Best Duraludon counters

The best Duraludon counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Shadow Groudon, Mega Lucario, Mega Garchomp, Keldeo (Ordinary Forme), Keldeo, and Shadow Excadrill. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Duraludon in a 3-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Lucario

Force Palm / Aura Sphere

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Keldeo (Ordinary Forme)

Low Kick / Sacred Sword

Keldeo

Low Kick / Sacred Sword

Shadow Excadrill

Mud Shot / Scorching Sands

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	46.78	1521.3	2	80s	94.6
2.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	43.99	863.6	4	87s	80.2
3.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm *	Aura Sphere	40.39	991.9	3	93s	77.1
4.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	40.20	864.1	4	94s	74.7
5.	Keldeo (Ordinary Forme)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	39.17	911.1	3	96s	73.9
6.	Keldeo	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	39.17	911.1	3	96s	73.9
7.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	38.45	837.8	4	98s	71.6
8.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	36.75	858.9	4	103s	69.4
9.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	38.31	710.7	5	100s	69.1
10.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	38.93	618.4	5	99s	68.0
11.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	36.81	693.4	5	104s	66.6
12.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	33.61	878.7	4	112s	65.0
13.	Shadow Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	36.96	589.2	6	104s	64.6
14.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	32.41	903.9	3	116s	63.5
15.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw	Focus Blast	34.69	656.2	5	110s	62.8
16.	Shadow Hariyama	Force Palm	Dynamic Punch	35.42	542.2	6	109s	61.4
17.	Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	31.71	823.0	4	118s	61.2
18.	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	33.61	636.1	5	113s	60.8
19.	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	35.39	507.8	7	109s	60.5
20.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	31.79	678.6	5	119s	59.0
21.	Lucario	Force Palm *	Aura Sphere	31.75	658.8	5	119s	58.6
22.	Mega Lopunny	Low Kick	Focus Blast	32.46	580.1	6	118s	58.1
23.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	31.95	605.4	5	119s	57.8
24.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	33.98	436.6	8	115s	56.8
25.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	31.30	598.5	6	122s	56.8
26.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	31.30	598.5	6	122s	56.8
27.	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	27.23	1011.6	3	136s	56.6
28.	Shadow Toxicroak	Mud Shot	Dynamic Punch	34.23	396.9	9	115s	56.1
29.	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	36.36	309.2	11	111s	55.9
30.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	30.84	564.2	6	124s	55.4

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Group size

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

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

Duraludon CP range from Raids

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

From 1674 CP to 1753 CP, with no weather boost
From 2092 CP to 2191 CP with Snow and Windy weather boost

Duraludon weaknesses

Duraludon type chart

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

Weaknesses

Fighting160.0%
Ground160.0%

Resistances

Grass39.1%
Poison39.1%
Bug62.5%
Electric62.5%
Flying62.5%
Normal62.5%
Psychic62.5%
Rock62.5%
Steel62.5%
Water62.5%

More information

Duraludon takes increased damage from Fighting and Ground type moves.
Duraludon takes reduced damage from Grass, Poison, Bug, Electric, Flying, Normal, Psychic, Rock, Steel, and Water type moves.
Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Duraludon

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fighting	192.0%	Cloudy
Ground	134.0%	Sunny
Ghost	28.0%	Fog
Dragon	12.0%	Windy
Fire	12.0%	Sunny
Dark	12.0%	Fog
Psychic	6.0%	Windy
Steel	4.0%	Snow

About our ranking methodology

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