Best Espurr counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Espurr 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 Tyranitar

Bite Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

• 34.0%
• 24.5%
• 22.0%
• 5.0%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	52.89	4818.26	0	71.1s	132.0
2	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	53.04	3222.73	1	72.3s	121.8
3	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	62.65	1621.36	2	66.3s	120.9
4	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	48.21	3666.67	0	78.6s	116.0
5	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	49.05	2838.09	1	78.5s	111.5
6	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	56.05	1679.65	2	72.8s	111.4
7	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	44.46	3801.47	0	84.8s	109.5
8	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	49.52	2378.64	1	78.8s	108.4
9	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	45.47	2907.08	1	84.1s	105.5
10	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	44.10	3161.07	1	86.2s	104.8
11	Mega Absol	Snarl	Payback	48.82	2099.77	1	80.6s	104.5
12	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	53.57	1451.50	2	77.1s	104.3
13	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	47.19	2276.68	1	82.6s	103.4
14	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	42.67	3343.11	1	88.7s	103.3
15	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	43.77	2870.03	1	87.3s	102.1
16	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	45.97	2328.03	1	84.5s	101.7
17	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	42.25	3192.08	1	89.7s	101.5
18	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	46.54	2191.39	1	83.9s	101.5
19	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	43.58	2742.77	1	87.8s	100.8
20	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	46.44	2078.14	1	84.4s	100.2
21	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	45.89	2119.25	1	85.2s	99.6
22	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	39.25	3825.33	0	95.5s	99.3
23	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	40.91	3059.55	1	92.7s	98.1
24	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	47.17	1648.78	2	85.1s	96.8
25	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Shadow Ball	42.72	2378.90	1	90.3s	96.4
26	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	43.49	2154.56	1	89.5s	95.8
27	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	46.80	1590.94	2	86.0s	95.5
28	Zarude	Bite	Dark Pulse	36.86	3852.97	0	101.4s	94.6
29	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	43.30	2014.33	1	90.3s	94.2
30	Guzzlord	Snarl	Brutal Swing	36.53	3741.42	0	102.4s	93.4
31	Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	41.22	2335.35	1	93.5s	93.3
32	Shadow Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	42.40	2061.31	1	91.9s	93.0
33	Pheromosa	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	54.97	746.00	4	84.8s	93.0
34	Shadow Shiftry	Snarl	Foul Play	41.72	2073.31	1	93.2s	92.0
35	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	49.22	1009.30	3	87.4s	90.6
36	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	41.12	2009.12	1	94.7s	90.3
37	Zoroark	Snarl	Foul Play	42.50	1712.55	2	93.1s	89.7
38	Bisharp	Snarl	Dark Pulse	36.35	3022.30	1	103.8s	89.0
39	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	48.57	974.86	3	88.9s	89.0
40	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	39.09	2231.57	1	98.5s	88.7
41	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	45.21	1254.47	2	91.1s	88.5
42	Shadow Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	44.39	1333.89	2	91.9s	88.3
43	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite *	X-Scissor	47.38	1009.28	3	90.2s	87.9
44	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	36.71	2708.68	1	103.4s	87.7
45	Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	38.27	2285.72	1	100.4s	87.6
46	Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	38.66	2155.94	1	99.8s	87.3
47	Shadow Scyther	Fury Cutter	Bug Buzz *	43.40	1364.30	2	93.5s	87.1
48	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	37.90	2280.79	1	101.3s	86.9
49	Mega Salamence	Bite	Draco Meteor	37.35	2403.06	1	102.4s	86.8
50	Genesect (Shock)	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	37.49	2349.46	1	102.2s	86.7

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Espurr type chart

When fighting Espurr, keep in mind the following that Psychic-type Pokémon are weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost type moves. They take reduced damage from Fighting, and Psychic type moves.

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%

Resistances

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

The top-ranked Espurr counter is Mega Tyranitar, followed by Shadow Tyranitar, Mega Gengar, and Mega Houndoom. The table also includes Mega Rayquaza, Mega Banette, Hydreigon, 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 Espurr 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.