Best Aipom counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Aipom 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

57.5%
7.5%
5.5%
5.0%
4.5%
4.5%
3.5%
3.5%
3.0%
2.0%
2.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	56.20	1926.63	1	71.5s	114.8
2	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	49.63	3084.36	1	77.2s	114.5
3	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	51.91	2508.32	1	75.1s	113.8
4	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	51.41	2022.00	1	77.2s	108.0
5	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	52.67	1572.48	2	77.5s	104.6
6	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	48.84	2050.41	1	80.7s	104.0
7	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	49.40	1563.81	2	82.1s	99.3
8	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	49.09	1574.82	2	82.5s	99.0
9	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	50.28	1250.07	2	83.1s	96.2
10	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	44.76	1902.99	1	88.0s	95.6
11	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	45.27	1781.65	2	87.6s	95.1
12	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	46.61	1567.63	2	86.4s	94.9
13	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	48.64	1235.23	2	85.7s	93.5
14	Mega Gengar	Sucker Punch	Focus Blast	39.71	2332.65	1	96.8s	90.6
15	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	46.23	1284.55	2	89.1s	90.5
16	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	38.39	2574.06	1	99.4s	90.0
17	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	38.28	2566.41	1	99.7s	89.7
18	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	43.58	1543.63	2	91.9s	89.6
19	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	41.59	1845.96	1	94.4s	89.6
20	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	39.03	2187.19	1	98.8s	88.2
21	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	49.55	766.68	4	91.4s	86.1
22	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Superpower	39.54	1836.35	1	98.9s	86.0
23	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	41.93	1408.48	2	96.1s	85.3
24	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	40.76	1566.05	2	97.5s	85.2
25	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	44.26	1128.61	3	94.1s	85.1
26	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	41.52	1406.16	2	96.9s	84.6
27	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	39.96	1620.94	2	99.0s	84.5
28	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	40.42	1542.55	2	98.4s	84.4
29	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	38.31	1880.77	1	101.6s	84.2
30	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	39.73	1590.36	2	99.7s	83.8
31	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	41.88	1294.19	2	97.1s	83.8
32	Mega Pinsir	Rock Smash	Superpower	38.65	1715.48	2	101.5s	83.2
33	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	41.96	1239.25	2	97.4s	83.2
34	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	45.11	917.29	3	95.5s	82.9
35	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	37.43	1880.34	1	103.8s	82.7
36	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	36.90	1919.52	1	105.1s	82.1
37	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	36.30	1974.37	1	106.5s	81.5
38	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Superpower	36.13	1934.74	1	107.1s	80.9
39	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	40.63	1223.03	2	100.4s	80.8
40	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	38.63	1487.07	2	102.9s	80.8
41	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	34.61	2216.93	1	110.5s	80.4
42	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Psychic	35.31	2007.73	1	109.1s	80.0
43	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	33.96	2334.98	1	112.2s	80.0
44	Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	39.73	1238.79	2	102.2s	79.6
45	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Focus Blast	35.10	1974.85	1	109.8s	79.4
46	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Dynamic Punch	35.65	1779.50	2	109.1s	78.7
47	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	36.98	1540.81	2	106.7s	78.6
48	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	38.47	1312.09	2	104.6s	78.5
49	Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	38.70	1271.72	2	104.3s	78.4
50	Emboar	Low Kick	Focus Blast	38.37	1300.28	2	104.9s	78.2

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About the results

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

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

Aipom type chart

When fighting Aipom, keep in mind the following that Normal-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting type moves. They take reduced damage from Ghost type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%

Resistances

Ghost	39.1%

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

Best move-types and weather for Aipom Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fighting	57.5%	Cloudy
Dragon	7.5%	Windy
Electric	5.5%	Rainy
Fire	5.0%	Sunny
Psychic	4.5%	Windy
Dark	4.5%	Fog
Flying	3.5%	Windy
Ground	3.5%	Sunny
Water	3.0%	Rainy
Steel	2.0%	Snow
Rock	2.0%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	0.5%	Rainy
Grass	0.5%	Sunny
Normal	0.5%	Partly Cloudy

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.