Best Mimikyu counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Mimikyu 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 Gengar

Lick *

Shadow Ball

Best performing move types

35.5%
29.5%
6.5%
6.0%
5.5%
4.0%
3.0%
3.0%
2.0%
2.0%
1.5%
1.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	38.95	755.80	4	111.5s	70.9
2	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	36.50	809.90	4	116.4s	68.2
3	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	35.98	530.94	6	127.2s	61.9
4	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	33.55	602.08	5	131.2s	60.1
5	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	30.34	839.43	4	135.8s	59.3
6	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	30.10	795.65	4	137.7s	58.3
7	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	34.20	455.55	7	136.9s	57.6
8	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	32.04	541.54	6	138.9s	56.7
9	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	28.09	681.88	5	149.3s	53.5
10	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	28.12	668.41	5	149.6s	53.3
11	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	29.73	532.70	6	148.1s	53.2
12	Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	26.44	827.61	4	153.5s	53.0
13	Melmetal	Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash *	24.66	1049.39	3	159.7s	52.7
14	Mega Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	24.20	1124.69	3	161.6s	52.6
15	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	30.43	456.64	7	149.9s	52.5
16	Mega Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	25.28	918.14	3	158.1s	52.3
17	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	23.54	1132.66	3	165.6s	51.6
18	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	32.32	323.30	11	155.9s	51.4
19	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Shadow Ball	27.69	585.78	6	154.6s	51.3
20	Mega Tyranitar	Iron Tail	Brutal Swing	24.01	1009.73	3	164.2s	51.2
21	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	27.50	589.05	6	155.3s	51.1
22	Lunala	Confusion	Shadow Ball	27.84	541.75	6	155.9s	50.7
23	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	26.31	650.50	5	159.0s	50.3
24	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	27.54	543.76	6	157.2s	50.3
25	Shadow Ho-Oh	Steel Wing	Brave Bird	24.16	885.95	4	165.3s	50.0
26	Genesect (Shock)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	25.16	755.30	4	162.2s	50.0
27	Genesect (Normal)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	25.16	755.30	4	162.2s	50.0
28	Genesect (Douse)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	25.16	755.30	4	162.2s	50.0
29	Genesect (Chill)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	25.16	755.30	4	162.2s	50.0
30	Genesect (Burn)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	25.16	755.30	4	162.2s	50.0
31	Shadow Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	26.46	607.60	5	159.8s	49.8
32	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	23.33	956.80	3	169.3s	49.4
33	Excadrill	Metal Claw	Iron Head	25.22	705.25	5	163.2s	49.4
34	Shadow Drifblim	Hex	Shadow Ball	28.46	437.85	8	159.4s	49.4
35	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	29.99	350.26	10	161.1s	49.2
36	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	29.31	377.06	9	161.0s	49.0
37	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	28.86	393.95	9	161.3s	48.9
38	Jirachi	Charge Beam	Doom Desire	24.74	711.22	5	165.8s	48.8
39	Mega Pidgeot	Steel Wing	Brave Bird	23.27	892.09	4	170.8s	48.6
40	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	25.51	621.67	5	164.3s	48.6
41	Shadow Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	24.00	752.67	4	169.1s	48.2
42	Mega Aerodactyl	Steel Wing	Iron Head	24.19	702.44	5	169.3s	47.8
43	Shadow Tyranitar	Iron Tail	Brutal Swing	24.28	663.42	5	170.0s	47.4
44	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	23.58	676.55	5	174.0s	46.5
45	Mega Steelix	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	21.10	1017.01	3	184.8s	46.2
46	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	22.59	762.64	4	178.2s	46.0
47	Shadow Snorlax	Lick	Heavy Slam	20.46	1052.55	3	189.6s	45.4
48	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	23.83	567.96	6	176.4s	45.2
49	Shadow Magneton	Thunder Shock	Magnet Bomb	25.05	440.15	8	176.4s	44.7
50	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	21.61	759.35	4	185.6s	44.4

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Mimikyu counter is Mega Gengar, followed by Shadow Metagross, Mega Banette, and Shadow Mewtwo. The table also includes Mega Rayquaza, Metagross, Shadow Cursola, and Mega Alakazam, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Mimikyu type chart

When fighting Mimikyu, keep in mind the following that Ghost and Fairy-type Pokémon are weak to Ghost, and Steel type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Dragon, Normal, and Fighting type moves.

Weaknesses

Ghost	160.0%
Steel	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	24.4%
Bug	39.1%
Dragon	39.1%
Normal	39.1%

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

Best move-types and weather for Mimikyu Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Steel	35.5%	Snow
Ghost	29.5%	Fog
Flying	6.5%	Windy
Psychic	6.0%	Windy
Fire	5.5%	Sunny
Water	4.0%	Rainy
Electric	3.0%	Rainy
Dark	3.0%	Fog
Ground	2.0%	Sunny
Grass	2.0%	Sunny
Ice	1.5%	Snow
Rock	1.5%	Partly 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.