Best Granbull counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Granbull 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

Extreme↓

Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

Attacker typing

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Best overall 👑

Shadow Metagross

Bullet Punch Meteor Mash *

Best performing move types

• 33.5%
• 25.0%
• 6.5%
• 6.5%
• 6.0%
• 4.5%
• 4.0%
• 3.5%
• 3.0%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	52.97	1214.31	2	79.8s	99.7
2	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Sludge Bomb	47.26	1156.22	3	88.6s	90.1
3	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	46.53	1113.94	3	90.3s	88.3
4	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	44.38	1187.35	3	93.2s	86.2
5	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	43.64	1190.20	3	94.6s	85.1
6	Nihilego	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	38.98	1490.64	2	102.0s	81.4
7	Mega Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	36.79	1202.66	2	109.8s	74.4
8	Melmetal	Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash *	36.76	1199.18	3	109.9s	74.3
9	Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	38.81	950.78	3	107.9s	74.0
10	Mega Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	35.44	1268.60	2	112.9s	73.1
11	Shadow Victreebel	Acid	Sludge Bomb	39.94	787.85	4	108.4s	72.9
12	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	33.91	1468.20	2	116.0s	72.7
13	Roserade	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	37.62	963.22	3	110.6s	72.4
14	Shadow Ho-Oh	Steel Wing	Brave Bird	34.87	1292.00	2	114.4s	72.4
15	Shadow Vileplume	Acid	Sludge Bomb	38.38	871.47	4	110.3s	72.1
16	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	39.30	776.91	4	110.1s	71.8
17	Genesect (Shock)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	36.71	992.41	3	112.6s	71.5
18	Genesect (Normal)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	36.71	992.41	3	112.6s	71.5
19	Genesect (Douse)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	36.71	992.41	3	112.6s	71.5
20	Genesect (Chill)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	36.71	992.41	3	112.6s	71.5
21	Genesect (Burn)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	36.71	992.41	3	112.6s	71.5
22	Shadow Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	38.62	798.79	4	111.3s	71.2
23	Jirachi	Charge Beam	Doom Desire	35.77	1061.66	3	114.2s	71.0
24	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	33.95	1249.71	2	117.6s	70.4
25	Excadrill	Metal Claw	Iron Head	37.28	797.72	4	114.6s	69.2
26	Shadow Muk	Poison Jab	Gunk Shot	34.87	1028.17	3	117.2s	69.1
27	Overqwil	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	35.45	903.59	3	117.5s	68.2
28	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Sludge Bomb	32.34	1280.32	2	122.6s	68.0
29	Shadow Skuntank	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	37.28	731.52	4	116.2s	68.0
30	Mega Aerodactyl	Steel Wing	Iron Head	35.16	916.91	3	118.1s	67.9
31	Muk (Alola Shadow)	Poison Jab	Gunk Shot	35.09	879.21	4	119.0s	67.3
32	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	32.80	1118.13	3	122.6s	66.9
33	Gengar	Lick *	Sludge Bomb	36.91	701.10	5	118.1s	66.9
34	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	34.60	835.85	4	121.3s	65.8
35	Shadow Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	35.84	697.42	5	121.1s	65.2
36	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Sludge Bomb	33.31	881.85	4	124.4s	64.6
37	Mega Steelix	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	30.87	1145.60	3	129.2s	64.1
38	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	34.68	724.30	4	123.7s	64.1
39	Toxicroak	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	34.11	770.06	4	124.2s	64.0
40	Mega Pidgeot	Steel Wing	Brave Bird	34.01	773.06	4	124.5s	63.9
41	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	35.23	654.42	5	124.2s	63.5
42	Shadow Dragonite	Steel Wing	Hurricane	34.70	684.12	5	124.8s	63.3
43	Shadow Nidoking	Poison Jab	Sludge Wave	33.77	759.29	4	125.6s	63.3
44	Shadow Magneton	Thunder Shock	Magnet Bomb	37.39	502.82	7	124.9s	63.1
45	Shadow Machamp	Bullet Punch	Heavy Slam	35.83	586.10	6	125.1s	63.0
46	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	31.25	986.26	3	129.8s	62.8
47	Mega Tyranitar	Iron Tail	Stone Edge	32.50	840.33	4	127.9s	62.7
48	Ho-Oh	Steel Wing	Brave Bird	29.14	1279.44	2	134.8s	62.6
49	Victreebel	Acid	Sludge Bomb	32.95	774.30	4	127.9s	62.3
50	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	31.15	925.34	3	131.1s	61.8

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Granbull type chart

When fighting Granbull, keep in mind the following that Fairy-type Pokémon are weak to Poison, and Steel type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Dark, Fighting, and Dragon type moves.

Weaknesses

Poison	160.0%
Steel	160.0%

Resistances

Dragon	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Dark	62.5%
Fighting	62.5%

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

About the results

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

The top-ranked Granbull counter is Shadow Metagross, followed by Mega Gengar, Mega Beedrill, and Mega Rayquaza. The table also includes Metagross, Nihilego, Mega Scizor, and Melmetal, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Granbull are:

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.