Best Decidueye counters

The best Decidueye counters in Pokémon GO are Mega Rayquaza, Dawn Wings Necrozma, Mega Gengar, Rayquaza, Mega Y Charizard, Yveltal, and Mega Blaziken. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Decidueye in a 3-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Mega Rayquaza

Air Slash / Dragon Ascent

Dawn Wings Necrozma

Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam

Mega Gengar

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

Rayquaza

Air Slash / Dragon Ascent

Mega Y Charizard

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

Yveltal

Sucker Punch / Oblivion Wing

Mega Blaziken

Fire Spin / Blaze Kick

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	56.05	2270.9	1	66s	118.5
2.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	54.87	995.5	3	70s	98.5
3.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	50.81	976.7	3	75s	92.3
4.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	43.37	1376.3	2	86s	87.2
5.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	40.33	1368.5	2	92s	82.2
6.	Yveltal	Sucker Punch	Oblivion Wing *	38.79	1518.4	2	96s	81.4
7.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blaze Kick	43.66	939.2	3	87s	81.1
8.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	46.61	651.2	5	83s	79.3
9.	Shadow Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	47.32	589.8	6	83s	78.7
10.	Origin Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	38.82	1241.8	2	96s	78.2
11.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack *	40.05	1099.2	3	94s	78.2
12.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Sunsteel Strike	38.82	1106.3	3	96s	76.4
13.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	37.10	1221.5	2	100s	75.2
14.	Mega Pidgeot	Air Slash	Brave Bird	36.66	1222.4	2	102s	74.5
15.	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Sky Attack	41.36	753.3	4	92s	74.3
16.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Shadow Ball	42.99	640.1	5	90s	74.1
17.	Shadow Salamence	Bite	Fly	37.97	1015.4	3	99s	73.7
18.	Mega Salamence	Bite	Fly	33.82	1528.9	2	109s	73.1
19.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	34.86	1187.7	3	107s	71.1
20.	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	38.29	816.6	4	99s	71.0
21.	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Avalanche	39.72	695.2	5	96s	70.8
22.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	39.75	675.2	5	96s	70.4
23.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	35.14	1076.6	3	106s	70.2
24.	Shadow Entei	Fire Spin	Overheat	35.97	969.2	3	104s	70.0
25.	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blaze Kick	40.23	621.7	5	96s	69.9
26.	Shadow Typhlosion	Shadow Claw	Blast Burn *	37.78	777.4	4	100s	69.6
27.	Shadow Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	36.45	852.5	4	103s	68.9
28.	Altered Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	32.77	1236.2	2	113s	68.3
29.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Fire Punch *	33.38	1148.6	3	111s	68.3
30.	Galarian Moltres	Sucker Punch	Brave Bird	32.29	1305.5	2	115s	68.2

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Group size

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

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

Decidueye CP range from Raids

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

From 1511 CP to 1585 CP, with no weather boost
From 1889 CP to 1982 CP with Sunny and Fog weather boost

Decidueye weaknesses

Decidueye type chart

When fighting Decidueye, keep in mind the that Grass and Ghost-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, and Ice-type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Grass, Ground, Water, Fighting, and Normal-type moves.

Weaknesses

Dark160.0%
Fire160.0%
Flying160.0%
Ghost160.0%
Ice160.0%

Resistances

Fighting39.1%
Normal39.1%
Electric62.5%
Grass62.5%
Ground62.5%
Water62.5%

More information

Decidueye takes increased damage from Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, and Ice type moves.
Decidueye takes reduced damage from Fighting, Normal, Electric, Grass, Ground, and Water type moves.
Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Decidueye

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ghost	96.0%	Fog
Fire	90.0%	Sunny
Flying	72.0%	Windy
Dark	68.0%	Fog
Ice	42.0%	Snow
Psychic	14.0%	Windy
Steel	6.0%	Snow
Dragon	6.0%	Windy
Ground	2.0%	Sunny
Electric	2.0%	Rain
Rock	2.0%	Partly Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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