Best Zangoose counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Zangoose 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

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Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

Attacker typing

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Best overall 👑

Mega Rayquaza

Dragon Tail Dragon Ascent

Best performing move types

• 59.5%
• 8.0%
• 5.0%
• 4.5%
• 4.5%
• 4.0%
• 3.0%
• 3.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	46.30	2055.34	1	84.8s	99.7
2	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	51.73	1099.08	3	82.7s	95.9
3	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	50.54	1092.79	3	84.4s	94.0
4	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	49.45	1054.92	3	86.4s	91.7
5	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	46.00	1386.91	2	88.7s	91.5
6	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	46.66	1066.15	3	90.7s	87.8
7	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	46.93	899.32	4	92.7s	85.2
8	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	42.39	1194.88	3	97.0s	83.2
9	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	48.50	683.49	5	95.3s	82.7
10	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	38.10	1648.97	2	103.2s	81.6
11	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	46.37	709.85	5	97.9s	80.4
12	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	45.33	772.73	4	98.0s	80.3
13	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	44.71	812.28	4	98.3s	80.3
14	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	42.57	952.47	3	99.7s	79.7
15	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	37.16	1560.81	2	106.1s	79.1
16	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	40.76	1034.17	3	102.2s	78.3
17	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	38.48	1261.81	2	105.0s	77.9
18	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	41.50	848.72	4	103.7s	76.3
19	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	36.46	1405.82	2	109.0s	76.3
20	Mega Pinsir	Rock Smash	Superpower	35.43	1497.08	2	111.2s	75.5
21	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	41.38	811.62	4	104.7s	75.4
22	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Superpower	36.95	1219.69	2	109.2s	74.9
23	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	38.20	1040.45	3	108.1s	74.5
24	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	35.59	1340.23	2	111.9s	74.1
25	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	38.87	942.39	3	107.9s	74.0
26	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	35.87	1252.25	2	111.9s	73.6
27	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	40.72	741.63	4	107.8s	73.1
28	Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	35.58	1227.85	2	112.9s	72.8
29	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	35.82	1191.28	3	112.6s	72.7
30	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	37.66	957.59	3	110.6s	72.4
31	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	37.15	1000.16	3	111.3s	72.3
32	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	38.68	798.84	4	111.1s	71.3
33	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	42.18	562.01	6	111.0s	71.1
34	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	36.04	993.99	3	114.4s	70.4
35	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	34.38	1194.35	3	116.8s	70.4
36	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	38.67	705.49	5	113.5s	69.5
37	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	37.34	806.18	4	114.3s	69.4
38	Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	37.48	762.61	4	114.9s	68.8
39	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	31.21	1539.46	2	124.7s	68.7
40	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	36.11	855.05	4	116.5s	68.4
41	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	34.51	1019.05	3	118.4s	68.4
42	Bewear	Low Kick	Superpower	35.49	851.62	4	118.3s	67.4
43	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Superpower	32.48	1143.49	3	123.4s	66.7
44	Togekiss	Air Slash	Aura Sphere *	29.74	1596.01	2	130.1s	66.6
45	Shadow Hitmonlee	Double Kick	Close Combat	37.82	618.70	5	118.5s	66.5
46	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Superpower	36.38	717.08	5	119.0s	66.4
47	Mega Gengar	Sucker Punch	Focus Blast	36.23	722.72	4	119.3s	66.3
48	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	34.66	843.63	4	120.9s	66.0
49	Emboar	Low Kick	Focus Blast	35.74	746.77	4	120.0s	66.0
50	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	32.67	1057.56	3	123.8s	66.0

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Zangoose type chart

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

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

The most effective move-types to use against Zangoose 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.