Best Mega Metagross counters

The best Mega Metagross counters in Pokémon GO are Dawn Wings Necrozma, Mega Gengar, Primal Groudon, Mega Banette, Origin Forme Giratina, Shadow Gengar, and Shadow Groudon. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 3 - 8 Trainers to defeat Mega Metagross in a Mega Raid.

Simulation settings

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Dawn Wings Necrozma

Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam

Mega Gengar

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Banette

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

Origin Forme Giratina

Shadow Claw / Shadow Force

Shadow Gengar

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	30.83	998.8	9	301s	62.3
2.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	28.57	669.1	13	329s	54.0
3.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	28.17	476.5	18	339s	49.8
4.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	25.98	521.9	17	364s	47.6
5.	Origin Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	22.19	864.7	10	417s	46.5
6.	Shadow Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	26.53	402.7	22	362s	45.9
7.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	26.53	305.0	29	369s	43.4
8.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blaze Kick	27.19	263.6	34	366s	43.0
9.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Shadow Ball	23.87	433.0	20	398s	42.8
10.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	21.51	608.1	14	434s	42.2
11.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	24.25	375.7	23	396s	42.1
12.	Altered Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	18.86	867.2	10	488s	40.9
13.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	22.96	400.5	22	415s	40.9
14.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	24.58	288.9	31	398s	40.4
15.	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	22.39	406.1	22	425s	40.2
16.	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	22.30	406.0	22	426s	40.1
17.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	23.97	305.4	29	406s	40.0
18.	Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	22.14	401.2	22	429s	39.7
19.	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	18.31	821.6	10	503s	39.5
20.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	23.72	270.1	33	413s	38.7
21.	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	22.77	310.5	28	425s	38.6
22.	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blaze Kick	25.91	179.2	50	398s	38.2
23.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	22.21	305.5	29	435s	37.7
24.	Blacephalon	Astonish	Shadow Ball	21.29	354.2	25	449s	37.5
25.	Chandelure	Fire Spin	Shadow Ball	19.82	428.6	20	476s	36.9
26.	Shadow Haunter	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	23.19	221.8	40	429s	36.5
27.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	23.04	224.1	40	431s	36.4
28.	Shadow Mismagius	Sucker Punch	Shadow Ball	20.12	373.9	24	472s	36.3
29.	Shadow Annihilape	Low Kick	Shadow Ball	18.55	498.5	18	504s	36.1
30.	Shadow Entei	Fire Spin	Flamethrower	22.34	238.5	37	441s	36.0

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Group size

You need at least 3 Trainers to defeat a Mega Metagross in a Mega Raid.

Minimum group size: 3 Trainers
Optimal group size: 5 - 8 Trainers
Very easy with: 9+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 3 Trainers

Mega Metagross CP range from Raids

Mega Metagross can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 2705 CP to 2806 CP, with no weather boost
From 3382 CP to 3508 CP with Snow and Windy weather boost

Mega Metagross weaknesses

Mega Metagross type chart

When fighting Mega Metagross, keep in mind the that Steel and Psychic-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, Fire, Ghost, and Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Rock, Steel, Poison, and Psychic-type moves.

Weaknesses

Dark160.0%
Fire160.0%
Ghost160.0%
Ground160.0%

Resistances

Poison39.1%
Psychic39.1%
Dragon62.5%
Fairy62.5%
Flying62.5%
Grass62.5%
Ice62.5%
Normal62.5%
Rock62.5%
Steel62.5%

More information

Mega Metagross takes increased damage from Dark, Fire, Ghost, and Ground type moves.
Mega Metagross takes reduced damage from Poison, Psychic, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Rock, and Steel type moves.
Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Mega Metagross

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ghost	130.0%	Fog
Fire	108.0%	Sunny
Ground	72.0%	Sunny
Dark	58.0%	Fog
Fighting	10.0%	Cloudy
Psychic	6.0%	Windy
Electric	6.0%	Rain
Water	4.0%	Rain
Steel	2.0%	Snow
Flying	2.0%	Windy
Rock	2.0%	Partly Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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

This guide displays a list of best Mega Metagross 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. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

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 attacks, 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. Reddit

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.