Best Gothorita counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Gothorita 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 Tyranitar

Bite

Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

34.0%
26.0%
20.0%
3.5%
3.0%
2.5%
2.0%
2.0%
2.0%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	40.69	4583.08	0	91.6s	106.1
2	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	40.64	3113.88	1	93.2s	97.9
3	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	49.53	899.46	4	88.7s	88.9
4	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	37.30	2478.21	1	102.3s	87.3
5	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	33.91	3043.64	1	110.9s	84.4
6	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	38.19	1857.50	1	102.0s	83.8
7	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	43.80	1060.92	3	95.8s	83.4
8	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	34.65	2588.28	1	109.4s	83.0
9	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	32.89	3125.30	1	114.1s	82.8
10	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	38.67	1567.32	2	102.3s	81.8
11	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	35.06	2259.39	1	109.1s	81.5
12	Mega Absol	Snarl	Payback	37.67	1642.20	2	104.3s	80.8
13	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	32.48	2846.07	1	115.9s	80.4
14	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	36.77	1576.78	2	107.0s	78.6
15	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	41.76	914.37	3	102.0s	77.9
16	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	35.62	1575.05	2	110.2s	76.7
17	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	36.08	1482.86	2	109.5s	76.5
18	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	34.00	1809.44	1	113.8s	76.0
19	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	36.08	1435.04	2	109.8s	76.0
20	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	30.38	2586.33	1	124.1s	74.8
21	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	34.14	1599.32	2	114.5s	74.3
22	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	36.06	1245.98	2	111.4s	73.8
23	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	36.07	1168.61	3	112.1s	72.8
24	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Shadow Ball	33.07	1636.82	2	117.6s	72.8
25	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	33.67	1512.24	2	116.4s	72.7
26	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	32.05	1790.08	2	120.4s	72.4
27	Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	31.82	1821.06	1	121.0s	72.2
28	Zarude	Bite	Dark Pulse	28.72	2622.74	1	130.8s	71.7
29	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	36.84	958.58	3	112.7s	71.2
30	Guzzlord	Snarl	Brutal Swing	28.43	2542.12	1	132.3s	70.7
31	Pheromosa	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	44.39	418.43	8	115.5s	69.7
32	Zoroark	Snarl	Foul Play	32.80	1339.78	2	120.5s	69.5
33	Shadow Shiftry	Snarl	Foul Play	32.38	1404.57	2	121.4s	69.4
34	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	34.06	1108.41	3	118.7s	68.9
35	Shadow Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	33.34	1200.52	2	120.0s	68.8
36	Bisharp	Snarl	Dark Pulse	28.06	2336.41	1	134.5s	68.7
37	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	38.68	640.13	5	115.6s	68.1
38	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	30.46	1545.65	2	127.5s	67.4
39	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	32.34	1167.52	3	123.6s	66.8
40	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	35.26	790.58	4	120.3s	66.1
41	Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	29.66	1547.32	2	130.7s	66.0
42	Lunala	Air Slash	Shadow Ball	28.06	1903.56	1	135.9s	65.9
43	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	38.68	543.48	6	119.6s	65.9
44	Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	29.97	1459.12	2	130.0s	65.8
45	Shadow Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	35.02	775.16	4	121.4s	65.4
46	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	33.14	928.23	3	124.1s	65.0
47	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	27.39	1940.09	1	138.8s	64.9
48	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite *	X-Scissor	37.93	542.35	6	121.5s	64.9
49	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse	31.59	1107.16	3	127.0s	64.8
50	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	29.58	1428.40	2	131.8s	64.8

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Gothorita counter is Mega Tyranitar, followed by Shadow Tyranitar, Mega Gengar, and Mega Houndoom. The table also includes Tyranitar, Shadow Weavile, Mega Banette, and Hydreigon, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Gothorita type chart

When fighting Gothorita, keep in mind the following that Psychic-type Pokémon are weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost type moves. They take reduced damage from Fighting, and Psychic type moves.

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Gothorita Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Dark	34.0%	Fog
Ghost	26.0%	Fog
Bug	20.0%	Rainy
Water	3.5%	Rainy
Dragon	3.0%	Windy
Psychic	2.5%	Windy
Grass	2.0%	Sunny
Electric	2.0%	Rainy
Steel	2.0%	Snow
Fire	2.0%	Sunny
Flying	1.5%	Windy
Ground	1.0%	Sunny
Poison	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.