Best Magikarp counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Magikarp 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

Extreme↓

Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

Attacker typing

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Best overall 👑

Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

• 43.0%
• 36.0%
• 5.0%
• 4.5%
• 3.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	69.78	14628.39	0	52.6s	206.7
2	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	65.97	14822.75	0	55.5s	198.3
3	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	60.38	17580.31	0	60.4s	191.4
4	Shadow Magnezone	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	61.47	16132.89	0	59.5s	190.7
5	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	61.06	16204.54	0	59.8s	189.9
6	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	62.62	14231.46	0	58.5s	188.6
7	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	63.78	13069.55	0	57.5s	188.1
8	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	63.32	12753.00	0	58.0s	186.1
9	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	64.57	11562.47	0	57.0s	185.2
10	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	61.14	13444.38	0	60.0s	182.9
11	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	55.70	17855.86	0	65.4s	180.1
12	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	58.56	14716.19	0	62.5s	180.1
13	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	57.00	15356.12	0	64.1s	177.8
14	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	57.05	14942.96	0	64.1s	177.0
15	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	58.75	12257.37	0	62.4s	173.9
16	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	55.00	15543.81	0	66.4s	173.3
17	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	60.12	10943.66	0	61.2s	173.0
18	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	53.71	16242.29	0	67.9s	171.6
19	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	59.71	10441.22	0	61.7s	170.4
20	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Solar Beam	55.97	13261.00	0	65.4s	170.1
21	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	57.06	11742.90	0	64.3s	168.4
22	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	55.90	12548.95	0	65.6s	168.0
23	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	56.77	11300.27	0	64.7s	166.4
24	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	54.99	12710.10	0	66.6s	166.2
25	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	57.43	10587.62	0	64.0s	165.7
26	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	56.09	11359.96	0	65.4s	165.0
27	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	52.18	13901.73	0	70.0s	162.4
28	Magnezone	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	51.28	14814.20	0	71.2s	162.3
29	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	52.31	13384.84	0	69.9s	161.5
30	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	58.72	8508.34	0	63.0s	161.2
31	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	53.93	10944.89	0	68.1s	158.7
32	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	54.65	10381.37	0	67.3s	158.6
33	Shadow Magneton	Thunder Shock	Zap Cannon	53.90	10384.92	0	68.2s	156.9
34	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	51.08	12672.00	0	71.6s	156.7
35	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	48.16	15420.71	0	75.7s	155.7
36	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	55.14	8766.24	0	66.9s	154.3
37	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	50.84	11593.06	0	72.0s	153.3
38	Shadow Arcanine	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	51.53	10576.01	0	71.2s	152.0
39	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	51.92	10238.59	0	70.7s	151.9
40	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	50.71	11205.65	0	72.3s	151.9
41	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	47.79	13799.99	0	76.4s	151.3
42	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	50.27	11067.37	0	72.9s	150.4
43	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Solar Beam	53.26	8812.66	0	69.2s	150.3
44	Shadow Vileplume	Razor Leaf	Solar Beam	52.02	9461.41	0	70.7s	149.7
45	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	47.28	13651.80	0	77.2s	149.6
46	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	48.34	12526.43	0	75.6s	149.6
47	Shadow Meganium	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	50.01	10726.92	0	73.3s	148.9
48	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Psychic	49.04	11400.76	0	74.7s	148.4
49	Tapu Koko	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	50.25	10364.74	0	73.0s	148.4
50	Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	50.20	10372.57	0	73.1s	148.3

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Magikarp type chart

When fighting Magikarp, keep in mind the following that Water-type Pokémon are weak to Electric, and Grass type moves. They take reduced damage from Fire, Ice, Steel, and Water type moves.

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Grass	160.0%

Resistances

Fire	62.5%
Ice	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 Magikarp in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Magikarp down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Magikarp counter is Mega Sceptile, followed by Kartana, Mega Rayquaza, and Shadow Magnezone. The table also includes Zekrom, Shadow Raikou, Mega Manectric, and Xurkitree, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Magikarp 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.