Best Popplio counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Popplio 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 👑

Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed

Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

47.0%
35.0%
8.0%
3.0%
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	60.19	4751.47	0	62.8s	145.9
2	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	52.80	4167.76	0	71.6s	128.0
3	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	57.64	2653.69	1	67.9s	125.1
4	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	52.30	3767.57	0	72.6s	124.4
5	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	49.50	3754.13	0	76.6s	119.0
6	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	51.01	3304.32	1	74.9s	118.7
7	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	55.90	2186.60	1	71.0s	117.3
8	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	56.84	1924.64	1	70.8s	115.8
9	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	56.00	2028.58	1	71.4s	115.7
10	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	48.53	3419.72	1	78.4s	114.9
11	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	57.91	1715.28	2	70.6s	114.8
12	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	46.77	3855.36	0	80.7s	114.4
13	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	47.93	3448.66	1	79.3s	114.0
14	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	54.55	2039.88	1	73.0s	113.5
15	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	52.46	2284.36	1	74.9s	112.6
16	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	48.92	2932.11	1	78.5s	112.0
17	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	54.42	1907.29	1	73.7s	111.7
18	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	50.06	2620.26	1	77.4s	111.5
19	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	54.11	1614.56	2	75.5s	107.5
20	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	44.83	3344.63	1	84.6s	107.4
21	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	51.83	1863.91	1	77.2s	106.9
22	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	48.73	2362.45	1	80.0s	106.9
23	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	50.36	1915.63	1	79.0s	105.1
24	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	49.63	1957.71	1	79.9s	104.3
25	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	47.26	2366.72	1	82.3s	104.3
26	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	44.16	2744.62	1	86.8s	101.9
27	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	46.35	2142.84	1	84.4s	100.7
28	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	41.45	3244.59	1	91.3s	100.3
29	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	45.42	2272.10	1	85.6s	100.2
30	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	42.19	2944.71	1	90.2s	99.7
31	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	43.52	2554.95	1	88.3s	99.3
32	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	43.69	2512.81	1	88.1s	99.2
33	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	52.60	1201.97	2	80.4s	98.9
34	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	47.97	1682.86	2	83.6s	98.5
35	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	46.76	1854.53	1	84.7s	98.4
36	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	49.40	1481.20	2	82.6s	98.2
37	Alolan Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	40.00	3361.76	1	94.3s	98.2
38	Shadow Meganium	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	43.56	2408.08	1	88.6s	98.1
39	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	40.55	3173.94	1	93.3s	98.1
40	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	45.25	2000.90	1	86.8s	97.4
41	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	43.54	2229.75	1	89.1s	96.6
42	Shadow Vileplume	Razor Leaf	Solar Beam	44.61	2015.92	1	87.8s	96.4
43	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	40.71	2866.03	1	93.4s	96.4
44	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	41.66	2559.84	1	92.0s	95.9
45	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	45.17	1869.05	1	87.4s	95.9
46	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	49.90	1266.51	2	83.5s	95.9
47	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	45.64	1791.19	2	86.9s	95.9
48	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	48.95	1348.92	2	84.2s	95.7
49	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	49.93	1214.65	2	84.0s	95.1
50	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	40.67	2551.65	1	94.2s	94.0

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Popplio counter is Mega Sceptile, followed by Mega Rayquaza, Kartana, and Zekrom. The table also includes Mega Venusaur, Shaymin (Sky), Shadow Raikou, and Xurkitree, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Popplio type chart

When fighting Popplio, keep in mind the following that Water-type Pokémon are weak to Electric, and Grass type moves. They take reduced damage from Fire, Ice, Steel, and Water type moves.

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Grass	160.0%

Resistances

Fire	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Steel	62.5%
Water	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and weather for Popplio Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	47.0%	Sunny
Electric	35.0%	Rainy
Dragon	8.0%	Windy
Psychic	3.0%	Windy
Dark	2.0%	Fog
Flying	1.0%	Windy
Normal	1.0%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	1.0%	Rainy
Ghost	1.0%	Fog
Ground	0.5%	Sunny
Fighting	0.5%	Cloudy

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.