Best Primal Kyogre counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Primal Kyogre 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 Sceptile

Fury Cutter

Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

43.0%
34.5%
5.0%
4.5%
3.0%
2.5%
2.5%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	24.04	324.62	69	1213.2s	40.6
2	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	21.69	311.10	72	1326.7s	37.1
3	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	23.08	224.32	100	1376.2s	36.5
4	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	23.72	198.48	113	1402.1s	36.4
5	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	22.50	241.39	93	1373.0s	36.3
6	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	24.21	176.60	127	1439.0s	36.1
7	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	23.00	190.70	117	1450.3s	35.2
8	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	21.97	202.32	111	1468.8s	34.4
9	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	19.36	327.91	68	1436.5s	34.3
10	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	21.88	198.20	113	1482.5s	34.1
11	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	22.83	167.46	134	1522.8s	34.1
12	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	21.89	196.96	114	1485.0s	34.1
13	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Wild Charge	19.32	315.66	71	1450.0s	33.9
14	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	20.59	236.83	95	1472.5s	33.7
15	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	21.58	195.22	115	1503.6s	33.6
16	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	21.83	184.64	121	1518.0s	33.6
17	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	19.95	254.58	88	1481.1s	33.3
18	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	18.51	335.54	67	1483.9s	33.2
19	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	20.40	227.82	98	1497.8s	33.2
20	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	20.93	167.42	134	1612.7s	31.8
21	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	21.40	132.77	169	1729.1s	30.9
22	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	21.85	121.69	184	1769.4s	30.9
23	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	18.81	218.56	102	1608.2s	30.8
24	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	20.02	165.32	136	1668.6s	30.6
25	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	19.66	171.60	131	1668.7s	30.4
26	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	19.95	162.06	138	1683.0s	30.4
27	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	20.99	129.82	173	1765.2s	30.3
28	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	20.56	134.59	167	1762.8s	30.0
29	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	17.12	272.57	82	1644.7s	29.9
30	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Seed Bomb	18.69	189.93	118	1677.5s	29.8
31	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	16.88	280.65	80	1653.3s	29.8
32	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	18.69	185.42	121	1689.1s	29.7
33	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Seed Bomb	17.96	210.65	106	1679.8s	29.5
34	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	18.30	195.03	115	1691.3s	29.5
35	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	16.90	257.94	87	1680.6s	29.3
36	Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	17.98	197.88	113	1705.9s	29.2
37	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	18.00	195.31	115	1710.7s	29.1
38	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	17.17	234.74	95	1693.6s	29.1
39	Shadow Arcanine	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	20.41	116.93	192	1872.0s	29.0
40	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	17.91	192.62	116	1723.7s	28.9
41	Shadow Meganium	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	17.52	207.75	108	1717.6s	28.8
42	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Fury Cutter	Leaf Blade	19.68	130.43	172	1833.5s	28.8
43	Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	18.50	162.33	138	1770.7s	28.6
44	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	16.00	274.73	81	1734.2s	28.4
45	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	16.38	249.73	90	1733.7s	28.4
46	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	Trailblaze	18.68	146.57	153	1818.3s	28.3
47	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	17.50	189.30	118	1761.4s	28.3
48	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	16.75	223.44	100	1745.9s	28.2
49	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	18.79	140.12	160	1839.8s	28.2
50	Vikavolt	Spark	Discharge	18.19	156.72	143	1811.2s	28.1

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Primal Kyogre counter is Mega Sceptile, followed by Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Raikou, and Xurkitree. The table also includes Kartana, Shadow Electivire, Shadow Zapdos, and Shadow Sceptile, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Primal Kyogre type chart

When fighting Primal Kyogre, keep in mind the following that Water-type Pokémon are weak to Electric, and Grass type moves. They take reduced damage from Fire, Ice, Steel, and Water type moves.

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Grass	160.0%

Resistances

Fire	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Steel	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 Primal Kyogre Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	43.0%	Sunny
Electric	34.5%	Rainy
Dragon	5.0%	Windy
Dark	4.5%	Fog
Bug	3.0%	Rainy
Flying	2.5%	Windy
Psychic	2.5%	Windy
Normal	1.5%	Partly Cloudy
Fighting	1.0%	Cloudy
Ghost	1.0%	Fog
Rock	1.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ground	0.5%	Sunny

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.