Best Alolan Muk counters

The best Alolan Muk counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Excadrill, Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Rhyperior, and Mega Rayquaza. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Alolan Muk 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

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Rhyperior

Mud-Slap / Earthquake

Mega Rayquaza

Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	41.80	2171.0	1	88s	93.0
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	36.96	1779.7	2	100s	80.9
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	39.12	1410.3	2	95s	80.8
4.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	36.71	1372.0	2	101s	76.3
5.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	35.32	1271.0	2	105s	72.9
6.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	33.27	1525.3	2	111s	72.1
7.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	35.32	1190.8	3	105s	71.9
8.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	35.97	1027.7	3	104s	70.8
9.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	34.53	1196.0	3	108s	70.7
10.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	32.72	1396.1	2	113s	69.9
11.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	30.38	1346.0	2	122s	65.4
12.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	30.15	1350.5	2	123s	65.1
13.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	30.81	1203.0	2	120s	64.6
14.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	29.24	1247.8	2	127s	62.5
15.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	27.73	1503.9	2	133s	62.2
16.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	32.21	768.4	4	117s	61.1
17.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	29.88	1014.7	3	125s	60.9
18.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	28.93	1131.5	3	128s	60.7
19.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	29.44	1049.7	3	126s	60.6
20.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	29.08	1064.5	3	128s	60.2
21.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	29.22	1026.6	3	127s	60.0
22.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	29.22	1026.6	3	127s	60.0
23.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	29.69	900.1	3	126s	59.2
24.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Metal Claw	Sunsteel Strike *	28.00	1056.8	3	132s	58.3
25.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Earthquake	28.43	976.6	3	131s	58.1
26.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	29.99	771.8	4	125s	57.8
27.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	26.60	1069.9	3	139s	56.2
28.	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	25.69	1188.1	3	144s	55.8
29.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	26.40	1031.1	3	140s	55.4
30.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	27.40	855.6	4	136s	54.9

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Group size

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

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

Alolan Muk CP range from Raids

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

From 1501 CP to 1575 CP, with no weather boost
From 1876 CP to 1969 CP with Cloudy and Fog weather boost

Alolan Muk weaknesses

Alolan Muk type chart

When fighting Alolan Muk, keep in mind the that Poison and Dark-type Pokémon are weak to Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Ghost, Grass, Poison, and Psychic-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Dark	62.5%
Ghost	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Poison	62.5%
Psychic	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 Alolan Muk

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	200.0%	Sunny
Fire	38.0%	Sunny
Dragon	36.0%	Windy
Fighting	20.0%	Cloudy
Rock	18.0%	Partly Cloudy
Steel	16.0%	Snow
Water	16.0%	Rain
Electric	16.0%	Rain
Normal	14.0%	Partly Cloudy
Flying	12.0%	Windy
Bug	10.0%	Rain
Fairy	4.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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