Best Dottler counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Dottler 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 Rayquaza

Air Slash Dragon Ascent

Best performing move types

• 30.5%
• 14.5%
• 13.0%
• 12.5%
• 12.5%
• 11.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	55.37	4268.26	0	68.4s	133.5
2	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	43.00	3164.70	1	88.3s	102.7
3	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	46.28	1952.53	1	85.2s	98.7
4	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	40.17	3351.58	1	93.9s	98.5
5	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	42.69	2591.03	1	89.9s	98.0
6	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	45.12	1983.01	1	87.1s	97.0
7	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack *	40.75	2455.31	1	94.2s	93.4
8	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	38.75	2726.45	1	98.2s	91.7
9	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	40.73	2169.54	1	95.0s	91.1
10	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	40.36	2221.36	1	95.7s	90.8
11	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Brave Bird	37.21	2981.85	1	101.6s	90.5
12	Yveltal	Snarl	Oblivion Wing *	36.29	3219.45	1	103.7s	90.1
13	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	41.57	1860.49	1	94.3s	89.7
14	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Brave Bird	41.61	1755.53	2	94.7s	88.7
15	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Overheat	38.03	2284.49	1	101.0s	87.1
16	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	37.30	2417.21	1	102.5s	86.8
17	Mega Houndoom	Fire Fang	Foul Play	36.61	2537.64	1	104.0s	86.4
18	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	33.15	3630.36	0	112.6s	85.9
19	Mega Pidgeot	Gust *	Brave Bird	37.51	2149.00	1	102.7s	85.1
20	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	37.81	2069.95	1	102.2s	85.0
21	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	39.66	1606.41	2	99.7s	83.8
22	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	37.25	1955.58	1	104.0s	83.0
23	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	35.39	2310.92	1	108.0s	82.5
24	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	32.63	3156.78	1	114.9s	82.5
25	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	40.89	1299.77	2	99.1s	82.3
26	Chandelure	Fire Spin	Shadow Ball	36.11	1977.98	1	107.0s	81.2
27	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	32.72	2824.27	1	115.1s	80.8
28	Shadow Staraptor	Gust *	Brave Bird	38.19	1547.46	2	103.6s	80.7
29	Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack *	33.90	2413.89	1	112.2s	80.4
30	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Overheat	34.58	2145.63	1	110.8s	79.8
31	Primal Groudon	Dragon Tail	Fire Punch *	31.84	2904.10	1	118.0s	79.5
32	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	34.50	2120.60	1	111.1s	79.4
33	Shadow Typhlosion	Incinerate	Blast Burn *	36.55	1675.78	2	107.1s	79.2
34	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	33.59	2189.51	1	113.8s	78.3
35	Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Brave Bird	31.02	2925.11	1	121.0s	78.0
36	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	37.66	1367.71	2	106.1s	77.9
37	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	34.30	1938.39	1	112.4s	77.6
38	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	34.67	1859.72	1	111.6s	77.6
39	Mega Salamence	Fire Fang	Fire Blast	31.49	2694.37	1	119.7s	77.6
40	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	32.36	2363.23	1	117.3s	77.2
41	Standard Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	35.34	1665.04	2	110.5s	77.0
42	Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	35.34	1665.04	2	110.5s	77.0
43	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	31.00	2723.92	1	121.4s	76.8
44	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	35.99	1508.73	2	109.6s	76.6
45	Honchkrow	Snarl	Brave Bird	34.68	1738.37	2	112.1s	76.6
46	Shadow Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	37.87	1233.75	2	106.7s	76.6
47	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	31.75	2433.47	1	119.3s	76.5
48	Shadow Magmortar	Fire Spin	Fire Blast	35.44	1576.68	2	110.7s	76.4
49	Shadow Arcanine	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	34.57	1689.55	2	112.7s	75.9
50	Shadow Houndoom	Fire Fang	Foul Play	34.98	1596.41	2	111.9s	75.8

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Dottler type chart

When fighting Dottler, keep in mind the following that Bug and Psychic-type Pokémon are weak to Bug, Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, and Rock type moves. They take reduced damage from Grass, Ground, Psychic, and Fighting type moves.

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Dark	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Flying	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	39.1%
Grass	62.5%
Ground	62.5%
Psychic	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 Dottler in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Dottler down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Dottler counter is Mega Rayquaza, followed by Mega Y Charizard, Mega Gengar, and Mega Tyranitar. The table also includes Rayquaza, Mega Blaziken, Shadow Moltres, and Reshiram, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Dottler 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.