Best Rhyhorn counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Rhyhorn 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 Kyogre

Waterfall

Origin Pulse *

Best performing move types

49.5%
40.5%
2.0%
2.0%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	86.73	5439.43	0	44.2s	200.5
2	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	81.44	3546.09	1	48.3s	174.7
3	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	76.64	4149.17	0	50.4s	171.9
4	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	67.57	4496.88	0	56.5s	158.1
5	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	71.28	3506.54	1	54.6s	156.8
6	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	77.51	2519.35	1	52.2s	156.6
7	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	78.58	2051.64	1	52.8s	151.9
8	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	67.39	3475.30	1	57.6s	149.7
9	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	66.34	3611.08	0	58.3s	149.0
10	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	66.21	3540.69	1	58.4s	148.2
11	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	70.69	2671.70	1	56.3s	147.3
12	Shadow Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	65.35	3564.09	1	59.1s	146.8
13	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	70.42	2387.59	1	57.2s	143.5
14	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	62.51	3784.25	0	61.4s	143.5
15	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	69.15	2468.42	1	57.9s	142.5
16	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	65.40	3061.40	1	59.7s	142.4
17	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	65.06	2986.08	1	60.2s	141.1
18	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	63.70	3220.83	1	61.0s	140.9
19	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	67.40	2429.04	1	59.3s	139.1
20	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	64.79	2566.72	1	61.2s	136.3
21	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	64.04	2463.45	1	62.1s	134.0
22	Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon *	66.24	1961.93	1	61.7s	131.4
23	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	58.84	3044.63	1	65.9s	130.8
24	Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	65.09	2015.22	1	62.5s	130.3
25	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	63.32	2201.21	1	63.4s	129.7
26	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	55.33	3426.14	1	69.3s	127.6
27	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	56.21	3099.41	1	68.7s	126.6
28	Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	54.40	3499.46	1	70.3s	126.4
29	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	58.08	2688.43	1	67.3s	126.2
30	Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	58.42	2619.32	1	67.1s	126.1
31	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	60.89	2203.30	1	65.7s	125.8
32	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	53.83	3505.02	1	71.0s	125.4
33	Shadow Meganium	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	58.26	2523.79	1	67.5s	124.9
34	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	63.66	1716.37	2	64.9s	123.8
35	Samurott	Waterfall	Hydro Cannon *	58.70	2308.05	1	67.6s	123.3
36	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	58.27	2339.85	1	67.9s	123.0
37	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	62.65	1721.19	2	65.8s	122.3
38	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	54.25	3004.42	1	71.1s	122.3
39	Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	57.23	2421.75	1	68.8s	122.1
40	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	62.04	1736.08	2	66.3s	121.6
41	Clawitzer	Water Gun	Crabhammer	59.08	2044.99	1	68.0s	120.9
42	Shadow Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	58.27	2155.49	1	68.5s	120.9
43	Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	53.84	2922.31	1	71.8s	120.8
44	Empoleon	Waterfall	Hydro Cannon *	58.03	2082.39	1	69.0s	119.7
45	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	55.85	2384.36	1	70.5s	119.3
46	Mega Slowbro	Water Gun	Surf *	51.56	3246.00	1	74.3s	119.3
47	Shadow Vileplume	Razor Leaf	Solar Beam	59.37	1837.78	1	68.5s	118.8
48	Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	53.95	2533.03	1	72.4s	117.5
49	Shadow Tangela	Vine Whip	Power Whip *	58.21	1878.70	1	69.5s	117.5
50	Mega Abomasnow	Leafage	Energy Ball	53.13	2603.40	1	73.3s	116.8

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Rhyhorn counter is Primal Kyogre, followed by Mega Sceptile, Mega Swampert, and Shaymin (Sky). The table also includes Mega Blastoise, Kartana, Shadow Kingler, and Kyogre, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Rhyhorn type chart

When fighting Rhyhorn, keep in mind the following that Ground and Rock-type Pokémon are weak to Grass, Water, Fighting, Ground, Ice, and Steel type moves. They take reduced damage from Fire, Flying, Normal, Rock, Electric, and Poison type moves.

Weaknesses

Grass	256.0%
Water	256.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Ground	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Steel	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Fire	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Rock	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Rhyhorn Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	49.5%	Sunny
Water	40.5%	Rainy
Fighting	2.0%	Cloudy
Dragon	2.0%	Windy
Steel	2.0%	Snow
Ground	1.5%	Sunny
Normal	1.0%	Partly Cloudy
Electric	0.5%	Rainy
Dark	0.5%	Fog
Ice	0.5%	Snow

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.