Best Watchog counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Watchog 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 Blaziken

Counter Focus Blast

Best performing move types

• 59.5%
• 7.5%
• 5.5%
• 5.5%
• 4.5%
• 3.0%
• 3.0%
• 3.0%
• 3.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	46.54	1484.48	2	87.1s	93.7
2	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	41.82	1882.21	1	93.7s	90.3
3	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	44.18	1382.44	2	91.9s	88.6
4	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	44.25	1068.54	3	94.8s	84.2
5	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	41.91	1187.66	3	98.0s	82.4
6	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	41.09	1207.61	2	99.5s	81.4
7	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	41.55	1075.15	3	100.0s	80.2
8	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	41.66	962.43	3	101.4s	78.5
9	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	42.47	880.70	4	101.1s	78.3
10	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	37.98	1211.71	2	106.7s	76.5
11	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	38.55	1118.90	3	106.2s	76.1
12	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	40.38	830.41	4	106.5s	74.3
13	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	41.05	693.58	5	108.5s	72.6
14	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	34.56	1346.02	2	114.9s	72.5
15	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	32.46	1693.14	2	119.4s	72.3
16	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	36.55	1049.33	3	112.2s	72.0
17	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	33.62	1405.89	2	117.3s	71.5
18	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	32.69	1486.16	2	119.8s	70.7
19	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	37.51	830.16	4	113.3s	70.1
20	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	37.06	859.14	4	113.9s	69.9
21	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	35.15	1034.31	3	116.4s	69.6
22	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	32.23	1382.02	2	122.1s	68.9
23	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	33.35	1166.05	3	120.3s	68.4
24	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	34.11	1051.89	3	119.2s	68.2
25	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	34.79	955.37	3	118.5s	67.9
26	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Superpower	33.39	1116.02	3	120.7s	67.9
27	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	36.82	759.13	4	116.7s	67.8
28	Mega Pinsir	Fury Cutter	Superpower	32.31	1174.32	3	123.7s	66.8
29	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	32.24	1171.55	3	124.0s	66.7
30	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	32.40	1145.88	3	123.7s	66.6
31	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	35.35	803.93	4	119.8s	66.4
32	Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	32.22	1105.95	3	124.8s	65.8
33	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	38.18	550.45	6	120.5s	65.4
34	Mega Gengar	Sucker Punch	Focus Blast	32.87	983.98	3	124.1s	65.3
35	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	35.00	766.93	4	121.6s	65.3
36	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	32.35	1009.74	3	125.5s	64.8
37	Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	33.17	905.24	3	124.4s	64.7
38	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	30.96	1167.11	3	128.6s	64.5
39	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	33.75	824.51	4	124.1s	64.3
40	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	32.17	989.58	3	126.5s	64.3
41	Emboar	Low Kick	Focus Blast	31.93	1005.76	3	127.0s	64.1
42	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	29.40	1303.91	2	133.5s	63.3
43	Bewear	Low Kick	Superpower	31.30	977.67	3	129.7s	62.7
44	Sneasler	Rock Smash	Close Combat	31.23	963.60	3	130.2s	62.5
45	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	28.24	1414.05	2	137.7s	62.3
46	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	31.18	931.74	3	130.9s	61.9
47	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	31.03	937.24	3	131.4s	61.8
48	Shadow Hitmonlee	Double Kick	Close Combat	34.23	633.89	5	127.9s	61.7
49	Shadow Infernape	Rock Smash	Close Combat	32.50	769.13	4	129.5s	61.6
50	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Psychic	30.09	1009.11	3	133.9s	61.2

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Watchog type chart

When fighting Watchog, keep in mind the following that Normal-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting type moves. They take reduced damage from Ghost type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%

Resistances

Ghost	39.1%

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

The top-ranked Watchog counter is Mega Blaziken, followed by Mega Rayquaza, Terrakion, and Shadow Machamp. The table also includes Keldeo (Ordinary), Lucario, Shadow Hariyama, and Shadow Blaziken, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Watchog 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.