Best Arceus (Ice) counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Arceus (Ice) 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 👑

Shadow Metagross

Bullet Punch

Meteor Mash *

Best performing move types

35.5%
25.0%
17.0%
16.0%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	30.24	915.14	3	134.8s	60.2
2	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	33.75	538.87	6	133.4s	59.0
3	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	31.19	699.80	5	136.0s	58.4
4	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	28.87	565.97	6	150.2s	52.6
5	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	27.94	631.07	5	151.7s	52.4
6	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	28.49	560.09	6	152.1s	52.0
7	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	24.30	1021.94	3	162.3s	51.8
8	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	25.06	899.85	4	159.6s	51.7
9	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	27.40	614.90	5	154.8s	51.4
10	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	31.40	359.30	10	154.7s	51.3
11	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	27.43	581.75	6	156.0s	50.8
12	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	27.30	533.47	6	158.9s	49.7
13	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Overheat	27.01	555.25	6	159.2s	49.7
14	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	27.19	534.46	6	159.4s	49.6
15	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	23.73	888.23	4	167.9s	49.4
16	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Fire Punch *	24.46	784.83	4	165.5s	49.3
17	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	27.48	495.99	7	160.1s	49.3
18	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	28.96	385.69	9	161.6s	48.8
19	Mega Houndoom	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	25.38	638.30	5	164.4s	48.7
20	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	27.68	434.45	8	163.2s	48.2
21	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	25.47	578.01	6	166.2s	47.8
22	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	27.98	396.81	9	165.0s	47.8
23	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	24.29	666.09	5	169.8s	47.4
24	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	26.28	489.22	7	166.4s	47.4
25	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	26.19	467.65	7	168.2s	46.9
26	Shadow Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	28.49	334.62	10	169.4s	46.8
27	Shadow Typhlosion	Incinerate	Blast Burn *	26.85	421.52	8	168.2s	46.8
28	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire *	24.08	586.59	6	174.0s	45.9
29	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	26.64	387.72	9	172.3s	45.7
30	Mega Aggron	Iron Tail	Meteor Beam	21.18	937.41	3	185.3s	45.6
31	Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	22.56	696.76	5	180.3s	45.1
32	Shadow Arcanine	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	25.35	423.65	8	176.0s	44.7
33	Melmetal	Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash *	21.12	858.55	4	187.2s	44.7
34	Shadow Aggron	Iron Tail	Meteor Beam	22.26	691.97	5	182.5s	44.6
35	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	22.91	616.99	5	180.5s	44.6
36	Volcarona	Fire Spin	Overheat	23.88	512.54	7	178.8s	44.3
37	Mega Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	21.57	747.13	4	186.2s	44.2
38	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	24.74	437.05	8	178.5s	44.2
39	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Flamethrower	24.35	462.40	7	179.0s	44.1
40	Shadow Magmortar	Fire Spin	Fire Punch	25.45	387.49	9	178.6s	44.1
41	Standard Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	25.14	403.06	8	178.9s	44.0
42	Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	25.14	403.06	8	178.9s	44.0
43	Emboar	Low Kick	Blast Burn *	25.09	392.42	9	180.2s	43.7
44	Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	25.65	350.78	10	181.4s	43.5
45	Shadow Houndoom	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	24.70	401.13	8	181.7s	43.3
46	Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	23.92	453.23	7	182.3s	43.3
47	Victini	Quick Attack	V-create	21.97	617.88	5	187.1s	43.1
48	Entei	Fire Fang	Overheat	22.48	551.25	6	186.3s	42.9
49	Jirachi	Charge Beam	Doom Desire	20.37	796.72	4	194.8s	42.8
50	Delphox	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	23.10	483.03	7	185.7s	42.7

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Arceus (Ice) counter is Shadow Metagross, followed by Mega Blaziken, Mega Y Charizard, and Mega Diancie. The table also includes Shadow Rhyperior, Terrakion, Mega Tyranitar, and Metagross, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Arceus (Ice) type chart

When fighting Arceus (Ice), keep in mind the following that Ice-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel type moves. They take reduced damage from Ice type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Rock	160.0%
Steel	160.0%

Resistances

Ice	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Arceus (Ice) Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fire	35.5%	Sunny
Fighting	25.0%	Cloudy
Rock	17.0%	Partly Cloudy
Steel	16.0%	Snow
Dragon	1.0%	Windy
Flying	1.0%	Windy
Electric	1.0%	Rainy
Water	1.0%	Rainy
Ground	0.5%	Sunny
Psychic	0.5%	Windy
Normal	0.5%	Partly Cloudy
Ghost	0.5%	Fog
Bug	0.5%	Rainy

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.