Best Melmetal counters

The best Melmetal counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Blaziken, Mega Y Charizard, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Excadrill, and Reshiram. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Melmetal in a 3-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Blaziken

Counter / Blast Burn

Mega Y Charizard

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Reshiram

Fire Fang / Fusion Flare

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	38.47	1609.2	2	96s	81.9
2.	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	40.35	854.2	4	94s	74.7
3.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	38.75	769.1	4	98s	70.8
4.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	34.59	1185.3	3	108s	70.7
5.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	36.23	897.3	4	104s	69.3
6.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	34.99	774.4	4	108s	65.4
7.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	33.30	931.7	3	112s	65.3
8.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	34.13	808.1	4	110s	64.7
9.	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	37.17	567.0	6	104s	64.4
10.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	33.30	849.1	4	113s	64.1
11.	Standard Mode Shadow Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	37.04	527.8	6	105s	63.3
12.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	32.80	845.5	4	114s	63.2
13.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	35.41	625.2	5	108s	63.2
14.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	35.08	612.1	5	109s	62.5
15.	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Overheat	33.04	719.6	5	114s	61.5
16.	Keldeo (Ordinary Forme)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	32.42	775.3	4	116s	61.5
17.	Keldeo	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	32.42	775.3	4	116s	61.5
18.	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	34.78	555.6	6	110s	60.8
19.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	32.00	722.7	4	118s	60.1
20.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	30.27	890.0	4	123s	59.9
21.	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	29.45	935.3	3	127s	59.2
22.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	33.87	541.4	6	113s	59.2
23.	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	33.26	567.5	6	115s	59.0
24.	Shadow Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	33.80	528.7	6	114s	58.9
25.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	34.51	479.6	7	112s	58.7
26.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire+	31.44	677.5	5	120s	58.4
27.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	34.47	469.1	7	113s	58.4
28.	Shadow Typhlosion	Incinerate	Blast Burn *	32.86	546.3	6	117s	57.9
29.	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	32.32	580.7	6	118s	57.9
30.	Mega Houndoom	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	31.55	630.3	5	120s	57.7

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Group size

You need at least 1 Trainers to defeat a Melmetal in a 3-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 1 Trainers
Optimal group size: 2 - 3 Trainers
Very easy with: 4+ Trainers

Melmetal CP range from Raids

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

From 1971 CP to 2056 CP, with no weather boost
From 2464 CP to 2571 CP with Snow weather boost

Melmetal weaknesses

Melmetal type chart

When fighting Melmetal, keep in mind the that Steel-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Psychic, Rock, Steel, and Poison-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Poison	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Dragon	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%
Rock	62.5%
Steel	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 Melmetal

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fire	164.0%	Sunny
Fighting	124.0%	Cloudy
Ground	100.0%	Sunny
Psychic	4.0%	Windy
Water	4.0%	Rain
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ghost	2.0%	Fog

About our ranking methodology

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