Best Duraludon counters

The best Duraludon counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Excadrill, Mega Blaziken, Mega Heracross, and Terrakion. 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

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Mega Blaziken

Counter / Focus Blast

Mega Heracross

Counter / Close Combat

Terrakion

Double Kick / Sacred Sword

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	39.69	1290.9	2	94s	80.2
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	37.11	797.5	4	102s	68.9
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	37.45	735.3	4	102s	68.3
4.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	35.91	782.6	4	105s	66.9
5.	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	36.29	686.9	5	105s	65.7
6.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	35.05	748.2	4	108s	65.0
7.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	36.04	668.5	5	106s	65.0
8.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	36.25	575.7	6	106s	63.3
9.	Keldeo (Ordinary Forme)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	33.30	774.7	4	113s	62.9
10.	Keldeo	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	33.30	774.7	4	113s	62.9
11.	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	36.09	517.9	6	107s	61.7
12.	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	32.68	678.1	5	116s	60.3
13.	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	34.72	531.4	6	111s	60.2
14.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	32.99	621.5	5	115s	59.7
15.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	35.50	456.2	7	110s	59.4
16.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	31.23	729.9	4	121s	59.0
17.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	32.10	587.4	6	119s	57.7
18.	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	32.87	515.7	6	117s	57.3
19.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	29.52	766.0	4	127s	57.0
20.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	28.56	796.6	4	131s	56.0
21.	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	30.82	586.2	6	123s	55.9
22.	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	32.58	443.4	8	119s	55.2
23.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	31.18	511.1	7	123s	54.8
24.	Shadow Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	33.39	387.2	9	118s	54.7
25.	Shadow Ursaluna	Rock Smash	High Horsepower *	29.23	619.1	5	129s	54.1
26.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	29.58	560.6	6	129s	53.6
27.	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	25.69	954.3	3	144s	53.4
28.	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	29.78	532.2	6	128s	53.3
29.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	29.17	564.0	6	130s	53.0
30.	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	29.60	506.7	7	129s	52.5

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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

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%
Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Grass	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Electric	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%
Rock	62.5%
Steel	62.5%
Water	62.5%

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	208.0%	Cloudy
Ground	142.0%	Sunny
Dragon	18.0%	Windy
Fire	14.0%	Sunny
Dark	10.0%	Fog
Ghost	4.0%	Fog
Psychic	4.0%	Windy

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.