Best Gastrodon (West Sea) counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Gastrodon (West Sea) 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

Extreme↓

Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

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Best overall 👑

Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

• 76.5%
• 4.5%
• 4.0%
• 3.0%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	73.35	3105.34	1	53.7s	156.5
2	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	70.03	2099.58	1	58.3s	139.2
3	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	61.06	3572.57	1	63.0s	139.2
4	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	60.04	2736.20	1	65.2s	130.0
5	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	56.35	3338.40	1	68.2s	128.8
6	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	63.75	1947.45	1	63.9s	127.2
7	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	59.23	2501.03	1	66.5s	126.3
8	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	59.39	2212.89	1	67.1s	123.4
9	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	61.35	1866.57	1	66.4s	122.3
10	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	57.65	2146.44	1	69.2s	119.8
11	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	58.46	1977.23	1	68.9s	119.1
12	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	53.25	2379.06	1	73.7s	114.9
13	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	57.33	1687.83	2	71.3s	113.6
14	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	49.97	2807.11	1	77.2s	112.9
15	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	54.90	1936.27	1	73.0s	112.8
16	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	50.86	2542.86	1	76.4s	112.2
17	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	52.44	2198.93	1	75.2s	111.6
18	Shadow Meganium	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	52.66	2060.80	1	75.4s	110.5
19	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	48.56	2728.38	1	79.4s	109.8
20	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	58.22	1318.68	2	72.8s	109.3
21	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	55.99	1521.16	2	73.8s	109.1
22	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	52.71	1912.65	1	75.8s	109.0
23	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	57.46	1356.80	2	73.3s	108.8
24	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	49.11	2460.98	1	79.2s	108.4
25	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	53.27	1716.40	2	76.0s	107.5
26	Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	49.04	2170.68	1	80.0s	105.6
27	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	50.76	1836.14	1	78.8s	104.9
28	Mega Abomasnow	Leafage	Energy Ball	47.88	2292.14	1	81.5s	104.7
29	Shadow Tangela	Vine Whip	Power Whip *	52.71	1532.69	2	77.7s	104.1
30	Shadow Vileplume	Razor Leaf	Solar Beam	53.60	1398.09	2	77.5s	103.6
31	Alolan Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	48.02	2123.60	1	81.8s	103.3
32	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Power Whip	55.75	1185.85	3	76.7s	103.3
33	Breloom	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot *	52.31	1503.68	2	78.4s	103.1
34	Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	48.67	1957.38	1	81.3s	102.7
35	Leafeon	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	47.73	2062.34	1	82.4s	102.2
36	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	46.34	2074.15	1	84.6s	100.0
37	Lilligant	Magical Leaf	Solar Beam	48.90	1647.02	2	82.4s	99.6
38	Shadow Bellossom	Magical Leaf	Leaf Blade	48.21	1678.21	2	83.3s	98.8
39	Simisage	Vine Whip	Grass Knot	49.36	1528.18	2	82.4s	98.8
40	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Fury Cutter	Leaf Blade	52.72	1163.98	3	80.7s	98.5
41	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	52.73	1155.47	3	80.7s	98.3
42	Leavanny	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	45.80	1968.10	1	85.9s	98.0
43	Meganium	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	43.66	2025.77	1	89.6s	94.9
44	Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	48.08	1352.71	2	85.5s	94.3
45	Decidueye	Leafage	Energy Ball	42.03	2274.71	1	92.0s	94.3
46	Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	47.86	1291.93	2	86.4s	93.1
47	Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	46.09	1491.10	2	87.8s	93.1
48	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	39.93	2603.13	1	95.7s	93.0
49	Lurantis	Leafage	Leaf Blade	44.91	1629.57	2	89.0s	92.8
50	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	45.36	1527.74	2	88.8s	92.3

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Gastrodon (West Sea) type chart

When fighting Gastrodon (West Sea), keep in mind the following that Water and Ground-type Pokémon are weak to Grass type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock, and Steel type moves.

Weaknesses

Grass	256.0%

Resistances

Electric	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Poison	62.5%
Rock	62.5%
Steel	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 Gastrodon (West Sea) in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Gastrodon (West Sea) down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Gastrodon (West Sea) counter is Mega Sceptile, followed by Kartana, Shaymin (Sky), and Mega Venusaur. The table also includes Zarude, Shadow Sceptile, Shadow Tangrowth, and Shadow Torterra, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Gastrodon (West Sea) 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.