Best Lugia counters

The best Lugia counters in Pokémon GO are Mega Tyranitar, Mega Gengar, Shadow Tyranitar, Mega Diancie, Shadow Rampardos, Mega Banette, and Shadow Raikou. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 4 - 9 Trainers to defeat Lugia in a 5-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Bite / Brutal Swing

Lick / Shadow Ball

Bite / Brutal Swing

Rock Throw / Rock Slide

Shadow Rampardos

Smack Down / Rock Slide

Mega Banette

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

Shadow Raikou

Thunder Shock / Wild Charge

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	21.17	871.0	17	726s	44.9
2.	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	24.82	351.4	42	648s	42.3
3.	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	21.64	580.6	25	720s	42.1
4.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	21.03	417.1	35	750s	38.4
5.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	23.72	287.9	52	685s	38.4
6.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	22.39	316.9	47	718s	38.2
7.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	20.38	433.3	34	771s	37.8
8.	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	20.68	403.3	37	763s	37.7
9.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	19.71	483.3	31	792s	37.6
10.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	20.72	379.9	39	764s	37.3
11.	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	19.22	509.5	29	810s	37.3
12.	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	21.18	338.9	44	753s	37.0
13.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	19.91	403.9	37	791s	36.6
14.	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	21.15	308.2	48	758s	36.3
15.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	19.86	392.7	38	794s	36.3
16.	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Avalanche	20.69	331.5	45	771s	36.2
17.	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	17.97	573.6	26	861s	36.2
18.	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	18.46	493.3	30	843s	35.8
19.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	19.65	377.9	39	803s	35.7
20.	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	18.57	462.8	32	840s	35.6
21.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	19.13	386.9	38	823s	35.1
22.	Shadow Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	22.73	266.8	56	717s	35.0
23.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	18.59	420.1	35	843s	34.9
24.	Therian Forme Thundurus	Volt Switch	Wildbolt Storm *	19.07	372.8	40	827s	34.8
25.	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	19.82	319.1	47	804s	34.7
26.	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	16.88	590.3	25	914s	34.6
27.	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	17.70	461.2	32	880s	34.2
28.	Origin Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	17.48	477.5	31	890s	34.1
29.	Mega Gardevoir	Charge Beam	Shadow Ball	17.76	430.7	34	880s	33.8
30.	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	17.11	498.2	30	907s	33.8

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Group size

You need at least 4 Trainers to defeat a Lugia in a 5-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 4 Trainers
Optimal group size: 5 - 9 Trainers
Very easy with: 10+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 4 Trainers

Lugia CP range from Raids

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

From 2028 CP to 2115 CP, with no weather boost
From 2535 CP to 2645 CP with Windy weather boost

Lugia weaknesses

Lugia type chart

When fighting Lugia, keep in mind the that Psychic and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock-type moves. They take reduced damage from Grass, Psychic, Fighting, and Ground-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Dark	160.0%
Electric	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Fighting	39.1%
Ground	39.1%
Grass	62.5%
Psychic	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 Lugia

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Electric	94.0%	Rain
Dark	78.0%	Fog
Ghost	68.0%	Fog
Rock	68.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ice	48.0%	Snow
Dragon	14.0%	Windy
Water	8.0%	Rain
Steel	8.0%	Snow
Flying	6.0%	Windy
Psychic	6.0%	Windy
Poison	2.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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