Best Azelf counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Azelf 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 Tyranitar

Bite

Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

33.5%
27.5%
18.5%
5.0%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.0%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	39.14	2364.85	6	408.6s	89.8
2	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	39.62	1570.46	9	416.8s	83.4
3	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	47.88	625.00	23	409.3s	80.4
4	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	42.57	658.06	22	443.6s	73.9
5	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	37.69	997.77	15	458.1s	73.0
6	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	35.80	1155.72	12	470.9s	72.3
7	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	32.86	1545.85	9	495.3s	71.6
8	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	33.89	1227.11	12	491.5s	70.0
9	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	40.53	565.58	26	476.2s	69.0
10	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	31.57	1484.41	10	515.6s	68.8
11	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	37.00	795.95	18	480.8s	68.7
12	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	37.72	624.21	24	493.8s	66.4
13	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	32.61	1082.18	13	515.4s	66.2
14	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	33.76	919.12	16	509.6s	65.8
15	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	36.54	654.89	22	502.2s	65.4
16	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	35.36	715.20	20	508.1s	64.9
17	Pheromosa	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	45.48	261.60	57	559.2s	64.7
18	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	34.62	723.37	20	516.2s	63.9
19	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	33.32	830.26	18	522.4s	63.8
20	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	35.30	650.10	23	517.2s	63.5
21	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	35.97	596.13	25	517.6s	63.4
22	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	31.72	965.51	15	535.0s	63.3
23	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	35.27	602.22	24	524.9s	62.5
24	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	32.66	809.92	18	533.4s	62.5
25	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Shadow Ball	32.19	814.42	18	539.7s	61.8
26	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	38.17	400.06	37	543.0s	61.3
27	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	29.43	1053.17	14	566.7s	60.7
28	Guzzlord	Snarl	Brutal Swing	28.46	1193.68	12	577.3s	60.6
29	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	33.17	642.73	23	545.6s	60.3
30	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	35.38	495.81	30	545.0s	60.2
31	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	37.68	379.28	39	556.2s	60.0
32	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	31.55	743.20	20	556.2s	59.7
33	Shadow Drifblim	Hex	Shadow Ball	33.55	541.03	27	557.9s	58.8
34	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite *	X-Scissor	37.82	331.83	45	577.4s	58.6
35	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	34.19	488.90	30	561.4s	58.5
36	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	30.32	777.87	19	571.8s	58.4
37	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	31.73	643.76	23	566.0s	58.2
38	Lunala	Air Slash	Shadow Ball	27.94	1047.79	14	594.1s	58.1
39	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	32.51	565.71	26	567.5s	57.8
40	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	27.41	1073.24	13	603.1s	57.6
41	Shadow Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	34.88	401.71	37	579.5s	57.1
42	Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	31.17	615.32	24	578.7s	56.9
43	Zarude	Bite	Dark Pulse	28.17	904.21	16	598.8s	56.8
44	Shadow Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	34.00	431.32	34	580.3s	56.7
45	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	28.14	893.75	16	600.1s	56.6
46	Zoroark	Snarl	Foul Play	31.97	536.40	27	581.0s	56.5
47	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	33.07	463.21	32	583.2s	56.3
48	Shadow Shiftry	Snarl	Foul Play	32.80	474.95	31	583.7s	56.2
49	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	27.95	887.45	16	604.4s	56.2
50	Shadow Scyther	Fury Cutter	Bug Buzz *	34.22	389.32	38	592.5s	55.8

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Azelf counter is Mega Tyranitar, followed by Shadow Tyranitar, Mega Gengar, and Mega Banette. The table also includes Mega Rayquaza, Mega Houndoom, Tyranitar, and Hydreigon, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Azelf type chart

When fighting Azelf, keep in mind the following that Psychic-type Pokémon are weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost type moves. They take reduced damage from Fighting, and Psychic type moves.

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Azelf Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Dark	33.5%	Fog
Ghost	27.5%	Fog
Bug	18.5%	Rainy
Dragon	5.0%	Windy
Psychic	2.5%	Windy
Water	2.5%	Rainy
Fire	2.5%	Sunny
Flying	2.0%	Windy
Electric	2.0%	Rainy
Grass	1.5%	Sunny
Ground	1.0%	Sunny
Steel	1.0%	Snow
Poison	0.5%	Cloudy

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.