Best Sobble counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Sobble 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

Extreme↓

Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

Attacker typing

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Best overall 👑

Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

• 47.0%
• 35.0%
• 8.0%
• 3.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	76.01	4512.90	0	50.6s	173.8
2	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	67.00	3960.31	0	57.4s	153.0
3	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	73.02	2516.41	1	55.0s	149.3
4	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	65.70	3544.16	1	58.9s	147.3
5	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	64.63	3123.92	1	60.3s	141.7
6	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	62.43	3555.36	1	61.7s	141.5
7	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	71.29	2071.51	1	57.4s	140.8
8	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	72.71	1826.90	1	57.4s	139.4
9	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	71.10	1915.39	1	58.1s	138.3
10	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	74.00	1625.60	2	57.5s	138.1
11	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	69.55	1930.81	1	59.2s	136.1
12	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	59.03	3645.34	0	64.9s	136.0
13	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	60.84	3209.09	1	63.7s	135.8
14	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	60.20	3234.14	1	64.3s	134.8
15	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	66.70	2161.74	1	60.6s	134.7
16	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	69.23	1805.40	1	60.0s	133.8
17	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	61.97	2768.02	1	63.3s	133.6
18	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	63.42	2474.56	1	62.6s	133.0
19	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	69.26	1532.07	2	61.4s	129.4
20	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	65.96	1761.97	2	62.7s	128.1
21	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	56.10	3142.62	1	68.7s	126.7
22	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	61.30	2208.95	1	65.2s	126.5
23	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	64.43	1819.04	1	63.8s	126.5
24	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	63.62	1863.49	1	64.3s	125.9
25	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	59.67	2233.31	1	66.8s	124.1
26	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	55.82	2599.02	1	70.0s	121.4
27	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	58.88	2026.13	1	68.2s	120.4
28	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	57.46	2142.63	1	69.4s	119.4
29	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	52.38	3070.45	1	73.4s	119.4
30	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	67.31	1138.52	3	66.1s	119.1
31	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	53.26	2782.56	1	72.8s	118.6
32	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	59.72	1758.44	2	68.5s	118.3
33	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	54.97	2413.47	1	71.5s	118.1
34	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	61.04	1590.96	2	68.0s	117.9
35	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	54.73	2350.70	1	71.9s	117.1
36	Shadow Meganium	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	55.16	2275.36	1	71.6s	117.0
37	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	57.46	1890.07	1	70.3s	116.4
38	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	50.95	2986.77	1	75.5s	116.2
39	Alolan Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	50.18	3160.17	1	76.3s	116.1
40	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	63.98	1202.68	2	68.2s	115.6
41	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	61.78	1372.93	2	68.8s	115.5
42	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	58.41	1700.49	2	70.1s	115.4
43	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	55.19	2109.46	1	72.1s	115.3
44	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	64.11	1155.96	3	68.6s	114.9
45	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	51.41	2704.42	1	75.4s	114.6
46	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	57.27	1766.87	2	71.0s	114.5
47	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	52.61	2416.64	1	74.4s	114.1
48	Shadow Vileplume	Razor Leaf	Solar Beam	56.02	1884.27	1	71.9s	114.0
49	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	61.88	1263.84	2	69.6s	113.8
50	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	51.68	2419.81	1	75.6s	112.5

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Sobble type chart

When fighting Sobble, keep in mind the following that Water-type Pokémon are weak to Electric, and Grass type moves. They take reduced damage from Fire, Ice, Steel, and Water type moves.

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Grass	160.0%

Resistances

Fire	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Steel	62.5%
Water	62.5%

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

About the results

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

The top-ranked Sobble counter is Mega Sceptile, followed by Mega Rayquaza, Kartana, and Zekrom. The table also includes Shaymin (Sky), Mega Venusaur, Shadow Raikou, and Xurkitree, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Sobble are:

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.