Best Skeledirge counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Skeledirge 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 👑

Primal Groudon

Mud Shot

Precipice Blades *

Best performing move types

23.5%
23.0%
17.0%
17.0%
12.5%
3.5%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	40.59	2008.44	1	95.9s	89.4
2	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	40.62	1891.92	1	96.2s	88.3
3	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	36.66	2008.70	1	105.4s	82.4
4	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	43.22	796.66	4	101.4s	77.8
5	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	36.79	1469.71	2	107.7s	77.5
6	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	37.20	1331.27	2	107.6s	76.7
7	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	36.95	1094.25	3	110.6s	73.3
8	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Rock Wrecker *	35.80	1178.86	3	112.8s	72.5
9	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	34.18	1243.96	2	116.9s	70.7
10	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	34.09	1213.32	2	117.5s	70.2
11	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Hydro Pump	31.52	1507.68	2	123.8s	68.9
12	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	34.87	1014.41	3	117.4s	68.9
13	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	33.14	1216.49	2	120.5s	68.7
14	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	39.69	601.40	5	114.7s	68.7
15	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	37.20	710.08	5	117.1s	67.4
16	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	34.27	946.53	3	120.3s	67.0
17	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	36.97	681.16	5	118.5s	66.6
18	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	31.66	1206.67	2	125.6s	66.1
19	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	30.83	1311.58	2	127.7s	65.8
20	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	32.41	1070.13	3	124.5s	65.7
21	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	31.95	1051.82	3	126.4s	64.7
22	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	33.45	873.80	4	124.1s	64.7
23	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	31.94	1004.71	3	127.0s	64.1
24	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	35.83	635.88	5	123.1s	64.0
25	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	37.76	516.47	6	123.2s	64.0
26	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	35.34	613.47	5	125.3s	62.9
27	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Rock Wrecker *	29.53	1157.91	3	134.3s	62.0
28	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	33.26	707.10	5	128.6s	61.7
29	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	35.18	564.58	6	127.8s	61.6
30	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	31.41	850.76	4	131.5s	61.2
31	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	30.52	938.59	3	133.3s	61.0
32	Shadow Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	31.05	871.35	4	132.5s	60.9
33	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	34.00	605.53	5	129.7s	60.8
34	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	31.96	760.38	4	131.6s	60.6
35	Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon *	31.13	803.95	4	133.6s	60.0
36	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	32.74	627.60	5	132.9s	59.4
37	Mega Salamence	Bite	Hydro Pump	28.13	1120.63	3	140.8s	59.3
38	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	30.11	841.82	4	136.7s	59.0
39	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	28.78	997.50	3	139.5s	58.9
40	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	33.48	550.94	6	133.7s	58.9
41	Shadow Salamence	Bite	Hydro Pump	30.82	720.66	4	136.8s	58.2
42	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	29.10	899.92	4	139.7s	58.2
43	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Earthquake	29.90	793.58	4	138.5s	58.0
44	Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	30.79	700.00	5	137.5s	57.8
45	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	28.47	941.66	3	141.7s	57.7
46	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	33.77	480.98	7	136.5s	57.7
47	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Shadow Ball	30.33	728.01	4	138.5s	57.6
48	Crawdaunt	Snarl	Crabhammer	30.79	686.64	5	137.9s	57.6
49	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	31.75	607.67	5	137.1s	57.6
50	Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	28.34	932.50	3	142.5s	57.4

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Skeledirge counter is Primal Groudon, followed by Primal Kyogre, Mega Tyranitar, and Mega Gengar. The table also includes Mega Swampert, Shadow Tyranitar, Mega Diancie, and Shadow Rhyperior, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Skeledirge type chart

When fighting Skeledirge, keep in mind the following that Fire and Ghost-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, Ghost, Ground, Rock, and Water type moves. They take reduced damage from Fairy, Fire, Grass, Ice, Poison, Steel, Bug, Fighting, and Normal type moves.

Weaknesses

Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Ground	160.0%
Rock	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Bug	39.1%
Fighting	39.1%
Normal	39.1%
Fairy	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Poison	62.5%
Steel	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and weather for Skeledirge Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Dark	23.5%	Fog
Water	23.0%	Rainy
Ground	17.0%	Sunny
Ghost	17.0%	Fog
Rock	12.5%	Partly Cloudy
Psychic	3.5%	Windy
Dragon	1.5%	Windy
Flying	1.0%	Windy
Electric	1.0%	Rainy

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.