Best Greavard counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Greavard 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 Tyranitar

Bite Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

• 42.5%
• 29.5%
• 5.5%
• 5.0%
• 4.0%
• 4.0%
• 3.0%
• 2.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	56.52	4618.60	0	66.8s	137.9
2	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	56.74	3136.64	1	68.0s	127.8
3	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	67.02	1605.91	2	62.7s	127.3
4	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	52.02	3285.00	1	73.6s	120.4
5	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	60.34	1499.09	2	69.3s	115.4
6	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	51.86	2606.83	1	74.9s	114.6
7	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	52.88	2322.89	1	74.3s	113.7
8	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	47.75	3206.98	1	79.9s	112.0
9	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	45.32	3853.70	0	83.2s	111.5
10	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	54.99	1775.96	2	73.6s	111.0
11	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	48.54	2810.10	1	79.3s	110.4
12	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	47.13	3058.19	1	81.1s	109.7
13	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	52.10	2053.10	1	76.1s	109.5
14	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	57.66	1296.32	2	73.5s	108.1
15	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	49.58	2332.96	1	78.8s	108.1
16	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	53.75	1611.57	2	75.9s	106.9
17	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	41.83	3964.03	0	89.7s	105.2
18	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	46.85	2246.10	1	83.3s	102.5
19	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	49.68	1658.68	2	81.1s	101.0
20	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	49.99	1565.90	2	81.2s	100.3
21	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	45.71	2138.01	1	85.5s	99.5
22	Zarude	Bite	Dark Pulse	39.31	3642.51	0	95.5s	98.5
23	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	48.04	1628.01	2	83.8s	97.9
24	Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	44.00	2267.54	1	88.2s	97.7
25	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Shadow Ball	46.70	1782.58	2	85.2s	97.5
26	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	51.13	1235.31	2	82.1s	97.3
27	Shadow Shiftry	Snarl	Foul Play	44.59	2006.64	1	87.9s	96.3
28	Guzzlord	Snarl	Brutal Swing	39.44	3196.52	1	95.8s	96.1
29	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	45.40	1735.86	2	87.6s	94.9
30	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	44.13	1909.17	1	89.1s	94.5
31	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	53.20	907.70	3	83.5s	94.3
32	Zoroark	Snarl	Foul Play	45.37	1675.85	2	87.9s	94.1
33	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	51.97	969.93	3	84.1s	93.8
34	Mega Salamence	Bite	Draco Meteor	39.68	2764.04	1	95.9s	93.7
35	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	40.17	2593.79	1	95.2s	93.4
36	Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	41.18	2282.30	1	93.7s	92.8
37	Lunala	Confusion	Shadow Ball	44.82	1581.60	2	89.4s	92.1
38	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	48.65	1119.65	3	86.9s	91.6
39	Shadow Salamence	Bite	Draco Meteor	42.90	1827.12	1	91.8s	91.6
40	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	40.34	2313.11	1	95.5s	91.6
41	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	49.45	1042.74	3	86.6s	91.5
42	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	44.40	1571.51	2	90.2s	91.3
43	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	48.31	1127.70	3	87.3s	91.3
44	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse	43.43	1580.52	2	92.0s	89.8
45	Shadow Drifblim	Hex	Shadow Ball	44.98	1330.12	2	90.9s	89.2
46	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	39.39	2211.69	1	97.9s	89.0
47	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	40.14	2008.57	1	96.9s	88.6
48	Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	41.25	1626.07	2	96.1s	86.7
49	Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	41.54	1535.43	2	96.0s	86.2
50	Muk (Alola Shadow)	Snarl	Dark Pulse	39.63	1828.76	1	98.7s	86.0

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Greavard type chart

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

Weaknesses

Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	39.1%
Normal	39.1%
Bug	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 Greavard in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Greavard down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Greavard counter is Mega Tyranitar, followed by Shadow Tyranitar, Mega Gengar, and Mega Rayquaza. The table also includes Mega Banette, Mega Houndoom, Shadow Weavile, 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 Greavard 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.