Best Sylveon counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Sylveon 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 👑

Shadow Metagross

Bullet Punch Meteor Mash *

Best performing move types

• 37.0%
• 25.0%
• 5.5%
• 5.5%
• 5.5%
• 4.0%
• 4.0%
• 3.0%
• 2.5%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	34.01	1409.65	2	116.1s	72.2
2	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Sludge Bomb	31.37	961.40	3	129.7s	62.6
3	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	28.25	1386.11	2	137.8s	62.1
4	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	31.46	661.38	5	136.2s	58.2
5	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	30.02	724.48	4	139.8s	57.1
6	Nihilego	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	25.94	1170.23	3	151.1s	56.1
7	Mega Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	23.40	1374.62	2	164.3s	53.4
8	Mega Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	24.42	1126.87	3	160.2s	53.0
9	Melmetal	Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash *	23.50	1276.35	2	164.4s	52.8
10	Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	25.63	885.12	4	156.8s	52.4
11	Jirachi	Charge Beam	Doom Desire	22.73	1216.20	2	170.2s	50.9
12	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	22.91	1170.43	3	169.4s	50.8
13	Genesect (Shock)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	24.21	926.87	3	164.3s	50.6
14	Genesect (Normal)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	24.21	926.87	3	164.3s	50.6
15	Genesect (Douse)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	24.21	926.87	3	164.3s	50.6
16	Genesect (Chill)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	24.21	926.87	3	164.3s	50.6
17	Genesect (Burn)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	24.21	926.87	3	164.3s	50.6
18	Shadow Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	25.43	747.42	4	160.9s	50.3
19	Excadrill	Metal Claw	Iron Head	24.17	866.46	4	165.5s	49.8
20	Shadow Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	23.06	997.68	3	170.6s	49.4
21	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	25.90	629.04	5	161.9s	49.3
22	Shadow Ho-Oh	Steel Wing	Brave Bird	23.50	916.01	3	168.9s	49.3
23	Shadow Victreebel	Acid	Sludge Bomb	26.94	504.90	7	162.2s	48.7
24	Roserade	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	25.36	619.00	5	165.2s	48.3
25	Shadow Vileplume	Acid	Sludge Bomb	25.88	559.04	6	164.8s	48.1
26	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	22.75	898.20	4	174.3s	47.8
27	Mega Steelix	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	20.40	1243.24	2	188.0s	46.9
28	Mega Aerodactyl	Steel Wing	Iron Head	23.51	713.16	5	173.3s	46.8
29	Gengar	Lick *	Sludge Bomb	24.51	583.95	6	171.6s	46.5
30	Shadow Muk	Poison Jab	Gunk Shot	23.53	660.11	5	174.8s	46.2
31	Overqwil	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	23.85	607.43	5	174.7s	45.9
32	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Sludge Bomb	21.94	830.29	4	181.5s	45.7
33	Shadow Skuntank	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	25.06	490.39	7	173.0s	45.7
34	Muk (Alola Shadow)	Poison Jab	Gunk Shot	23.64	591.21	6	176.7s	45.3
35	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	21.92	786.59	4	182.5s	45.2
36	Shadow Magneton	Thunder Shock	Magnet Bomb	23.90	537.78	6	177.4s	44.8
37	Mega Tyranitar	Iron Tail	Stone Edge	21.69	750.90	4	185.2s	44.4
38	Heatran	Fire Spin	Iron Head	19.17	1187.75	3	199.9s	44.2
39	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	23.30	531.29	6	181.6s	43.8
40	Mega Pidgeot	Steel Wing	Brave Bird	22.91	557.91	6	183.0s	43.6
41	Shadow Perrserker	Metal Claw	Iron Head	22.42	598.34	6	184.6s	43.5
42	Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	21.18	739.33	4	189.4s	43.4
43	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	23.42	497.42	7	182.7s	43.4
44	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Sludge Bomb	22.61	569.91	6	184.5s	43.4
45	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	21.12	714.62	5	190.6s	43.0
46	Ho-Oh	Steel Wing	Brave Bird	19.70	911.02	3	198.5s	42.8
47	Solgaleo	Zen Headbutt	Iron Head	18.81	1078.07	3	204.8s	42.7
48	Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	19.25	983.75	3	201.7s	42.7
49	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	23.55	442.86	8	185.4s	42.6
50	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	21.45	620.70	5	191.0s	42.3

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Sylveon type chart

When fighting Sylveon, keep in mind the following that Fairy-type Pokémon are weak to Poison, and Steel type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Dark, Fighting, and Dragon type moves.

Weaknesses

Poison	160.0%
Steel	160.0%

Resistances

Dragon	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Dark	62.5%
Fighting	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 Sylveon in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Sylveon down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Sylveon counter is Shadow Metagross, followed by Mega Gengar, Metagross, and Mega Beedrill. The table also includes Mega Rayquaza, Nihilego, Mega Aggron, and Mega Scizor, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Sylveon 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.