Best Pokémon to defeat Magneton in Pokémon GO

The strongest Pokémon to use against Magneton are: Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Excadrill, Therian Forme Landorus, and Groudon. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Magneton in a 3-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

#1

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

#2

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

#3

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

#4

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

#5

Therian Forme Landorus

Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm

#6

Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

#7

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	64.23	4216.5	0	57s	159.1
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	58.73	3129.7	1	62s	139.0
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	59.62	2064.5	1	61s	128.5
4.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	55.50	2191.4	1	65s	123.1
5.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	57.33	1828.2	1	63s	121.4
6.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	55.66	1534.6	2	65s	114.2
7.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	49.89	2058.2	1	73s	111.7
8.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	48.29	2149.5	1	75s	109.9
9.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	53.17	1372.9	2	68s	107.5
10.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	46.10	2168.6	1	79s	106.2
11.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	47.64	1812.8	1	76s	104.8
12.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	53.97	1062.4	3	67s	102.9
13.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	49.98	1217.0	2	73s	99.8
14.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	47.03	1361.2	2	77s	97.5
15.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Earth Power	45.37	1546.3	2	80s	97.5
16.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	46.16	1292.0	2	78s	95.0
17.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	48.54	1062.5	3	75s	94.7
18.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm *	Aura Sphere	48.42	1031.4	3	75s	93.9
19.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Earth Power *	45.54	1282.2	2	80s	93.8
20.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	44.52	1373.4	2	81s	93.6
21.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	43.43	1331.6	2	83s	91.2
22.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	45.56	1072.4	3	80s	90.3
23.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Earth Power	43.53	1251.8	2	83s	90.1
24.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Earthquake	44.35	1093.1	3	82s	88.8
25.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	41.99	1311.2	2	86s	88.5
26.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	45.32	936.1	3	80s	87.3
27.	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	41.69	1212.2	2	87s	86.5
28.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	43.30	974.7	3	84s	85.0
29.	Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	39.37	1359.3	2	92s	84.8
30.	Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Earth Power	37.73	1533.6	2	96s	84.2

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

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

Magneton CP range from Raids

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

From 1348 CP to 1420 CP, with no weather boost
From 1686 CP to 1775 CP with Rain and Snow weather boost

Magneton weaknesses

Magneton type chart

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

Magneton takes increased damage from:
256%	Ground
160%	Fighting Fire

Magneton takes reduced damage from:
63%	Bug Dragon Electric Fairy Grass Ice Normal Psychic Rock
39%	Flying Poison Steel

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Magneton

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	242.0%	Sunny
Fire	96.0%	Sunny
Fighting	50.0%	Cloudy
Dark	6.0%	Fog
Bug	2.0%	Rain
Electric	2.0%	Rain
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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