Best Croconaw counters

The best Croconaw counters in Pokémon GO are Shadow Magnezone, Xurkitree, Mega Sceptile, Shadow Raikou, Mega Manectric, Shadow Luxray, and Shadow Electivire. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Croconaw in a 3-Star Raid.

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Shadow Magnezone

Spark / Wild Charge

Xurkitree

Spark / Power Whip

Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant

Shadow Raikou

Thunder Shock / Wild Charge

Mega Manectric

Thunder Fang / Wild Charge

Shadow Luxray

Spark / Wild Charge

Shadow Electivire

Thunder Shock / Wild Charge

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	49.71	1675.6	2	75s	101.2
2.	Xurkitree	Spark	Power Whip	49.92	1447.4	2	75s	98.6
3.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	50.95	1318.6	2	74s	98.3
4.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	47.51	1593.2	2	79s	96.6
5.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	47.51	1477.6	2	79s	95.2
6.	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	49.40	1260.5	2	76s	95.0
7.	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	49.19	1246.7	2	77s	94.5
8.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	43.19	1851.3	1	86s	92.4
9.	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	42.86	1727.5	2	87s	90.5
10.	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	40.70	2071.0	1	91s	90.2
11.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	43.87	1536.6	2	85s	90.0
12.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	45.99	1255.0	2	82s	89.7
13.	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	41.42	1650.2	2	90s	87.3
14.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	42.90	1413.3	2	87s	86.9
15.	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	43.61	1321.8	2	86s	86.9
16.	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	43.92	1265.3	2	85s	86.6
17.	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	43.38	1318.0	2	86s	86.5
18.	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	45.51	986.5	3	83s	84.7
19.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	42.27	1312.3	2	88s	84.6
20.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	40.54	1470.4	2	92s	83.8
21.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	42.54	1196.6	3	88s	83.5
22.	Therian Forme Thundurus	Volt Switch	Wildbolt Storm *	43.04	1130.8	3	87s	83.3
23.	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	39.47	1568.4	2	94s	83.1
24.	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	43.78	1043.8	3	86s	83.1
25.	Decidueye	Leafage	Frenzy Plant *	42.16	1199.0	3	89s	82.9
26.	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	38.96	1532.8	2	95s	81.9
27.	Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	41.04	1243.7	2	91s	81.8
28.	Shadow Magneton	Spark	Zap Cannon	43.25	1003.5	3	87s	81.6
29.	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	40.83	1228.2	2	92s	81.2
30.	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	44.56	869.2	4	85s	81.2

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Group size

You need at least 1 Trainers to defeat a Croconaw in a 3-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 1 Trainers
Optimal group size: 2 - 3 Trainers
Very easy with: 4+ Trainers

Croconaw CP range from Raids

Croconaw can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 925 CP to 984 CP, with no weather boost
From 1157 CP to 1230 CP with Rain weather boost

Croconaw weaknesses

Croconaw type chart

When fighting Croconaw, keep in mind the 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

Electric160.0%
Grass160.0%

Resistances

Fire62.5%
Ice62.5%
Steel62.5%
Water62.5%

More information

Croconaw takes increased damage from Electric and Grass type moves.
Croconaw takes reduced damage from Fire, Ice, Steel, and Water type moves.
Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Croconaw

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Electric	164.0%	Rain
Grass	154.0%	Sunny
Ghost	18.0%	Fog
Psychic	16.0%	Windy
Flying	12.0%	Windy
Dragon	12.0%	Windy
Dark	8.0%	Fog
Ground	6.0%	Sunny
Fighting	4.0%	Cloudy
Steel	2.0%	Snow
Rock	2.0%	Partly Cloudy
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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

This guide displays a list of best Croconaw 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. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

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 attacks, 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. Reddit

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.