Best Staraptor counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Staraptor 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

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Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

Attacker typing

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Best overall 👑

Mega Diancie

Rock Throw Rock Slide

Best performing move types

• 36.5%
• 25.5%
• 19.5%
• 6.0%
• 2.5%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	46.16	1104.95	3	91.0s	87.6
2	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	44.69	1117.77	3	93.4s	85.6
3	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	43.12	1241.31	2	95.1s	85.0
4	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	44.66	993.07	3	95.1s	83.5
5	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	45.60	875.12	4	95.4s	82.8
6	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	46.44	778.18	4	96.0s	82.0
7	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	43.18	1012.79	3	97.6s	81.7
8	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	44.06	910.54	3	97.5s	81.2
9	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	40.62	1238.11	2	100.3s	81.0
10	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	48.04	626.95	5	97.9s	80.6
11	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	40.41	1182.45	3	101.3s	79.9
12	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	39.58	1204.30	2	102.9s	78.9
13	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	43.62	780.20	4	101.0s	78.1
14	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	43.51	733.74	4	102.4s	76.9
15	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	40.65	918.22	3	104.2s	76.3
16	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	41.24	774.15	4	105.9s	74.5
17	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	42.50	686.83	5	105.7s	74.5
18	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Rollout *	Wild Charge	39.39	922.72	3	107.0s	74.5
19	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	37.20	1106.23	3	109.8s	73.8
20	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	36.65	1090.85	3	111.4s	72.8
21	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	39.78	785.89	4	108.8s	72.6
22	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	45.97	433.19	8	111.6s	72.2
23	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	36.82	973.83	3	112.6s	71.4
24	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	42.78	518.49	6	111.9s	70.7
25	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	42.12	541.39	6	112.1s	70.5
26	Mega Gardevoir	Charge Beam	Triple Axel	37.08	860.19	4	113.8s	70.0
27	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	38.23	762.82	4	113.0s	69.9
28	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	35.67	994.49	3	115.4s	69.9
29	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	38.40	741.16	4	113.2s	69.8
30	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	38.80	709.41	5	113.1s	69.7
31	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	36.27	890.12	4	115.4s	69.2
32	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	40.32	576.55	6	114.3s	68.9
33	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	38.92	606.75	5	116.2s	67.7
34	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Blizzard	33.64	1064.69	3	120.5s	67.6
35	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	36.57	750.56	4	117.6s	67.3
36	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	35.98	765.53	4	118.9s	66.7
37	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	38.84	546.90	6	119.0s	66.2
38	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	36.07	726.47	4	119.6s	66.1
39	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam *	34.41	861.83	4	121.3s	65.9
40	Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	35.77	718.50	5	120.7s	65.5
41	Shadow Arcanine	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	37.16	614.81	5	120.3s	65.4
42	Shadow Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	38.43	533.04	6	120.7s	65.3
43	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	35.76	694.10	5	121.4s	65.1
44	Tapu Koko	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	34.44	793.47	4	122.7s	64.9
45	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	38.43	473.47	7	124.1s	63.7
46	Alolan Golem	Rollout *	Wild Charge	32.55	905.76	3	126.5s	63.7
47	Kyurem	Dragon Breath	Glaciate *	34.86	686.39	5	124.2s	63.6
48	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	33.85	756.82	4	125.4s	63.4
49	Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	34.45	688.93	5	125.4s	63.1
50	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	33.60	756.60	4	126.2s	63.0

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Staraptor type chart

When fighting Staraptor, keep in mind the following that Normal and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Grass, Ghost, and Ground type moves.

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

Ghost	39.1%
Ground	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Grass	62.5%

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

About the results

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

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

The most effective move-types to use against Staraptor are:

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.