Best Gardevoir counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Gardevoir 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 👑

Shadow Metagross

Bullet Punch

Meteor Mash *

Best performing move types

31.5%
28.5%
15.0%
5.5%
4.5%
3.0%
3.0%
2.5%
2.0%
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	36.26	1100.96	3	112.4s	72.3
2	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	40.43	618.38	5	112.3s	70.1
3	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	36.67	537.35	6	125.0s	63.0
4	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	30.02	1083.40	3	133.2s	62.0
5	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	32.00	676.36	5	133.8s	59.2
6	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	31.92	656.42	5	134.7s	58.8
7	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	34.86	461.09	7	134.5s	58.7
8	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	34.19	457.66	7	136.8s	57.7
9	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	28.23	813.13	4	145.3s	55.7
10	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	30.45	589.25	6	142.7s	55.4
11	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	28.60	692.46	5	146.7s	54.4
12	Nihilego	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	28.26	723.59	4	147.3s	54.4
13	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	30.23	555.11	6	145.0s	54.4
14	Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	26.94	835.59	4	150.9s	53.9
15	Melmetal	Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash *	25.16	1050.27	3	156.8s	53.5
16	Mega Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	24.66	1126.60	3	158.8s	53.4
17	Mega Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	25.75	931.92	3	155.3s	53.2
18	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Shadow Ball	27.65	669.58	5	151.7s	52.6
19	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	32.96	327.16	11	153.3s	52.3
20	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	27.66	650.06	5	152.3s	52.3
21	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	31.73	374.50	9	151.9s	52.2
22	Mega Tyranitar	Iron Tail	Brutal Swing	24.50	989.69	3	161.5s	51.8
23	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	28.75	515.32	6	153.1s	51.5
24	Jirachi	Charge Beam	Doom Desire	24.37	957.56	3	162.7s	51.2
25	Genesect (Shock)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	25.63	766.32	4	159.3s	50.9
26	Genesect (Normal)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	25.63	766.32	4	159.3s	50.9
27	Genesect (Douse)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	25.63	766.32	4	159.3s	50.9
28	Genesect (Chill)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	25.63	766.32	4	159.3s	50.9
29	Genesect (Burn)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	25.63	766.32	4	159.3s	50.9
30	Shadow Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	26.95	616.13	5	156.9s	50.7
31	Shadow Drifblim	Hex	Shadow Ball	29.48	419.33	8	156.5s	50.3
32	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	27.37	553.42	6	157.5s	50.2
33	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	24.13	894.29	4	165.3s	50.1
34	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	26.16	641.89	5	160.0s	49.9
35	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	29.42	398.72	9	158.5s	49.8
36	Excadrill	Metal Claw	Iron Head	25.86	659.27	5	161.0s	49.7
37	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	26.00	627.17	5	161.4s	49.4
38	Lunala	Air Slash	Shadow Ball	25.12	681.04	5	164.4s	48.9
39	Shadow Victreebel	Acid	Sludge Bomb	29.96	334.78	10	163.2s	48.7
40	Shadow Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	24.49	736.28	4	166.5s	48.7
41	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	23.92	805.61	4	168.4s	48.7
42	Shadow Ho-Oh	Steel Wing	Brave Bird	24.78	695.25	5	166.0s	48.6
43	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	28.53	381.88	9	163.9s	48.1
44	Overqwil	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	24.90	649.05	5	166.8s	48.1
45	Shadow Tyranitar	Iron Tail	Brutal Swing	24.80	649.85	5	167.3s	48.0
46	Shadow Skuntank	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	26.14	523.44	6	165.2s	47.9
47	Shadow Vileplume	Acid	Sludge Bomb	28.47	367.63	9	165.6s	47.7
48	Muk (Alola Shadow)	Poison Jab	Gunk Shot	24.69	631.99	5	168.6s	47.5
49	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	24.00	687.06	5	170.9s	47.3
50	Roserade	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	27.47	402.94	8	166.8s	47.2

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Gardevoir counter is Shadow Metagross, followed by Mega Gengar, Mega Banette, and Metagross. The table also includes Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Cursola, and Mega Beedrill, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Gardevoir type chart

When fighting Gardevoir, keep in mind the following that Psychic and Fairy-type Pokémon are weak to Ghost, Poison, and Steel type moves. They take reduced damage from Psychic, Dragon, and Fighting type moves.

Weaknesses

Ghost	160.0%
Poison	160.0%
Steel	160.0%

Resistances

Dragon	39.1%
Fighting	39.1%
Psychic	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and weather for Gardevoir Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Steel	31.5%	Snow
Ghost	28.5%	Fog
Poison	15.0%	Cloudy
Flying	5.5%	Windy
Fire	4.5%	Sunny
Electric	3.0%	Rainy
Grass	3.0%	Sunny
Water	2.5%	Rainy
Psychic	2.0%	Windy
Dark	2.0%	Fog
Ground	1.0%	Sunny
Bug	1.0%	Rainy
Ice	0.5%	Snow

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.