Best Heliolisk counters

The best Heliolisk counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Mega Heracross, Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Excadrill, and Mega Blaziken. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Heliolisk in a 3-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Heracross

Counter / Close Combat

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Mega Blaziken

Counter / Focus Blast

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	42.87	1854.5	1	86s	91.9
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	37.92	1693.2	2	98s	81.8
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	40.12	1229.7	2	93s	80.1
4.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	37.84	1258.7	2	98s	76.8
5.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	36.30	1207.9	2	103s	73.7
6.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	38.97	900.0	3	97s	73.5
7.	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	39.52	833.5	4	96s	73.1
8.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	38.38	879.3	4	98s	72.2
9.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	35.25	1224.9	2	106s	72.2
10.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	37.05	895.5	4	102s	70.5
11.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	33.53	1219.5	2	111s	69.3
12.	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	38.09	737.6	4	100s	69.3
13.	Keldeo (Ordinary Forme)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	36.82	760.3	4	103s	67.8
14.	Keldeo	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	36.82	760.3	4	103s	67.8
15.	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	36.10	746.8	4	105s	66.5
16.	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	35.89	757.7	4	106s	66.4
17.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	34.62	837.6	4	109s	65.9
18.	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	36.07	652.1	5	106s	64.7
19.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	30.01	1186.1	3	123s	63.1
20.	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	32.64	836.9	4	115s	62.9
21.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	32.05	881.9	4	117s	62.6
22.	Shadow Ursaluna	Rock Smash	High Horsepower *	30.69	1017.8	3	121s	62.3
23.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	33.05	745.9	4	114s	62.0
24.	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	32.54	782.2	4	116s	61.8
25.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	31.05	921.0	3	120s	61.6
26.	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	35.45	537.5	6	109s	61.3
27.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	29.83	1051.6	3	125s	61.3
28.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	29.83	1051.6	3	125s	61.3
29.	Shadow Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	35.33	521.4	6	109s	60.8
30.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	30.42	920.3	3	123s	60.6

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Group size

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

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

Heliolisk CP range from Raids

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

From 1413 CP to 1485 CP, with no weather boost
From 1766 CP to 1857 CP with Rain and Partly Cloudy weather boost

Heliolisk weaknesses

Heliolisk type chart

When fighting Heliolisk, keep in mind the that Electric and Normal-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting and Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Flying, Steel, and Ghost-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%
Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Ghost	39.1%
Electric	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Steel	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 Heliolisk

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fighting	198.0%	Cloudy
Ground	142.0%	Sunny
Dragon	16.0%	Windy
Psychic	12.0%	Windy
Fire	10.0%	Sunny
Bug	8.0%	Rain
Dark	6.0%	Fog
Water	4.0%	Rain
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy
Rock	2.0%	Partly Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Heliolisk in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Heliolisk 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 Heliolisk 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.