Best Dhelmise counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Dhelmise 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 Rayquaza

Air Slash

Dragon Ascent

Best performing move types

35.5%
17.5%
16.5%
14.5%
8.5%
3.5%
2.0%
1.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	52.60	1586.43	2	77.5s	104.7
2	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	39.82	1120.77	3	103.3s	78.1
3	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	41.97	895.15	4	101.9s	77.8
4	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	41.00	966.58	3	102.7s	77.6
5	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	43.92	630.93	5	104.8s	75.2
6	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	38.55	1046.07	3	107.2s	75.1
7	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack *	38.36	872.03	4	110.4s	72.1
8	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	40.20	705.49	5	110.0s	71.7
9	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	35.04	1074.93	3	116.1s	70.0
10	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Sky Attack	40.28	613.44	5	112.8s	69.8
11	Yveltal	Snarl	Oblivion Wing *	33.87	1110.86	3	119.3s	68.6
12	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	34.41	972.65	3	119.4s	67.6
13	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Brave Bird	33.68	1029.82	3	120.9s	67.2
14	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	38.67	593.33	6	117.4s	67.1
15	Mega Pidgeot	Gust *	Brave Bird	33.65	985.49	3	121.6s	66.6
16	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	40.83	457.26	7	119.7s	66.4
17	Mega Houndoom	Fire Fang	Foul Play	33.55	974.95	3	122.1s	66.3
18	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Overheat	34.75	819.93	4	121.2s	65.8
19	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	38.53	524.50	6	120.9s	65.2
20	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	39.12	470.16	7	122.7s	64.6
21	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	35.08	693.92	5	123.4s	64.1
22	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Avalanche	37.44	512.16	7	124.3s	63.4
23	Shadow Staraptor	Gust *	Brave Bird	34.44	708.38	5	124.9s	63.4
24	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	32.04	922.86	3	128.0s	63.2
25	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	30.94	1049.65	3	130.1s	63.1
26	Shadow Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	35.66	561.14	6	126.6s	62.2
27	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	38.82	392.35	9	129.4s	61.9
28	Shadow Typhlosion	Incinerate	Blast Burn *	34.43	620.19	5	127.8s	61.7
29	Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack *	31.64	855.90	4	130.6s	61.6
30	Primal Groudon	Dragon Tail	Fire Punch *	30.45	979.96	3	132.9s	61.4
31	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	32.88	688.30	5	130.4s	60.8
32	Shadow Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	32.97	676.97	5	130.5s	60.7
33	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	36.21	464.72	7	130.4s	60.6
34	Volcarona	Fire Spin	Overheat	30.78	829.90	4	134.3s	59.9
35	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	32.17	679.41	5	133.1s	59.5
36	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	30.01	873.43	4	136.4s	59.3
37	Honchkrow	Snarl	Sky Attack	32.98	599.65	6	133.2s	59.2
38	Shadow Houndoom	Fire Fang	Foul Play	32.57	613.74	5	134.0s	58.9
39	Chandelure	Fire Spin	Shadow Ball	34.40	492.26	7	133.9s	58.8
40	Shadow Arcanine	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	32.40	621.55	5	134.3s	58.8
41	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	31.61	682.07	5	135.0s	58.8
42	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	30.89	738.06	4	136.1s	58.6
43	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	34.33	487.37	7	134.4s	58.6
44	Standard Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	32.32	595.41	6	135.6s	58.2
45	Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	32.32	595.41	6	135.6s	58.2
46	Shadow Magmortar	Fire Spin	Fire Punch	32.59	569.51	6	135.8s	58.0
47	Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Brave Bird	28.01	1016.49	3	142.7s	57.9
48	Mega Salamence	Fire Fang	Fire Blast	28.28	953.71	3	142.4s	57.6
49	Lunala	Air Slash	Shadow Ball	32.99	512.54	7	137.2s	57.4
50	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	31.62	600.20	5	137.9s	57.3

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Dhelmise counter is Mega Rayquaza, followed by Mega Y Charizard, Mega Blaziken, and Rayquaza. The table also includes Mega Gengar, Mega Tyranitar, Shadow Moltres, and Shadow Tyranitar, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Dhelmise type chart

When fighting Dhelmise, keep in mind the following that Ghost and Grass-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, and Ice type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Grass, Ground, Water, Fighting, and Normal type moves.

Weaknesses

Dark	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Flying	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Ice	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	39.1%
Normal	39.1%
Electric	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ground	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 Dhelmise Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fire	35.5%	Sunny
Dark	17.5%	Fog
Ghost	16.5%	Fog
Flying	14.5%	Windy
Ice	8.5%	Snow
Psychic	3.5%	Windy
Electric	2.0%	Rainy
Dragon	1.5%	Windy
Poison	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.