7 best teams for Master Premier Cup in Pokemon GO Dual Destiny

The best teams for Master Premier Cup in Pokemon GO will help you score valuable elo during the Dual Destiny season. The recurring format will last from 1 pm PT on February 25 until 1 pm PT on March 4, 2025. Here, you can use creatures as long as they are above 2,500 CP and there is no upper-limit. Another restriction this cup places is that Legendary Pokemon are banned.

This article highlights some of the best teams for Master Premier Cup in Pokemon GO Dual Destiny.

Note: Some parts of this article are subjective and reflect the writer's opinions. Attacks marked with * are Legacy Moves and require an Elite TM.

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Best teams for Master Premier Cup in Pokemon GO Season 21

1) Shadow Magnezone, Dragonite, and Goodra

Shadow Magnezone, Dragonite, and Goodra (Image via TPC)

Pokemon	Role	Fast Attack	Charged Attacks
Shadow Magnezone	Lead	Volt Switch	Mirror Shot and Wild Charge
Dragonite	Switch	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw and Superpower
Goodra	Closer	Dragon Breath	Aqua Tail and Thunder Punch*

What makes this one of the best teams for Master Premier Cup in Pokemon GO Season 21 is that it has excellent coverage and bulk. With Electric-, Dragon-, Steel-, Fighting-, and Water-type across the three creatures there is nothing that the team cannot hit for super-effective damage. The members also cover for each other's weaknesses really well.

This team dominates Gyarados, Rhyperior, Baxcalibur, Garchomp, Golisopod, Skeledirge, and Machamp. Mamoswine is the only creature that beats all the members of this lineup.

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2) Togekiss, Golisopod, and Haxorus

Togekiss, Golisopod, and Haxorus (Image via TPC)

Pokemon	Role	Fast Attack	Charged Attacks
Togekiss	Lead	Charm	Ancient Power and Flamethrower
Golisopod	Switch	Shadow Claw	X-Scissor and Liquidation
Haxorus	Closer	Counter	Breaking Swipe* and Night Slash

With these three members, this team has excellent coverage and bulk, allowing it to perform consistently. You must take care not to switch-lock yourself into unfavorable matchups, though. As long as you manage shields efficiently, this is one of the best teams for Master Premier Cup in Pokemon GO.

This party has strong matchups against Annihilape, Garchomp, Feraligatr, Snorlax, Hisuian Avalugg, Rhyperior, Mamoswine, Hippowdon, Excadrill, Swampert, and Chesnaught. Threats it struggles to overcome include Roserade, Florges, Gyarados, Metagross, Primarina, and Tyranitar.

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3) Dragonite, Snorlax, and Metagross

Dragonite, Snorlax, and Metagross (Image via TPC)

Pokemon	Role	Fast Attack	Charged Attacks
Dragonite	Lead	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw and Superpower
Snorlax	Switch	Lick	Body Slam and Outrage
Metagross	Closer	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash* and Earthquake

Dragonite, Snorlax, and Metagross form a squad that is so impenetrable that it has to be declared one of the best teams for Master Premier Cup in Pokemon GO Season 21. It is highly consistent and has excellent coverage and bulk.

Goodra, Baxcalibur, Dragapult, Annihilape, Skeledirge, Swampert, and Machamp suffer heavy losses against this team. On the other hand, Gyarados, Feraligatr, and Florges have strong matchups — although none of them beat the entire team.

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4) Florges, Snorlax, and Excadrill

Florges, Snorlax, and Excadrill (Image via TPC)

Pokemon	Role	Fast Attack	Charged Attacks
Florges	Lead	Fairy Wind	Disarming Voice and Moonblast
Snorlax	Switch	Lick	Body Slam and Superpower
Excadrill	Closer	Mud Shot	Rock Slide and Drill Run

This is one of the best teams for Master Premier Cup as it offers excellent coverage, bulk, as well as safe matchups against the prevalent meta. Considering it ticks all the necessary boxes, this party is known to be extremely consistent in terms of damage output and being able to overcome difficult scenarios.

This lineup's best matchups are against Florges, Skeledirge, Hisuian Avalugg, Metagross, Hippowdon, Swampert, and Chesnaught. Potential threats you should look out for when using this team are Ursaluna, Rhyperior, Braviary, Snorlax, Gyarados, Garchomp, Golisopod, and Magnezone.

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5) Primarina, Ursaluna, and Hippowdon

Primarina, Ursaluna, and Hippowdon (Image via TPC)

Pokemon	Role	Fast Attack	Charged Attacks
Primarina	Lead	Charm	Disarming Voice and Hydro Cannon
Ursaluna	Switch	Tackle	Ice Punch and High Horsepower
Hippowdon	Closer	Sand Attack	Weather Ball (Rock) and Earth Power

Although slightly alignment-dependent, this lineup's bulk and consistent movesets make it one of the best teams for Master Premier Cup in Pokemon GO. If you manage to evolve Ursaring into Ursaluna, you must try out this party.

This team has strong matchups against Florges, Garchomp, Skeledirge, Metagross, Rhyperior, Golisopod, Haxorus, Excadrill, and Magnezone. Some of the threats you should be wary of are Hisuian Avalugg, Swampert, Chesnaught, Tangrowth, Gogoat, and Tsareena.

6) Gholdengo, Annihilape, and Florges

Gholdengo, Annihilape, and Florges (Image via TPC)

Pokemon	Role	Fast Attack	Charged Attacks
Gholdengo	Lead	Astonish	Shadow Ball and Focus Blast
Annihilape	Switch	Counter	Night Slash and Shadow Ball
Florges	Closer	Fairy Wind	Disarming Voice and Moonblast

What this team lacks in safe matchups, it makes up for in terms of bulk and coverage. Like the first party on this list, this one has a lot going for it, but you might need to manage energy and shields efficiently for it to perform as one of the best teams for Master Premier Cup in Pokemon GO.

This lineup's best matches are against Dragonite, Garchomp, Feraligatr, Hisuian Avalugg, Ursaluna, Metagross, Mamoswine, Hippowdon, Haxorus, Swampert, and Chesnaught. In terms of weaknesses, Skeledirge, Golisopod, Armarouge, Chandalure, Gengar, and Hisuian Typhlosion threaten it.

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7) Gyarados, Snorlax, and Rhyperior

Gyarados, Snorlax, and Rhyperior (Image via TPC)

Pokemon	Role	Fast Attack	Charged Attacks
Gyarados	Lead	Dragon Breath	Aqua Tail* and Crunch
Snorlax	Switch	Lick	Body Slam and Outrage
Rhyperior	Closer	Mud Slap	Breaking Swipe and Rock Wrecker

This team of Gyarados, Snorlax, and Rhyperior sees balanced matchups in terms of type coverage, bulk, and consistency. Even if you run into lost leads, you can recover from such situations.

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This team is really strong against Florges, Feraligatr, Snorlax, Skeledirge, Metagross, Golisopod, Hippowdon, Haxorus, Excadrill, Magnezone, and Swampert. Only Dragonite has winning matchups against all three members of this lineup, which makes it one of the best teams for Master Premier Cup.

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Edited by Soumyadyuti Ghosh