Best Flapple counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Flapple 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

Raid Difficulty

Attacker typing

Attacker moves type

Best overall 👑

Mega Rayquaza

Dragon Tail

Dragon Ascent

Best performing move types

46.5%
22.5%
10.0%
6.5%
4.0%
2.5%
2.5%
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	68.04	1680.26	2	61.5s	130.0
2	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	72.29	1127.36	3	62.6s	125.8
3	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	66.89	1006.91	3	68.1s	115.6
4	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	63.17	1055.40	3	70.6s	111.5
5	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	59.80	1159.62	3	72.6s	108.8
6	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	58.76	1094.18	3	74.4s	106.0
7	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	58.17	1133.59	3	74.6s	105.9
8	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Triple Axel	52.44	1677.73	2	77.2s	105.6
9	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	57.90	1121.39	3	75.0s	105.3
10	Shadow Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	57.84	994.14	3	76.7s	102.7
11	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	54.58	1225.65	2	77.7s	102.3
12	Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	54.84	984.22	3	80.3s	98.2
13	Glaceon	Frost Breath	Avalanche	53.58	1075.01	3	80.6s	98.1
14	Kyurem	Dragon Breath	Glaciate *	53.11	1109.02	3	80.8s	98.1
15	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	53.10	1023.28	3	81.9s	96.5
16	Shadow Articuno	Frost Breath	Ice Beam	48.91	1287.67	2	84.8s	94.7
17	Shadow Piloswine	Ice Shard	Avalanche	54.47	754.72	4	85.2s	92.5
18	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Blizzard	53.04	809.78	4	85.7s	91.9
19	Shadow Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	51.88	825.50	4	86.8s	90.6
20	Shadow Walrein	Frost Breath	Icicle Spear *	50.33	926.90	3	87.1s	90.6
21	Shadow Gardevoir	Charm	Triple Axel	47.85	1120.32	3	88.1s	90.5
22	Jynx	Frost Breath	Avalanche	51.72	791.91	4	87.8s	89.7
23	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	47.51	1103.28	3	88.8s	89.7
24	Avalugg	Ice Fang	Avalanche	44.77	1341.46	2	91.1s	89.0
25	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	50.71	821.17	4	88.5s	88.9
26	Shadow Cloyster	Frost Breath	Avalanche	51.07	779.74	4	89.0s	88.5
27	Genesect (Chill)	Fury Cutter	Techno Blast *	44.16	1366.32	2	92.1s	88.4
28	Ninetales (Alola Shadow)	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	46.35	1121.94	3	90.5s	88.2
29	Shadow Regice	Frost Breath	Blizzard	44.75	1255.95	2	91.9s	87.8
30	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	44.80	1239.09	2	92.0s	87.6
31	Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	47.34	969.76	3	90.9s	87.1
32	Shadow Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Outrage	48.23	855.31	4	91.5s	86.1
33	Aurorus	Frost Breath	Weather Ball	45.05	1091.30	3	93.1s	85.8
34	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	45.67	1015.73	3	93.0s	85.4
35	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Outrage	47.46	863.40	4	92.5s	85.2
36	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Triple Axel	47.38	866.32	4	92.6s	85.2
37	Beartic	Powder Snow	Ice Punch	46.09	921.01	3	93.7s	84.3
38	Shadow Lapras	Frost Breath	Ice Beam *	45.50	942.40	3	94.4s	83.9
39	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	44.46	1000.39	3	95.4s	83.4
40	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	Ice Punch	44.67	958.41	3	95.6s	82.9
41	Hisuian Avalugg	Powder Snow	Blizzard	42.27	1183.20	3	97.3s	82.9
42	Sandslash (Alola Shadow)	Powder Snow	Blizzard	41.83	1161.54	3	98.5s	81.9
43	Vanilluxe	Frost Breath	Blizzard	44.79	866.83	4	97.0s	81.4
44	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Sludge Bomb	44.10	908.56	3	97.5s	81.2
45	Articuno	Frost Breath	Ice Beam	40.38	1263.54	2	100.6s	81.0
46	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing *	40.32	1195.76	3	101.3s	80.0
47	Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Blizzard	44.29	806.62	4	99.1s	79.5
48	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	46.46	637.89	5	100.1s	78.8
49	Mega Latias	Dragon Breath	Outrage	40.37	1096.26	3	102.3s	78.6
50	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	44.45	747.79	4	100.2s	78.6

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Flapple counter is Mega Rayquaza, followed by Shadow Mamoswine, Shadow Weavile, and Galarian Standard Darmanitan. The table also includes Baxcalibur, Mamoswine, Shadow Mewtwo, and Mega Gardevoir, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Flapple type chart

When fighting Flapple, keep in mind the following that Grass and Dragon-type Pokémon are weak to Ice, Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, and Poison type moves. They take reduced damage from Ground, Electric, Grass, and Water type moves.

Weaknesses

Ice	256.0%
Bug	160.0%
Dragon	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%
Flying	160.0%
Poison	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	39.1%
Grass	39.1%
Water	39.1%
Ground	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Flapple Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ice	46.5%	Snow
Dragon	22.5%	Windy
Flying	10.0%	Windy
Bug	6.5%	Rainy
Fairy	4.0%	Cloudy
Normal	2.5%	Partly Cloudy
Poison	2.5%	Cloudy
Psychic	2.0%	Windy
Fighting	1.0%	Cloudy
Electric	1.0%	Rainy
Ghost	0.5%	Fog
Dark	0.5%	Fog
Fire	0.5%	Sunny

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.