Dynamax Articuno, How to prepare for it

Articuno

Type: Ice/flying

Move's: ancient power/ice beam/blizzard/icy wind/hurricane

Our first dynamax legendary is here, ARTICUNO!!!......yay? bird is the word for this as I dunno if this one is worth pushing that much, ice is not know for being a good type at all defencively and offensively we have lapras and even cryogonal which are overall cheaper if you want to push to LV 3 max move's but that's beside's the point, we are here to learn how to beat it

No rock type gmax move yet? yeah unlike other gmax pokemon Niantic have not given us a direct counter like they did with drilbur before tox came out, thanks guys but whatever gotta work with what we got I suppose

Toxicitry/charizard

Fast and deals super effective damage which is pretty much all you are aiming for when it come's to DPS, I would strongly suggest sticking one in the back to switch to in terms of using the energy, toxicirty and charizard gmax are prefered here for the extra max move damage with me prefering to invest in toxicitry as it's good for all 3 legendary birds, their normal max forums work well enough with only 50 less damage

Excadrill

Excadrill has rock slide which is nice but lacks the bulk to sit around long and take's neutral damage from ice, very much a slot 2 pokemon once the main tank take's a big hit (remember no switch cooldown) cinderace is good as well but is just alittle worse

Mettagross

Here is your main tank for articuno, resists both stabs and take's a good amount of damage while dealing super effective fast damage with bullet punch to grind energy

Lapras/Blastoice

They resist ice and are pretty beefy, would be my go to if I did not have a mettagross ready to go

Cryogonal/intelleon/kingler

not as bulky as lapras/blastoice but if you have neither them or mettagross it can work well enough if your that pressed for options but hope articuno is not running flying moves

Dubwool/greedent/gengar/falinks/machamp

These guys are just a no from me and do not suggest using with very little to say about them other than machamp having rock slide which is just about the only thing going for it here

Venusaur/rillerboom

If anyone, I repeat ANYONE shows up with these 2 pokemon in their pre made battle team, look at them and groan as these 2 pokemon are so bad here you might as well not be using anything at all and cheer for dynamax energy as it's more benefical for the lobby, use your starter wooloo and skovett at that point, why you may ask? articuno resists grass damage X4 and both are weak to both of it's stabs, just eeeewwww

How many people do we need? Nobody knows but if legendary dmax pokemon are the same as gmax pokemon then your gonna need a good amount but if not then honestly with correct counters we might end up being able to 2-3 man it if you prepare properly which all 3 of these birds are in normal raids but for now till then I suggest focusing on getting all your max move's to LV 3 especially a toxicitry which is good for all 3 of the birds with blastoice being a second priority (good for articuno and moltres) and just hope niantic drops a rock type attacker heck ANY rock type attacker will work here (checks sword and shield pokedex) like gigalith or aggron (ew cannot believe I said that) would more than work for this