Best Scovillain counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Scovillain 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)↓

Attacker typing

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Best overall 👑

Mega Rayquaza

Air Slash Dragon Ascent

Best performing move types

• 30.5%
• 26.0%
• 15.5%
• 8.0%
• 5.5%
• 4.0%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	68.01	2873.02	1	57.9s	145.0
2	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	52.70	1748.90	2	76.5s	107.0
3	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	48.88	1405.13	2	83.9s	96.3
4	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	53.99	632.76	5	89.4s	88.7
5	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Sludge Bomb	48.76	888.33	4	90.0s	87.6
6	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing *	44.65	1170.88	3	92.9s	86.4
7	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	50.79	700.16	5	91.4s	86.2
8	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	52.04	631.40	5	92.0s	86.1
9	Mega Pidgeot	Gust *	Brave Bird	45.27	909.48	3	95.4s	82.9
10	Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	40.40	1377.69	2	99.6s	82.5
11	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	43.81	998.99	3	96.6s	82.4
12	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	49.60	604.45	5	96.4s	82.1
13	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	42.58	1071.59	3	98.0s	81.7
14	Shadow Staraptor	Gust *	Brave Bird	46.54	653.74	5	99.4s	79.3
15	Nihilego	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	40.13	1138.30	3	102.4s	78.9
16	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	43.56	815.72	4	100.3s	78.7
17	Shadow Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	45.88	643.50	5	100.8s	78.1
18	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	48.19	517.88	6	102.5s	77.8
19	Mega Y Charizard	Air Slash	Blast Burn *	37.55	1328.22	2	106.7s	77.2
20	Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	36.67	1410.60	2	108.4s	76.7
21	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	42.97	699.41	5	104.4s	75.4
22	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Brave Bird	39.54	955.62	3	106.1s	75.2
23	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	43.47	608.99	5	106.5s	74.0
24	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	38.70	950.10	3	108.2s	73.9
25	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	41.96	627.73	5	108.7s	72.4
26	Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	42.13	610.66	5	109.0s	72.2
27	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Hurricane	35.93	1126.94	3	113.0s	72.1
28	Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Aeroblast *	35.28	1180.98	3	114.2s	71.7
29	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	40.80	632.27	5	111.0s	70.9
30	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	39.82	674.49	5	111.8s	70.5
31	Shadow Victreebel	Acid	Sludge Bomb	43.20	468.37	7	114.1s	69.8
32	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	34.44	1108.19	3	117.5s	69.5
33	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	38.71	668.64	5	114.5s	68.8
34	Galarian Articuno	Psycho Cut	Brave Bird	36.18	852.98	4	116.4s	68.5
35	Shadow Vileplume	Acid	Sludge Bomb	40.99	512.99	7	115.9s	68.2
36	Staraptor	Gust *	Brave Bird	38.60	646.77	5	115.5s	68.2
37	Shadow Crobat	Air Slash	Sludge Bomb	36.78	745.31	4	117.2s	67.5
38	Braviary	Air Slash	Brave Bird	36.74	745.30	4	117.3s	67.4
39	Roserade	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	39.48	559.94	6	116.9s	67.4
40	Shadow Skuntank	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	38.72	594.14	6	117.2s	67.2
41	Overqwil	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	36.42	727.09	4	118.7s	66.6
42	Archeops	Wing Attack	Ancient Power	38.40	582.17	6	118.5s	66.4
43	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	35.48	791.33	4	119.7s	66.4
44	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam *	37.52	629.62	5	118.8s	66.3
45	Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	37.50	627.27	5	119.0s	66.2
46	Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	30.52	1388.06	2	128.3s	66.1
47	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	34.82	828.42	4	120.8s	66.0
48	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Brave Bird	34.79	790.69	4	121.7s	65.4
49	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	29.99	1409.46	2	130.3s	65.4
50	Gengar	Lick *	Sludge Bomb	38.31	540.95	6	120.6s	65.3

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Scovillain type chart

When fighting Scovillain, keep in mind the following that Grass and Fire-type Pokémon are weak to Flying, Poison, and Rock type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Fairy, Steel, and Grass type moves.

Weaknesses

Flying	160.0%
Poison	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

Grass	39.1%
Electric	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Steel	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 Scovillain in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Scovillain down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Scovillain counter is Mega Rayquaza, followed by Rayquaza, Shadow Moltres, and Shadow Rhyperior. The table also includes Mega Gengar, Yveltal, Mega Diancie, and Shadow Honchkrow, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Scovillain 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.