Best Heat Rotom counters

The best Heat Rotom counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Rhyperior, Therian Forme Landorus, and Shadow Excadrill. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Heat Rotom in a 3-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Rhyperior

Mud-Slap / Earthquake

Therian Forme Landorus

Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	51.52	3680.7	0	71s	134.6
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	46.60	3696.0	0	79s	124.7
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	48.39	1964.8	1	77s	111.4
4.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	44.19	2648.7	1	83s	111.0
5.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	42.25	2181.7	1	87s	102.6
6.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	45.29	1455.8	2	82s	98.9
7.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	48.21	1066.5	3	79s	96.8
8.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	40.47	1944.3	1	91s	96.7
9.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	36.75	2596.2	1	100s	95.8
10.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	45.23	1114.5	3	83s	93.0
11.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	38.66	1900.1	1	96s	92.9
12.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	39.11	1720.4	2	95s	91.6
13.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	35.19	2148.9	1	104s	88.8
14.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	40.95	1129.3	3	92s	86.4
15.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Earth Power *	36.77	1582.0	2	101s	85.7
16.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	36.94	1522.9	2	100s	85.3
17.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Earth Power	36.85	1480.1	2	101s	84.6
18.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	37.70	1287.3	2	99s	83.4
19.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	37.90	1235.8	2	98s	83.0
20.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	39.59	1044.4	3	95s	82.7
21.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	37.49	1100.4	3	100s	80.2
22.	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	32.59	1697.4	2	113s	79.3
23.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	35.12	1203.0	2	106s	77.8
24.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	33.57	1271.9	2	111s	76.1
25.	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	33.84	1109.3	3	110s	74.2
26.	Flygon	Sand Attack	Earth Power *	30.62	1555.9	2	120s	74.1
27.	Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	30.83	1502.4	2	120s	73.9
28.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	31.03	1434.3	2	119s	73.5
29.	Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Earth Power	30.58	1456.7	2	121s	72.9
30.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	33.66	1041.9	3	111s	72.9

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Group size

You need at least 1 Trainers to defeat a Heat Rotom in a 3-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 1 Trainers
Optimal group size: 2 - 3 Trainers
Very easy with: 4+ Trainers

Heat Rotom CP range from Raids

Heat Rotom can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 1401 CP to 1474 CP, with no weather boost
From 1751 CP to 1842 CP with Rain and Sunny weather boost

Heat Rotom weaknesses

Heat Rotom type chart

When fighting Heat Rotom, keep in mind the that Electric and Fire-type Pokémon are weak to Ground (2x), Rock, and Water-type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Electric, Fairy, Fire, Flying, Grass, Ice, and Steel-type moves.

Weaknesses

Ground256.0%
Rock160.0%
Water160.0%

Resistances

Steel39.1%
Bug62.5%
Electric62.5%
Fairy62.5%
Fire62.5%
Flying62.5%
Grass62.5%
Ice62.5%

More information

Heat Rotom takes increased damage from Ground, Rock, and Water type moves.
Heat Rotom takes reduced damage from Steel, Bug, Electric, Fairy, Fire, Flying, Grass, and Ice type moves.
Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Heat Rotom

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	272.0%	Sunny
Rock	32.0%	Partly Cloudy
Water	30.0%	Rain
Bug	16.0%	Rain
Dragon	12.0%	Windy
Normal	8.0%	Partly Cloudy
Fighting	8.0%	Cloudy
Dark	6.0%	Fog
Psychic	6.0%	Windy
Fire	4.0%	Sunny
Poison	2.0%	Cloudy
Ghost	2.0%	Fog
Electric	2.0%	Rain

About our ranking methodology

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