Best Vullaby counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Vullaby 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 Diancie

Rock Throw

Rock Slide

Best performing move types

33.5%
25.5%
17.5%
12.5%
2.5%
2.0%
1.5%
1.5%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	45.49	2172.85	1	85.8s	99.5
2	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	38.86	3337.57	1	97.0s	95.8
3	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	44.83	1668.74	2	88.9s	93.2
4	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	42.63	1946.49	1	91.8s	92.4
5	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	41.79	1899.28	1	93.7s	90.4
6	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	43.09	1679.27	2	92.1s	90.4
7	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	43.79	1476.65	2	92.0s	89.2
8	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	43.06	1554.29	2	92.9s	88.9
9	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	40.49	1975.81	1	96.2s	88.9
10	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	44.63	1316.68	2	91.6s	88.4
11	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	38.55	2229.40	1	99.8s	87.7
12	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	42.07	1566.84	2	94.8s	87.4
13	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	41.73	1610.85	2	95.2s	87.4
14	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	39.87	1805.76	1	98.3s	86.2
15	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	43.28	1287.31	2	94.4s	85.9
16	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	41.69	1238.95	2	98.0s	82.7
17	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	39.85	1427.41	2	100.4s	82.1
18	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	40.91	1268.65	2	99.4s	81.9
19	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	37.35	1780.41	2	104.5s	81.6
20	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Rollout *	Wild Charge	38.44	1579.34	2	102.8s	81.5
21	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	40.39	1201.72	2	101.1s	80.2
22	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	35.26	1904.08	1	109.7s	79.1
23	Shadow Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	40.40	1105.45	3	102.1s	78.8
24	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	35.78	1648.25	2	109.4s	77.6
25	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	35.58	1663.21	2	109.8s	77.5
26	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	35.90	1522.57	2	109.7s	76.6
27	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	34.83	1687.97	2	111.9s	76.4
28	Xerneas	Geomancy *	Moonblast	33.95	1857.57	1	113.8s	76.3
29	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	36.56	1383.44	2	108.9s	76.2
30	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	40.46	920.50	3	104.6s	76.0
31	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	37.02	1293.72	2	108.4s	75.9
32	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	38.74	1071.14	3	106.4s	75.7
33	Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	32.16	2186.53	1	118.5s	75.6
34	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	34.94	1539.37	2	112.4s	75.1
35	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	34.70	1579.52	2	112.9s	75.1
36	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	37.51	1133.04	3	108.7s	74.7
37	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Blizzard	33.24	1792.07	2	116.4s	74.5
38	Tapu Koko	Volt Switch	Dazzling Gleam	34.04	1615.24	2	114.7s	74.3
39	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	38.47	972.14	3	108.4s	73.9
40	Shadow Granbull	Charm	Play Rough	37.26	1093.57	3	109.8s	73.8
41	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam *	33.94	1539.31	2	115.4s	73.4
42	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	35.65	1260.20	2	112.4s	73.3
43	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	36.14	1148.97	3	112.1s	72.7
44	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Dazzling Gleam *	38.09	866.89	4	111.1s	71.6
45	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	34.91	1176.24	3	115.4s	71.1
46	Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	34.55	1216.80	2	116.0s	71.0
47	Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	34.14	1244.57	2	117.0s	70.6
48	Zacian (Hero)	Quick Attack	Play Rough	31.46	1675.36	2	123.0s	70.3
49	Shadow Arcanine	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	35.69	1024.58	3	114.9s	70.3
50	Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	33.90	1243.82	2	117.8s	70.2

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Vullaby counter is Mega Diancie, followed by Mega Tyranitar, Mega Gardevoir, and Shadow Rhyperior. The table also includes Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Raikou, Xurkitree, and Mega Manectric, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Vullaby type chart

When fighting Vullaby, keep in mind the following that Dark and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Electric, Fairy, Ice, and Rock type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Ghost, Grass, Ground, and Psychic type moves.

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

Ground	39.1%
Psychic	39.1%
Dark	62.5%
Ghost	62.5%
Grass	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Vullaby Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Electric	33.5%	Rainy
Rock	25.5%	Partly Cloudy
Ice	17.5%	Snow
Fairy	12.5%	Cloudy
Dragon	2.5%	Windy
Fire	2.0%	Sunny
Flying	1.5%	Windy
Water	1.5%	Rainy
Fighting	1.5%	Cloudy
Normal	1.0%	Partly Cloudy
Psychic	0.5%	Windy
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.