Best Froakie counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Froakie 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

Extreme↓

Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

Attacker typing

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Best overall 👑

Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

• 44.0%
• 37.5%
• 7.0%
• 4.0%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	72.74	3527.42	1	53.6s	159.5
2	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	63.26	4234.30	0	60.3s	148.2
3	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	62.23	4240.10	0	61.3s	146.3
4	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	69.00	2686.19	1	57.5s	144.7
5	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	66.32	2659.79	1	59.7s	139.9
6	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	66.56	2472.03	1	59.9s	138.2
7	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	67.47	2341.69	1	59.5s	138.2
8	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	68.71	2086.27	1	59.3s	136.9
9	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	64.72	2480.97	1	61.4s	135.3
10	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	57.75	3848.27	0	66.1s	135.2
11	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	64.41	2460.95	1	61.7s	134.5
12	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	59.39	3298.73	1	65.0s	133.9
13	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	61.49	2873.62	1	63.6s	133.8
14	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	56.18	3372.15	1	68.4s	128.7
15	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	64.20	1963.84	1	63.4s	128.2
16	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	61.61	2271.32	1	64.8s	127.8
17	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	63.50	1983.72	1	64.0s	127.3
18	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	59.01	2544.24	1	66.7s	126.4
19	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	60.39	2275.47	1	65.9s	125.8
20	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	60.07	2154.00	1	66.6s	123.9
21	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	53.25	3381.22	1	71.9s	123.4
22	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	57.37	2475.82	1	68.6s	122.9
23	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	59.82	1972.35	1	67.5s	121.2
24	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	54.97	2605.71	1	71.0s	120.0
25	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	58.28	2020.10	1	68.9s	119.3
26	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	62.48	1463.38	2	67.5s	118.1
27	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	56.89	2046.21	1	70.3s	117.4
28	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	56.74	2057.78	1	70.4s	117.3
29	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	53.66	2432.68	1	73.0s	116.1
30	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	53.46	2409.64	1	73.3s	115.5
31	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	57.96	1751.04	2	70.3s	115.4
32	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	58.90	1633.75	2	69.9s	115.2
33	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	58.58	1654.18	2	70.2s	115.0
34	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	53.09	2403.12	1	73.8s	114.8
35	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	59.19	1539.84	2	70.2s	114.3
36	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	51.92	2522.35	1	75.0s	113.9
37	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	49.81	2837.18	1	77.3s	112.9
38	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	54.71	1969.46	1	73.1s	112.9
39	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	56.92	1610.05	2	72.2s	111.8
40	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	52.28	2226.37	1	75.3s	111.6
41	Shadow Meganium	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	52.48	2093.15	1	75.5s	110.6
42	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	48.43	2758.43	1	79.6s	109.8
43	Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	53.12	1925.49	1	75.3s	109.8
44	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	55.71	1555.58	2	73.9s	109.2
45	Tapu Koko	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	52.38	1963.75	1	76.1s	109.0
46	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	52.53	1941.76	1	75.9s	109.0
47	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	48.76	2581.97	1	79.4s	108.9
48	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	51.24	2116.37	1	77.1s	108.7
49	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	48.95	2494.41	1	79.3s	108.4
50	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	50.09	2230.09	1	78.3s	108.0

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Froakie type chart

When fighting Froakie, keep in mind the following that Water-type Pokémon are weak to Electric, and Grass type moves. They take reduced damage from Fire, Ice, Steel, and Water type moves.

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Grass	160.0%

Resistances

Fire	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Steel	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 Froakie in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Froakie down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Froakie counter is Mega Sceptile, followed by Mega Rayquaza, Zekrom, and Kartana. The table also includes Shadow Raikou, Mega Manectric, Xurkitree, and Shadow Electivire, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Froakie 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.