Best Bruxish counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Bruxish 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

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Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

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Best overall 👑

Mega Sceptile

Fury Cutter Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

• 25.5%
• 20.5%
• 20.0%
• 17.0%
• 10.5%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	48.91	1423.97	2	83.7s	96.6
2	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	44.34	2075.37	1	88.1s	96.5
3	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	52.38	859.34	4	85.5s	92.1
4	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	45.19	1391.89	2	90.0s	90.3
5	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	40.76	1552.70	2	97.6s	85.1
6	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	43.96	1101.65	3	95.0s	84.3
7	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	47.28	783.18	4	94.5s	83.3
8	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	42.97	1037.59	3	97.7s	81.7
9	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	37.02	1842.29	1	105.1s	81.6
10	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	43.83	913.96	3	97.9s	80.9
11	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	35.18	2147.14	1	109.0s	80.9
12	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	34.84	2219.67	1	109.8s	80.8
13	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	39.25	1364.89	2	102.3s	80.4
14	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	44.65	813.25	4	98.3s	80.2
15	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Shadow Ball	39.82	1244.75	2	102.0s	79.8
16	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	42.48	952.54	3	99.9s	79.6
17	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	40.99	1077.99	3	101.2s	79.3
18	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	43.02	884.04	4	100.0s	79.2
19	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	40.28	1135.70	3	102.0s	79.1
20	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	41.93	966.72	3	100.8s	79.0
21	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	41.26	1005.04	3	101.6s	78.6
22	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	39.18	1208.49	2	103.8s	78.3
23	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	45.06	674.39	5	101.2s	77.8
24	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	37.33	1362.96	2	107.0s	77.3
25	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	41.06	930.22	3	103.2s	77.1
26	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	37.37	1317.54	2	107.3s	76.8
27	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	38.39	1156.94	3	106.2s	76.4
28	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	37.45	1270.91	2	107.5s	76.4
29	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	40.30	947.82	3	104.5s	76.2
30	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	41.81	766.53	4	104.9s	75.2
31	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	36.23	1302.71	2	110.4s	74.7
32	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	38.01	1079.63	3	108.1s	74.7
33	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	38.17	1017.57	3	108.5s	74.1
34	Pheromosa	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	45.67	496.54	7	107.8s	73.9
35	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	39.45	875.79	4	107.7s	73.8
36	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	39.03	901.96	3	108.2s	73.6
37	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	39.26	861.85	4	108.4s	73.2
38	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	38.41	934.49	3	109.1s	73.2
39	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	39.35	833.62	4	108.8s	72.9
40	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	39.62	797.27	4	108.9s	72.6
41	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	37.09	982.82	3	111.7s	71.9
42	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	35.37	1132.47	3	114.5s	71.3
43	Shadow Shiftry	Snarl	Leaf Blade	36.13	1034.21	3	113.6s	71.2
44	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	34.22	1257.65	2	116.7s	70.9
45	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	32.49	1509.50	2	120.3s	70.6
46	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	36.45	959.22	3	113.8s	70.6
47	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	39.07	716.25	5	112.3s	70.3
48	Guzzlord	Snarl	Brutal Swing	30.73	1812.59	1	125.1s	70.1
49	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	38.86	719.39	5	112.6s	70.0
50	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	35.48	1017.60	3	115.6s	69.9

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Bruxish type chart

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

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Dark	160.0%
Electric	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Grass	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Psychic	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 Bruxish in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Bruxish down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Bruxish counter is Mega Sceptile, followed by Mega Tyranitar, Mega Gengar, and Shadow Tyranitar. The table also includes Mega Rayquaza, Kartana, Mega Banette, and Shadow Raikou, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Bruxish 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.