Best Voltorb counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Voltorb counters in Pokémon GO with their Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, DPS (damage per second), TDO (total damage output), faints, TTW (time to win), and score. The list is sorted by the score, which is calculated based on the DPS and TDO.

Simulation settings

Weather

Raid Difficulty

Attacker typing

Attacker moves type

Best overall 👑

Primal Groudon

Mud Shot

Precipice Blades *

Best performing move types

45.0%
11.5%
9.0%
8.5%
4.5%
3.0%
3.0%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.0%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	60.56	6864.59	0	61.5s	158.1
2	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	49.88	3722.03	0	76.0s	119.5
3	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	47.35	3631.14	0	80.0s	114.1
4	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	52.13	2378.71	1	75.1s	112.9
5	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	48.83	2929.06	1	78.6s	111.9
6	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	43.83	3255.10	1	86.6s	104.9
7	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	43.87	3180.87	1	86.6s	104.5
8	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	41.50	3626.78	0	90.7s	102.7
9	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	45.53	2494.17	1	84.8s	102.4
10	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Earthquake	44.63	2594.03	1	86.2s	101.6
11	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	45.20	2314.18	1	85.9s	100.2
12	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	43.42	2414.33	1	88.9s	97.9
13	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	43.35	2339.48	1	89.2s	97.2
14	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	40.79	2930.22	1	93.2s	97.0
15	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	40.68	2874.73	1	93.5s	96.4
16	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot	Earth Power	41.78	2461.69	1	92.0s	95.4
17	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	42.76	2046.39	1	91.2s	93.5
18	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	41.16	2366.90	1	93.5s	93.5
19	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	40.64	2185.06	1	95.2s	91.0
20	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	39.66	2088.01	1	97.7s	88.5
21	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	43.27	1483.83	2	92.9s	88.4
22	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	37.84	2436.61	1	101.1s	87.9
23	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Earthquake	39.59	1890.51	1	98.5s	86.6
24	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	37.68	2275.54	1	101.9s	86.4
25	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	38.82	1979.79	1	100.0s	86.0
26	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	38.72	1995.44	1	100.2s	86.0
27	Shadow Nidoking	Fury Cutter *	Earth Power	38.43	1918.24	1	101.2s	84.8
28	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	39.13	1784.41	2	100.1s	84.7
29	Shadow Hippowdon	Ice Fang	Scorching Sands	36.32	2372.99	1	105.2s	84.7
30	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	38.63	1867.41	1	100.9s	84.7
31	Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	36.23	2368.06	1	105.5s	84.5
32	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	39.70	1643.73	2	99.4s	84.3
33	Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	34.10	2880.55	1	110.6s	83.8
34	Shadow Magmortar	Fire Spin	Scorching Sands	39.54	1415.36	2	101.2s	81.5
35	Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	35.69	2010.72	1	108.0s	80.7
36	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Psychic	35.60	1998.31	1	108.3s	80.5
37	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	39.75	1268.03	2	101.9s	80.0
38	Shadow Sandslash	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	36.60	1715.79	2	106.8s	79.7
39	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	34.25	2182.75	1	111.7s	79.4
40	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	35.10	1977.71	1	109.8s	79.4
41	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	33.19	2416.88	1	114.4s	79.1
42	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	37.62	1479.33	2	105.4s	79.1
43	Shadow Arcanine	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	37.29	1467.01	2	106.4s	78.4
44	Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	33.84	2136.75	1	113.1s	78.3
45	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	37.42	1437.87	2	106.2s	78.3
46	Mega Kangaskhan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	34.68	1907.87	1	111.4s	78.0
47	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Earthquake	35.85	1606.19	2	109.4s	77.4
48	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Earth Power	37.91	1288.71	2	106.1s	77.3
49	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite *	Drill Run *	38.16	1201.93	2	106.3s	76.6
50	Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	33.19	2058.76	1	115.5s	76.5

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Voltorb type chart

When fighting Voltorb, keep in mind the following that Electric-type Pokémon are weak to Ground type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Flying, and Steel type moves.

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Steel	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Voltorb in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Voltorb down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Voltorb counter is Primal Groudon, followed by Shadow Garchomp, Groudon, and Shadow Mamoswine. The table also includes Shadow Rhyperior, Mega Swampert, Excadrill, and Garchomp, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Voltorb are:

Typing	Usage %
Ground	45.0%
Dragon	11.5%
Fire	9.0%
Psychic	8.5%
Ghost	4.5%
Normal	3.0%
Bug	3.0%
Water	2.5%
Fighting	2.5%
Dark	2.5%
Rock	2.5%
Grass	2.5%
Ice	2.0%
Poison	0.5%
Electric	0.5%

About our ranking methodology

When calculating the best counters for any Pokémon, our simulator takes into account various factors, such as the defender's typing and average DPS against each attacker, the weather's influence, energy left over from using charge moves, Shadow Pokémon attack and defense stat changes, and more. During the initial phase of simulations, we calculate DPS and TDO for each attacker that is currently available in the game, and then we continue to rank them.

We use a ranking method developed by a Reddit user named /u/Elastic_Space, which is described in detail in this Reddit post. It is a fairly complicated, but very well thought-out mathematical model for predicting simulation results without actually running the simulations. It also correlates with field data almost too well not to be used.

Our Time to Win (TTW) and Faint numbers are also estimated, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we do not account for factors like Friendship and Mega damage boost, they will differ from actual experience in the field.