Best Flaaffy counters

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

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Shadow Mamoswine

Mud-Slap / High Horsepower

Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	61.88	4506.6	0	59s	147.5
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	53.82	4617.4	0	68s	132.7
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	57.86	2772.4	1	64s	126.6
4.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	50.96	3326.7	1	72s	118.8
5.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	54.45	2485.4	1	68s	117.9
6.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	53.44	1866.7	1	70s	109.6
7.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	48.31	2727.3	1	76s	109.3
8.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	51.15	2133.9	1	73s	108.8
9.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	50.01	2012.0	1	74s	105.6
10.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	42.35	3246.2	1	87s	102.0
11.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	45.09	2433.1	1	82s	101.1
12.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	47.12	1674.1	2	79s	97.0
13.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	44.89	1885.7	1	83s	95.6
14.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	46.29	1584.6	2	81s	94.5
15.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	44.38	1838.9	1	84s	94.3
16.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	43.23	2031.0	1	86s	94.2
17.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	43.07	2048.9	1	86s	94.1
18.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	44.27	1791.5	2	84s	93.6
19.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	42.01	2194.4	1	88s	93.5
20.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	43.10	1823.7	1	86s	91.9
21.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	43.10	1823.7	1	86s	91.9
22.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	41.62	1983.4	1	89s	91.0
23.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	42.37	1807.6	1	87s	90.5
24.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Earthquake	42.32	1720.3	2	88s	89.5
25.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Earthquake	40.20	2091.0	1	92s	89.4
26.	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	44.39	1324.9	2	84s	88.2
27.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	43.60	1400.9	2	86s	87.9
28.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	39.43	1718.2	2	94s	84.6
29.	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	39.04	1641.6	2	95s	83.2
30.	Shadow Nidoking	Fury Cutter *	Earth Power	39.57	1531.1	2	94s	82.9

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Group size

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

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

Flaaffy CP range from Raids

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

From 814 CP to 869 CP, with no weather boost
From 1017 CP to 1086 CP with Rain weather boost

Flaaffy weaknesses

Flaaffy type chart

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

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Electric	62.5%
Flying	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 best weather for defeating Flaaffy

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	196.0%	Sunny
Dragon	50.0%	Windy
Fire	38.0%	Sunny
Psychic	28.0%	Windy
Ghost	14.0%	Fog
Normal	12.0%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	12.0%	Rain
Grass	12.0%	Sunny
Fighting	10.0%	Cloudy
Rock	10.0%	Partly Cloudy
Water	8.0%	Rain
Dark	8.0%	Fog
Poison	2.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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