Best Skitty counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Skitty 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

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

Attacker typing

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Best overall 👑

Mega Blaziken

Counter Focus Blast

Best performing move types

• 60.5%
• 7.5%
• 6.0%
• 5.0%
• 5.0%
• 4.5%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	75.38	3676.48	0	51.7s	165.5
2	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	66.09	5269.95	0	57.2s	160.5
3	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	69.41	3763.71	0	55.7s	155.8
4	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	69.16	3431.79	1	56.2s	152.4
5	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	69.42	3003.72	1	56.6s	148.8
6	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	64.65	3301.03	1	60.0s	143.3
7	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	62.79	3317.14	1	61.7s	140.2
8	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	64.05	2983.32	1	61.0s	139.3
9	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	67.34	2387.04	1	59.5s	138.5
10	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	65.63	2598.24	1	60.4s	138.1
11	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	59.76	3404.00	1	64.5s	135.5
12	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	65.15	2396.13	1	61.3s	135.0
13	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	59.88	3210.09	1	64.6s	134.1
14	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	51.01	5460.54	0	73.2s	131.6
15	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	66.11	1875.86	1	62.1s	130.0
16	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	57.57	2951.38	1	67.4s	127.7
17	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	51.55	4518.49	0	73.0s	127.6
18	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	62.18	2177.82	1	64.5s	127.6
19	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	58.55	2657.16	1	66.9s	126.7
20	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	53.63	3720.93	0	71.0s	126.6
21	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	55.64	3131.96	1	69.3s	125.8
22	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	51.31	3933.99	0	73.8s	123.6
23	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	51.93	3643.48	0	73.3s	122.8
24	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	52.92	3378.68	1	72.3s	122.8
25	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	59.14	2185.88	1	67.5s	122.7
26	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Superpower	52.55	3131.77	1	73.1s	120.2
27	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	56.18	2363.00	1	70.2s	119.7
28	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	52.93	2930.06	1	72.9s	119.3
29	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	55.85	2338.39	1	70.6s	118.9
30	Mega Pinsir	Rock Smash	Superpower	51.51	3130.47	1	74.5s	118.3
31	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	55.34	2357.22	1	71.2s	118.2
32	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	50.88	3204.88	1	75.2s	117.7
33	Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	51.78	2954.80	1	74.4s	117.4
34	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	55.23	2272.86	1	71.5s	117.1
35	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	50.07	3311.26	1	76.2s	117.0
36	Mega Gengar	Sucker Punch	Focus Blast	53.24	2593.65	1	73.2s	116.9
37	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	54.39	2367.61	1	72.3s	116.7
38	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	50.03	3169.65	1	76.5s	115.9
39	Shadow Ursaluna	Rock Smash	High Horsepower *	46.44	4173.00	0	81.0s	115.6
40	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	51.11	2847.75	1	75.5s	115.3
41	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	49.30	3110.21	1	77.7s	114.1
42	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Superpower	47.85	3484.78	1	79.4s	114.1
43	Shadow Ursaring	Counter	Close Combat	52.56	2319.23	1	74.7s	113.1
44	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	45.50	4015.61	0	82.7s	112.8
45	Shadow Hitmonlee	Double Kick	Close Combat	55.61	1840.89	1	72.6s	112.8
46	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Superpower	45.44	3921.99	0	82.9s	112.1
47	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	44.80	4107.84	0	83.9s	112.0
48	Emboar	Low Kick	Focus Blast	50.96	2460.76	1	76.5s	111.7
49	Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	52.64	2159.22	1	75.1s	111.6
50	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Psychic	46.85	3368.01	1	81.1s	111.4

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Skitty type chart

When fighting Skitty, keep in mind the following that Normal-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting type moves. They take reduced damage from Ghost type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%

Resistances

Ghost	39.1%

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 Skitty in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Skitty down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Skitty counter is Mega Blaziken, followed by Mega Rayquaza, Terrakion, and Mega Alakazam. The table also includes Shadow Machamp, Keldeo (Ordinary), Mega Lopunny, and Shadow Hariyama, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Skitty 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.