Best Lunala counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Lunala 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

5-Star Raid (15000 HP)↓

Attacker typing

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Best overall 👑

Mega Tyranitar

Bite Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

• 52.5%
• 35.5%
• 4.5%
• 3.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	51.03	2236.63	6	320.8s	109.6
2	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	52.19	1486.96	10	327.7s	102.7
3	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	62.66	685.12	21	327.0s	101.5
4	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	56.41	649.55	23	358.3s	92.3
5	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	46.22	1310.68	11	370.3s	90.9
6	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	43.00	1458.79	10	389.9s	87.7
7	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	53.76	558.48	26	386.5s	86.1
8	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	48.17	854.78	17	381.6s	86.1
9	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	45.16	1046.64	14	389.5s	85.2
10	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	40.90	1483.40	10	407.2s	84.5
11	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	47.66	808.76	18	388.9s	84.4
12	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	43.60	1050.84	14	401.2s	82.9
13	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	47.30	748.83	20	397.3s	82.6
14	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	43.25	954.78	15	409.7s	80.8
15	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	44.84	820.46	18	407.6s	80.6
16	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	46.83	684.43	21	408.0s	80.4
17	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	43.06	895.05	16	415.4s	79.4
18	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	41.46	970.20	15	423.6s	78.4
19	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	46.69	608.88	24	419.8s	78.3
20	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	44.65	714.25	21	419.9s	78.1
21	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	51.24	398.95	37	443.2s	77.4
22	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	38.03	1204.48	12	444.2s	76.5
23	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	45.89	567.46	26	432.6s	76.2
24	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	49.50	416.88	35	446.9s	76.0
25	Shadow Drifblim	Hex	Shadow Ball	46.09	551.57	27	434.2s	76.0
26	Guzzlord	Snarl	Brutal Swing	38.99	1036.86	14	442.6s	75.6
27	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	44.30	620.46	24	435.3s	75.4
28	Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	39.80	842.27	17	448.1s	73.7
29	Mega Gardevoir	Charge Beam	Shadow Ball	39.99	800.83	18	450.1s	73.2
30	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	45.29	482.17	31	455.7s	72.9
31	Zarude	Bite	Dark Pulse	35.96	1143.56	13	469.6s	72.4
32	Shadow Shiftry	Snarl	Foul Play	42.13	603.78	24	455.5s	72.1
33	Mega Ampharos	Charge Beam	Brutal Swing	39.59	759.29	19	457.9s	71.9
34	Zoroark	Snarl	Foul Play	41.35	612.78	24	460.6s	71.2
35	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	38.71	784.38	19	464.0s	71.0
36	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	39.86	672.40	22	465.6s	70.5
37	Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	37.04	808.28	18	479.2s	69.0
38	Lunala	Confusion	Shadow Ball	37.16	787.32	19	479.9s	68.8
39	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	35.97	884.56	16	484.9s	68.7
40	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	42.30	467.16	32	483.0s	68.6
41	Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	38.41	670.96	22	479.9s	68.4
42	Bisharp	Snarl	Dark Pulse	34.59	1005.42	14	493.3s	68.3
43	Muk (Alola Shadow)	Snarl	Dark Pulse	36.02	808.57	18	490.7s	67.5
44	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse	41.13	475.14	31	491.0s	67.3
45	Deoxys (Attack)	Poison Jab	Dark Pulse	48.86	207.69	72	595.9s	65.3
46	Skeledirge	Bite	Shadow Ball	36.23	672.97	22	503.1s	65.3
47	Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	41.63	387.81	38	515.1s	65.2
48	Incineroar	Snarl	Dark Pulse	32.68	997.08	15	519.2s	65.2
49	Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	37.82	558.71	26	504.0s	65.1
50	Krookodile	Snarl	Crunch	33.78	823.55	18	516.9s	64.4

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Lunala type chart

When fighting Lunala, keep in mind the following that Psychic and Ghost-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, and Ghost type moves. They take reduced damage from Poison, Psychic, Normal, and Fighting type moves.

Weaknesses

Dark	256.0%
Ghost	256.0%

Resistances

Fighting	24.4%
Normal	39.1%
Poison	62.5%
Psychic	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 Lunala in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Lunala down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Lunala counter is Mega Tyranitar, followed by Shadow Tyranitar, Mega Gengar, and Mega Banette. The table also includes Mega Houndoom, Tyranitar, Shadow Cursola, and Shadow Weavile, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Lunala 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.