Best Orbeetle counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Orbeetle 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

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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

• 30.0%
• 15.5%
• 13.0%
• 12.5%
• 12.0%
• 11.5%
• 2.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	38.58	1841.46	1	101.1s	84.3
2	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	29.68	1360.31	2	131.9s	64.3
3	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	28.18	1461.38	2	137.6s	62.7
4	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	32.29	836.55	4	128.7s	62.3
5	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	29.92	1117.47	3	133.2s	62.2
6	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	31.50	846.81	4	131.3s	61.2
7	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack *	28.36	1052.03	3	140.6s	58.9
8	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	28.64	965.83	3	140.6s	58.3
9	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	26.67	1162.14	3	147.4s	57.2
10	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	28.07	929.43	3	143.7s	57.0
11	Yveltal	Snarl	Oblivion Wing *	25.16	1385.79	2	153.5s	56.6
12	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	28.98	796.83	4	142.3s	56.6
13	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Sky Attack	29.21	750.24	4	142.5s	56.3
14	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Brave Bird	25.43	1266.46	2	153.0s	56.1
15	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	25.83	1036.95	3	153.3s	54.5
16	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Overheat	26.23	965.10	3	152.1s	54.4
17	Mega Houndoom	Fire Fang	Foul Play	25.33	1091.65	3	155.3s	54.2
18	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	26.61	889.93	4	151.5s	54.1
19	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	22.88	1583.35	2	166.5s	54.0
20	Mega Pidgeot	Gust *	Brave Bird	25.63	904.42	3	156.4s	52.7
21	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	27.51	683.57	5	151.9s	52.6
22	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	28.86	557.17	6	150.6s	52.5
23	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	25.91	836.43	4	156.2s	52.3
24	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	24.52	991.52	3	161.3s	51.8
25	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	22.49	1368.13	2	170.6s	51.7
26	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	22.82	1215.07	2	169.6s	51.0
27	Chandelure	Fire Spin	Shadow Ball	24.96	846.96	4	161.2s	50.9
28	Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack *	23.55	1038.54	3	166.7s	50.7
29	Primal Groudon	Dragon Tail	Fire Punch *	22.25	1267.49	2	173.2s	50.4
30	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	24.09	919.78	3	165.1s	50.3
31	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	23.78	954.61	3	166.5s	50.2
32	Shadow Staraptor	Gust *	Brave Bird	26.19	647.07	5	159.7s	50.0
33	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Overheat	23.90	915.35	3	166.3s	50.0
34	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	24.33	844.30	4	165.0s	49.8
35	Shadow Typhlosion	Incinerate	Blast Burn *	25.39	713.18	5	162.0s	49.8
36	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	24.54	807.69	4	164.5s	49.7
37	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	25.75	657.59	5	161.7s	49.5
38	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	26.24	581.29	6	162.0s	49.0
39	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	21.69	1201.75	2	178.0s	48.9
40	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	22.56	1020.08	3	173.7s	48.8
41	Shadow Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	26.67	528.24	6	162.2s	48.7
42	Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Brave Bird	21.20	1251.57	2	181.3s	48.4
43	Mega Salamence	Fire Fang	Fire Blast	21.60	1151.88	3	179.1s	48.3
44	Honchkrow	Snarl	Sky Attack	24.15	739.82	4	168.5s	48.2
45	Standard Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	24.41	701.34	5	168.0s	48.1
46	Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	24.41	701.34	5	168.0s	48.1
47	Shadow Arcanine	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	24.12	721.48	4	169.2s	47.9
48	Lunala	Air Slash	Shadow Ball	21.56	1115.57	3	179.9s	47.9
49	Shadow Houndoom	Fire Fang	Foul Play	24.39	682.12	5	168.7s	47.8
50	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	21.80	1045.89	3	178.9s	47.7

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Orbeetle type chart

When fighting Orbeetle, 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 Orbeetle in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Orbeetle down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

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

The most effective move-types to use against Orbeetle 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.