Best Ampharos counters

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

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Therian Forme Landorus

Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	42.36	2471.4	1	87s	96.5
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	37.16	2175.9	1	99s	84.7
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	39.65	1561.1	2	94s	83.3
4.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	35.39	1550.1	2	105s	76.0
5.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	37.89	1131.8	3	99s	75.3
6.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	33.16	1547.1	2	111s	72.2
7.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	35.06	1223.1	2	106s	71.9
8.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	36.61	1009.4	3	102s	71.5
9.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	34.06	1153.1	3	109s	69.4
10.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	29.36	1524.3	2	125s	65.3
11.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	31.27	1111.6	3	119s	64.4
12.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	30.71	1180.5	3	121s	64.2
13.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	32.38	900.0	4	116s	63.4
14.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	29.73	1156.9	3	125s	62.3
15.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	31.53	906.8	3	119s	62.1
16.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	29.35	1156.8	3	126s	61.7
17.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	30.39	998.0	3	123s	61.6
18.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	30.12	996.4	3	124s	61.1
19.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	29.66	1049.9	3	125s	61.0
20.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	29.66	1049.9	3	125s	61.0
21.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	30.08	942.4	3	124s	60.3
22.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	28.35	1141.5	3	131s	59.9
23.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	29.13	987.2	3	128s	59.4
24.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Earthquake	28.88	992.6	3	129s	59.0
25.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	30.86	722.5	4	122s	58.3
26.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	29.64	802.2	4	126s	57.7
27.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Earthquake	27.68	947.1	3	134s	56.5
28.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	26.87	932.6	3	138s	55.0
29.	Shadow Nidoking	Fury Cutter *	Earth Power	27.51	831.6	4	136s	54.8
30.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	27.29	834.7	4	137s	54.5

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Group size

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

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

Ampharos CP range from Raids

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

From 1554 CP to 1630 CP, with no weather boost
From 1943 CP to 2037 CP with Rain weather boost

Ampharos weaknesses

Ampharos type chart

When fighting Ampharos, 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

Ground	160.0%

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 Ampharos

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	198.0%	Sunny
Dragon	42.0%	Windy
Fire	38.0%	Sunny
Psychic	28.0%	Windy
Water	14.0%	Rain
Ghost	14.0%	Fog
Normal	12.0%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	12.0%	Rain
Rock	12.0%	Partly Cloudy
Fighting	10.0%	Cloudy
Grass	10.0%	Sunny
Dark	8.0%	Fog
Poison	2.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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