Best Anorith counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Anorith 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 Kyogre

Waterfall

Origin Pulse *

Best performing move types

32.5%
26.5%
22.0%
5.0%
4.0%
2.5%
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	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	67.20	3987.65	0	57.2s	153.6
2	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	63.72	3205.34	1	61.0s	140.8
3	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	59.17	3548.88	1	64.9s	135.5
4	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	61.38	1853.45	1	66.4s	122.2
5	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	52.89	3132.71	1	72.7s	120.8
6	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	55.52	2584.15	1	70.4s	120.8
7	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	57.60	2212.08	1	69.0s	120.4
8	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	55.91	2433.50	1	70.3s	119.9
9	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	52.19	2836.33	1	74.1s	117.2
10	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	60.99	1506.51	2	68.6s	116.5
11	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	54.46	2291.08	1	72.4s	116.0
12	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	52.25	2549.83	1	74.5s	114.8
13	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	51.43	2635.41	1	75.5s	114.1
14	Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	46.74	3336.26	1	81.3s	111.0
15	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	53.93	1821.59	1	74.7s	109.9
16	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	53.72	1844.20	1	74.8s	109.8
17	Mega Aggron	Iron Tail	Meteor Beam	45.27	3519.19	1	83.6s	109.4
18	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	52.01	1856.51	1	77.0s	107.1
19	Empoleon	Metal Claw	Hydro Cannon *	46.21	2866.95	1	82.9s	106.6
20	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	54.51	1385.06	2	76.4s	104.8
21	Shadow Aggron	Iron Tail	Meteor Beam	47.52	2318.55	1	82.0s	104.4
22	Shadow Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	51.39	1618.59	2	78.9s	103.2
23	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	47.51	2164.94	1	82.4s	102.9
24	Melmetal	Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash *	43.03	3165.72	1	88.2s	102.8
25	Mega Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	45.68	2426.61	1	84.7s	102.1
26	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	47.74	1983.51	1	82.7s	101.5
27	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	46.49	2170.10	1	84.1s	101.2
28	Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon *	51.48	1435.09	2	80.0s	100.8
29	Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	50.52	1479.96	2	81.0s	100.0
30	Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	45.13	2247.80	1	86.2s	99.5
31	Jirachi	Charge Beam	Doom Desire	42.26	2736.06	1	90.5s	98.3
32	Excadrill	Metal Claw	Iron Head	44.52	2145.19	1	87.6s	97.5
33	Genesect (Shock)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	45.24	2004.15	1	86.8s	97.4
34	Genesect (Normal)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	45.24	2004.15	1	86.8s	97.4
35	Genesect (Douse)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	45.24	2004.15	1	86.8s	97.4
36	Genesect (Chill)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	45.24	2004.15	1	86.8s	97.4
37	Genesect (Burn)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	45.24	2004.15	1	86.8s	97.4
38	Shadow Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	47.48	1623.69	2	84.7s	97.0
39	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	50.85	1151.64	3	83.3s	95.5
40	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	47.74	1456.68	2	85.3s	95.2
41	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam *	45.37	1772.34	2	87.5s	95.2
42	Samurott	Waterfall	Hydro Cannon *	45.66	1698.82	2	87.3s	94.9
43	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	46.51	1532.84	2	86.8s	94.3
44	Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	44.67	1788.53	2	88.6s	94.2
45	Shadow Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	45.48	1591.98	2	88.2s	93.3
46	Clawitzer	Water Gun	Crabhammer	46.10	1509.82	2	87.6s	93.3
47	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	42.56	1996.96	1	91.8s	92.7
48	Mega Steelix	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	38.05	3017.44	1	99.4s	92.3
49	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	43.36	1816.45	1	91.0s	92.3
50	Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	43.25	1831.39	1	91.1s	92.3

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Anorith counter is Primal Kyogre, followed by Shadow Metagross, Mega Swampert, and Mega Diancie. The table also includes Metagross, Mega Blastoise, Shadow Rhyperior, and Mega Rayquaza, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Anorith type chart

When fighting Anorith, keep in mind the following that Rock and Bug-type Pokémon are weak to Rock, Steel, and Water type moves. They take reduced damage from Normal, and Poison type moves.

Weaknesses

Rock	160.0%
Steel	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Normal	62.5%
Poison	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Anorith Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Water	32.5%	Rainy
Steel	26.5%	Snow
Rock	22.0%	Partly Cloudy
Dragon	5.0%	Windy
Psychic	4.0%	Windy
Electric	2.5%	Rainy
Flying	2.0%	Windy
Fighting	1.5%	Cloudy
Ground	1.0%	Sunny
Ghost	1.0%	Fog
Fire	0.5%	Sunny
Bug	0.5%	Rainy
Grass	0.5%	Sunny
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.