Best Phanpy counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Phanpy 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 👑

Primal Kyogre

Waterfall

Origin Pulse *

Best performing move types

42.0%
26.5%
14.0%
4.0%
2.5%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	68.29	4279.50	0	56.1s	157.8
2	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	63.68	3259.37	1	61.0s	141.2
3	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	60.87	2997.99	1	63.9s	133.9
4	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	55.39	3875.92	0	68.7s	131.0
5	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	60.32	2582.51	1	65.3s	129.0
6	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	56.32	2772.18	1	69.1s	123.9
7	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	53.41	3163.87	1	72.0s	122.0
8	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	51.83	3490.67	1	73.6s	121.6
9	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	61.86	1623.43	2	67.1s	119.7
10	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	58.18	1926.12	1	69.3s	118.0
11	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	53.10	2741.43	1	73.1s	118.0
12	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	52.24	2887.02	1	73.9s	117.7
13	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	50.08	3137.17	1	76.5s	115.7
14	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	49.12	3334.55	1	77.6s	115.4
15	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	56.28	1937.14	1	71.4s	115.1
16	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Triple Axel	51.87	2658.25	1	74.8s	115.0
17	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	55.12	2089.78	1	72.2s	115.0
18	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	51.34	2683.09	1	75.5s	114.3
19	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	52.51	2419.94	1	74.5s	114.0
20	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	50.95	2611.34	1	76.2s	113.0
21	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	54.62	1959.28	1	73.3s	112.6
22	Shadow Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	51.73	2319.26	1	75.8s	111.6
23	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	50.93	2242.96	1	77.1s	109.5
24	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	50.30	2295.05	1	77.8s	109.0
25	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	46.84	2946.91	1	81.7s	108.4
26	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	50.48	2199.65	1	77.9s	108.3
27	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	56.20	1436.32	2	74.1s	108.1
28	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	49.48	2188.38	1	79.3s	106.5
29	Mega Abomasnow	Leafage	Weather Ball	48.43	2360.72	1	80.4s	106.3
30	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	49.14	2203.36	1	79.8s	106.1
31	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	46.21	2628.87	1	83.4s	104.7
32	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	52.14	1603.44	2	78.0s	104.2
33	Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon *	52.13	1575.41	2	78.2s	103.8
34	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	44.07	2951.04	1	86.6s	103.3
35	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	51.48	1611.38	2	78.9s	103.3
36	Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	51.27	1592.92	2	79.3s	102.7
37	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	43.43	2982.37	1	87.7s	102.3
38	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	45.59	2344.35	1	85.1s	101.2
39	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	47.77	1951.77	1	82.7s	101.2
40	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Hydro Pump	41.82	3230.85	1	90.5s	100.9
41	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	49.21	1710.04	2	81.6s	100.8
42	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	47.96	1884.88	1	82.7s	100.8
43	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	42.36	3034.03	1	89.7s	100.6
44	Shadow Meganium	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	45.68	2205.60	1	85.3s	100.1
45	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	45.68	2197.44	1	85.4s	100.0
46	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	48.64	1716.64	2	82.4s	100.0
47	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Hydro Pump	45.52	2144.83	1	85.8s	99.3
48	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	45.69	2043.98	1	85.8s	98.6
49	Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	46.52	1898.60	1	85.0s	98.5
50	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	42.67	2628.44	1	89.8s	98.3

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Phanpy counter is Primal Kyogre, followed by Mega Sceptile, Mega Swampert, and Mega Rayquaza. The table also includes Kartana, Mega Blastoise, Shaymin (Sky), and Mega Venusaur, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Phanpy type chart

When fighting Phanpy, keep in mind the following that Ground-type Pokémon are weak to Grass, Ice, and Water type moves. They take reduced damage from Poison, Rock, and Electric type moves.

Weaknesses

Grass	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	39.1%
Poison	62.5%
Rock	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Phanpy Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	42.0%	Sunny
Water	26.5%	Rainy
Ice	14.0%	Snow
Dragon	4.0%	Windy
Psychic	2.5%	Windy
Fire	2.0%	Sunny
Dark	1.5%	Fog
Flying	1.0%	Windy
Ground	1.0%	Sunny
Normal	1.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ghost	1.0%	Fog
Bug	1.0%	Rainy
Fighting	1.0%	Cloudy
Steel	1.0%	Snow
Electric	0.5%	Rainy

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.