Best Mega Salamence counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Mega Salamence 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 👑

Shadow Mamoswine

Powder Snow

Avalanche

Best performing move types

49.0%
25.5%
9.0%
5.5%
3.0%
2.0%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	43.29	358.88	25	308.2s	66.3
2	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	38.79	299.68	30	352.2s	58.5
3	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	37.51	317.14	28	353.5s	57.6
4	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	34.35	366.94	24	360.1s	55.4
5	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	33.98	374.89	24	360.9s	55.1
6	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	34.60	343.38	26	364.9s	54.9
7	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	33.49	330.23	27	377.7s	53.1
8	Shadow Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	34.20	293.31	30	385.9s	52.7
9	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Triple Axel	28.87	566.69	15	375.2s	52.7
10	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	30.59	425.94	21	378.8s	52.0
11	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	32.26	342.10	26	384.2s	51.9
12	Kyurem	Dragon Breath	Glaciate *	30.62	352.25	25	396.2s	50.1
13	Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	31.39	290.11	31	410.8s	49.1
14	Shadow Piloswine	Ice Shard	Avalanche	32.82	241.59	37	423.3s	49.0
15	Glaceon	Frost Breath	Avalanche	30.42	311.94	28	411.2s	48.6
16	Shadow Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	31.88	237.91	37	433.6s	47.8
17	Shadow Walrein	Frost Breath	Icicle Spear *	28.03	369.32	24	418.6s	47.1
18	Shadow Articuno	Frost Breath	Ice Beam	28.08	341.74	26	425.9s	46.5
19	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	27.42	361.68	24	427.8s	46.1
20	Shadow Gardevoir	Charm	Triple Axel	26.79	381.54	23	430.3s	45.8
21	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Blizzard	29.37	258.37	34	445.8s	45.5
22	Jynx	Frost Breath	Avalanche	30.07	229.84	39	455.9s	45.3
23	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	29.03	263.44	34	446.7s	45.3
24	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	Ice Punch	27.01	346.92	25	437.0s	45.2
25	Shadow Cloyster	Frost Breath	Avalanche	27.80	304.86	29	441.8s	45.0
26	Aurorus	Frost Breath	Weather Ball	26.42	354.09	25	442.3s	44.6
27	Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	27.57	282.89	31	453.7s	44.1
28	Shadow Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Outrage	27.33	291.86	30	452.6s	44.0
29	Ninetales (Alola Shadow)	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	26.44	328.87	27	449.8s	43.9
30	Avalugg	Ice Fang	Avalanche	25.17	386.76	23	450.7s	43.7
31	Shadow Lapras	Frost Breath	Ice Beam *	25.26	374.29	24	452.5s	43.5
32	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	24.86	389.04	23	454.6s	43.3
33	Beartic	Powder Snow	Ice Punch	27.04	274.66	32	463.8s	43.1
34	Mega Lopunny	Pound	Triple Axel	25.99	318.90	28	459.1s	43.1
35	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Outrage	26.88	274.64	32	465.9s	42.9
36	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	24.29	395.32	22	461.6s	42.6
37	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	26.09	294.40	30	467.2s	42.5
38	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	25.22	331.78	27	465.3s	42.4
39	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Ice Punch	27.32	238.25	37	480.6s	42.2
40	Shadow Regice	Frost Breath	Blizzard	24.26	349.80	25	473.9s	41.5
41	Piloswine	Ice Shard	Avalanche	26.22	231.03	38	499.1s	40.6
42	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	25.63	250.73	35	494.8s	40.6
43	Shadow Feraligatr	Ice Fang	Ice Beam	23.90	305.15	29	494.6s	39.9
44	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Quick Attack	Ice Punch	23.13	340.14	26	495.0s	39.8
45	Hisuian Avalugg	Powder Snow	Blizzard	22.85	356.35	25	494.9s	39.8
46	Walrein	Frost Breath	Icicle Spear *	22.77	358.67	25	495.6s	39.7
47	Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	25.53	228.07	39	510.3s	39.7
48	Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Blizzard	24.60	258.83	34	505.0s	39.5
49	Mega Latias	Dragon Breath	Outrage	22.57	359.94	25	498.7s	39.5
50	Articuno	Frost Breath	Ice Beam	22.94	333.60	26	500.3s	39.4

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About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Mega Salamence in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Mega Salamence 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 Salamence counter is Shadow Mamoswine, followed by Shadow Weavile, Galarian Standard Darmanitan, and Baxcalibur. The table also includes Shadow Mewtwo, Mamoswine, Mega Glalie, and Shadow Mr. Rime, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Mega Salamence type chart

When fighting Mega Salamence, keep in mind the following that Dragon and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Ice, Dragon, Fairy, and Rock type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Fighting, Fire, Water, Grass, and Ground type moves.

Weaknesses

Ice	256.0%
Dragon	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

Grass	39.1%
Ground	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Fighting	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Water	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 Salamence Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ice	49.0%	Snow
Dragon	25.5%	Windy
Rock	9.0%	Partly Cloudy
Fairy	5.5%	Cloudy
Normal	3.0%	Partly Cloudy
Psychic	2.0%	Windy
Water	2.0%	Rainy
Electric	1.5%	Rainy
Bug	1.0%	Rainy
Dark	1.0%	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.