Best Mega Gallade counters in Pokémon GO

This table 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.

Simulation settings

Weather

Raid Difficulty

Attacker typing

Attacker moves type

Best overall 👑

Mega Rayquaza

Air Slash

Dragon Ascent

Best performing move types

30.5%
27.0%
14.5%
6.5%
4.5%
3.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	41.60	539.68	16	283.1s	69.7
2	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	29.68	644.20	13	359.1s	55.3
3	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	33.07	333.36	26	380.1s	52.7
4	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	27.04	503.00	17	404.4s	48.8
5	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	33.06	187.57	47	464.2s	46.9
6	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	30.13	261.42	34	436.5s	46.5
7	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	29.16	262.35	34	445.8s	45.4
8	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	25.63	430.48	20	434.8s	45.3
9	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	20.76	864.65	10	475.1s	44.1
10	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	27.22	290.79	30	454.5s	43.9
11	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	21.15	763.71	11	472.6s	43.7
12	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	27.56	244.00	36	474.1s	42.8
13	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing *	25.66	319.67	28	463.4s	42.7
14	Lunala	Air Slash	Shadow Ball	20.32	697.67	12	494.5s	41.5
15	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	22.57	452.33	19	478.3s	41.3
16	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	26.65	227.02	39	496.3s	41.0
17	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	23.21	389.34	23	480.3s	41.0
18	Shadow Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	27.66	182.45	49	522.7s	40.4
19	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	24.10	304.18	29	491.7s	40.2
20	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	21.18	480.75	18	499.9s	39.8
21	Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	24.38	253.26	35	511.3s	39.1
22	Mega Pidgeot	Wing Attack *	Brave Bird	24.51	233.61	38	521.3s	38.6
23	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	21.67	372.82	24	512.0s	38.5
24	Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	26.15	177.80	50	546.7s	38.5
25	Shadow Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	25.37	195.31	46	539.1s	38.3
26	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	17.87	761.38	11	551.0s	38.2
27	Shadow Drifblim	Hex	Shadow Ball	20.86	404.95	22	520.4s	38.0
28	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	23.50	253.08	35	525.3s	37.9
29	Shadow Staraptor	Wing Attack	Brave Bird	25.74	169.88	52	561.6s	37.6
30	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Dazzling Gleam	24.48	195.71	45	551.5s	37.2
31	Shadow Granbull	Charm	Play Rough	25.52	165.48	54	570.2s	37.2
32	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	23.43	217.65	41	549.5s	36.7
33	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	25.72	150.41	59	589.3s	36.7
34	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	23.21	214.48	41	555.6s	36.3
35	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	22.12	234.42	38	560.5s	35.6
36	Shadow Ursaring	Shadow Claw	Play Rough	23.70	167.22	53	595.0s	35.1
37	Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Sky Attack	19.86	319.45	28	565.8s	34.8
38	Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	19.88	299.87	30	572.7s	34.4
39	Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	20.81	245.30	36	579.1s	34.2
40	Trevenant	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	18.39	398.02	22	579.8s	34.2
41	Mega Y Charizard	Air Slash	Blast Burn *	21.09	229.27	39	583.8s	34.1
42	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	21.62	205.38	43	591.5s	34.0
43	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	17.45	457.00	19	594.5s	33.8
44	Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	22.21	175.48	51	610.3s	33.7
45	Shadow Golurk	Astonish	Poltergeist	18.64	349.01	25	586.0s	33.7
46	Zacian (Hero)	Snarl	Play Rough	20.28	250.61	35	587.5s	33.7
47	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Brave Bird	21.55	193.17	46	604.1s	33.5
48	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	19.08	298.55	30	592.3s	33.2
49	Shadow Dusknoir	Hex	Shadow Ball *	18.24	348.22	25	596.7s	33.1
50	Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	17.93	368.13	24	599.7s	33.0

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About the results

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.

The top-ranked Mega Gallade counter is Mega Rayquaza, followed by Mega Gengar, Rayquaza, and Mega Banette. The table also includes Shadow Honchkrow, Shadow Moltres, Shadow Mewtwo, and Shadow Cursola, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Mega Gallade type chart

When fighting Mega Gallade, keep in mind the following 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

Fairy	160.0%
Flying	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%

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 weather for Mega Gallade Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ghost	30.5%	Fog
Flying	27.0%	Windy
Fairy	14.5%	Cloudy
Psychic	6.5%	Windy
Dragon	4.5%	Windy
Dark	3.5%	Fog
Electric	2.5%	Rainy
Normal	2.5%	Partly Cloudy
Water	2.0%	Rainy
Ground	1.5%	Sunny
Fire	1.0%	Sunny
Bug	1.0%	Rainy
Grass	1.0%	Sunny
Steel	1.0%	Snow
Ice	1.0%	Snow

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.