Best Thundurus (Therian) counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Thundurus (Therian) 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

5-Star Raid (15000 HP)↓

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Best overall 👑

Shadow Rhyperior

Smack Down Rock Wrecker *

Best performing move types

• 36.0%
• 29.0%
• 8.0%
• 7.5%
• 4.5%
• 4.0%
• 3.5%
• 3.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	36.71	882.38	16	476.6s	69.8
2	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	37.46	651.86	23	492.5s	66.7
3	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	38.89	545.78	27	495.6s	66.2
4	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	32.99	675.30	22	543.5s	60.7
5	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	37.33	376.05	39	561.4s	59.4
6	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	35.29	467.30	32	553.4s	59.4
7	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	30.11	861.64	17	567.8s	59.3
8	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	38.49	316.67	47	579.1s	58.8
9	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	33.95	483.14	31	566.1s	58.0
10	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	35.95	376.71	39	576.5s	57.7
11	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	31.85	564.31	26	577.2s	56.9
12	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	30.59	635.00	23	584.9s	56.4
13	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	33.45	441.26	33	584.4s	56.3
14	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Ancient Power	30.28	644.21	23	588.6s	56.1
15	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	30.16	547.60	27	606.9s	54.1
16	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	30.66	499.17	30	609.4s	53.8
17	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	32.47	395.96	37	613.5s	53.7
18	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Triple Axel	30.31	501.94	29	614.4s	53.4
19	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	34.59	298.15	50	634.8s	53.4
20	Shadow Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	32.35	376.68	39	623.0s	53.1
21	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	30.09	490.89	30	620.7s	52.8
22	Kyurem	Dragon Breath	Glaciate *	28.83	549.95	27	629.4s	52.3
23	Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	28.32	544.10	27	640.0s	51.4
24	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Blizzard	28.45	509.91	29	644.9s	50.9
25	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam *	28.92	455.67	32	650.3s	50.4
26	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	30.10	389.15	38	652.5s	50.4
27	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	28.55	442.53	33	661.0s	49.6
28	Glaceon	Frost Breath	Avalanche	29.71	376.28	39	664.3s	49.6
29	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	28.06	469.04	31	662.4s	49.5
30	Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	31.21	306.91	48	676.1s	49.5
31	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	31.73	281.56	53	685.8s	49.2
32	Shadow Piloswine	Ice Shard	Avalanche	28.26	437.10	34	668.0s	49.1
33	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	27.72	470.87	31	668.6s	49.1
34	Nihilego	Acid	Rock Slide	25.93	598.04	25	678.8s	48.9
35	Landorus (Incarnate)	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	25.51	607.18	24	686.9s	48.4
36	Shadow Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Outrage	24.22	734.51	20	701.1s	48.3
37	Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	27.65	435.58	34	680.3s	48.2
38	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	Ice Punch	25.37	606.85	24	690.1s	48.2
39	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	24.68	675.75	22	696.6s	48.2
40	Shadow Hippowdon	Ice Fang	Weather Ball	24.86	649.78	23	695.7s	48.1
41	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Psychic	25.14	620.73	24	693.3s	48.0
42	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	28.21	395.05	37	683.6s	48.0
43	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Blizzard	30.20	289.36	51	704.1s	47.6
44	Shadow Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	29.02	334.49	44	696.3s	47.5
45	Mega Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	25.27	569.71	26	698.9s	47.4
46	Shadow Walrein	Frost Breath	Icicle Spear *	29.57	305.82	49	703.5s	47.3
47	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Power Gem	24.42	635.70	23	708.7s	47.2
48	Mega Lopunny	Pound	Triple Axel	27.79	374.02	40	700.2s	46.9
49	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	27.78	372.30	40	701.2s	46.9
50	Aurorus	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	27.32	396.88	37	700.2s	46.9

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Thundurus (Therian) type chart

When fighting Thundurus (Therian), keep in mind the following that Electric and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Ice, and Rock type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Fighting, Flying, Grass, Ground, and Steel type moves.

Weaknesses

Ice	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

Bug	62.5%
Fighting	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ground	62.5%
Steel	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 Thundurus (Therian) in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Thundurus (Therian) down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Thundurus (Therian) counter is Shadow Rhyperior, followed by Shadow Mamoswine, Mega Diancie, and Mega Tyranitar. The table also includes Rampardos, Mega Aerodactyl, Rhyperior, and Shadow Weavile, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Thundurus (Therian) 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.