Best Necrozma counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Necrozma 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 Gengar

Lick *

Shadow Ball

Best performing move types

32.5%
27.0%
20.5%
4.5%
3.0%
2.5%
2.0%
2.0%
1.5%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	35.90	906.48	16	484.0s	68.9
2	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	31.31	1517.44	9	518.6s	68.7
3	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	31.40	967.51	15	539.7s	62.8
4	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	32.64	701.71	21	545.0s	60.6
5	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	28.61	1081.22	13	579.7s	59.6
6	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	28.42	807.89	18	602.1s	55.9
7	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	30.72	594.93	25	589.2s	55.9
8	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	26.41	976.34	15	629.5s	54.8
9	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	25.57	1071.76	13	642.6s	54.4
10	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	27.03	860.48	17	624.7s	54.4
11	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	27.83	726.09	20	621.6s	53.8
12	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	26.96	819.25	18	629.6s	53.7
13	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	25.12	1055.21	14	653.9s	53.5
14	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	29.05	584.24	25	619.1s	53.2
15	Pheromosa	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	31.55	413.85	36	620.4s	53.0
16	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	27.43	680.30	22	635.1s	52.5
17	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	26.63	736.00	20	644.9s	52.1
18	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	27.38	636.41	23	642.1s	51.7
19	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	25.80	796.54	18	656.7s	51.6
20	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	28.81	516.08	29	636.9s	51.6
21	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	27.95	540.77	27	647.6s	50.8
22	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	25.40	765.91	19	668.9s	50.6
23	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite *	X-Scissor	27.41	551.80	27	656.1s	50.2
24	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Shadow Ball	24.96	777.76	19	678.0s	50.0
25	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	24.42	839.91	17	685.6s	49.9
26	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	25.58	674.10	22	675.4s	49.5
27	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	27.90	456.87	32	669.0s	49.0
28	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	25.16	676.09	22	685.0s	48.9
29	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	28.51	411.44	36	672.0s	48.8
30	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	27.24	491.01	30	672.8s	48.8
31	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	23.95	804.32	18	700.9s	48.7
32	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	22.23	1017.47	14	733.6s	48.2
33	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	23.20	840.34	17	718.0s	47.9
34	Shadow Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	25.93	525.80	28	692.6s	47.6
35	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	21.58	1074.75	13	750.9s	47.6
36	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	25.96	515.59	29	694.1s	47.5
37	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	21.89	1001.46	14	745.3s	47.4
38	Guzzlord	Snarl	Brutal Swing	22.80	820.87	18	730.9s	47.1
39	Shadow Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	25.36	537.48	27	703.2s	47.0
40	Mega Salamence	Bite	Draco Meteor	21.98	937.45	16	746.3s	47.0
41	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	27.58	383.23	39	700.5s	46.9
42	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	23.36	731.30	20	724.2s	46.8
43	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	24.04	648.10	23	716.6s	46.8
44	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	24.18	630.84	23	715.3s	46.7
45	Zarude	Bite	Dark Pulse	22.10	874.93	17	747.2s	46.5
46	Shadow Scyther	Fury Cutter	Bug Buzz *	25.35	507.24	29	709.9s	46.4
47	Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	24.33	587.28	25	718.7s	46.3
48	Lunala	Air Slash	Shadow Ball	21.65	863.69	17	762.2s	45.6
49	Shadow Drifblim	Hex	Shadow Ball	24.28	537.31	27	729.3s	45.4
50	Shadow Salamence	Bite	Draco Meteor	23.71	579.58	25	736.2s	45.2

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About the results

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

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

Necrozma type chart

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

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Necrozma Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Dark	32.5%	Fog
Ghost	27.0%	Fog
Bug	20.5%	Rainy
Dragon	4.5%	Windy
Electric	3.0%	Rainy
Water	2.5%	Rainy
Psychic	2.0%	Windy
Fire	2.0%	Sunny
Flying	1.5%	Windy
Grass	1.5%	Sunny
Ground	1.0%	Sunny
Steel	1.0%	Snow
Poison	0.5%	Cloudy
Rock	0.5%	Partly 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.