Best Poipole counters

The best Poipole counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Excadrill, Mega Alakazam, and Mewtwo. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 2 - 5 Trainers to defeat Poipole in a 5-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Mewtwo

Confusion / Psystrike

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Mega Alakazam

Confusion / Psychic

Mewtwo

Confusion / Psystrike

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	48.41	3237.5	4	315s	113.4
2.	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	55.92	1349.2	11	280s	106.4
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	45.34	1916.6	7	339s	96.7
4.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	42.71	2406.4	6	358s	96.6
5.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	41.83	2499.5	6	365s	95.7
6.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	50.71	1145.2	13	309s	95.2
7.	Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	46.02	1320.8	11	338s	90.7
8.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	40.59	2125.4	7	377s	90.4
9.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	44.50	1462.2	10	348s	90.1
10.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	38.63	2252.5	6	395s	88.0
11.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	40.69	1720.3	8	378s	86.8
12.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	39.93	1797.5	8	384s	86.3
13.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	45.98	1031.9	14	341s	86.2
14.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	40.55	1674.5	8	379s	86.1
15.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	41.67	1402.0	10	371s	84.8
16.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	44.07	1089.5	13	355s	84.2
17.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	37.90	1891.7	7	404s	83.6
18.	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Psychic *	36.72	1995.0	7	417s	82.4
19.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	34.74	2442.7	6	438s	82.2
20.	Hoopa Unbound	Confusion	Psychic	44.27	933.3	16	355s	81.9
21.	Shadow Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	46.57	732.3	20	343s	81.2
22.	Lunala	Confusion	Psychic	36.06	1963.8	7	424s	81.0
23.	Mega Latias	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	38.34	1513.0	9	402s	80.6
24.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	35.78	1779.9	8	428s	78.9
25.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	36.30	1601.4	9	423s	78.1
26.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	34.97	1833.3	8	438s	77.9
27.	Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	33.74	2075.3	7	452s	77.7
28.	Shadow Gallade	Confusion	Psychic	40.88	901.7	16	384s	76.3
29.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	32.21	2212.5	6	473s	75.9
30.	Hoopa Confined	Confusion	Psychic	36.50	1315.7	11	423s	75.3

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Group size

You need at least 2 Trainers to defeat a Poipole 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

Poipole CP range from Raids

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

From 880 CP to 937 CP, with no weather boost
From 1100 CP to 1171 CP with Cloudy weather boost

Poipole weaknesses

Poipole type chart

When fighting Poipole, keep in mind the that Poison-type Pokémon are weak to Ground and Psychic-type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Grass, and Poison-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%
Psychic	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Bug	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Fighting	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Poison	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 Poipole

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Psychic	190.0%	Windy
Ground	144.0%	Sunny
Fire	18.0%	Sunny
Ghost	8.0%	Fog
Normal	8.0%	Partly Cloudy
Dark	8.0%	Fog
Dragon	6.0%	Windy
Flying	4.0%	Windy
Water	4.0%	Rain
Rock	4.0%	Partly Cloudy
Steel	2.0%	Snow
Bug	2.0%	Rain
Electric	2.0%	Rain

About our ranking methodology

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