Best Garganacl counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Garganacl 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

Extreme↓

Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot Precipice Blades *

Best performing move types

• 27.5%
• 19.5%
• 17.0%
• 16.0%
• 14.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	34.80	1592.72	2	112.5s	75.4
2	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	34.65	1617.20	2	112.8s	75.4
3	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	32.88	1456.19	2	119.4s	70.8
4	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	30.72	1867.55	1	124.9s	70.6
5	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	33.20	912.69	3	124.2s	64.8
6	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	29.42	1453.34	2	132.3s	64.8
7	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	28.68	1404.09	2	135.8s	63.0
8	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	30.73	1027.40	3	131.2s	62.5
9	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	31.93	851.84	4	129.6s	62.0
10	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	27.06	1566.60	2	142.3s	61.5
11	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	27.61	1405.31	2	140.7s	61.2
12	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	29.49	1067.38	3	135.5s	60.9
13	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	27.33	1431.33	2	141.8s	60.9
14	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	29.29	1068.54	3	136.4s	60.6
15	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	28.32	1203.81	2	139.1s	60.5
16	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	27.48	1347.83	2	141.7s	60.4
17	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	27.52	1309.56	2	141.8s	60.1
18	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	31.72	608.25	5	137.2s	57.6
19	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	29.93	758.01	4	139.3s	57.5
20	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	27.36	1063.57	3	145.1s	57.4
21	Excadrill	Metal Claw	Scorching Sands	24.90	1486.85	2	154.3s	57.0
22	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	26.45	1173.93	3	148.4s	57.0
23	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	26.53	1142.32	3	148.3s	56.8
24	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	27.04	1033.26	3	147.1s	56.5
25	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	27.02	1028.82	3	147.2s	56.4
26	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	29.13	748.09	4	142.8s	56.1
27	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	25.98	1153.21	3	151.1s	56.0
28	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	25.43	1213.57	2	153.4s	55.6
29	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	28.65	751.67	4	144.8s	55.4
30	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	27.60	849.74	4	147.4s	55.2
31	Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	24.46	1286.38	2	158.4s	54.5
32	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	25.62	1061.33	3	154.1s	54.4
33	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	23.85	1382.90	2	161.3s	54.3
34	Shadow Ursaluna	Rock Smash	High Horsepower *	24.24	1290.30	2	159.7s	54.2
35	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	25.45	1062.56	3	155.0s	54.1
36	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	29.14	618.53	5	146.8s	54.0
37	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	21.93	1832.24	1	172.0s	53.8
38	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	27.05	794.60	4	151.2s	53.6
39	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	26.00	907.10	3	154.3s	53.3
40	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	27.70	702.55	5	150.5s	53.2
41	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	28.72	593.02	6	149.6s	52.9
42	Mega Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	22.64	1484.57	2	168.7s	52.8
43	Empoleon	Metal Claw	Hydro Cannon *	24.30	1105.55	3	161.2s	52.6
44	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	24.51	1052.64	3	160.6s	52.4
45	Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	23.61	1189.54	3	164.6s	52.2
46	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	22.92	1332.57	2	167.8s	52.2
47	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	28.64	549.81	6	151.9s	52.0
48	Melmetal	Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash *	22.62	1378.84	2	169.6s	52.0
49	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	24.46	1008.79	3	161.5s	51.9
50	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Power Whip	27.10	647.21	5	155.1s	51.4

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Garganacl type chart

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

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%
Grass	160.0%
Ground	160.0%
Steel	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Fire	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Poison	62.5%

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

About the results

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

The top-ranked Garganacl counter is Primal Groudon, followed by Primal Kyogre, Shadow Metagross, and Mega Swampert. The table also includes Mega Sceptile, Terrakion, Shadow Garchomp, and Kartana, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Garganacl are:

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.