Best Zygarde (Complete) counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Zygarde (Complete) 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

Raid Difficulty

Attacker typing

Attacker moves type

Best overall 👑

Shadow Mamoswine

Powder Snow

Avalanche

Best performing move types

53.0%
29.0%
5.5%
4.0%
2.5%
1.5%
1.5%
1.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	46.46	925.74	16	387.7s	85.0
2	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	43.69	798.32	18	418.4s	78.5
3	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	41.50	768.08	19	439.5s	74.8
4	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	39.24	870.30	17	451.2s	73.4
5	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	35.71	1166.59	12	471.5s	72.2
6	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	38.01	903.84	16	461.1s	72.1
7	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	38.27	821.63	18	464.9s	71.1
8	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	38.70	777.68	19	464.7s	70.9
9	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	35.49	1058.49	14	479.4s	70.5
10	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Triple Axel	35.10	1073.63	13	483.2s	70.1
11	Shadow Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	38.43	681.09	22	478.4s	68.6
12	Kyurem	Dragon Breath	Glaciate *	35.33	843.80	17	495.6s	67.1
13	Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	35.97	783.32	19	493.6s	67.0
14	Glaceon	Frost Breath	Avalanche	35.52	790.18	18	498.2s	66.5
15	Shadow Articuno	Frost Breath	Ice Beam	32.16	1070.22	14	522.5s	65.3
16	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Blizzard	35.77	604.90	24	518.6s	63.3
17	Shadow Piloswine	Ice Shard	Avalanche	35.00	619.73	24	525.4s	62.5
18	Shadow Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	33.41	707.41	21	533.8s	61.9
19	Shadow Walrein	Frost Breath	Icicle Spear *	32.60	766.61	19	538.5s	61.7
20	Shadow Cloyster	Frost Breath	Avalanche	33.56	653.53	22	538.8s	61.1
21	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	32.85	705.12	21	541.7s	61.0
22	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	29.39	1074.34	13	566.2s	60.8
23	Avalugg	Ice Fang	Avalanche	29.65	985.35	15	566.7s	60.2
24	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	31.69	759.38	19	552.4s	60.2
25	Jynx	Frost Breath	Avalanche	34.46	544.03	27	545.6s	60.1
26	Shadow Gardevoir	Charm	Triple Axel	32.09	715.78	20	551.2s	60.1
27	Shadow Regice	Frost Breath	Blizzard	29.92	931.35	16	565.8s	59.9
28	Ninetales (Alola Shadow)	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	31.01	751.28	19	563.6s	59.0
29	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Outrage	30.89	744.29	20	566.2s	58.7
30	Shadow Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Outrage	31.43	688.36	21	564.5s	58.6
31	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Triple Axel	30.80	732.94	20	568.9s	58.4
32	Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	31.51	666.12	22	566.1s	58.3
33	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Blizzard	28.07	1038.29	14	592.2s	58.2
34	Aurorus	Frost Breath	Weather Ball	30.05	752.26	19	578.9s	57.6
35	Shadow Lapras	Frost Breath	Ice Beam *	29.52	780.83	19	585.0s	57.2
36	Beartic	Powder Snow	Ice Punch	30.46	674.49	22	581.4s	56.9
37	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	29.79	720.83	20	586.7s	56.7
38	Articuno	Frost Breath	Blizzard	26.73	1056.52	14	617.9s	56.2
39	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	Ice Punch	28.71	786.59	19	598.8s	56.0
40	Hisuian Avalugg	Powder Snow	Blizzard	28.27	819.09	18	603.9s	55.8
41	Vanilluxe	Frost Breath	Blizzard	29.94	642.39	23	594.3s	55.6
42	Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Blizzard	30.00	605.51	24	599.1s	55.0
43	Genesect (Chill)	Fury Cutter	Techno Blast *	27.52	767.40	19	623.3s	53.9
44	Mega Latias	Dragon Breath	Outrage	27.03	789.85	18	631.0s	53.4
45	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	29.72	537.16	27	616.4s	53.3
46	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	27.68	706.46	21	626.8s	53.3
47	Shadow Feraligatr	Ice Fang	Ice Beam	28.82	595.96	25	621.1s	53.1
48	Piloswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	28.65	605.59	24	622.7s	53.0
49	Primal Groudon	Dragon Tail	Precipice Blades *	26.51	817.39	18	639.3s	53.0
50	Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	27.47	693.25	21	632.7s	52.7

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About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Zygarde (Complete) in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Zygarde (Complete) down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Zygarde (Complete) counter is Shadow Mamoswine, followed by Shadow Weavile, Galarian Standard Darmanitan, and Baxcalibur. The table also includes Mega Rayquaza, Mamoswine, Mega Glalie, and Shadow Mewtwo, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Zygarde (Complete) type chart

When fighting Zygarde (Complete), keep in mind the following that Dragon and Ground-type Pokémon are weak to Ice, Dragon, and Fairy type moves. They take reduced damage from Fire, Poison, Rock, and Electric type moves.

Weaknesses

Ice	256.0%
Dragon	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	24.4%
Fire	62.5%
Poison	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 weather for Zygarde (Complete) Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ice	53.0%	Snow
Dragon	29.0%	Windy
Fairy	5.5%	Cloudy
Water	4.0%	Rainy
Normal	2.5%	Partly Cloudy
Psychic	1.5%	Windy
Fighting	1.5%	Cloudy
Bug	1.5%	Rainy
Ground	0.5%	Sunny
Grass	0.5%	Sunny
Dark	0.5%	Fog

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.