Best Magcargo counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Magcargo 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

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Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

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Best overall 👑

Primal Kyogre

Waterfall Origin Pulse *

Best performing move types

• 54.5%
• 33.0%
• 5.5%
• 3.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	60.03	3783.11	0	63.8s	138.9
2	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	59.80	3769.04	0	64.0s	138.4
3	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	52.74	3523.57	1	72.4s	123.5
4	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	49.57	2675.30	1	78.0s	111.1
5	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	49.61	2451.31	1	78.4s	109.2
6	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	47.86	2668.93	1	80.6s	108.0
7	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	48.45	2271.76	1	80.6s	105.5
8	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	54.39	1424.92	2	76.3s	105.2
9	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	45.89	2673.74	1	83.8s	104.5
10	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	46.70	2418.95	1	83.0s	103.8
11	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	46.72	2267.58	1	83.4s	102.5
12	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	48.13	1724.25	2	83.2s	99.2
13	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	52.84	1089.93	3	81.3s	97.3
14	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	44.31	2104.80	1	88.1s	96.8
15	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	41.13	2624.25	1	93.0s	95.4
16	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	39.87	2628.93	1	95.8s	93.1
17	Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon *	45.72	1451.02	2	88.7s	92.0
18	Shadow Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	46.09	1359.74	2	88.7s	91.3
19	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	45.93	1336.02	2	89.2s	90.7
20	Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	40.23	2232.49	1	95.9s	90.7
21	Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	45.09	1401.38	2	90.1s	90.3
22	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	41.88	1864.81	1	93.7s	90.3
23	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Earthquake	44.02	1472.92	2	91.6s	89.5
24	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	45.38	1231.41	2	91.0s	88.4
25	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	42.76	1472.83	2	94.0s	87.5
26	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot	Earth Power	42.10	1429.44	2	95.6s	85.9
27	Samurott	Waterfall	Hydro Cannon *	40.69	1605.62	2	97.5s	85.6
28	Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	39.92	1695.93	2	98.7s	85.2
29	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	40.40	1562.71	2	98.3s	84.6
30	Clawitzer	Water Gun	Crabhammer	41.19	1431.29	2	97.5s	84.4
31	Shadow Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	40.63	1508.81	2	98.1s	84.4
32	Empoleon	Waterfall	Hydro Cannon *	40.00	1568.68	2	99.2s	84.0
33	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	36.92	2076.60	1	104.4s	83.5
34	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	43.71	1075.81	3	95.7s	83.5
35	Mega Slowbro	Water Gun	Surf *	36.09	2190.02	1	106.3s	82.9
36	Shadow Omastar	Water Gun	Hydro Pump	39.01	1551.13	2	101.6s	82.2
37	Crawdaunt	Waterfall	Crabhammer	41.32	1133.65	3	99.8s	80.7
38	Shadow Kingdra	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	37.52	1516.67	2	105.4s	79.3
39	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	38.09	1414.19	2	104.7s	79.1
40	Primarina	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	37.04	1562.94	2	106.4s	79.0
41	Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	38.30	1343.54	2	104.7s	78.6
42	Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	34.96	1839.43	1	110.8s	78.0
43	Quaquaval	Water Gun	Liquidation	35.98	1634.38	2	108.9s	77.9
44	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	37.98	1313.32	2	105.8s	77.7
45	Shadow Politoed	Bubble	Weather Ball	37.57	1344.27	2	106.5s	77.4
46	Shadow Kabutops	Waterfall	Water Pulse	37.72	1275.31	2	106.7s	76.8
47	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Hydro Pump	33.90	1899.37	1	113.8s	76.6
48	Shadow Poliwrath	Bubble	Hydro Pump	35.21	1594.24	2	111.3s	76.1
49	Shadow Wailord	Water Gun	Surf	37.85	1193.41	3	107.2s	76.0
50	Shadow Hippowdon	Thunder Fang	Scorching Sands	35.93	1456.04	2	110.1s	76.0

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Magcargo type chart

When fighting Magcargo, keep in mind the following that Fire and Rock-type Pokémon are weak to Ground, Water, Fighting, and Rock type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Fairy, Flying, Ice, Normal, Poison, and Fire type moves.

Weaknesses

Ground	256.0%
Water	256.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

Fire	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Poison	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 Magcargo in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Magcargo down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Magcargo counter is Primal Kyogre, followed by Primal Groudon, Mega Swampert, and Shadow Garchomp. The table also includes Mega Blastoise, Shadow Rhyperior, Shadow Swampert, and Shadow Kingler, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Magcargo 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.