Best Raikou counters

The best Raikou counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Excadrill, Shadow Mamoswine, and Groudon. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 3 - 7 Trainers to defeat Raikou in a 5-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Shadow Mamoswine

Mud-Slap / High Horsepower

Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	34.72	1806.5	8	441s	77.3
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	30.27	1852.6	8	504s	69.6
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	32.51	1172.6	12	475s	67.1
4.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	28.81	1324.0	11	533s	62.5
5.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	31.23	801.3	18	499s	60.1
6.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	29.78	850.2	17	522s	58.6
7.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	27.23	1163.4	12	564s	58.2
8.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	27.67	1028.6	14	557s	57.5
9.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	28.94	745.7	20	539s	55.8
10.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	23.94	1301.7	11	638s	53.8
11.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	23.82	1199.2	12	643s	52.6
12.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	25.63	810.1	18	604s	51.5
13.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	25.75	786.3	19	602s	51.4
14.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	25.22	843.6	17	613s	51.3
15.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	24.76	840.6	17	624s	50.5
16.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	24.46	872.2	17	631s	50.4
17.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	26.92	564.2	26	584s	49.7
18.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	24.54	808.1	18	630s	49.7
19.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	23.07	1017.5	14	666s	49.6
20.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	24.59	745.2	20	631s	49.0
21.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	24.77	647.7	23	629s	47.9
22.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	24.77	647.7	23	629s	47.9
23.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	24.14	716.8	20	643s	47.9
24.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	24.41	566.1	26	641s	46.1
25.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	26.71	387.5	38	601s	45.8
26.	Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	20.00	1191.5	12	763s	45.7
27.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	21.88	828.1	18	704s	45.6
28.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Earthquake	22.79	693.7	21	680s	45.4
29.	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	21.38	802.5	18	721s	44.5
30.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Earthquake	23.81	493.7	30	661s	43.9

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Group size

You need at least 3 Trainers to defeat a Raikou in a 5-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 3 Trainers
Optimal group size: 4 - 7 Trainers
Very easy with: 8+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 3 Trainers

Raikou CP range from Raids

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

From 1889 CP to 1972 CP, with no weather boost
From 2361 CP to 2466 CP with Rain weather boost

Raikou weaknesses

Raikou type chart

When fighting Raikou, keep in mind the that Electric-type Pokémon are weak to Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Flying, and Steel-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Electric	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Steel	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 Raikou

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	200.0%	Sunny
Dragon	54.0%	Windy
Psychic	28.0%	Windy
Fire	26.0%	Sunny
Grass	18.0%	Sunny
Bug	14.0%	Rain
Normal	12.0%	Partly Cloudy
Water	12.0%	Rain
Dark	10.0%	Fog
Fighting	8.0%	Cloudy
Ghost	6.0%	Fog
Rock	6.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ice	4.0%	Snow
Poison	2.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Raikou in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Raikou 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 Raikou 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.