Best Mega Swampert counters

The best Mega Swampert counters in Pokémon GO are Mega Sceptile, Mega Venusaur, Zarude, Shadow Tangrowth, Shadow Venusaur, Kartana, and Shadow Sceptile. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 2 - 6 Trainers to defeat Mega Swampert in a Mega Raid.

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Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant

Mega Venusaur

Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant

Zarude

Vine Whip / Power Whip

Shadow Tangrowth

Vine Whip / Power Whip

Shadow Venusaur

Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant

Kartana

Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade

Shadow Sceptile

Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	49.32	874.0	10	193s	88.1
2.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	42.35	854.5	10	224s	77.7
3.	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	40.20	879.0	10	235s	74.9
4.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	42.84	662.3	13	224s	74.4
5.	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	43.94	588.1	15	221s	74.1
6.	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	43.96	544.9	16	222s	73.0
7.	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	44.44	496.2	18	221s	72.3
8.	Decidueye	Leafage	Frenzy Plant *	40.80	686.6	13	234s	72.1
9.	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	42.63	550.5	16	228s	71.4
10.	Sky Forme Shaymin	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	38.46	733.4	12	247s	69.7
11.	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	40.96	523.2	17	237s	68.4
12.	Xurkitree	Spark	Power Whip	44.03	383.6	23	228s	68.1
13.	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	36.50	672.6	13	260s	65.7
14.	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	42.86	341.3	26	237s	65.1
15.	Shadow Meganium	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	37.64	540.3	16	256s	64.4
16.	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Seed Bomb	38.44	474.2	18	254s	63.8
17.	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Seed Bomb	36.70	568.3	15	262s	63.8
18.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	35.28	650.0	13	269s	63.5
19.	Rillaboom	Razor Leaf	Grass Knot	35.86	609.5	14	266s	63.5
20.	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	36.16	576.9	15	265s	63.2
21.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	36.66	517.9	17	263s	62.5
22.	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	36.32	483.5	18	267s	61.2
23.	Shadow Tangela	Vine Whip	Power Whip *	38.01	404.0	22	260s	61.2
24.	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	38.20	379.5	23	260s	60.7
25.	Mega Abomasnow	Leafage	Energy Ball	33.83	596.0	15	282s	60.3
26.	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	37.84	373.9	24	262s	60.0
27.	Lurantis	Leafage	Leaf Storm	35.35	470.7	19	274s	59.6
28.	Roserade	Bullet Seed *	Grass Knot	35.51	461.0	19	273s	59.5
29.	Simisage	Vine Whip	Grass Knot	35.79	404.7	22	274s	58.3
30.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	37.00	355.0	25	269s	58.3

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Group size

You need at least 2 Trainers to defeat a Mega Swampert in a Mega Raid.

Minimum group size: 2 Trainers
Optimal group size: 3 - 6 Trainers
Very easy with: 7+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 2 Trainers

Mega Swampert CP range from Raids

Mega Swampert can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 2420 CP to 2514 CP, with no weather boost
From 3025 CP to 3143 CP with Rain and Sunny weather boost

Mega Swampert weaknesses

Mega Swampert type chart

When fighting Mega Swampert, keep in mind the that Water and Ground-type Pokémon are weak to Grass (2x)-type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock, and Steel-type moves.

Weaknesses

Grass256.0%

Resistances

Electric62.5%
Fire62.5%
Poison62.5%
Rock62.5%
Steel62.5%

More information

Mega Swampert takes increased damage from Grass type moves.
Mega Swampert takes reduced damage from Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock, and Steel type moves.
Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Mega Swampert

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	324.0%	Sunny
Psychic	22.0%	Windy
Ghost	12.0%	Fog
Electric	6.0%	Rain
Dark	6.0%	Fog
Ground	6.0%	Sunny
Bug	4.0%	Rain
Flying	4.0%	Windy
Normal	4.0%	Partly Cloudy
Fighting	4.0%	Cloudy
Water	4.0%	Rain
Fairy	2.0%	Cloudy
Dragon	2.0%	Windy

About our ranking methodology

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

This guide displays a list of best Mega Swampert 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. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

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 attacks, 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. Reddit

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.