Best Mega Swampert counters

The best Mega Swampert counters in Pokémon GO are Mega Sceptile, Kartana, Sky Forme Shaymin, Mega Venusaur, Shadow Sceptile, Shadow Tangrowth, and Shadow Torterra. 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.

Simulation settings

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Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant

Kartana

Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade

Sky Forme Shaymin

Magical Leaf / Grass Knot

Mega Venusaur

Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant

Shadow Sceptile

Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant

Shadow Tangrowth

Vine Whip / Power Whip

Shadow Torterra

Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	46.36	821.6	10	206s	82.8
2.	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	44.76	554.9	16	218s	74.3
3.	Sky Forme Shaymin	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	39.10	745.5	12	243s	70.9
4.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	38.00	766.7	11	249s	69.7
5.	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	41.99	468.9	19	234s	68.3
6.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	38.88	601.1	14	247s	67.5
7.	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	40.38	515.8	17	241s	67.5
8.	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	36.19	791.4	11	261s	67.5
9.	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	39.82	533.0	16	243s	67.2
10.	Shadow Victreebel	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Blade	39.31	390.5	23	253s	62.4
11.	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	38.67	382.1	23	257s	61.3
12.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Power Whip	39.64	345.4	26	254s	61.3
13.	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	35.11	543.7	16	273s	61.0
14.	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Seed Bomb	36.41	449.2	20	268s	60.4
15.	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	35.86	465.4	19	271s	60.1
16.	Decidueye	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	33.95	571.5	15	281s	60.0
17.	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	35.73	461.4	19	272s	59.8
18.	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	32.89	606.0	14	289s	59.2
19.	Shadow Cacturne	Sand Attack	Grass Knot	38.94	310.1	29	261s	59.1
20.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	34.53	487.8	18	280s	58.9
21.	Shadow Meganium	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	34.04	488.6	18	283s	58.2
22.	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	34.24	455.9	19	283s	57.7
23.	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	33.11	511.2	17	290s	57.5
24.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	31.85	586.9	15	298s	57.3
25.	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	32.62	520.3	17	294s	57.0
26.	Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	32.75	499.0	18	293s	56.7
27.	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Fury Cutter	Leaf Blade	36.94	303.3	29	274s	56.4
28.	Shadow Tangela	Vine Whip	Power Whip *	34.41	365.8	24	287s	55.4
29.	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	29.78	617.1	14	317s	54.9
30.	Gogoat	Vine Whip	Leaf Blade	30.78	539.5	16	310s	54.9

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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

Weaknesses

Grass	256.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Electric	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Poison	62.5%
Rock	62.5%
Steel	62.5%

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	318.0%	Sunny
Normal	14.0%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	12.0%	Rain
Ground	10.0%	Sunny
Psychic	10.0%	Windy
Dragon	8.0%	Windy
Fighting	6.0%	Cloudy
Dark	6.0%	Fog
Electric	4.0%	Rain
Fairy	4.0%	Cloudy
Ghost	4.0%	Fog
Flying	2.0%	Windy
Water	2.0%	Rain

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.