Best Tauros (Paldean Aqua Breed) counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Tauros (Paldean Aqua Breed) 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

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

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Best overall 👑

Mega Rayquaza

Air Slash Dragon Ascent

Best performing move types

• 33.0%
• 23.5%
• 20.5%
• 15.0%
• 4.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	50.95	1137.37	3	83.3s	95.4
2	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	45.38	704.50	5	99.8s	78.9
3	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	39.95	694.21	5	110.8s	71.1
4	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	40.11	587.90	6	114.2s	68.9
5	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	37.12	688.85	5	117.9s	66.9
6	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	37.96	586.64	6	119.4s	65.9
7	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	35.48	760.42	4	120.4s	65.9
8	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	35.94	659.96	5	122.0s	64.7
9	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	36.78	550.87	6	124.0s	63.5
10	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	32.52	875.04	4	127.2s	63.2
11	Lunala	Confusion	Psychic	27.74	1614.53	2	138.7s	63.2
12	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	34.56	680.38	5	125.3s	63.1
13	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	35.51	567.02	6	126.8s	62.1
14	Hoopa (Unbound)	Confusion	Psychic	34.89	555.18	6	129.1s	61.0
15	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	34.77	557.10	6	129.4s	60.8
16	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	38.16	374.87	9	132.8s	60.5
17	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	35.60	491.20	7	130.4s	60.4
18	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	32.16	717.20	5	132.0s	60.2
19	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	34.70	530.13	6	130.9s	60.1
20	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Psychic *	28.93	1063.13	3	138.0s	60.0
21	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	36.27	436.34	8	132.3s	59.9
22	Shadow Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	37.26	376.31	9	134.9s	59.4
23	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing *	31.93	685.35	5	133.8s	59.3
24	Hoopa (Confined)	Confusion	Psychic	28.10	1081.89	3	141.4s	58.8
25	Mega Latias	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	30.42	789.28	4	136.6s	58.7
26	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	33.85	505.26	7	134.9s	58.4
27	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	30.55	667.15	5	139.4s	56.9
28	Shadow Exeggutor	Confusion	Psychic	33.87	443.11	8	138.8s	56.9
29	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	31.76	568.68	6	138.7s	56.8
30	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	30.86	628.86	5	139.6s	56.7
31	Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	30.84	625.57	5	139.8s	56.6
32	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	34.06	412.01	8	140.6s	56.3
33	Mega Pidgeot	Gust *	Brave Bird	31.92	524.25	6	140.3s	56.1
34	Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Aeroblast *	28.65	790.86	4	143.9s	56.0
35	Shadow Gallade	Confusion	Psychic	32.83	436.03	8	142.7s	55.3
36	Shadow Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	32.83	436.03	8	142.7s	55.3
37	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	33.59	398.27	9	143.3s	55.3
38	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	29.11	680.38	5	144.8s	55.0
39	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	28.28	759.08	4	146.3s	55.0
40	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	31.34	505.54	7	143.3s	54.9
41	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	31.21	512.87	7	143.4s	54.9
42	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	31.92	459.02	7	144.2s	54.6
43	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	31.57	465.07	7	145.0s	54.3
44	Shadow Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	33.22	378.70	9	146.4s	54.2
45	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	28.60	677.85	5	147.1s	54.2
46	Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	26.90	861.79	4	150.6s	54.2
47	Shadow Latias	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	30.13	551.22	6	145.6s	54.2
48	Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	30.13	539.25	6	146.2s	53.9
49	Shadow Staraptor	Gust *	Brave Bird	32.92	375.58	9	147.7s	53.8
50	Galarian Articuno	Psycho Cut	Brave Bird	29.11	562.56	6	149.3s	52.9

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Tauros (Paldean Aqua Breed) type chart

When fighting Tauros (Paldean Aqua Breed), keep in mind the following that Fighting and Water-type Pokémon are weak to Electric, Fairy, Flying, Grass, and Psychic type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Dark, Fire, Ice, Rock, Steel, and Water type moves.

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%
Flying	160.0%
Grass	160.0%
Psychic	160.0%

Resistances

Bug	62.5%
Dark	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Rock	62.5%
Steel	62.5%
Water	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 Tauros (Paldean Aqua Breed) in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Tauros (Paldean Aqua Breed) down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Tauros (Paldean Aqua Breed) counter is Mega Rayquaza, followed by Shadow Mewtwo, Rayquaza, and Mega Alakazam. The table also includes Mewtwo, Mega Sceptile, Mega Latios, and Mega Gardevoir, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Tauros (Paldean Aqua Breed) 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.