Best Alolan Muk counters

The best Alolan Muk counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Shadow Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Groudon, Shadow Excadrill, Shadow Garchomp, and Therian Forme Landorus. 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

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Excadrill

Mud Shot / Scorching Sands

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Therian Forme Landorus

Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	49.42	2566.5	1	75s	109.9
2.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	46.19	1665.1	2	81s	95.3
3.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	40.66	1957.5	1	91s	89.0
4.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	38.67	1650.0	2	96s	82.6
5.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	39.35	1470.7	2	94s	81.8
6.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	38.68	1392.1	2	96s	79.8
7.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	38.72	1341.3	2	96s	79.3
8.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	37.04	1248.8	2	101s	75.4
9.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Metal Claw	Sunsteel Strike	35.83	1352.4	2	104s	74.7
10.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	34.32	1537.2	2	108s	74.1
11.	Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	32.67	1447.7	2	113s	70.3
12.	Origin Forme Dialga	Metal Claw	Roar of Time *	31.37	1623.2	2	117s	69.7
13.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	31.82	1458.9	2	116s	69.0
14.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	32.11	1370.4	2	115s	68.6
15.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	34.25	978.4	3	109s	67.4
16.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	31.51	1267.4	2	118s	66.5
17.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	32.09	1127.7	3	116s	65.9
18.	Shadow Golem	Mud Shot	Earthquake	31.18	1141.3	3	119s	64.6
19.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	30.39	1083.8	3	122s	62.6
20.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	31.12	971.7	3	120s	62.4
21.	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	32.36	832.8	4	116s	62.4
22.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	29.47	1150.5	3	126s	61.8
23.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	29.18	1141.6	3	127s	61.3
24.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Earth Power	28.64	1219.6	2	129s	61.2
25.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	31.54	752.4	4	119s	59.9
26.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	26.51	1437.7	2	139s	59.5
27.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	28.42	965.2	3	131s	58.0
28.	Dialga	Metal Claw	Draco Meteor	26.31	1289.6	2	140s	57.8
29.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	29.51	818.9	4	127s	57.8
30.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm *	Aura Sphere	26.48	1177.4	3	140s	57.1

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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

Ground160.0%

Resistances

Dark62.5%
Ghost62.5%
Grass62.5%
Poison62.5%
Psychic62.5%

More information

Alolan Muk takes increased damage from Ground type moves.
Alolan Muk takes reduced damage from Dark, Ghost, Grass, Poison, and Psychic 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 Alolan Muk

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	176.0%	Sunny
Electric	38.0%	Rain
Steel	32.0%	Snow
Dragon	30.0%	Windy
Fire	28.0%	Sunny
Water	24.0%	Rain
Rock	24.0%	Partly Cloudy
Flying	18.0%	Windy
Fighting	12.0%	Cloudy
Normal	10.0%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	2.0%	Rain
Ice	2.0%	Snow
Ghost	2.0%	Fog
Dark	2.0%	Fog

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.