Best Mega Gallade counters

The best Mega Gallade counters in Pokémon GO are Mega Rayquaza, Dawn Wings Necrozma, Mega Gengar, Rayquaza, Mega Banette, Shadow Chandelure, and Shadow Gengar. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 3 - 7 Trainers to defeat Mega Gallade in a Mega Raid.

Simulation settings

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Mega Rayquaza

Air Slash / Dragon Ascent

Dawn Wings Necrozma

Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam

Mega Gengar

Lick / Shadow Ball

Rayquaza

Air Slash / Dragon Ascent

Mega Banette

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

Shadow Chandelure

Hex / Shadow Ball

Shadow Gengar

Lick / Shadow Ball

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	41.60	539.7	16	234s	69.7
2.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam *	29.51	886.1	10	316s	58.7
3.	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	29.68	644.2	13	318s	55.3
4.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	33.07	333.4	26	300s	52.7
5.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	27.04	503.0	17	351s	48.8
6.	Shadow Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	27.31	458.7	19	350s	48.3
7.	Shadow Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	28.04	393.9	22	344s	47.8
8.	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	33.06	187.6	47	321s	46.9
9.	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	30.13	261.4	34	334s	46.5
10.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	29.16	262.3	34	343s	45.4
11.	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	25.63	430.5	20	373s	45.3
12.	Shadow Staraptor	Wing Attack	Fly	30.90	203.9	44	336s	45.2
13.	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	20.76	864.7	10	444s	44.1
14.	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	27.22	290.8	30	362s	43.9
15.	Origin Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	21.15	763.7	11	438s	43.7
16.	Incarnate Forme Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	28.54	234.3	38	354s	43.6
17.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	27.56	244.0	36	364s	42.8
18.	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing *	25.66	319.7	28	379s	42.7
19.	Lunala	Air Slash	Shadow Ball	20.32	697.7	12	456s	41.5
20.	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	22.57	452.3	19	419s	41.3
21.	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	26.65	227.0	39	378s	41.0
22.	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	23.21	389.3	23	411s	41.0
23.	Shadow Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	27.66	182.4	49	375s	40.4
24.	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	24.10	304.2	29	403s	40.2
25.	Hoopa Confined	Astonish	Shadow Ball	21.18	480.8	18	444s	39.8
26.	Therian Forme Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	24.83	248.1	36	399s	39.5
27.	Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	24.38	253.3	35	405s	39.1
28.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Sunsteel Strike *	21.42	408.4	22	443s	38.8
29.	Mega Pidgeot	Wing Attack *	Brave Bird	24.51	233.6	38	406s	38.6
30.	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	21.67	372.8	24	440s	38.5

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Group size

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

Minimum group size: 3 Trainers
Optimal group size: 4 - 7 Trainers
Very easy with: 8+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 3 Trainers

Mega Gallade CP range from Raids

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

From 2485 CP to 2583 CP, with no weather boost
From 3106 CP to 3230 CP with Windy and Cloudy weather boost

Mega Gallade weaknesses

Mega Gallade type chart

When fighting Mega Gallade, keep in mind the that Psychic and Fighting-type Pokémon are weak to Fairy, Flying, and Ghost-type moves. They take reduced damage from Fighting and Rock-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Fairy	160.0%
Flying	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Fighting	62.5%
Rock	62.5%

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 Gallade

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ghost	158.0%	Fog
Flying	96.0%	Windy
Fairy	46.0%	Cloudy
Psychic	20.0%	Windy
Dark	14.0%	Fog
Electric	10.0%	Rain
Normal	10.0%	Partly Cloudy
Dragon	10.0%	Windy
Steel	8.0%	Snow
Water	8.0%	Rain
Fire	6.0%	Sunny
Grass	4.0%	Sunny
Ground	4.0%	Sunny
Bug	4.0%	Rain
Fighting	2.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Mega Gallade in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Mega Gallade 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 Gallade 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.