Best Calyrex (Ice Rider) counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Calyrex (Ice Rider) 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

Raid Difficulty

Attacker typing

Attacker moves type

Best overall 👑

Shadow Metagross

Bullet Punch

Meteor Mash *

Best performing move types

30.0%
17.5%
16.5%
9.5%
9.5%
9.0%
2.0%
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	26.89	992.97	15	618.3s	55.8
2	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	25.98	1087.53	13	632.5s	55.3
3	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	28.04	634.80	23	629.6s	52.6
4	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	30.82	408.05	36	633.7s	51.9
5	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	30.29	434.92	34	633.1s	51.8
6	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	26.58	721.29	20	647.6s	51.8
7	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	22.34	979.32	15	732.7s	48.0
8	Mega Houndoom	Fire Fang	Foul Play	23.17	814.51	18	720.9s	47.6
9	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	27.59	399.34	37	694.0s	47.3
10	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	24.59	606.72	24	709.0s	47.0
11	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	26.64	404.72	37	711.4s	46.1
12	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	26.29	418.10	35	714.1s	45.9
13	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	25.13	488.22	30	719.9s	45.7
14	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	24.25	551.48	27	727.3s	45.6
15	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	28.33	290.77	51	735.7s	45.3
16	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Overheat	24.26	531.31	28	731.3s	45.2
17	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	21.22	890.69	16	774.3s	45.2
18	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	23.77	540.32	27	742.1s	44.7
19	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	22.01	712.03	21	765.7s	44.4
20	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	24.73	449.34	33	740.1s	44.4
21	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	23.88	513.14	29	745.1s	44.4
22	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	22.56	624.98	24	760.9s	44.1
23	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Fire Punch *	22.25	655.86	22	765.6s	44.1
24	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	26.15	341.56	43	749.3s	43.9
25	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	20.62	826.76	18	799.9s	43.5
26	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	24.88	393.09	38	755.4s	43.4
27	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	21.01	683.74	21	801.8s	42.5
28	Shadow Typhlosion	Incinerate	Blast Burn *	23.98	401.06	37	775.1s	42.3
29	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	21.71	583.49	25	793.6s	42.2
30	Shadow Houndoom	Fire Fang	Foul Play	22.41	509.59	29	787.1s	42.1
31	Chandelure	Fire Spin	Shadow Ball	23.41	428.17	35	780.9s	42.1
32	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	23.29	432.65	34	782.8s	42.0
33	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	22.85	462.20	32	786.2s	41.9
34	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	23.48	414.75	36	783.4s	41.9
35	Shadow Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	26.04	274.32	54	794.9s	41.8
36	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	Iron Head	20.07	738.79	20	828.5s	41.6
37	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Overheat	21.91	523.49	28	799.2s	41.6
38	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	21.53	559.25	26	804.1s	41.6
39	Pheromosa	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	28.22	192.05	78	844.0s	41.5
40	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire *	21.65	531.97	28	805.6s	41.3
41	Mega Aggron	Iron Tail	Meteor Beam	19.10	852.02	17	855.9s	41.2
42	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	22.76	428.88	34	798.9s	41.2
43	Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	20.30	662.49	22	829.3s	41.1
44	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	24.53	302.81	49	809.6s	40.7
45	Shadow Arcanine	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	22.71	404.27	37	808.9s	40.6
46	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	20.44	607.10	24	832.8s	40.5
47	Melmetal	Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash *	19.06	775.03	19	864.2s	40.3
48	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	23.41	340.16	44	817.2s	40.2
49	Standard Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	22.58	385.47	38	819.8s	40.0
50	Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	22.58	385.47	38	819.8s	40.0

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About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Calyrex (Ice Rider) in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Calyrex (Ice Rider) down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Calyrex (Ice Rider) counter is Shadow Metagross, followed by Mega Tyranitar, Mega Y Charizard, and Mega Gengar. The table also includes Mega Blaziken, Shadow Tyranitar, Metagross, and Mega Houndoom, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Calyrex (Ice Rider) type chart

When fighting Calyrex (Ice Rider), keep in mind the following that Psychic and Ice-type Pokémon are weak to Bug, Dark, Fire, Ghost, Rock, and Steel type moves. They take reduced damage from Ice, and Psychic type moves.

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Dark	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Rock	160.0%
Steel	160.0%

Resistances

Ice	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 weather for Calyrex (Ice Rider) Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fire	30.0%	Sunny
Dark	17.5%	Fog
Ghost	16.5%	Fog
Steel	9.5%	Snow
Bug	9.5%	Rainy
Rock	9.0%	Partly Cloudy
Psychic	2.0%	Windy
Electric	2.0%	Rainy
Flying	1.0%	Windy
Water	1.0%	Rainy
Dragon	0.5%	Windy
Ground	0.5%	Sunny
Normal	0.5%	Partly Cloudy
Grass	0.5%	Sunny

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.