Best Dedenne counters

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

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Shadow Mamoswine

Mud-Slap / High Horsepower

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Rhyperior

Mud-Slap / Earthquake

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	51.68	4097.7	0	71s	125.4
2.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	48.46	2186.8	1	76s	104.7
3.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	45.99	2353.1	1	80s	102.0
4.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	45.64	1893.8	1	81s	97.0
5.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	44.54	1602.8	2	84s	91.9
6.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	43.89	1681.1	2	85s	91.7
7.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	41.57	1978.5	1	89s	90.8
8.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	40.50	2155.6	1	91s	90.5
9.	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Sludge Bomb	45.93	1277.5	2	82s	89.9
10.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	42.94	1540.0	2	87s	88.5
11.	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	45.85	1009.8	3	83s	85.6
12.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	37.79	1855.9	1	98s	83.1
13.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	37.50	1738.0	2	99s	81.5
14.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	38.48	1560.5	2	96s	81.4
15.	Nihilego	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	37.92	1642.6	2	98s	81.3
16.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	39.44	1313.9	2	95s	80.1
17.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	37.02	1579.7	2	100s	79.1
18.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	36.32	1648.2	2	102s	78.6
19.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	34.63	1948.2	1	106s	78.3
20.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	36.15	1618.0	2	102s	78.0
21.	Shadow Gengar	Lick *	Sludge Bomb	43.33	789.4	4	88s	77.8
22.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	35.37	1738.0	2	104s	77.8
23.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	36.98	1407.6	2	100s	77.2
24.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	36.32	1380.4	2	102s	75.8
25.	Shadow Nidoking	Poison Jab	Earth Power	36.19	1376.3	2	103s	75.5
26.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	36.35	1322.3	2	102s	75.2
27.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	36.35	1322.3	2	102s	75.2
28.	Roserade	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	36.41	1234.4	2	102s	74.2
29.	Shadow Victreebel	Acid	Sludge Bomb	38.25	1009.6	3	98s	74.1
30.	Shadow Vileplume	Acid	Sludge Bomb	36.92	1117.5	3	101s	73.5

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Group size

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

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

Dedenne CP range from Raids

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

From 991 CP to 1051 CP, with no weather boost
From 1239 CP to 1315 CP with Rain and Cloudy weather boost

Dedenne weaknesses

Dedenne type chart

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

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%
Poison	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Dragon	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Dark	62.5%
Electric	62.5%
Fighting	62.5%
Flying	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 Dedenne

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	172.0%	Sunny
Poison	106.0%	Cloudy
Fire	34.0%	Sunny
Psychic	24.0%	Windy
Ghost	14.0%	Fog
Grass	12.0%	Sunny
Rock	10.0%	Partly Cloudy
Normal	8.0%	Partly Cloudy
Water	8.0%	Rain
Steel	4.0%	Snow
Fighting	4.0%	Cloudy
Bug	2.0%	Rain
Dark	2.0%	Fog

About our ranking methodology

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