Best Houndstone counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Houndstone 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 👑

Mega Tyranitar

Bite

Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

41.5%
29.5%
6.0%
5.5%
3.5%
3.0%
3.0%
2.5%
1.5%
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	33.90	1771.69	2	114.3s	75.5
2	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	34.41	1188.94	3	116.7s	70.4
3	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	40.57	596.83	6	112.9s	69.8
4	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	31.11	1235.83	2	127.4s	65.5
5	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	36.53	557.08	6	124.4s	63.3
6	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	30.71	970.21	3	132.1s	61.7
7	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	33.73	668.81	5	128.3s	61.6
8	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	28.82	1226.61	2	136.7s	61.5
9	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	31.34	861.47	4	131.6s	61.2
10	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	26.96	1474.61	2	143.3s	60.6
11	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	28.53	1166.87	3	138.5s	60.4
12	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	28.58	1051.61	3	139.6s	59.2
13	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	34.73	478.45	7	133.8s	58.9
14	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	30.79	757.11	4	135.9s	58.8
15	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	32.38	601.45	5	135.1s	58.4
16	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	29.49	861.38	4	138.8s	58.3
17	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	24.66	1501.66	2	155.6s	56.7
18	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	28.22	833.95	4	144.8s	55.9
19	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	29.70	612.35	5	144.7s	54.7
20	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	29.68	574.90	6	146.3s	54.0
21	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	27.24	799.43	4	150.2s	53.9
22	Zarude	Bite	Dark Pulse	23.54	1404.57	2	163.2s	53.9
23	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	28.98	604.74	5	148.0s	53.5
24	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Shadow Ball	27.94	663.64	5	150.5s	53.0
25	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	30.74	456.06	7	148.7s	53.0
26	Guzzlord	Snarl	Brutal Swing	23.94	1200.08	2	162.4s	52.9
27	Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	26.05	847.31	4	155.2s	52.7
28	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	32.76	340.10	10	152.2s	52.5
29	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	27.71	653.78	5	151.9s	52.5
30	Shadow Shiftry	Snarl	Foul Play	26.62	744.63	4	154.6s	52.2
31	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	31.86	362.71	9	152.7s	52.0
32	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	26.66	715.79	5	155.2s	51.8
33	Lunala	Confusion	Shadow Ball	27.85	601.43	5	153.2s	51.8
34	Mega Salamence	Bite	Draco Meteor	23.66	1045.43	3	165.9s	50.9
35	Zoroark	Snarl	Foul Play	26.94	620.37	5	156.8s	50.7
36	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	30.19	390.09	9	156.1s	50.6
37	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	27.14	591.92	6	157.0s	50.6
38	Shadow Drifblim	Hex	Shadow Ball	28.14	505.73	7	156.4s	50.4
39	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	29.47	420.85	8	156.4s	50.4
40	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	23.77	968.62	3	166.3s	50.3
41	Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	24.45	847.15	4	164.2s	50.1
42	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	29.31	413.65	8	157.6s	50.0
43	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	24.15	868.39	4	165.7s	49.8
44	Shadow Salamence	Bite	Draco Meteor	25.60	675.27	5	162.0s	49.6
45	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse	26.02	587.58	6	162.9s	48.8
46	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	23.74	825.83	4	169.1s	48.6
47	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	24.17	754.51	4	168.0s	48.4
48	Deoxys (Attack)	Zen Headbutt	Dark Pulse	34.11	171.33	21	189.6s	47.2
49	Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	24.61	602.88	5	170.1s	47.0
50	Muk (Alola Shadow)	Snarl	Dark Pulse	23.66	676.32	5	173.5s	46.6

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About the results

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

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

Houndstone type chart

When fighting Houndstone, 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.

Best move-types and weather for Houndstone Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Dark	41.5%	Fog
Ghost	29.5%	Fog
Psychic	6.0%	Windy
Dragon	5.5%	Windy
Water	3.5%	Rainy
Electric	3.0%	Rainy
Fire	3.0%	Sunny
Flying	2.5%	Windy
Ground	1.5%	Sunny
Grass	1.0%	Sunny
Steel	1.0%	Snow
Rock	1.0%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	0.5%	Rainy
Ice	0.5%	Snow

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.