Best Chinchou counters

The best Chinchou counters in Pokémon GO are Mega Sceptile, Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Kartana, Shadow Garchomp, and Mega Venusaur. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Chinchou in a 3-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant

Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Kartana

Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Mega Venusaur

Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	63.18	5685.6	0	58s	157.3
2.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	69.19	2876.4	1	54s	147.0
3.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	59.48	5106.7	0	62s	146.6
4.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	64.07	2714.7	1	58s	136.7
5.	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	60.56	2970.0	1	61s	133.1
6.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	56.32	3669.3	0	65s	131.2
7.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	51.96	4316.4	0	71s	127.3
8.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	61.84	1872.7	1	61s	123.2
9.	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	50.41	4144.3	0	73s	123.2
10.	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	49.08	4431.5	0	75s	122.3
11.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	59.17	1992.3	1	63s	120.5
12.	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	55.02	2624.5	1	67s	120.3
13.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	51.29	3367.8	1	72s	119.7
14.	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	52.49	3009.7	1	70s	119.1
15.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	53.45	2676.6	1	69s	118.0
16.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	56.60	2141.8	1	66s	118.0
17.	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	51.06	2960.4	1	72s	116.2
18.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	49.21	3318.2	1	75s	115.5
19.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	47.10	3849.6	0	78s	115.0
20.	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	51.25	2721.5	1	72s	114.5
21.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	46.78	3584.2	1	78s	112.7
22.	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	49.65	2723.9	1	74s	111.7
23.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	55.80	1645.1	2	67s	110.5
24.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Power Whip	51.64	2155.9	1	72s	109.8
25.	Shadow Victreebel	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Blade	50.87	2209.8	1	73s	109.1
26.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	45.88	3298.0	1	80s	109.1
27.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	46.37	3156.7	1	79s	109.0
28.	Decidueye	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	46.73	2951.5	1	79s	108.2
29.	Shadow Cacturne	Sand Attack	Grass Knot	52.49	1823.2	1	71s	107.5
30.	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	47.64	2610.7	1	77s	107.1

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Group size

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

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

Chinchou CP range from Raids

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

From 591 CP to 639 CP, with no weather boost
From 739 CP to 799 CP with Rain weather boost

Chinchou weaknesses

Chinchou type chart

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

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Grass	160.0%
Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Steel	39.1%
Fire	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Water	62.5%

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

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Chinchou

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	200.0%	Sunny
Ground	120.0%	Sunny
Dragon	34.0%	Windy
Normal	12.0%	Partly Cloudy
Psychic	12.0%	Windy
Electric	6.0%	Rain
Bug	4.0%	Rain
Ghost	4.0%	Fog
Dark	4.0%	Fog
Fighting	2.0%	Cloudy
Fairy	2.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Chinchou in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Chinchou 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 Chinchou 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.