Best Magnemite counters

The best Magnemite counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Excadrill, Shadow Garchomp, Groudon, and Shadow Mamoswine. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Magnemite in a 3-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 Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Mamoswine

Mud-Slap / High Horsepower

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	89.35	7758.7	0	41s	220.8
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	78.29	6181.4	0	47s	189.7
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	83.65	4178.3	0	44s	184.6
4.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	79.31	3507.4	1	47s	170.7
5.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	74.20	4425.3	0	50s	169.8
6.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	69.75	4109.7	0	53s	159.2
7.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	78.06	2388.3	1	48s	155.8
8.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	74.11	2832.8	1	50s	154.8
9.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	72.70	2895.7	1	51s	153.2
10.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	64.57	3729.2	0	57s	146.8
11.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	65.62	3437.2	1	56s	146.2
12.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	61.54	4326.7	0	60s	145.6
13.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	68.49	2443.5	1	55s	141.1
14.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	67.26	2278.3	1	56s	137.1
15.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	62.18	3080.3	1	60s	137.0
16.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	64.27	2707.6	1	58s	137.0
17.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	62.79	2688.0	1	59s	134.3
18.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	64.71	2354.7	1	58s	133.8
19.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	60.45	2856.5	1	61s	131.9
20.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	62.75	2433.4	1	59s	131.5
21.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	62.75	2433.4	1	59s	131.5
22.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	63.33	2015.3	1	59s	127.4
23.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Earthquake	61.51	2003.5	1	61s	124.4
24.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	57.21	2595.9	1	65s	123.8
25.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	58.46	2363.7	1	64s	123.5
26.	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	56.70	2397.6	1	65s	120.9
27.	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	58.90	1863.5	1	64s	118.4
28.	Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	53.55	2668.7	1	69s	118.1
29.	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	55.94	2250.4	1	66s	118.1
30.	Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	51.58	3021.6	1	71s	117.6

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Group size

You need at least 1 Trainers to defeat a Magnemite in a 3-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 1 Trainers
Optimal group size: 2 - 3 Trainers
Very easy with: 4+ Trainers

Magnemite CP range from Raids

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

From 725 CP to 778 CP, with no weather boost
From 906 CP to 973 CP with Rain and Snow weather boost

Magnemite weaknesses

Magnemite type chart

When fighting Magnemite, keep in mind the that Electric and Steel-type Pokémon are weak to Ground (2x), Fighting, and Fire-type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Dragon, Electric, Fairy, Grass, Ice, Normal, Psychic, Rock, Flying, Poison, and Steel-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Ground	256.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Fire	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Flying	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Steel	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Dragon	62.5%
Electric	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%
Rock	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 Magnemite

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	254.0%	Sunny
Fire	80.0%	Sunny
Fighting	48.0%	Cloudy
Bug	8.0%	Rain
Dark	8.0%	Fog
Electric	2.0%	Rain

About our ranking methodology

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