Best Mega Swampert counters in Pokémon GO

This table 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.

Simulation settings

Weather

Extreme↓

Raid Difficulty

Mega Raid (9000 HP)↓

Attacker typing

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Best overall 👑

Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

• 77.0%
• 4.5%
• 4.5%
• 3.0%
• 2.5%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	46.36	821.59	10	238.0s	82.8
2	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	44.76	554.85	16	265.9s	74.3
3	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	39.10	745.54	12	278.5s	70.9
4	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	38.00	766.68	11	283.8s	69.7
5	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	41.99	468.93	19	291.1s	68.3
6	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	38.88	601.09	14	291.4s	67.5
7	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	40.38	515.78	17	292.7s	67.5
8	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	36.19	791.35	11	294.2s	67.5
9	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	39.82	533.04	16	293.5s	67.2
10	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	39.01	387.56	23	323.6s	61.9
11	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	38.67	382.10	23	326.9s	61.3
12	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Power Whip	39.64	345.37	26	331.3s	61.3
13	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	35.11	543.71	16	322.6s	61.0
14	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Seed Bomb	36.41	449.25	20	327.3s	60.4
15	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	35.86	465.38	19	328.4s	60.1
16	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	35.73	461.40	19	329.9s	59.8
17	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	32.89	606.03	14	333.1s	59.2
18	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	34.53	487.79	18	334.4s	58.9
19	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	31.71	657.03	13	338.6s	58.5
20	Shadow Meganium	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	34.04	488.64	18	338.1s	58.2
21	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	34.24	455.90	19	341.8s	57.7
22	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	33.11	511.22	17	342.2s	57.5
23	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	31.85	586.89	15	343.9s	57.3
24	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	37.72	300.40	29	358.4s	57.3
25	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	32.62	520.30	17	345.1s	57.0
26	Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	32.75	499.04	18	346.9s	56.7
27	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Fury Cutter	Leaf Blade	36.94	303.27	29	362.4s	56.4
28	Shadow Tangela	Vine Whip	Power Whip *	34.41	365.77	24	360.0s	55.4
29	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	29.78	617.08	14	360.6s	54.9
30	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	35.39	310.14	29	370.4s	54.8
31	Breloom	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot *	34.02	357.65	25	365.2s	54.6
32	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	34.21	328.17	27	372.8s	53.9
33	Mega Abomasnow	Leafage	Energy Ball	30.13	530.90	16	366.5s	53.8
34	Leafeon	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	30.66	489.22	18	367.1s	53.6
35	Shadow Vileplume	Razor Leaf	Solar Beam	32.70	374.75	24	371.3s	53.5
36	Simisage	Vine Whip	Grass Knot	32.48	367.37	24	375.1s	53.0
37	Alolan Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	29.18	538.52	16	375.2s	52.6
38	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	28.76	569.71	15	376.1s	52.5
39	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Leaf Blade	33.22	318.18	28	384.0s	52.4
40	Shadow Bellossom	Magical Leaf	Leaf Blade	31.20	397.78	22	378.9s	52.1
41	Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	31.57	374.46	24	381.2s	52.0
42	Leavanny	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	30.01	442.09	20	381.3s	51.6
43	Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	31.20	368.19	24	386.2s	51.3
44	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	Trailblaze	31.73	344.31	26	388.2s	51.3
45	Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	29.77	438.25	20	384.5s	51.2
46	Meganium	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	27.95	477.96	18	397.3s	49.6
47	Lurantis	Leafage	Leaf Blade	29.22	389.12	23	400.5s	49.2
48	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	25.57	648.82	13	407.4s	49.1
49	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	28.38	421.10	21	402.6s	48.9
50	Lilligant	Magical Leaf	Solar Beam	29.19	360.14	24	408.3s	48.4

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Mega Swampert type chart

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

Weaknesses

Grass	256.0%

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.

About the results

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.

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

The most effective move-types to use against Mega Swampert 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.