Best Kecleon counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Kecleon 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 👑

Mega Blaziken

Counter

Focus Blast

Best performing move types

60.0%
7.0%
6.0%
5.5%
4.0%
3.5%
3.5%
3.0%
2.5%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	35.35	1162.30	3	114.2s	71.6
2	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	32.96	1356.54	2	119.8s	69.9
3	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	32.28	1149.47	3	124.0s	66.5
4	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	31.27	1136.99	3	127.8s	64.7
5	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	33.47	851.71	4	124.5s	64.3
6	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	31.37	857.03	4	131.6s	61.2
7	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	32.29	724.09	4	131.4s	60.5
8	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	31.66	768.76	4	132.4s	60.3
9	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	31.66	756.08	4	132.8s	60.1
10	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	29.32	1002.05	3	137.2s	59.9
11	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	28.77	965.92	3	140.0s	58.5
12	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	30.71	665.02	5	138.9s	57.1
13	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	24.53	1413.81	2	156.9s	55.7
14	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	27.70	836.84	4	147.2s	55.1
15	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	28.57	685.55	5	147.0s	54.3
16	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	25.40	1048.41	3	155.5s	53.9
17	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	24.30	1210.94	2	160.0s	53.6
18	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	24.97	1079.59	3	157.5s	53.5
19	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	26.49	785.99	4	154.2s	52.5
20	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	28.10	610.67	5	151.7s	52.3
21	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	31.42	392.93	9	151.2s	52.3
22	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	26.39	773.51	4	155.0s	52.2
23	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	25.82	839.61	4	156.6s	52.2
24	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	26.48	750.62	4	155.1s	52.0
25	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	25.94	808.71	4	156.6s	52.0
26	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	22.05	1483.21	2	173.0s	51.7
27	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	25.36	859.58	4	158.7s	51.7
28	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	27.51	615.46	5	154.3s	51.5
29	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	28.71	493.45	7	154.6s	51.0
30	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	29.06	454.57	7	155.6s	50.6
31	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Superpower	25.85	681.99	5	160.4s	50.1
32	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	26.78	576.58	6	159.4s	49.8
33	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	24.54	805.99	4	164.5s	49.7
34	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	25.71	660.31	5	161.8s	49.5
35	Emboar	Low Kick	Focus Blast	24.40	793.96	4	165.7s	49.3
36	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	25.11	701.31	5	163.9s	49.2
37	Bewear	Low Kick	Superpower	23.56	872.73	4	169.3s	48.9
38	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Superpower	23.16	920.89	3	171.1s	48.8
39	Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	25.42	623.97	5	164.7s	48.5
40	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	22.12	1058.18	3	176.4s	48.4
41	Mega Pinsir	Fury Cutter	Superpower	25.22	624.29	5	165.8s	48.2
42	Shadow Ursaring	Counter	Close Combat	25.06	635.86	5	166.3s	48.2
43	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	23.68	791.05	4	170.2s	48.1
44	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	22.22	997.81	3	176.5s	48.0
45	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	25.04	603.18	5	167.7s	47.6
46	Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	24.70	631.58	5	168.5s	47.5
47	Shadow Hitmonlee	Double Kick	Close Combat	26.06	508.11	7	166.5s	47.5
48	Shadow Ursaluna	Rock Smash	High Horsepower *	22.29	916.83	3	177.2s	47.3
49	Darkrai	Snarl	Focus Blast	22.96	806.89	4	174.6s	47.2
50	Mega Gengar	Sucker Punch	Focus Blast	25.06	573.21	6	168.8s	47.1

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About the results

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

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

Kecleon type chart

When fighting Kecleon, 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.

Best move-types and weather for Kecleon Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fighting	60.0%	Cloudy
Dragon	7.0%	Windy
Dark	6.0%	Fog
Fire	5.5%	Sunny
Psychic	4.0%	Windy
Ground	3.5%	Sunny
Water	3.5%	Rainy
Electric	3.0%	Rainy
Flying	2.5%	Windy
Bug	1.5%	Rainy
Steel	1.0%	Snow
Rock	1.0%	Partly Cloudy
Grass	0.5%	Sunny
Normal	0.5%	Partly Cloudy
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.