Best Swampert counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best 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

Raid Difficulty

Attacker typing

Attacker moves type

Best overall 👑

Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed

Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

76.0%
4.5%
4.0%
3.0%
2.5%
2.5%
1.5%
1.5%
1.5%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	62.80	1663.04	2	66.0s	121.7
2	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	60.26	1120.48	3	72.6s	108.7
3	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	52.88	1513.03	2	77.6s	104.1
4	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	51.33	1545.71	2	79.5s	102.1
5	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	55.82	940.59	3	79.8s	98.7
6	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	48.70	1594.08	2	83.0s	98.6
7	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	51.74	1205.43	2	81.5s	97.7
8	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	52.99	1068.55	3	81.4s	97.2
9	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	52.95	1021.73	3	82.1s	96.2
10	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	48.55	1132.19	3	86.9s	91.7
11	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	49.46	922.39	3	88.4s	89.3
12	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	48.78	950.85	3	89.0s	88.8
13	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	50.97	766.42	4	89.4s	88.0
14	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	47.75	929.19	3	90.9s	86.9
15	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	50.19	751.46	4	90.9s	86.6
16	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	44.09	1217.64	2	93.5s	86.2
17	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	46.43	985.22	3	92.2s	86.0
18	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	42.96	1333.41	2	94.6s	86.0
19	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	44.98	1041.66	3	93.9s	84.8
20	Shadow Meganium	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	45.56	984.06	3	93.6s	84.7
21	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Power Whip	50.31	664.80	5	93.2s	84.7
22	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	45.83	917.94	3	94.2s	83.9
23	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	42.63	1179.61	3	96.7s	83.4
24	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	43.65	1045.38	3	96.2s	82.9
25	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	41.06	1274.36	2	99.0s	82.2
26	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	48.58	645.81	5	96.4s	81.8
27	Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	43.31	994.02	3	97.6s	81.5
28	Shadow Tangela	Vine Whip	Power Whip *	45.90	736.25	4	98.0s	80.3
29	Shadow Vileplume	Razor Leaf	Solar Beam	45.13	780.78	4	98.2s	80.2
30	Breloom	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot *	45.50	721.52	4	99.1s	79.5
31	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	48.09	580.66	6	99.7s	79.4
32	Mega Abomasnow	Leafage	Energy Ball	40.98	1083.51	3	101.1s	79.4
33	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	46.24	672.95	5	99.2s	79.3
34	Alolan Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	40.39	1118.30	3	102.0s	79.0
35	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Fury Cutter	Leaf Blade	47.53	590.88	6	100.1s	79.0
36	Leafeon	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	41.28	985.46	3	101.8s	78.3
37	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	39.26	1161.31	3	104.1s	77.8
38	Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	41.11	912.10	3	103.4s	76.9
39	Simisage	Vine Whip	Grass Knot	43.15	736.82	4	103.0s	76.5
40	Shadow Bellossom	Magical Leaf	Leaf Blade	41.85	803.77	4	103.9s	76.0
41	Leavanny	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	40.06	886.77	4	106.1s	74.9
42	Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	41.62	745.28	4	105.8s	74.5
43	Lilligant	Magical Leaf	Solar Beam	40.82	758.63	4	107.2s	73.6
44	Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	40.89	729.50	4	107.8s	73.1
45	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Leaf Blade	42.27	612.23	5	108.7s	72.5
46	Meganium	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	37.57	963.01	3	110.8s	72.3
47	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	38.56	860.15	4	110.1s	72.2
48	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	34.45	1302.22	2	115.6s	71.8
49	Lurantis	Leafage	Leaf Blade	39.06	782.31	4	110.6s	71.5
50	Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	40.63	643.84	5	111.0s	70.9

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About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Swampert in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take 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 Swampert counter is Mega Sceptile, followed by Kartana, Shaymin (Sky), and Mega Venusaur. The table also includes Shadow Sceptile, Zarude, Shadow Tangrowth, and Shadow Venusaur, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Swampert type chart

When fighting 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.

Best move-types and weather for Swampert Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	76.0%	Sunny
Normal	4.5%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	4.0%	Rainy
Psychic	3.0%	Windy
Dragon	2.5%	Windy
Fighting	2.5%	Cloudy
Electric	1.5%	Rainy
Dark	1.5%	Fog
Flying	1.5%	Windy
Water	1.5%	Rainy
Ground	1.0%	Sunny
Ghost	0.5%	Fog

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.