Best Lapras counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Lapras 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 👑

Mega Sceptile

Fury Cutter

Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

27.0%
26.5%
25.0%
14.5%
1.5%
1.5%
1.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	41.85	653.31	5	108.1s	72.8
2	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	38.26	848.18	4	111.1s	71.5
3	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	37.48	882.64	4	112.4s	70.9
4	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	38.21	812.48	4	111.9s	70.8
5	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	36.90	916.08	3	113.3s	70.6
6	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	33.46	1305.47	2	118.6s	70.2
7	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	36.55	879.45	4	114.9s	69.5
8	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	37.25	773.75	4	115.2s	68.7
9	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	38.91	643.95	5	114.9s	68.5
10	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	37.97	688.63	5	115.7s	68.1
11	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	36.70	786.13	4	116.4s	68.1
12	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	34.78	963.03	3	118.5s	68.0
13	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	36.06	806.36	4	117.7s	67.5
14	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	36.78	739.14	4	117.4s	67.4
15	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	32.39	1188.43	3	123.3s	67.1
16	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	36.42	674.41	5	120.2s	65.6
17	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	34.10	825.75	4	123.0s	64.9
18	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	34.78	760.59	4	122.4s	64.8
19	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	33.61	869.08	4	123.7s	64.8
20	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	32.75	952.28	3	125.0s	64.7
21	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	34.80	747.83	4	122.7s	64.6
22	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	35.55	648.83	5	123.5s	63.9
23	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	33.18	774.75	4	127.1s	62.7
24	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	34.08	694.87	5	126.3s	62.6
25	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	35.78	571.78	6	125.8s	62.6
26	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	34.90	625.03	5	126.2s	62.5
27	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	31.13	971.82	3	130.5s	62.4
28	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	33.09	731.69	4	128.5s	61.8
29	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	32.45	775.28	4	129.5s	61.6
30	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	33.84	654.67	5	128.4s	61.5
31	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	35.06	555.21	6	128.6s	61.2
32	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	31.53	838.48	4	131.3s	61.2
33	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	34.06	607.83	5	129.4s	60.9
34	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	31.53	785.02	4	132.5s	60.4
35	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	31.02	823.73	4	133.5s	60.2
36	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	34.85	520.11	6	131.0s	60.1
37	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Rock Throw	Wild Charge	32.92	645.83	5	131.6s	60.0
38	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	34.32	547.74	6	131.2s	60.0
39	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Leaf Blade	33.64	576.22	6	132.0s	59.7
40	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	30.20	864.24	4	135.8s	59.5
41	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	30.64	772.45	4	136.1s	58.8
42	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	28.87	947.28	3	139.9s	58.5
43	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	34.38	478.32	7	134.8s	58.4
44	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	31.33	676.54	5	136.2s	58.3
45	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	31.65	625.35	5	136.8s	57.8
46	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	29.44	818.26	4	139.9s	57.6
47	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	26.88	1162.25	3	146.3s	57.6
48	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	30.33	725.78	4	138.6s	57.6
49	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	32.93	509.67	7	137.6s	57.2
50	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	31.71	581.02	6	138.3s	57.0

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Lapras counter is Mega Sceptile, followed by Mega Blaziken, Kartana, and Mega Diancie. The table also includes Terrakion, Keldeo (Ordinary), Shadow Raikou, and Xurkitree, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Lapras type chart

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

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Grass	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

Ice	39.1%
Water	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Lapras Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	27.0%	Sunny
Fighting	26.5%	Cloudy
Electric	25.0%	Rainy
Rock	14.5%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	1.5%	Rainy
Dragon	1.5%	Windy
Psychic	1.5%	Windy
Flying	0.5%	Windy
Ground	0.5%	Sunny
Normal	0.5%	Partly Cloudy
Ghost	0.5%	Fog
Dark	0.5%	Fog

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.