Best Zeraora counters

The best Zeraora counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Garchomp, Groudon, Shadow Excadrill, and Garchomp. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 3 - 7 Trainers to defeat Zeraora in a 5-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earthquake

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earthquake

Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Excadrill

Mud Shot / Scorching Sands

Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earthquake

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	44.55	3069.7	4	342s	105.0
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earthquake	36.47	3535.0	4	416s	92.2
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	41.62	2002.9	7	368s	91.1
4.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earthquake	34.29	2531.5	5	444s	82.0
5.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	34.90	1981.7	7	438s	79.1
6.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	35.77	1234.4	12	432s	73.2
7.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earthquake	28.78	2493.0	6	528s	71.1
8.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	35.17	1049.1	14	441s	69.8
9.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	31.15	1204.7	12	495s	65.2
10.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	30.54	1171.3	12	504s	63.9
11.	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	28.36	1507.2	9	539s	63.4
12.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	28.70	1427.7	10	534s	63.3
13.	Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	29.70	1217.1	12	518s	62.9
14.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	32.57	728.2	20	482s	61.0
15.	Shadow Golem	Mud Shot	Earthquake	28.24	1121.9	13	545s	59.5
16.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	27.03	1290.1	11	567s	59.1
17.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	29.27	885.9	16	530s	58.3
18.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	29.27	885.9	16	530s	58.3
19.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	26.06	1365.2	10	587s	58.1
20.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	27.75	953.3	15	557s	56.7
21.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	26.58	1126.2	13	578s	56.7
22.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	25.41	1155.9	12	604s	55.0
23.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	28.28	758.5	19	551s	55.0
24.	Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	23.73	1483.1	10	643s	54.8
25.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	23.92	1407.9	10	638s	54.6
26.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	25.53	1035.9	14	603s	54.0
27.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	30.41	491.4	30	524s	53.3
28.	Shadow Sandslash	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	25.87	883.6	16	597s	52.8
29.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	29.34	540.4	27	540s	52.8
30.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	29.70	500.3	29	535s	52.5

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Group size

You need at least 3 Trainers to defeat a Zeraora in a 5-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 3 Trainers
Optimal group size: 4 - 7 Trainers
Very easy with: 8+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 3 Trainers

Zeraora CP range from Raids

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

From 1870 CP to 1953 CP, with no weather boost
From 2338 CP to 2442 CP with Rain weather boost

Zeraora weaknesses

Zeraora type chart

When fighting Zeraora, keep in mind the that Electric-type Pokémon are weak to Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Flying, and Steel-type moves.

Weaknesses

Ground160.0%

Resistances

Electric62.5%
Flying62.5%
Steel62.5%

More information

Zeraora takes increased damage from Ground type moves.
Zeraora takes reduced damage from Electric, Flying, 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 Zeraora

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	190.0%	Sunny
Dragon	46.0%	Windy
Ghost	28.0%	Fog
Psychic	26.0%	Windy
Fire	26.0%	Sunny
Grass	20.0%	Sunny
Fighting	18.0%	Cloudy
Rock	10.0%	Partly Cloudy
Water	8.0%	Rain
Dark	8.0%	Fog
Normal	6.0%	Partly Cloudy
Steel	6.0%	Snow
Electric	4.0%	Rain
Ice	4.0%	Snow

About our ranking methodology

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