Best Larvitar counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Larvitar 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

49.0%
39.0%
4.5%
2.0%
2.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	113.49	8039.47	0	33.5s	269.0
2	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	99.09	6754.61	0	38.5s	233.0
3	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	107.06	4472.84	0	36.8s	227.8
4	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	100.76	3993.05	0	39.3s	212.1
5	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	92.69	5159.22	0	41.6s	209.1
6	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	86.59	6004.26	0	44.0s	204.3
7	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	102.47	3043.31	1	39.9s	203.3
8	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	88.12	5144.72	0	43.7s	200.7
9	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	90.88	4360.54	0	42.9s	198.9
10	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	86.30	5173.94	0	44.5s	197.7
11	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	82.91	5873.47	0	45.9s	196.5
12	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	90.28	3888.41	0	43.6s	193.3
13	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	81.51	5402.13	0	46.8s	190.6
14	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	89.65	3639.17	0	44.1s	189.6
15	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	92.59	3011.55	1	43.7s	187.2
16	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	84.95	4170.10	0	45.8s	186.8
17	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	87.67	3561.13	1	45.1s	185.4
18	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	85.82	3853.43	0	45.7s	185.3
19	Shadow Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	86.47	3334.17	1	46.0s	181.0
20	Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon *	85.72	3267.77	1	46.4s	179.0
21	Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	84.92	2984.80	1	47.2s	174.4
22	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	84.06	3101.54	1	47.5s	174.3
23	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	82.75	3236.43	1	48.0s	173.7
24	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	76.99	4230.94	0	50.2s	173.2
25	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	85.34	2688.38	1	47.5s	171.4
26	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	72.98	4882.16	0	52.3s	171.0
27	Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	75.23	4267.12	0	51.2s	170.4
28	Empoleon	Waterfall	Hydro Cannon *	74.14	4118.67	0	52.1s	167.2
29	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	79.36	3153.82	1	49.9s	167.1
30	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	72.67	4318.15	0	52.9s	166.2
31	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	82.65	2518.74	1	49.3s	164.9
32	Samurott	Waterfall	Hydro Cannon *	76.25	3409.18	1	51.4s	164.5
33	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	76.29	3388.15	1	51.4s	164.3
34	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	81.67	2589.69	1	49.6s	164.2
35	Shadow Meganium	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	76.56	3181.62	1	51.5s	162.7
36	Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	74.22	3563.92	1	52.5s	162.5
37	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	80.66	2486.16	1	50.4s	161.3
38	Clawitzer	Water Gun	Crabhammer	76.64	3013.47	1	51.8s	161.0
39	Shadow Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	75.54	3174.42	1	52.2s	160.9
40	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	76.56	2949.21	1	51.9s	160.2
41	Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	70.30	4075.15	0	54.7s	159.9
42	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Leaf Blade	75.73	3004.05	1	52.3s	159.4
43	Shadow Vileplume	Razor Leaf	Solar Beam	77.66	2712.87	1	51.7s	159.3
44	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	72.66	3489.15	1	53.7s	159.0
45	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	71.10	3777.48	0	54.4s	158.9
46	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	70.85	3693.56	0	54.7s	157.7
47	Breloom	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot *	75.15	2926.32	1	52.8s	157.6
48	Primarina	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	69.66	3869.31	0	55.4s	157.1
49	Crawdaunt	Waterfall	Crabhammer	77.27	2548.93	1	52.2s	156.6
50	Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	71.84	3282.45	1	54.5s	155.6

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About the results

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

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

Larvitar type chart

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

Weaknesses

Grass	256.0%
Water	256.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Ground	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Steel	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Fire	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Normal	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 Larvitar Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	49.0%	Sunny
Water	39.0%	Rainy
Fighting	4.5%	Cloudy
Ground	2.0%	Sunny
Steel	2.0%	Snow
Normal	1.0%	Partly Cloudy
Electric	0.5%	Rainy
Psychic	0.5%	Windy
Dark	0.5%	Fog
Ice	0.5%	Snow
Dragon	0.5%	Windy

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.