Best Mega Heracross counters

The best Mega Heracross counters in Pokémon GO are Mega Rayquaza, Rayquaza, Shadow Moltres, Shadow Honchkrow, Shadow Staraptor, Yveltal, and Incarnate Forme Enamorus. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 2 - 6 Trainers to defeat Mega Heracross in a Mega Raid.

Simulation settings

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Mega Rayquaza

Air Slash / Dragon Ascent

Rayquaza

Air Slash / Dragon Ascent

Shadow Moltres

Wing Attack / Sky Attack

Shadow Honchkrow

Peck / Sky Attack

Shadow Staraptor

Gust / Fly

Yveltal

Gust / Oblivion Wing

Incarnate Forme Enamorus

Fairy Wind / Fly

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	61.65	1420.6	6	153s	116.2
2.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	48.27	867.7	10	197s	86.5
3.	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	45.16	618.4	14	214s	76.5
4.	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	49.39	375.0	24	207s	74.3
5.	Shadow Staraptor	Gust *	Fly	45.96	466.2	19	216s	73.3
6.	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing *	40.06	663.9	13	239s	70.6
7.	Incarnate Forme Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	37.96	706.4	12	250s	68.5
8.	Mega Pidgeot	Gust *	Brave Bird	38.92	567.3	15	248s	66.8
9.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	38.67	578.1	15	249s	66.7
10.	Shadow Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	41.12	416.7	21	241s	65.6
11.	Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	36.88	603.0	14	259s	64.8
12.	Therian Forme Enamorus	Fairy Wind	Fly	33.44	753.0	11	282s	62.7
13.	Staraptor	Gust *	Fly	37.38	453.1	19	261s	61.8
14.	Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	39.41	358.2	25	254s	61.5
15.	Braviary	Air Slash	Fly	35.57	522.6	17	271s	61.2
16.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	36.91	398.3	22	267s	59.6
17.	Therian Forme Tornadus	Gust	Bleakwind Storm *	33.17	583.5	15	287s	59.2
18.	Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Aeroblast *	30.26	804.5	11	309s	58.7
19.	Mega Y Charizard	Air Slash	Blast Burn *	33.12	565.1	15	288s	58.7
20.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	32.47	601.1	14	293s	58.5
21.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	32.47	601.1	14	293s	58.5
22.	Hisuian Braviary	Air Slash	Fly	33.10	517.5	17	290s	57.6
23.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Brave Bird	34.01	438.3	20	286s	56.9
24.	Galarian Articuno	Psycho Cut	Brave Bird	31.30	583.9	15	303s	56.5
25.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	31.33	559.0	16	304s	56.0
26.	Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	33.37	404.1	22	292s	55.2
27.	Incarnate Forme Tornadus	Air Slash	Hurricane	30.61	474.5	18	313s	53.2
28.	Tornadus	Air Slash	Hurricane	30.61	474.5	18	313s	53.2
29.	Shadow Scyther	Air Slash	Aerial Ace	31.42	371.9	24	311s	51.7
30.	Toucannon	Peck	Drill Peck	31.13	377.0	23	313s	51.5

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Group size

You need at least 2 Trainers to defeat a Mega Heracross in a Mega Raid.

Minimum group size: 2 Trainers
Optimal group size: 4 - 6 Trainers
Very easy with: 7+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 2 Trainers

Mega Heracross CP range from Raids

Mega Heracross can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 2650 CP to 2751 CP, with no weather boost
From 3312 CP to 3439 CP with Rain and Cloudy weather boost

Mega Heracross weaknesses

Mega Heracross type chart

When fighting Mega Heracross, keep in mind the that Bug and Fighting-type Pokémon are weak to Flying (2x), Fairy, Fire, and Psychic-type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Dark, Fighting, Grass, and Ground-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Flying	256.0%
Fairy	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Psychic	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Bug	62.5%
Dark	62.5%
Fighting	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ground	62.5%

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

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Mega Heracross

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Flying	238.0%	Windy
Psychic	74.0%	Windy
Fire	46.0%	Sunny
Bug	8.0%	Rain
Fairy	6.0%	Cloudy
Electric	6.0%	Rain
Dragon	6.0%	Windy
Normal	4.0%	Partly Cloudy
Steel	4.0%	Snow
Ghost	4.0%	Fog
Poison	2.0%	Cloudy
Fighting	2.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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

This guide displays a list of best Mega Heracross 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. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

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 attacks, 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. Reddit

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.