Best Phione counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Phione 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)↓

Attacker typing

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Best overall 👑

Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

• 46.0%
• 35.0%
• 8.0%
• 3.0%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	40.57	2635.26	1	94.2s	94.5
2	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	35.82	2196.13	1	107.1s	82.4
3	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	39.13	1353.49	2	102.6s	80.1
4	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	35.26	1973.06	1	109.4s	79.6
5	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	33.66	1996.29	1	114.2s	76.9
6	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	34.55	1723.26	2	112.6s	76.2
7	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	38.38	1105.87	3	106.8s	75.7
8	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	39.07	972.05	3	106.9s	74.8
9	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	39.83	865.45	4	107.0s	74.2
10	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	31.86	2041.52	1	120.1s	74.0
11	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	38.07	1018.58	3	108.7s	73.9
12	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	32.24	1879.36	1	119.3s	73.4
13	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	37.47	1030.59	3	110.1s	73.2
14	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	32.55	1779.29	2	118.7s	73.2
15	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	35.68	1189.66	3	113.0s	72.5
16	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	33.40	1537.08	2	117.1s	72.5
17	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	34.17	1374.37	2	115.8s	72.1
18	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	37.28	945.61	3	111.8s	71.6
19	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	37.26	814.76	4	114.3s	69.4
20	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	30.47	1776.53	2	126.2s	69.4
21	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	35.30	934.89	3	117.4s	68.4
22	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	32.84	1214.82	2	121.5s	68.2
23	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	34.75	971.86	3	118.4s	68.1
24	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	34.18	992.28	3	119.8s	67.5
25	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	31.93	1235.95	2	124.4s	66.9
26	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	29.92	1445.90	2	130.3s	65.6
27	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	31.79	1087.87	3	126.5s	64.9
28	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	30.97	1189.88	3	128.3s	64.8
29	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	28.80	1559.26	2	134.3s	64.6
30	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	28.05	1705.59	2	136.8s	64.4
31	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	29.74	1319.56	2	132.0s	64.1
32	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	32.00	966.02	3	127.4s	63.7
33	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	29.43	1338.01	2	133.1s	63.7
34	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	36.08	601.90	5	123.7s	63.6
35	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	32.94	851.43	4	126.2s	63.5
36	Alolan Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	26.93	1847.10	1	141.5s	63.4
37	Shadow Meganium	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	29.52	1256.87	2	133.4s	63.1
38	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	27.34	1662.65	2	140.3s	62.8
39	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	31.04	1014.65	3	130.2s	62.8
40	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	33.65	738.92	4	126.5s	62.8
41	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	27.81	1512.99	2	139.0s	62.4
42	Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	29.70	1171.73	3	133.5s	62.4
43	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	31.31	932.87	3	130.4s	62.2
44	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	28.45	1352.24	2	137.2s	62.1
45	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	34.45	639.30	5	127.0s	62.1
46	Shadow Vileplume	Razor Leaf	Solar Beam	30.11	1041.54	3	133.4s	61.6
47	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	30.91	930.72	3	132.0s	61.5
48	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	34.44	591.87	6	128.9s	61.1
49	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	33.45	651.08	5	129.7s	60.9
50	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	27.70	1339.04	2	140.7s	60.7

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Phione type chart

When fighting Phione, keep in mind the following that Water-type Pokémon are weak to Electric, and Grass type moves. They take reduced damage from Fire, Ice, Steel, and Water type moves.

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Grass	160.0%

Resistances

Fire	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Steel	62.5%
Water	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 Phione in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Phione down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Phione counter is Mega Sceptile, followed by Mega Rayquaza, Kartana, and Zekrom. The table also includes Mega Venusaur, Shaymin (Sky), Shadow Raikou, and Xurkitree, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Phione 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.