Best Klefki counters

The best Klefki counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Y Charizard, Mega Blaziken, Shadow Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Standard Mode Shadow Darmanitan, and Reshiram. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Klefki in a 3-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Y Charizard

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

Mega Blaziken

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Standard Mode Shadow Darmanitan

Fire Fang / Overheat

Reshiram

Fire Fang / Fusion Flare

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	40.25	2358.6	1	91s	91.8
2.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	38.97	1617.2	2	95s	82.8
3.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	40.78	1282.9	2	92s	81.9
4.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	37.91	1185.2	3	98s	76.0
5.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	36.56	1227.4	2	102s	74.4
6.	Standard Mode Shadow Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	38.14	973.0	3	99s	73.4
7.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	34.85	1313.4	2	107s	72.6
8.	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Overheat	34.16	1320.4	2	109s	71.5
9.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	35.95	1081.3	3	104s	71.5
10.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	35.08	1188.3	3	106s	71.5
11.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire+	32.52	1468.8	2	114s	70.3
12.	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	37.19	848.2	4	102s	69.9
13.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	33.99	1180.1	3	109s	69.6
14.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	37.01	826.4	4	102s	69.3
15.	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	30.03	1774.9	2	122s	68.6
16.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	35.22	879.0	4	107s	67.4
17.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	34.04	1004.1	3	110s	67.4
18.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire *	30.83	1392.2	2	120s	66.6
19.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	33.45	1004.6	3	112s	66.5
20.	Mega Houndoom	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	32.32	1128.0	3	115s	66.3
21.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	31.69	1173.8	3	117s	65.8
22.	Shadow Typhlosion	Incinerate	Blast Burn *	33.16	978.2	3	113s	65.7
23.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	35.19	767.8	4	108s	65.6
24.	Shadow Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	34.39	803.6	4	110s	65.0
25.	Volcarona	Fire Spin	Overheat	30.59	1220.6	2	121s	64.5
26.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	32.49	939.4	3	115s	64.1
27.	Standard Mode Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	31.76	963.2	3	118s	63.3
28.	Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	31.76	963.2	3	118s	63.3
29.	Shadow Arcanine	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	31.34	985.7	3	119s	62.9
30.	Shadow Magmortar	Fire Spin	Fire Blast	31.59	904.1	3	118s	62.2

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Group size

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

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

Klefki CP range from Raids

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

From 1051 CP to 1114 CP, with no weather boost
From 1314 CP to 1392 CP with Snow and Cloudy weather boost

Klefki weaknesses

Klefki type chart

When fighting Klefki, keep in mind the that Steel and Fairy-type Pokémon are weak to Fire and Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Bug, and Dragon-type moves.

Weaknesses

Fire	160.0%
Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Dragon	24.4%
Bug	39.1%
Dark	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Poison	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%
Rock	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 Klefki

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fire	228.0%	Sunny
Ground	134.0%	Sunny
Water	8.0%	Rain
Fighting	6.0%	Cloudy
Psychic	6.0%	Windy
Steel	6.0%	Snow
Normal	4.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ghost	4.0%	Fog
Electric	4.0%	Rain

About our ranking methodology

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