Best Mega Pinsir counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Mega Pinsir 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

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Raid Difficulty

Mega Raid (9000 HP)↓

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Best overall 👑

Shadow Rhyperior

Smack Down Rock Wrecker *

Best performing move types

• 46.0%
• 20.5%
• 12.5%
• 10.0%
• 4.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	43.38	570.04	15	270.6s	72.9
2	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	41.38	683.00	13	270.2s	72.8
3	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	36.32	1090.28	8	280.8s	72.2
4	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	36.46	734.46	12	295.9s	66.8
5	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	41.55	351.01	25	319.2s	63.8
6	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	36.56	470.00	19	322.8s	61.2
7	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	35.07	550.30	16	322.0s	61.1
8	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	35.06	463.43	19	334.4s	59.0
9	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	37.59	310.30	29	355.4s	57.5
10	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	33.45	482.15	18	343.7s	57.3
11	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	33.15	408.62	22	359.6s	55.0
12	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	27.58	761.39	11	373.6s	53.9
13	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	28.34	666.44	13	371.6s	53.6
14	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	33.69	327.45	27	377.1s	53.3
15	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam *	31.46	415.86	21	372.6s	52.9
16	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	29.66	502.33	17	375.1s	52.5
17	Landorus (Incarnate)	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	27.37	659.16	13	383.4s	52.0
18	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	33.01	300.56	29	392.4s	51.5
19	Archeops	Wing Attack	Ancient Power	30.34	406.29	22	385.3s	51.2
20	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Rock Throw	Rock Blast	31.62	332.43	27	392.9s	50.8
21	Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Rock Blast	31.62	332.43	27	392.9s	50.8
22	Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	28.82	454.09	19	391.6s	50.3
23	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack *	26.62	595.64	15	398.6s	49.9
24	Mega Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	27.26	536.69	16	397.2s	49.7
25	Aurorus	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	30.83	309.80	29	408.1s	49.1
26	Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	30.86	304.66	29	409.8s	48.9
27	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Power Gem	27.14	494.67	18	404.4s	48.8
28	Nihilego	Acid	Rock Slide	25.31	634.31	14	412.3s	48.5
29	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Ancient Power	26.26	544.40	16	408.9s	48.4
30	Shadow Hippowdon	Thunder Fang	Weather Ball	27.47	455.08	19	406.7s	48.4
31	Hisuian Arcanine	Fire Fang	Rock Slide	28.25	366.79	24	416.7s	47.4
32	Standard Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Rock Slide	27.94	380.27	23	416.8s	47.3
33	Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Rock Slide	27.94	380.27	23	416.8s	47.3
34	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Ancient Power *	29.69	288.43	31	428.0s	46.9
35	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Brave Bird	23.28	698.64	12	438.1s	46.3
36	Shadow Armaldo	Fury Cutter	Rock Blast	27.83	341.53	26	428.8s	46.1
37	Shadow Regirock	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	26.44	417.15	21	426.7s	46.1
38	Kleavor	Quick Attack	Rock Slide	26.86	375.08	23	431.0s	45.7
39	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	27.55	335.46	26	434.0s	45.6
40	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	24.69	511.62	17	434.9s	45.5
41	Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	27.61	320.35	28	438.4s	45.2
42	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	26.14	385.55	23	437.7s	45.0
43	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	28.80	261.95	34	449.9s	44.9
44	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	26.73	339.95	26	442.6s	44.6
45	Lycanroc (Dusk)	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	28.83	252.30	35	454.8s	44.6
46	Shadow Kabutops	Fury Cutter *	Ancient Power	29.18	240.35	37	458.3s	44.6
47	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	24.56	468.94	19	443.2s	44.5
48	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	27.27	302.58	29	449.0s	44.3
49	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	24.32	473.63	19	446.1s	44.3
50	Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	27.34	297.23	30	450.3s	44.2

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Mega Pinsir type chart

When fighting Mega Pinsir, keep in mind the following that Bug and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Rock, Electric, Fire, Flying, and Ice type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Fighting, Grass, and Ground type moves.

Weaknesses

Rock	256.0%
Electric	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Flying	160.0%
Ice	160.0%

Resistances

Ground	24.4%
Fighting	39.1%
Grass	39.1%
Bug	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 Mega Pinsir in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Mega Pinsir down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Mega Pinsir counter is Shadow Rhyperior, followed by Mega Diancie, Mega Rayquaza, and Mega Aerodactyl. The table also includes Rampardos, Mega Tyranitar, Rhyperior, and Shadow Aerodactyl, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Mega Pinsir are:

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.