Best Arceus (Water) counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Arceus (Water) 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

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Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

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Best overall 👑

Mega Sceptile

Fury Cutter Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

• 42.5%
• 38.0%
• 4.0%
• 3.5%
• 3.0%
• 3.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	31.63	491.86	7	143.1s	55.0
2	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	28.35	612.70	5	150.5s	52.7
3	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	27.40	614.90	5	154.8s	51.4
4	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	28.15	543.29	6	154.4s	51.2
5	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	26.36	671.07	5	158.0s	50.7
6	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	28.72	477.83	7	155.5s	50.6
7	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	29.30	425.30	8	156.7s	50.2
8	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	27.49	505.93	7	159.4s	49.5
9	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	27.51	493.92	7	160.0s	49.3
10	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	25.82	534.49	6	166.4s	47.6
11	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	23.44	777.47	4	172.1s	47.6
12	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	25.48	540.35	6	167.9s	47.2
13	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	27.46	400.99	8	167.0s	47.2
14	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	25.33	550.27	6	168.3s	47.1
15	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	23.32	748.14	4	173.6s	47.0
16	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	27.61	379.23	9	168.4s	46.8
17	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	25.63	486.81	7	170.0s	46.4
18	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	25.40	483.03	7	171.6s	46.0
19	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	25.37	473.43	7	172.3s	45.8
20	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	25.59	453.98	7	172.4s	45.7
21	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	26.43	379.58	9	174.1s	45.2
22	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	23.24	534.46	6	181.9s	43.8
23	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	21.91	662.11	5	186.1s	43.6
24	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	23.99	463.87	7	181.1s	43.6
25	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	26.46	294.02	12	185.0s	43.0
26	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	24.13	417.97	8	183.6s	42.9
27	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	23.05	476.54	7	186.4s	42.5
28	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	25.51	315.47	11	186.8s	42.3
29	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	22.70	498.11	7	187.5s	42.3
30	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	22.93	449.96	8	189.0s	41.8
31	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	24.22	357.55	10	188.9s	41.7
32	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	22.21	501.10	7	190.8s	41.7
33	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	23.67	379.57	9	190.0s	41.4
34	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	25.67	272.99	13	193.0s	41.3
35	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	23.90	359.21	10	190.7s	41.3
36	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	22.06	490.72	7	192.5s	41.3
37	Shadow Magneton	Thunder Shock	Discharge	22.83	398.57	9	193.8s	40.7
38	Shadow Arcanine	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	22.97	383.89	9	194.2s	40.5
39	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	23.75	331.10	10	195.1s	40.4
40	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	24.42	295.83	12	196.1s	40.4
41	Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	22.58	393.52	9	196.0s	40.2
42	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	21.96	430.62	8	197.4s	40.0
43	Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	22.74	372.63	9	197.0s	40.0
44	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	20.76	530.00	6	200.6s	39.9
45	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Seed Bomb	23.62	319.16	11	197.5s	39.9
46	Shadow Meganium	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	22.32	394.35	9	197.8s	39.8
47	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	21.12	478.22	7	200.6s	39.6
48	Tapu Koko	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	21.46	439.85	8	200.5s	39.5
49	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	18.52	779.01	4	212.9s	39.5
50	Vikavolt	Spark	Discharge	22.20	379.81	9	200.1s	39.4

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Arceus (Water) type chart

When fighting Arceus (Water), 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 Arceus (Water) in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Arceus (Water) 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 (Water) counter is Mega Sceptile, followed by Kartana, Mega Rayquaza, and Shadow Raikou. The table also includes Shadow Magnezone, Xurkitree, Shadow Electivire, and Shadow Zapdos, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Arceus (Water) 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.