Best Lairon counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Lairon 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 👑

Primal Groudon

Mud Shot

Precipice Blades *

Best performing move types

58.0%
35.0%
2.5%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	58.08	3102.99	1	66.6s	129.9
2	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	53.70	1688.99	2	75.6s	107.8
3	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	50.93	1607.78	2	79.6s	102.3
4	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	49.17	1803.69	1	81.2s	101.9
5	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	46.35	2145.42	1	84.4s	100.7
6	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	50.62	1371.14	2	81.6s	98.6
7	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	46.68	1799.99	2	85.1s	97.7
8	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	45.33	1972.03	1	86.7s	97.2
9	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	46.95	1467.68	2	86.5s	94.1
10	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	49.02	1232.63	2	85.1s	94.0
11	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	41.71	2303.54	1	92.6s	93.9
12	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	51.23	1024.11	3	84.3s	93.8
13	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	47.34	1375.39	2	86.5s	93.5
14	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	42.26	2044.64	1	92.2s	92.6
15	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	44.50	1482.97	2	90.6s	90.4
16	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	48.06	1093.92	3	88.1s	90.3
17	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	43.48	1554.43	2	92.1s	89.6
18	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	44.39	1311.91	2	92.1s	88.0
19	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	46.49	1071.98	3	90.9s	87.6
20	Shadow Ursaluna	Rock Smash	High Horsepower *	41.41	1651.45	2	95.6s	87.3
21	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	40.64	1767.97	2	96.7s	87.2
22	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	36.99	2507.47	1	103.1s	86.9
23	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Earthquake	42.69	1292.32	2	95.5s	85.0
24	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	41.84	1346.46	2	96.7s	84.4
25	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	43.44	1153.88	3	95.4s	84.3
26	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	41.45	1280.84	2	98.1s	82.9
27	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	36.74	1962.99	1	105.3s	82.2
28	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	39.43	1474.28	2	101.1s	82.0
29	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot	Earth Power	41.04	1260.51	2	99.1s	82.0
30	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	37.71	1676.50	2	104.1s	81.2
31	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	39.04	1450.18	2	102.2s	81.1
32	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	38.19	1534.79	2	103.6s	80.6
33	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	39.99	1280.86	2	101.3s	80.6
34	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	47.39	653.43	5	98.0s	80.4
35	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	42.37	1009.96	3	99.2s	80.4
36	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	42.80	968.72	3	99.0s	80.3
37	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	39.13	1346.14	2	102.7s	80.0
38	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	42.33	979.07	3	99.8s	79.8
39	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	38.92	1346.63	2	103.2s	79.7
40	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	37.81	1463.77	2	105.0s	79.2
41	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	44.07	772.86	4	100.3s	78.5
42	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	41.20	994.43	3	101.9s	78.4
43	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	40.78	1018.87	3	102.4s	78.1
44	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	40.11	1085.62	3	103.0s	78.1
45	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	40.11	1075.53	3	103.1s	77.9
46	Shadow Magmortar	Karate Chop	Scorching Sands	42.35	860.53	4	101.7s	77.8
47	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	40.11	1052.49	3	103.4s	77.6
48	Shadow Nidoking	Double Kick	Earth Power	39.88	986.04	3	104.9s	76.2
49	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	37.07	1296.43	2	108.2s	76.0
50	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	38.84	1062.91	3	106.2s	75.8

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Lairon counter is Primal Groudon, followed by Mega Blaziken, Terrakion, and Shadow Garchomp. The table also includes Keldeo (Ordinary), Shadow Machamp, Lucario, and Groudon, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Lairon type chart

When fighting Lairon, keep in mind the following that Steel and Rock-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting, Ground, and Water type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Ice, Psychic, Rock, Flying, Normal, and Poison type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	256.0%
Ground	256.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Poison	24.4%
Flying	39.1%
Normal	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Dragon	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%
Rock	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Lairon Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fighting	58.0%	Cloudy
Ground	35.0%	Sunny
Water	2.5%	Rainy
Electric	1.5%	Rainy
Steel	1.0%	Snow
Ghost	0.5%	Fog
Psychic	0.5%	Windy
Fire	0.5%	Sunny
Bug	0.5%	Rainy

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.