Best Deino counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Deino 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 Gardevoir

Charm

Dazzling Gleam

Best performing move types

35.5%
25.5%
17.5%
7.0%
6.5%
2.5%
2.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	100.33	5416.92	0	38.5s	224.9
2	Shadow Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	89.91	3604.54	0	44.0s	189.7
3	Xerneas	Geomancy *	Moonblast	76.42	5660.54	0	49.7s	182.8
4	Shadow Granbull	Charm	Play Rough	82.74	3322.89	1	47.8s	174.6
5	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Dazzling Gleam *	84.50	2478.29	1	48.4s	167.2
6	Togekiss	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	70.76	4871.21	0	53.8s	166.7
7	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	77.30	3328.02	1	50.9s	165.5
8	Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	74.58	3524.83	1	52.4s	162.7
9	Primarina	Charm	Moonblast	67.91	4124.57	0	56.5s	156.0
10	Zacian (Hero)	Quick Attack	Play Rough	65.34	4678.12	0	58.2s	155.2
11	Sylveon	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	64.49	4597.45	0	59.0s	153.1
12	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Dazzling Gleam	74.29	2434.79	1	54.4s	150.4
13	Granbull	Charm	Play Rough	68.49	3252.56	1	57.0s	149.6
14	Mega Diancie	Tackle	Moonblast	64.71	4010.35	0	59.2s	149.2
15	Tapu Koko	Quick Attack	Dazzling Gleam	65.35	3406.94	1	59.3s	145.5
16	Florges	Fairy Wind	Moonblast	60.97	4354.71	0	62.3s	144.8
17	Shadow Donphan	Charm	Play Rough	70.04	2535.74	1	57.1s	144.7
18	Ninetales (Alola Shadow)	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	65.89	3160.77	1	59.2s	144.2
19	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Dazzling Gleam *	77.92	1599.13	2	55.2s	143.4
20	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Dazzling Gleam	61.81	3707.53	0	62.1s	141.6
21	Galarian Rapidash	Fairy Wind	Play Rough	67.20	2633.15	1	59.0s	141.1
22	Mega Latias	Charm	Outrage	65.21	2828.96	1	60.3s	139.8
23	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	65.82	2684.26	1	60.1s	139.3
24	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	63.66	3052.50	1	61.3s	139.3
25	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	70.61	2014.21	1	58.1s	139.0
26	Shadow Ursaring	Counter	Play Rough	69.44	2026.40	1	59.0s	137.3
27	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	60.41	3425.79	1	63.8s	136.8
28	Shadow Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Outrage	66.41	2351.53	1	60.3s	136.6
29	Mega Banette	Hex	Dazzling Gleam	68.37	2081.95	1	59.6s	136.4
30	Mega Altaria	Dragon Breath	Dazzling Gleam	59.22	3364.72	1	65.1s	134.2
31	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Outrage	66.56	2125.22	1	60.9s	134.0
32	Clefable	Fairy Wind	Dazzling Gleam	57.94	3407.13	1	66.4s	132.2
33	Beartic	Charm	Play Rough	63.33	2390.24	1	62.9s	132.0
34	Primal Groudon	Dragon Tail	Precipice Blades *	56.98	3512.47	1	67.3s	131.3
35	Meowscarada	Charm	Play Rough	62.65	2280.70	1	63.8s	129.6
36	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	62.59	2263.04	1	63.9s	129.3
37	Meloetta (Aria)	Quick Attack	Dazzling Gleam	58.64	2754.65	1	66.6s	127.8
38	Galarian Weezing	Fairy Wind	Play Rough	56.78	3019.52	1	68.2s	126.9
39	Shadow Gallade	Charm	Close Combat	63.09	1981.35	1	64.3s	126.6
40	Shadow Latias	Charm	Outrage	63.23	1963.89	1	64.3s	126.6
41	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	61.14	2176.24	1	65.5s	125.9
42	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	56.54	2819.50	1	68.8s	124.7
43	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	60.69	2074.58	1	66.3s	123.9
44	Donphan	Charm	Play Rough	57.94	2484.07	1	67.9s	123.9
45	Alolan Ninetales	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	54.71	3086.31	1	70.5s	123.8
46	Gholdengo	Hex	Dazzling Gleam	55.26	2895.65	1	70.1s	123.1
47	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	56.92	2559.39	1	68.9s	122.9
48	Alakazam	Counter *	Dazzling Gleam *	64.21	1565.03	2	65.3s	122.4
49	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	59.61	2014.21	1	67.5s	121.4
50	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	61.92	1686.16	2	66.7s	120.7

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Deino counter is Mega Gardevoir, followed by Shadow Gardevoir, Xerneas, and Shadow Granbull. The table also includes Mega Alakazam, Togekiss, Mega Rayquaza, and Gardevoir, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Deino type chart

When fighting Deino, keep in mind the following that Dark and Dragon-type Pokémon are weak to Fairy, Bug, Dragon, Fighting, and Ice type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Electric, Fire, Ghost, Grass, Water, and Psychic type moves.

Weaknesses

Fairy	256.0%
Bug	160.0%
Dragon	160.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Ice	160.0%

Resistances

Psychic	39.1%
Dark	62.5%
Electric	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Ghost	62.5%
Grass	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 Deino Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fairy	35.5%	Cloudy
Dragon	25.5%	Windy
Fighting	17.5%	Cloudy
Ice	7.0%	Snow
Bug	6.5%	Rainy
Normal	2.5%	Partly Cloudy
Ghost	2.5%	Fog
Electric	1.0%	Rainy
Grass	0.5%	Sunny
Ground	0.5%	Sunny
Steel	0.5%	Snow
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.