Best Oshawott counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Oshawott 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 Sceptile

Bullet Seed

Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

48.0%
34.5%
6.5%
3.5%
2.5%
1.0%
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 *	71.44	4335.08	0	53.7s	164.0
2	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	62.51	4360.35	0	60.9s	147.7
3	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	68.22	2746.59	1	58.0s	144.0
4	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	61.66	3925.15	0	62.1s	143.0
5	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	65.78	2561.91	1	60.3s	137.9
6	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	58.42	3919.90	0	65.3s	136.9
7	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	60.36	3449.42	1	63.8s	136.9
8	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	66.92	2256.92	1	60.2s	136.3
9	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	65.98	2378.37	1	60.6s	136.2
10	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	68.15	2011.31	1	60.0s	135.1
11	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	54.98	4521.63	0	68.7s	134.4
12	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	64.19	2390.20	1	62.1s	133.4
13	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	57.19	3560.48	1	67.0s	132.0
14	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	64.07	2224.68	1	62.7s	131.2
15	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	62.16	2384.88	1	64.0s	130.0
16	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	57.83	3055.99	1	67.0s	129.1
17	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	59.18	2731.54	1	66.1s	128.5
18	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	56.61	3097.81	1	68.2s	127.3
19	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	63.69	1893.80	1	64.1s	126.4
20	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	61.08	2186.74	1	65.5s	125.9
21	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	58.43	2295.34	1	67.9s	122.8
22	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	59.83	1980.94	1	67.4s	121.4
23	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	55.84	2468.94	1	70.3s	120.2
24	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	51.99	3223.78	1	73.7s	119.9
25	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	52.83	2955.68	1	73.0s	119.3
26	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	57.67	2063.03	1	69.4s	118.9
27	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	54.51	2506.78	1	71.8s	118.3
28	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	53.40	2672.08	1	72.8s	117.9
29	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	49.58	3453.60	1	76.8s	117.1
30	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	61.97	1411.94	2	68.3s	116.5
31	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	56.42	1970.53	1	71.1s	115.7
32	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	57.28	1845.39	1	70.7s	115.6
33	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	48.99	3388.63	1	77.7s	115.5
34	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	57.97	1732.33	2	70.4s	115.2
35	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	53.21	2340.94	1	73.8s	114.4
36	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	51.43	2666.37	1	75.4s	114.4
37	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	55.49	1936.83	1	72.3s	113.8
38	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	58.47	1554.36	2	70.8s	113.4
39	Shadow Meganium	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	51.52	2512.92	1	75.6s	113.1
40	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	53.71	2113.51	1	73.8s	112.9
41	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	58.72	1485.89	2	71.0s	112.8
42	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	53.14	2176.83	1	74.4s	112.6
43	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	51.52	2327.60	1	76.1s	111.4
44	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	48.05	2986.11	1	79.7s	110.9
45	Shadow Vileplume	Razor Leaf	Solar Beam	52.58	2093.67	1	75.3s	110.8
46	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	49.17	2667.78	1	78.6s	110.4
47	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	51.54	2203.77	1	76.4s	110.2
48	Alolan Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	47.20	3032.37	1	81.0s	109.7
49	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	47.93	2802.47	1	80.2s	109.2
50	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	54.23	1724.48	2	74.7s	109.1

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About the results

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

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

Oshawott type chart

When fighting Oshawott, 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.

Best move-types and weather for Oshawott Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	48.0%	Sunny
Electric	34.5%	Rainy
Dragon	6.5%	Windy
Psychic	3.5%	Windy
Dark	2.5%	Fog
Flying	1.0%	Windy
Normal	1.0%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	1.0%	Rainy
Ghost	1.0%	Fog
Ground	0.5%	Sunny
Fighting	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.