Best Noctowl counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Noctowl 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 Tyranitar

Smack Down *

Stone Edge

Best performing move types

37.0%
26.0%
20.0%
4.0%
2.5%
2.5%
2.0%
1.5%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	35.06	3102.49	1	107.3s	87.0
2	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	41.44	1368.06	2	97.4s	84.0
3	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	38.77	1573.42	2	102.0s	82.0
4	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	37.91	1589.77	2	104.0s	80.7
5	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	39.19	1357.78	2	102.5s	80.2
6	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	34.78	2066.82	1	110.5s	79.5
7	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	39.84	1193.08	3	102.4s	79.2
8	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	37.69	1443.44	2	105.5s	78.8
9	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	39.03	1254.37	2	103.7s	78.7
10	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	36.61	1594.58	2	107.4s	78.6
11	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	40.62	1063.14	3	102.2s	78.5
12	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	38.26	1266.15	2	105.5s	77.6
13	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	39.36	1075.15	3	104.9s	76.8
14	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	36.15	1460.93	2	109.4s	76.4
15	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	36.81	1195.78	3	109.8s	74.4
16	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	37.96	1000.34	3	109.2s	73.5
17	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	36.14	1151.13	3	112.1s	72.7
18	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	33.71	1432.90	2	116.8s	72.0
19	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Rollout *	Wild Charge	34.90	1239.98	2	114.8s	71.8
20	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	36.77	968.88	3	112.8s	71.2
21	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	32.04	1541.41	2	121.7s	70.1
22	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	36.08	964.01	3	114.7s	70.1
23	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	32.13	1492.24	2	121.7s	69.8
24	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	32.52	1335.30	2	121.5s	68.9
25	Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	29.02	2029.99	1	131.1s	68.6
26	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	33.16	1155.26	3	121.0s	68.0
27	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	31.36	1417.92	2	125.0s	67.8
28	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	32.52	1229.20	2	122.4s	67.8
29	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	35.21	893.82	4	118.4s	67.7
30	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	36.79	740.93	4	117.3s	67.4
31	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	33.66	1046.13	3	120.7s	67.4
32	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	31.76	1246.29	2	124.9s	66.7
33	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Blizzard	30.07	1500.47	2	129.3s	66.3
34	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	34.10	913.51	3	121.3s	66.2
35	Mega Gardevoir	Charge Beam	Triple Axel	32.98	1029.22	3	123.1s	66.1
36	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	35.06	784.68	4	121.0s	65.7
37	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	32.40	1053.03	3	124.8s	65.5
38	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam *	30.74	1243.20	2	128.7s	65.0
39	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	32.81	960.44	3	124.7s	64.9
40	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	32.18	994.02	3	126.4s	64.4
41	Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	30.52	1173.70	3	130.2s	63.8
42	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Blizzard	32.13	945.35	3	127.3s	63.6
43	Mega Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	27.46	1678.83	2	139.7s	63.1
44	Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	31.42	983.72	3	129.2s	63.0
45	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	31.69	949.54	3	128.8s	63.0
46	Shadow Magneton	Thunder Shock	Discharge	32.49	857.30	4	127.6s	62.9
47	Kyurem	Dragon Breath	Glaciate *	30.15	1130.89	3	132.1s	62.7
48	Shadow Arcanine	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	32.38	854.62	4	128.0s	62.7
49	Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	30.92	1002.28	3	130.8s	62.4
50	Tapu Koko	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	30.73	996.83	3	131.6s	62.1

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Noctowl counter is Mega Tyranitar, followed by Mega Diancie, Shadow Rhyperior, and Mega Rayquaza. The table also includes Shadow Raikou, Shadow Tyranitar, Xurkitree, and Shadow Magnezone, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Noctowl type chart

When fighting Noctowl, keep in mind the following that Normal and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Grass, Ghost, and Ground type moves.

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

Ghost	39.1%
Ground	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Grass	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Noctowl Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Electric	37.0%	Rainy
Rock	26.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ice	20.0%	Snow
Dragon	4.0%	Windy
Psychic	2.5%	Windy
Normal	2.5%	Partly Cloudy
Fire	2.0%	Sunny
Flying	1.5%	Windy
Water	1.5%	Rainy
Steel	1.0%	Snow
Fighting	1.0%	Cloudy
Poison	0.5%	Cloudy
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.