Best Buzzwole counters

The best Buzzwole counters in Pokémon GO are Mega Rayquaza, Rayquaza, Shadow Moltres, Shadow Staraptor, Incarnate Forme Enamorus, Yveltal, and Shadow Honchkrow. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 2 - 5 Trainers to defeat Buzzwole in a 5-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Mega Rayquaza

Air Slash / Dragon Ascent

Rayquaza

Air Slash / Dragon Ascent

Shadow Moltres

Wing Attack / Sky Attack

Shadow Staraptor

Gust / Fly

Incarnate Forme Enamorus

Fairy Wind / Fly

Yveltal

Gust / Oblivion Wing

Shadow Honchkrow

Peck / Sky Attack

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	69.49	2800.7	5	222s	146.8
2.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	53.89	1702.1	8	288s	108.3
3.	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	49.41	1553.0	9	314s	99.2
4.	Shadow Staraptor	Gust *	Fly	51.74	829.6	18	308s	90.5
5.	Incarnate Forme Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	43.08	1500.3	9	359s	88.3
6.	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing *	45.51	1175.6	12	343s	87.8
7.	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	53.15	633.2	23	306s	87.6
8.	Mega Pidgeot	Gust *	Brave Bird	45.91	1053.0	14	341s	86.4
9.	Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	40.88	1524.9	9	377s	85.0
10.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	41.89	1166.9	12	371s	82.0
11.	Therian Forme Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	38.27	1601.5	9	402s	81.4
12.	Shadow Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	45.89	734.8	20	348s	80.3
13.	Mega Y Charizard	Air Slash	Blast Burn *	38.10	1475.1	10	404s	79.8
14.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	37.20	1565.7	9	413s	79.3
15.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	37.20	1565.7	9	413s	79.3
16.	Therian Forme Tornadus	Gust	Bleakwind Storm *	39.37	1214.1	12	394s	78.7
17.	Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Aeroblast *	35.59	1727.7	8	431s	78.1
18.	Staraptor	Gust *	Fly	42.44	811.9	18	372s	77.0
19.	Braviary	Air Slash	Fly	39.90	923.9	16	393s	75.2
20.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Brave Bird	39.37	944.6	15	397s	74.8
21.	Galarian Articuno	Psycho Cut	Brave Bird	36.25	1243.8	12	426s	74.1
22.	Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	43.00	612.4	24	374s	73.5
23.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	40.61	745.4	20	390s	73.0
24.	Hisuian Braviary	Air Slash	Fly	36.39	1054.3	14	427s	71.8
25.	Incarnate Forme Tornadus	Air Slash	Hurricane	35.96	980.1	15	433s	70.1
26.	Tornadus	Air Slash	Hurricane	35.96	980.1	15	433s	70.1
27.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	34.41	1139.1	13	450s	69.8
28.	Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	30.97	1542.3	9	495s	68.3
29.	Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	37.60	718.1	20	420s	68.2
30.	Shadow Scyther	Air Slash	Aerial Ace	35.05	942.6	15	444s	68.1

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Group size

You need at least 2 Trainers to defeat a Buzzwole 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

Buzzwole CP range from Raids

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

From 1894 CP to 1977 CP, with no weather boost
From 2368 CP to 2472 CP with Rain and Cloudy weather boost

Buzzwole weaknesses

Buzzwole type chart

When fighting Buzzwole, keep in mind the that Bug and Fighting-type Pokémon are weak to Flying (2x), Fairy, Fire, and Psychic-type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Dark, Fighting, Grass, and Ground-type moves.

Weaknesses

Flying	256.0%
Fairy	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Psychic	160.0%

Resistances

Bug	62.5%
Dark	62.5%
Fighting	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ground	62.5%

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

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Buzzwole

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Flying	234.0%	Windy
Psychic	76.0%	Windy
Fire	54.0%	Sunny
Fairy	6.0%	Cloudy
Electric	6.0%	Rain
Dragon	6.0%	Windy
Bug	4.0%	Rain
Normal	4.0%	Partly Cloudy
Poison	4.0%	Cloudy
Ghost	2.0%	Fog
Fighting	2.0%	Cloudy
Steel	2.0%	Snow

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Buzzwole in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Buzzwole 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 Buzzwole 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.