Best Mega Absol counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Mega Absol 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 👑

Terrakion

Double Kick

Sacred Sword *

Best performing move types

43.0%
21.5%
16.5%
5.5%
3.0%
2.0%
1.5%
1.5%
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	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	43.00	813.74	11	253.6s	77.8
2	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	43.52	714.65	12	257.2s	76.5
3	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	42.55	772.60	11	258.1s	76.4
4	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	44.25	623.45	14	261.1s	75.4
5	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	43.62	580.41	15	268.4s	73.5
6	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	41.64	691.38	13	268.2s	73.4
7	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	42.14	598.25	15	273.7s	71.9
8	Pheromosa	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	46.04	363.08	24	294.6s	69.8
9	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	40.77	559.93	16	285.1s	69.1
10	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Dazzling Gleam *	44.46	345.08	26	306.7s	67.2
11	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	37.19	655.84	13	296.9s	66.4
12	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	38.85	507.50	17	302.6s	65.2
13	Shadow Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	40.79	416.60	21	307.1s	65.1
14	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	39.07	461.18	19	308.4s	64.3
15	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite *	X-Scissor	40.20	379.20	23	318.8s	63.2
16	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	36.69	533.47	16	312.8s	62.9
17	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	35.59	589.54	15	313.9s	62.7
18	Shadow Granbull	Charm	Play Rough	38.03	446.67	20	317.2s	62.5
19	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	35.69	566.45	15	315.8s	62.3
20	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Dazzling Gleam	38.25	426.03	21	319.8s	62.2
21	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	37.80	428.97	20	322.0s	61.7
22	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	34.60	580.98	15	322.1s	61.1
23	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	31.67	784.25	11	330.1s	60.5
24	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	34.14	578.98	15	325.8s	60.4
25	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	36.00	464.08	19	327.6s	60.3
26	Shadow Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	38.64	351.25	25	335.4s	60.3
27	Xerneas	Geomancy *	Moonblast	32.10	716.52	12	330.6s	60.1
28	Shadow Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	37.40	393.80	22	332.0s	60.1
29	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	32.07	701.01	12	332.0s	59.8
30	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	32.61	648.29	13	331.5s	59.6
31	Togekiss	Charm	Aura Sphere *	32.74	635.96	14	331.5s	59.6
32	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Dazzling Gleam *	42.30	226.02	39	372.0s	59.3
33	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	36.41	400.39	22	337.1s	59.0
34	Shadow Scyther	Fury Cutter	Bug Buzz *	38.13	332.50	27	344.3s	59.0
35	Shadow Ursaring	Counter	Play Rough	37.67	346.44	25	342.8s	58.9
36	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	34.68	460.51	19	337.7s	58.4
37	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	30.49	750.25	11	343.2s	58.2
38	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	32.80	563.30	15	338.3s	58.2
39	Zacian (Hero)	Quick Attack	Play Rough	31.13	684.17	13	341.7s	58.1
40	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	31.69	630.71	14	341.1s	58.0
41	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Superpower	34.21	457.19	19	341.8s	57.7
42	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	34.96	400.85	22	347.2s	57.2
43	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	33.45	473.58	19	345.1s	57.1
44	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	34.48	391.50	22	353.0s	56.3
45	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Moonblast	31.93	513.39	17	352.0s	55.9
46	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	31.41	541.90	16	353.0s	55.8
47	Heracross	Counter	Megahorn	31.66	515.32	17	354.1s	55.6
48	Vikavolt	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	34.00	389.51	23	357.2s	55.6
49	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	32.59	458.92	19	354.6s	55.5
50	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	30.89	563.33	15	355.2s	55.5

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About the results

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

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

Mega Absol type chart

When fighting Mega Absol, keep in mind the following that Dark-type Pokémon are weak to Bug, Fairy, and Fighting type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Ghost, and Psychic type moves.

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%
Fighting	160.0%

Resistances

Psychic	39.1%
Dark	62.5%
Ghost	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Mega Absol Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fighting	43.0%	Cloudy
Bug	21.5%	Rainy
Fairy	16.5%	Cloudy
Dragon	5.5%	Windy
Ground	3.0%	Sunny
Water	2.0%	Rainy
Flying	1.5%	Windy
Normal	1.5%	Partly Cloudy
Fire	1.5%	Sunny
Grass	1.0%	Sunny
Steel	1.0%	Snow
Electric	0.5%	Rainy
Rock	0.5%	Partly Cloudy
Ghost	0.5%	Fog
Poison	0.5%	Cloudy

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.