Bird (Flying-type) – Altaria sits down briefly before charging across the arena very quickly. Altaria will receive recoil damage equal to a third of the damage done to the target.
• Altaria summons multiple whirlwinds around the arena that you'll need to run from to avoid being sucked in and damaged by them. These become more aggressive as the fight progresses.

Upon beating Rogue Mega Altaria in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, you'll be rewarded with Altarianite, which can be used to Mega Evolve an Altaria during battle.

Good luck beating Rogue Mega Altaria in Pokémon Legends: Z-A!