Best Quilava counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Quilava 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

36.0%
23.5%
23.0%
5.5%
4.5%
1.5%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	54.77	3800.81	0	69.5s	129.3
2	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	54.81	3213.38	1	70.2s	125.0
3	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	48.55	2909.48	1	79.1s	111.2
4	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	44.46	3214.50	1	85.5s	105.8
5	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	50.01	1731.67	2	80.3s	102.4
6	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Rock Wrecker *	47.92	2035.04	1	82.2s	102.3
7	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	45.23	2462.44	1	85.4s	101.6
8	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	45.63	2201.46	1	85.4s	100.0
9	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	42.59	2675.88	1	89.9s	98.5
10	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	43.13	2470.95	1	89.3s	97.9
11	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	49.49	1431.64	2	82.8s	97.7
12	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	41.89	2688.48	1	91.3s	97.3
13	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	42.62	2433.21	1	90.4s	96.7
14	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	44.71	1872.55	1	88.2s	95.2
15	Shadow Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	41.44	2186.59	1	93.5s	92.5
16	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	43.79	1731.81	2	90.5s	92.1
17	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	42.90	1837.74	1	91.8s	91.7
18	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	42.37	1750.17	2	93.2s	89.9
19	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	48.38	976.12	3	89.2s	88.7
20	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Rock Wrecker *	39.62	1996.95	1	98.1s	87.6
21	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	44.30	1219.50	2	93.1s	86.5
22	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	37.84	2162.37	1	101.8s	85.8
23	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	39.00	1882.83	1	100.0s	85.5
24	Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon *	41.60	1457.61	2	96.4s	85.4
25	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Earthquake	40.19	1627.59	2	98.4s	85.0
26	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	40.43	1545.56	2	98.4s	84.5
27	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	40.73	1470.56	2	98.2s	84.1
28	Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	41.07	1408.33	2	97.9s	83.9
29	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Hydro Pump	33.65	2695.05	1	112.3s	81.8
30	Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	37.10	1842.39	1	104.8s	81.8
31	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	42.28	1103.90	3	98.2s	81.7
32	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	38.19	1635.77	2	103.1s	81.7
33	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot	Earth Power	38.08	1564.63	2	103.7s	80.7
34	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Hydro Pump	36.61	1771.38	2	106.5s	80.3
35	Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	34.54	2153.06	1	110.9s	79.7
36	Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Earthquake	38.94	1321.21	2	103.4s	79.4
37	Samurott	Waterfall	Hydro Cannon *	36.96	1610.17	2	106.3s	79.3
38	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	37.78	1476.33	2	105.0s	79.3
39	Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	36.38	1704.95	2	107.4s	79.2
40	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	37.86	1450.45	2	105.0s	79.1
41	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam *	37.06	1570.71	2	106.3s	79.1
42	Clawitzer	Water Gun	Crabhammer	37.54	1439.42	2	105.9s	78.5
43	Shadow Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	37.02	1516.81	2	106.7s	78.4
44	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	42.80	846.78	4	101.1s	78.2
45	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	39.18	1186.67	3	104.0s	78.1
46	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	39.01	1201.37	2	104.3s	78.0
47	Palkia	Dragon Tail	Hydro Pump	33.58	2137.12	1	113.9s	77.9
48	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	34.30	1956.95	1	112.3s	77.8
49	Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	35.29	1728.41	2	110.4s	77.6
50	Mega Slowbro	Water Gun	Surf *	32.98	2203.66	1	115.7s	77.2

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Quilava counter is Primal Kyogre, followed by Primal Groudon, Mega Swampert, and Mega Rayquaza. The table also includes Mega Diancie, Shadow Rhyperior, Mega Blastoise, and Shadow Garchomp, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Quilava type chart

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

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%
Rock	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Bug	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Steel	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Quilava Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Water	36.0%	Rainy
Ground	23.5%	Sunny
Rock	23.0%	Partly Cloudy
Dragon	5.5%	Windy
Psychic	4.5%	Windy
Flying	1.5%	Windy
Fighting	1.5%	Cloudy
Normal	1.0%	Partly Cloudy
Electric	1.0%	Rainy
Ghost	1.0%	Fog
Poison	0.5%	Cloudy
Bug	0.5%	Rainy
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.