Best Drowzee counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Drowzee 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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Best overall 👑

Mega Tyranitar

Bite Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

• 35.0%
• 25.5%
• 21.0%
• 3.5%
• 3.0%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	44.67	7536.05	0	82.5s	126.5
2	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	44.40	5224.19	0	83.8s	116.8
3	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	53.42	1524.66	2	76.8s	105.1
4	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	41.10	4209.37	0	91.0s	105.1
5	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	41.98	3191.81	1	90.3s	101.0
6	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	37.11	5068.01	0	99.9s	100.7
7	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	36.18	5235.21	0	102.3s	99.3
8	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	37.86	4366.34	0	98.4s	99.2
9	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	47.51	1802.12	1	83.8s	99.1
10	Mega Absol	Snarl	Payback	41.76	2852.83	1	91.3s	98.2
11	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	38.67	3838.08	0	96.8s	98.2
12	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	41.80	2655.54	1	91.5s	96.9
13	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	35.79	4776.60	0	103.6s	96.6
14	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	39.71	2674.73	1	96.0s	93.2
15	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	45.37	1557.66	2	88.6s	92.7
16	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	39.08	2717.21	1	97.4s	92.3
17	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	39.44	2573.43	1	96.9s	91.9
18	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	37.23	3048.05	1	101.4s	90.9
19	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	39.38	2434.46	1	97.3s	90.8
20	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	33.44	4399.41	0	110.9s	90.0
21	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Payback	39.82	2175.29	1	97.0s	89.5
22	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	37.25	2724.28	1	101.9s	88.9
23	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Shadow Ball	36.22	2776.30	1	104.6s	87.3
24	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	39.30	1990.90	1	98.8s	87.0
25	Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	35.03	3107.97	1	107.4s	86.9
26	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	36.84	2553.24	1	103.4s	86.9
27	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	35.09	3005.01	1	107.4s	86.5
28	Zarude	Bite	Dark Pulse	31.53	4416.60	0	117.4s	86.0
29	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	40.16	1631.89	2	98.5s	85.0
30	Guzzlord	Snarl	Brutal Swing	30.87	4362.15	0	119.9s	84.3
31	Zoroark	Snarl	Foul Play	36.04	2309.41	1	106.1s	83.7
32	Shadow Shiftry	Snarl	Foul Play	35.41	2428.38	1	107.6s	83.4
33	Bisharp	Snarl	Dark Pulse	31.01	3893.72	0	119.8s	82.7
34	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	37.02	1892.71	1	104.9s	82.1
35	Shadow Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	36.29	2039.36	1	106.3s	82.0
36	Pheromosa	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	46.62	700.14	5	97.8s	80.5
37	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	41.53	1084.05	3	100.0s	80.3
38	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	33.03	2616.38	1	114.5s	80.1
39	Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	32.59	2654.42	1	115.9s	79.5
40	Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	32.83	2523.73	1	115.3s	79.1
41	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	34.94	1978.70	1	110.3s	79.1
42	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	38.31	1346.54	2	104.7s	78.7
43	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	32.47	2440.73	1	116.8s	77.9
44	Lunala	Air Slash	Shadow Ball	30.31	3171.29	1	123.3s	77.8
45	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse	34.52	1915.13	1	111.8s	77.8
46	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	30.06	3255.01	1	124.2s	77.7
47	Shadow Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	37.86	1323.39	2	106.0s	77.7
48	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	31.43	2688.19	1	119.9s	77.4
49	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	32.25	2424.67	1	117.6s	77.4
50	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	41.39	917.67	3	102.7s	77.4

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Drowzee type chart

When fighting Drowzee, keep in mind the following that Psychic-type Pokémon are weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost type moves. They take reduced damage from Fighting, and Psychic type moves.

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%

Resistances

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

The top-ranked Drowzee counter is Mega Tyranitar, followed by Shadow Tyranitar, Mega Gengar, and Mega Houndoom. The table also includes Shadow Weavile, Tyranitar, Mega Gyarados, and Hydreigon, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Drowzee 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.