Best Chesnaught counters

The best Chesnaught counters in Pokémon GO are Mega Rayquaza, Rayquaza, Shadow Moltres, Shadow Staraptor, Yveltal, Mega Pidgeot, and Shadow Honchkrow. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Chesnaught in a 3-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Mega Rayquaza

Air Slash / Dragon Ascent

Rayquaza

Air Slash / Dragon Ascent

Shadow Moltres

Wing Attack / Sky Attack

Gust / Fly

Gust / Oblivion Wing

Gust / Brave Bird

Peck / Sky Attack

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	71.37	3394.8	1	52s	155.9
2.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	55.23	2061.2	1	67s	114.8
3.	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	51.33	1634.7	2	73s	103.3
4.	Shadow Staraptor	Gust *	Fly	53.12	967.5	3	72s	95.4
5.	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing *	46.25	1571.5	2	81s	94.3
6.	Mega Pidgeot	Gust *	Brave Bird	47.61	1239.3	2	79s	92.0
7.	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	52.64	828.5	4	73s	91.8
8.	Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	42.46	1606.1	2	88s	88.5
9.	Incarnate Forme Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	46.04	1098.4	3	82s	87.4
10.	Shadow Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	47.02	855.1	4	81s	84.4
11.	Mega Y Charizard	Air Slash	Blast Burn *	39.61	1555.6	2	94s	83.2
12.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	42.16	1198.8	3	89s	82.9
13.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	38.66	1650.4	2	96s	82.6
14.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	38.66	1650.4	2	96s	82.6
15.	Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Aeroblast *	36.98	1871.7	1	100s	81.8
16.	Staraptor	Gust *	Fly	43.66	948.2	3	87s	81.3
17.	Therian Forme Tornadus	Gust	Bleakwind Storm *	40.97	1212.1	2	91s	81.2
18.	Therian Forme Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	40.70	1173.3	3	92s	80.3
19.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Brave Bird	40.76	1106.4	3	92s	79.4
20.	Braviary	Air Slash	Fly	40.92	1075.9	3	92s	79.2
21.	Galarian Articuno	Psycho Cut	Brave Bird	37.62	1345.1	2	99s	77.5
22.	Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	42.88	806.1	4	89s	77.5
23.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	41.44	894.4	4	91s	77.0
24.	Hisuian Braviary	Air Slash	Fly	37.68	1137.2	3	99s	75.0
25.	Incarnate Forme Tornadus	Air Slash	Hurricane	37.42	977.9	3	100s	72.3
26.	Tornadus	Air Slash	Hurricane	37.42	977.9	3	100s	72.3
27.	Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	38.61	837.1	4	98s	71.8
28.	Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	32.18	1626.9	2	115s	71.2
29.	Galarian Moltres	Wing Attack	Brave Bird	34.58	1215.8	2	108s	71.0
30.	Lugia	Extrasensory	Aeroblast *	30.85	1846.6	1	119s	70.6

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Group size

You need at least 1 Trainers to defeat a Chesnaught in a 3-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 1 Trainers
Optimal group size: 2 - 3 Trainers
Very easy with: 4+ Trainers

Chesnaught CP range from Raids

Chesnaught can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 1611 CP to 1688 CP, with no weather boost
From 2014 CP to 2110 CP with Sunny and Cloudy weather boost

Chesnaught weaknesses

Chesnaught type chart

When fighting Chesnaught, keep in mind the that Grass and Fighting-type Pokémon are weak to Flying (2x), Fairy, Fire, Ice, Poison, and Psychic-type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Electric, Grass, Ground, Rock, and Water-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Flying	256.0%
Fairy	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Poison	160.0%
Psychic	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Dark	62.5%
Electric	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ground	62.5%
Rock	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 best weather for defeating Chesnaught

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Flying	228.0%	Windy
Psychic	72.0%	Windy
Fire	56.0%	Sunny
Poison	8.0%	Cloudy
Bug	8.0%	Rain
Fairy	6.0%	Cloudy
Dragon	6.0%	Windy
Electric	4.0%	Rain
Ice	4.0%	Snow
Ghost	2.0%	Fog
Fighting	2.0%	Cloudy
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy
Steel	2.0%	Snow

About our ranking methodology

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

This guide displays a list of best Chesnaught 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. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

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 attacks, 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. Reddit

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.