Best Alolan Rattata counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Alolan Rattata 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 Blaziken

Counter

Focus Blast

Best performing move types

80.5%
4.0%
3.5%
3.0%
2.0%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	132.88	5338.09	0	29.8s	280.4
2	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	121.64	7157.18	0	31.6s	277.6
3	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	123.55	4328.12	0	32.5s	253.5
4	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	113.58	5582.66	0	34.3s	249.8
5	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	110.50	5811.31	0	35.1s	246.4
6	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	115.51	4465.68	0	34.4s	241.9
7	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	114.56	4318.21	0	34.8s	238.6
8	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	121.46	3171.85	1	34.2s	234.8
9	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	118.69	3464.57	1	34.5s	234.7
10	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	106.13	4896.57	0	36.9s	230.4
11	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	114.71	3416.59	1	35.6s	227.7
12	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	102.17	4242.30	0	38.6s	217.1
13	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	116.25	2438.28	1	36.9s	214.9
14	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	92.54	5894.83	0	41.3s	214.6
15	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	91.25	6213.91	0	41.8s	214.5
16	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	97.92	4706.83	0	39.8s	214.4
17	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	95.16	4908.32	0	40.8s	211.4
18	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	91.92	5244.49	0	41.9s	208.4
19	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	104.63	3059.36	1	39.1s	206.9
20	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	103.82	3106.99	1	39.3s	206.3
21	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	97.26	3862.17	0	40.7s	204.8
22	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	94.32	4226.55	0	41.6s	203.5
23	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	97.96	3564.84	1	40.8s	202.6
24	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	98.88	3425.04	1	40.6s	202.4
25	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	95.62	3371.84	1	41.9s	196.5
26	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	109.05	1985.86	1	40.3s	195.8
27	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	90.57	4087.04	0	43.3s	195.7
28	Mega Pinsir	Rock Smash	Superpower	91.75	3815.41	0	43.0s	195.0
29	Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	91.20	3865.75	0	43.2s	194.6
30	Bewear	Low Kick	Superpower	85.01	4886.96	0	45.3s	193.1
31	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	98.35	2640.85	1	42.1s	191.2
32	Shadow Ursaring	Counter	Close Combat	92.65	3278.34	1	43.2s	190.5
33	Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	93.40	3155.01	1	43.1s	190.3
34	Shadow Hitmonlee	Double Kick	Close Combat	97.68	2618.65	1	42.4s	189.8
35	Emboar	Low Kick	Focus Blast	89.56	3561.45	1	44.2s	188.6
36	Sneasler	Rock Smash	Close Combat	88.78	3385.94	1	44.8s	185.4
37	Shadow Infernape	Rock Smash	Close Combat	92.33	2760.03	1	44.2s	183.4
38	Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	86.60	3073.11	1	46.3s	178.2
39	Shadow Hitmonchan	Counter	Close Combat	90.24	2601.96	1	45.4s	178.0
40	Mega Medicham	Counter	Dynamic Punch	90.31	2468.30	1	45.7s	176.2
41	Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	80.55	3785.00	0	48.5s	175.5
42	Shadow Pinsir	Rock Smash	Superpower	88.57	2535.59	1	46.3s	174.4
43	Pangoro	Low Kick	Close Combat	79.00	3879.47	0	49.3s	173.7
44	Shadow Throh	Low Kick	Focus Blast	80.74	3522.48	1	48.7s	173.3
45	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Superpower	81.86	3172.42	1	48.5s	171.5
46	Togekiss	Charm	Aura Sphere *	76.89	3986.21	0	50.4s	171.0
47	Crabominable	Rock Smash	Power-Up Punch	81.50	3164.54	1	48.7s	170.8
48	Shadow Magmortar	Karate Chop	Brick Break	85.38	2562.98	1	47.8s	169.8
49	Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	91.10	1973.17	1	46.8s	169.5
50	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	86.18	2407.21	1	47.8s	168.9

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Alolan Rattata counter is Mega Blaziken, followed by Terrakion, Shadow Machamp, and Keldeo (Ordinary). The table also includes Mega Lopunny, Lucario, Shadow Hariyama, and Mega Alakazam, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Alolan Rattata type chart

When fighting Alolan Rattata, keep in mind the following that Dark and Normal-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting, Bug, and Fairy type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Psychic, and Ghost type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	256.0%
Bug	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%

Resistances

Ghost	24.4%
Psychic	39.1%
Dark	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Alolan Rattata Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fighting	80.5%	Cloudy
Fairy	4.0%	Cloudy
Ground	3.5%	Sunny
Bug	3.0%	Rainy
Dragon	2.0%	Windy
Dark	2.0%	Fog
Electric	1.5%	Rainy
Psychic	1.0%	Windy
Flying	1.0%	Windy
Normal	1.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ice	0.5%	Snow

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.