Best Sawsbuck (Winter) counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Sawsbuck (Winter) 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 Rayquaza

Air Slash Dragon Ascent

Best performing move types

• 31.0%
• 21.0%
• 16.0%
• 11.5%
• 10.0%
• 5.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	61.52	2491.05	1	64.3s	130.1
2	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	50.14	1386.40	2	82.2s	98.0
3	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	47.72	1514.54	2	84.9s	96.0
4	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	47.51	1498.20	2	85.4s	95.4
5	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	41.73	1667.73	2	94.9s	88.0
6	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack *	45.61	1163.33	3	91.3s	87.7
7	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	40.70	1498.33	2	98.1s	84.4
8	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	45.85	914.75	3	94.3s	83.9
9	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	43.12	1078.90	3	96.8s	82.6
10	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Brave Bird	40.36	1382.92	2	99.6s	82.4
11	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Overheat	41.40	1169.35	3	99.3s	81.3
12	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite *	Sludge Bomb	42.78	940.21	3	99.5s	79.8
13	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing *	39.67	1231.07	2	102.4s	79.4
14	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	36.49	1665.49	2	107.3s	79.0
15	Mega Gengar	Sucker Punch	Sludge Bomb	39.86	1171.71	3	102.6s	78.9
16	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	43.11	851.16	4	100.4s	78.7
17	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	44.10	769.04	4	100.4s	78.5
18	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	41.73	926.10	3	101.8s	78.0
19	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	45.53	654.41	5	101.1s	77.9
20	Mega Pidgeot	Gust *	Brave Bird	40.61	990.92	3	103.2s	77.4
21	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	41.50	882.12	4	103.1s	76.9
22	Shadow Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	41.76	854.20	4	103.1s	76.8
23	Mega Houndoom	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	39.23	1054.40	3	105.4s	76.3
24	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	39.75	1001.22	3	104.9s	76.3
25	Primal Groudon	Dragon Tail	Fire Punch *	35.62	1492.04	2	110.7s	75.8
26	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Brave Bird	38.22	1133.85	3	106.9s	75.8
27	Shadow Typhlosion	Incinerate	Blast Burn *	40.76	878.91	4	104.7s	75.8
28	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	40.82	861.17	4	104.9s	75.5
29	Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack *	37.65	1141.92	3	108.2s	75.0
30	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Overheat	37.11	1206.43	2	109.0s	75.0
31	Pheromosa	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	44.21	603.58	5	105.3s	74.9
32	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	37.78	1092.16	3	108.5s	74.6
33	Shadow Staraptor	Gust *	Brave Bird	41.65	711.21	5	106.7s	73.8
34	Nihilego	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	35.51	1315.50	2	112.3s	73.7
35	Mega Salamence	Fire Fang	Fire Blast	33.77	1524.56	2	116.1s	73.0
36	Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	37.15	1010.80	3	111.1s	72.4
37	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Brave Bird	40.97	689.59	5	108.8s	72.4
38	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	40.63	707.75	5	109.0s	72.3
39	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	37.62	950.60	3	110.8s	72.2
40	Shadow Arcanine	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	38.33	880.17	4	110.3s	72.2
41	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	41.43	636.82	5	109.5s	71.9
42	Standard Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	38.49	849.54	4	110.5s	71.9
43	Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	38.49	849.54	4	110.5s	71.9
44	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	33.72	1399.58	2	117.0s	71.6
45	Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	37.77	897.40	4	111.4s	71.6
46	Shadow Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	40.38	688.46	5	110.1s	71.6
47	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	36.93	965.39	3	112.4s	71.4
48	Shadow Magmortar	Fire Spin	Fire Punch	38.59	807.36	4	111.1s	71.3
49	Shadow Salamence	Fire Fang	Fire Blast	36.63	980.41	3	113.0s	71.2
50	Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Brave Bird	33.56	1363.88	2	117.8s	71.0

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Sawsbuck (Winter) type chart

When fighting Sawsbuck (Winter), keep in mind the following that Normal and Grass-type Pokémon are weak to Bug, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Grass, Ground, Water, and Ghost type moves.

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Flying	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Poison	160.0%

Resistances

Ghost	39.1%
Electric	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ground	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 Sawsbuck (Winter) in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Sawsbuck (Winter) down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Sawsbuck (Winter) counter is Mega Rayquaza, followed by Mega Blaziken, Rayquaza, and Mega Y Charizard. The table also includes Reshiram, Shadow Moltres, Mega X Charizard, 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 Sawsbuck (Winter) 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.