Best Pyukumuku counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Pyukumuku 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)↓

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Best overall 👑

Mega Sceptile

Fury Cutter Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

• 40.0%
• 35.5%
• 6.0%
• 5.0%
• 4.0%
• 4.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	30.51	1576.51	2	127.1s	67.8
2	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	26.39	2110.23	1	143.2s	64.1
3	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	28.81	1390.15	2	135.3s	63.1
4	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	27.71	1501.80	2	139.5s	62.2
5	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	26.26	1770.93	2	145.2s	61.6
6	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	28.05	1318.30	2	139.3s	61.1
7	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	27.66	1385.24	2	140.5s	61.1
8	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	26.99	1518.58	2	142.9s	61.0
9	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	23.53	2554.85	1	158.7s	60.9
10	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	28.64	1179.18	3	137.9s	60.8
11	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	26.88	1478.79	2	143.7s	60.5
12	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	24.17	2096.72	1	155.8s	59.7
13	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	24.56	1964.54	1	153.9s	59.7
14	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	25.47	1668.00	2	150.0s	59.4
15	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	22.82	2363.00	1	163.9s	58.5
16	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	24.29	1670.62	2	156.8s	57.2
17	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	25.47	1375.96	2	151.8s	57.1
18	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	25.33	1363.36	2	152.7s	56.7
19	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	26.71	1108.31	3	147.8s	56.7
20	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	24.23	1597.04	2	157.6s	56.6
21	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	26.52	1073.78	3	149.1s	56.1
22	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	24.82	1384.98	2	155.4s	56.0
23	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	24.43	1336.00	2	158.1s	54.9
24	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	22.23	1796.09	2	170.0s	54.1
25	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	23.14	1475.81	2	165.3s	53.7
26	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	22.77	1513.21	2	167.6s	53.3
27	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	25.75	937.09	3	155.2s	53.3
28	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Psychic	20.98	2017.26	1	178.7s	52.9
29	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	22.55	1492.62	2	169.3s	52.7
30	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	20.27	2214.74	1	184.1s	52.5
31	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	23.89	1160.84	3	163.1s	52.4
32	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	25.25	934.21	3	158.0s	52.4
33	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	24.12	1109.60	3	162.2s	52.3
34	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	22.46	1448.80	2	170.2s	52.2
35	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	24.11	1086.45	3	162.6s	52.1
36	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	25.84	823.48	4	156.8s	52.0
37	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	20.56	1920.08	1	182.6s	51.6
38	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	22.14	1394.54	2	172.9s	51.2
39	Deoxys (Normal)	Charge Beam	Thunderbolt	23.81	1031.26	3	165.1s	51.0
40	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	24.62	871.00	4	162.7s	50.6
41	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	22.55	1185.30	3	171.8s	50.3
42	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	20.80	1524.07	2	182.5s	49.6
43	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	20.80	1507.73	2	182.6s	49.5
44	Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	20.32	1638.08	2	186.0s	49.5
45	Shadow Arcanine	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	22.63	1071.51	3	172.5s	49.4
46	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	21.82	1197.56	3	177.0s	49.1
47	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	23.87	837.19	4	168.0s	49.0
48	Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	22.26	1090.78	3	174.9s	48.9
49	Tapu Koko	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	21.75	1190.90	3	177.6s	48.9
50	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	22.87	972.32	3	172.2s	48.8

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Pyukumuku type chart

When fighting Pyukumuku, 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.

About the results

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

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

The most effective move-types to use against Pyukumuku 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.