Best Lycanroc counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Lycanroc 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

Extreme↓

Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

Attacker typing

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Best overall 👑

Primal Kyogre

Waterfall Origin Pulse *

Best performing move types

• 25.0%
• 24.0%
• 15.5%
• 15.0%
• 13.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	51.13	1550.71	2	79.7s	101.9
2	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	50.91	1546.43	2	80.0s	101.5
3	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	50.42	1044.94	3	85.2s	93.0
4	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	48.61	1170.74	3	86.4s	92.4
5	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	47.49	1179.92	3	88.0s	90.9
6	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	46.51	954.08	3	92.5s	85.6
7	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	44.96	1072.90	3	93.5s	85.3
8	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	45.89	966.29	3	93.3s	84.9
9	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	43.57	1159.95	3	95.0s	84.5
10	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	43.65	1033.39	3	96.4s	82.7
11	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	44.35	964.60	3	96.1s	82.6
12	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	41.88	1124.54	3	98.8s	81.4
13	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	45.00	770.84	4	98.7s	79.8
14	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	47.81	592.42	6	99.6s	79.4
15	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	41.49	1022.76	3	100.9s	79.2
16	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	39.51	1227.65	2	102.8s	79.1
17	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	41.82	973.70	3	100.9s	79.0
18	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	44.71	730.83	4	100.2s	78.5
19	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	41.24	984.49	3	101.9s	78.3
20	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	39.61	1112.36	3	103.8s	77.7
21	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	37.18	1415.88	2	107.0s	77.6
22	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	38.95	1176.30	3	104.7s	77.5
23	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	41.82	883.89	4	102.4s	77.4
24	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	43.36	735.43	4	102.6s	76.8
25	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	42.82	755.33	4	103.1s	76.4
26	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	39.83	987.31	3	105.0s	76.2
27	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	39.38	1014.64	3	105.6s	75.9
28	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	39.72	969.27	3	105.5s	75.7
29	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	40.75	844.17	4	105.4s	75.1
30	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	38.04	1093.51	3	107.8s	75.0
31	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	38.29	1029.11	3	108.0s	74.4
32	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	41.21	767.59	4	106.1s	74.4
33	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	42.15	689.26	5	106.3s	74.1
34	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Leaf Blade	40.65	753.05	4	107.7s	73.3
35	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	35.87	1135.76	3	113.0s	72.1
36	Excadrill	Metal Claw	Scorching Sands	38.67	842.54	4	110.2s	72.0
37	Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	36.18	1077.35	3	112.9s	71.8
38	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	41.71	615.63	5	109.7s	71.8
39	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Power Whip	41.10	648.30	5	109.8s	71.7
40	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Earthquake	36.97	930.23	3	112.9s	70.9
41	Shadow Ursaluna	Rock Smash	High Horsepower *	36.84	940.22	3	113.0s	70.9
42	Shadow Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	39.27	727.05	4	111.5s	70.8
43	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	36.58	946.61	3	113.6s	70.6
44	Shadow Dragonite	Steel Wing	Superpower	38.04	808.41	4	112.4s	70.5
45	Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon *	40.06	651.11	5	112.0s	70.3
46	Melmetal	Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash *	34.67	1135.40	3	116.5s	70.2
47	Breloom	Counter	Grass Knot *	37.41	833.14	4	113.5s	70.0
48	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	32.55	1422.27	2	120.7s	69.9
49	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	40.60	594.20	6	112.9s	69.7
50	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	33.27	1286.78	2	119.4s	69.7

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Lycanroc type chart

When fighting Lycanroc, keep in mind the following that Rock-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water type moves. They take reduced damage from Fire, Flying, Normal, and Poison type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%
Grass	160.0%
Ground	160.0%
Steel	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Fire	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Poison	62.5%

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

About the results

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

The top-ranked Lycanroc counter is Primal Kyogre, followed by Primal Groudon, Shadow Metagross, and Mega Sceptile. The table also includes Mega Swampert, Mega Blaziken, Terrakion, and Kartana, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Lycanroc are:

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.