Best Solgaleo counters

The best Solgaleo counters in Pokémon GO are Dawn Wings Necrozma, Primal Groudon, Mega Gengar, Shadow Groudon, Mega Y Charizard, Mega Garchomp, and Mega Blaziken. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 2 - 5 Trainers to defeat Solgaleo in a 5-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Dawn Wings Necrozma

Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam

Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Gengar

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Y Charizard

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Mega Blaziken

Fire Spin / Blaze Kick

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	47.69	1208.9	12	327s	91.6
2.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	42.12	1514.7	9	367s	86.9
3.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	44.90	687.7	21	356s	77.8
4.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	39.84	716.2	20	398s	71.4
5.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	35.46	1061.4	14	438s	70.5
6.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	35.23	1073.0	13	440s	70.3
7.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blaze Kick	38.60	737.3	20	409s	70.0
8.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	40.75	577.6	25	395s	69.6
9.	Origin Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	34.00	1150.1	13	455s	69.3
10.	Shadow Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	42.02	416.9	35	393s	66.7
11.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Shadow Ball	37.17	645.3	23	427s	66.1
12.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	32.61	1042.0	14	475s	65.7
13.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	33.80	763.6	19	464s	63.4
14.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	32.98	798.7	18	474s	62.8
15.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	36.45	520.7	28	441s	62.3
16.	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	33.67	698.6	21	467s	62.1
17.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	30.51	1015.2	14	507s	62.0
18.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	30.68	987.8	15	505s	61.9
19.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	33.30	713.4	21	472s	61.8
20.	Shadow Entei	Fire Spin	Overheat	31.51	810.2	18	495s	60.7
21.	Altered Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	28.74	1144.7	13	535s	60.6
22.	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blaze Kick	35.70	490.1	30	451s	60.5
23.	Shadow Typhlosion	Shadow Claw	Blast Burn *	33.17	651.2	23	476s	60.5
24.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	33.21	646.2	23	475s	60.5
25.	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	35.59	455.5	32	455s	59.5
26.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	28.45	1027.4	14	542s	58.7
27.	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	28.21	999.8	15	547s	58.0
28.	Blacephalon	Astonish	Shadow Ball	33.14	527.8	28	482s	57.9
29.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	31.06	654.6	22	506s	57.5
30.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	31.57	604.6	24	500s	57.3

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Group size

You need at least 2 Trainers to defeat a Solgaleo in a 5-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 2 Trainers
Optimal group size: 3 - 5 Trainers
Very easy with: 6+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 2 Trainers

Solgaleo CP range from Raids

Solgaleo can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 2219 CP to 2310 CP, with no weather boost
From 2774 CP to 2887 CP with Windy and Snow weather boost

Solgaleo weaknesses

Solgaleo type chart

When fighting Solgaleo, keep in mind the that Psychic and Steel-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, Fire, Ghost, and Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Rock, Steel, Poison, and Psychic-type moves.

Weaknesses

Dark160.0%
Fire160.0%
Ghost160.0%
Ground160.0%

Resistances

Poison39.1%
Psychic39.1%
Dragon62.5%
Fairy62.5%
Flying62.5%
Grass62.5%
Ice62.5%
Normal62.5%
Rock62.5%
Steel62.5%

More information

Solgaleo takes increased damage from Dark, Fire, Ghost, and Ground type moves.
Solgaleo takes reduced damage from Poison, Psychic, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Rock, and Steel type moves.
Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Solgaleo

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fire	118.0%	Sunny
Ghost	108.0%	Fog
Dark	84.0%	Fog
Ground	66.0%	Sunny
Psychic	6.0%	Windy
Water	6.0%	Rain
Electric	6.0%	Rain
Fighting	4.0%	Cloudy
Steel	2.0%	Snow

About our ranking methodology

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

This guide displays a list of best Solgaleo 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. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

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 attacks, 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. Reddit

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.