Best Dewgong counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Dewgong 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 Blaziken

Counter Focus Blast

Best performing move types

• 27.0%
• 27.0%
• 25.0%
• 14.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
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#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	37.50	1217.31	2	107.8s	75.8
2	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	39.58	903.20	3	106.9s	74.4
3	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	32.07	1953.44	1	119.6s	73.7
4	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	36.27	1159.52	3	111.7s	73.1
5	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	35.51	1157.76	3	113.8s	71.8
6	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	37.35	944.29	3	111.6s	71.7
7	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	35.06	1195.04	3	114.7s	71.5
8	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	35.63	1048.73	3	114.8s	70.6
9	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	34.86	1103.37	3	116.3s	70.1
10	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	36.34	934.26	3	114.5s	70.0
11	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	35.13	1042.05	3	116.3s	69.7
12	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	34.59	1102.87	3	117.1s	69.6
13	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	31.66	1524.44	2	123.2s	69.3
14	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	34.30	1103.35	3	118.0s	69.2
15	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	33.93	1110.33	3	119.1s	68.7
16	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	36.70	816.37	4	115.7s	68.7
17	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	32.80	1221.78	2	121.5s	68.2
18	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	34.59	963.57	3	119.0s	67.7
19	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	31.61	1298.90	2	125.0s	67.0
20	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	33.01	1040.44	3	122.9s	66.3
21	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	32.77	1041.07	3	123.7s	65.9
22	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	33.96	878.71	4	122.4s	65.5
23	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	29.92	1367.75	2	130.9s	64.8
24	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	31.59	1087.98	3	127.2s	64.6
25	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	32.83	934.95	3	125.1s	64.6
26	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	31.11	1138.92	3	128.4s	64.4
27	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	33.88	794.90	4	124.4s	64.1
28	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	33.17	859.89	4	125.3s	64.0
29	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	31.54	1023.83	3	128.2s	63.7
30	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	33.59	786.62	4	125.5s	63.5
31	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	30.23	1184.82	3	131.2s	63.5
32	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	31.60	991.60	3	128.5s	63.4
33	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	30.22	1167.15	3	131.4s	63.3
34	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	32.55	873.51	4	127.1s	63.3
35	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	32.35	886.57	4	127.5s	63.1
36	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	32.51	821.29	4	128.3s	62.4
37	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	30.10	1093.57	3	132.8s	62.2
38	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	33.50	697.13	5	128.1s	61.8
39	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	29.10	1178.25	3	135.9s	61.5
40	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Rock Throw	Wild Charge	31.82	780.47	4	131.6s	60.7
41	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	31.08	840.79	4	132.9s	60.5
42	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	32.65	691.75	5	131.1s	60.5
43	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	30.13	921.35	3	135.1s	60.1
44	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	32.88	649.24	5	131.7s	60.0
45	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	27.25	1342.34	2	142.8s	60.0
46	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	28.38	1145.44	3	139.4s	60.0
47	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	29.11	1027.00	3	137.7s	59.8
48	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	33.15	610.60	5	132.2s	59.7
49	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	28.21	1094.82	3	140.8s	59.1
50	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	26.13	1469.71	2	147.6s	59.1

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Dewgong type chart

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

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Grass	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

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

The top-ranked Dewgong counter is Mega Blaziken, followed by Mega Sceptile, Keldeo (Ordinary), and Kartana. The table also includes Terrakion, Mega Diancie, 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 Dewgong 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.