Best Mega Metagross counters

The best Mega Metagross counters in Pokémon GO are Mega Gengar, Mega Tyranitar, Primal Groudon, Mega Blaziken, Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Chandelure, and Mega Y Charizard. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 3 - 9 Trainers to defeat Mega Metagross in a Mega Raid.

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Mega Gengar

Lick / Shadow Ball

Mega Tyranitar

Bite / Brutal Swing

Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Blaziken

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

Shadow Tyranitar

Bite / Brutal Swing

Shadow Chandelure

Fire Spin / Shadow Ball

Mega Y Charizard

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	24.05	563.2	15	391s	45.5
2.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	21.94	620.3	14	425s	43.1
3.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	24.06	407.0	22	397s	42.6
4.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	26.02	252.2	35	382s	41.1
5.	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	22.79	414.8	21	417s	40.9
6.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Shadow Ball	22.72	412.0	21	419s	40.8
7.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	24.41	286.9	31	401s	40.1
8.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	21.85	439.0	20	433s	40.0
9.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	22.59	349.9	25	425s	39.3
10.	Shadow Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	22.66	344.0	26	424s	39.2
11.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	22.29	284.1	31	436s	37.2
12.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	22.74	261.4	34	431s	37.2
13.	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	20.65	374.6	24	460s	37.1
14.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	22.34	254.4	35	439s	36.5
15.	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	16.79	753.4	11	549s	36.2
16.	Origin Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	17.23	671.6	13	536s	36.1
17.	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	24.78	171.4	52	416s	35.7
18.	Chandelure	Fire Spin	Shadow Ball	18.82	407.1	22	501s	35.0
19.	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	18.77	408.3	22	502s	35.0
20.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	22.01	214.2	42	451s	34.8
21.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	21.12	249.3	36	463s	34.7
22.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	20.64	264.3	34	471s	34.5
23.	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	20.70	245.0	36	472s	34.1
24.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	22.25	181.4	49	455s	33.9
25.	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	21.00	224.3	40	469s	33.8
26.	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	18.82	341.1	26	505s	33.8
27.	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	18.22	379.5	23	518s	33.6
28.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	18.63	347.6	25	510s	33.6
29.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	21.41	191.5	46	468s	33.3
30.	Mega Houndoom	Fire Fang	Foul Play	20.68	218.5	41	477s	33.3

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Group size

You need at least 3 Trainers to defeat a Mega Metagross in a Mega Raid.

Minimum group size: 3 Trainers
Optimal group size: 5 - 9 Trainers
Very easy with: 10+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 3 Trainers

Mega Metagross CP range from Raids

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

From 2705 CP to 2806 CP, with no weather boost
From 3382 CP to 3508 CP with Snow and Windy weather boost

Mega Metagross weaknesses

Mega Metagross type chart

When fighting Mega Metagross, keep in mind the that Steel and Psychic-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, Fire, Ghost, and Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Rock, Steel, Poison, and Psychic-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Dark	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Poison	39.1%
Psychic	39.1%
Dragon	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Rock	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 Mega Metagross

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fire	128.0%	Sunny
Ghost	120.0%	Fog
Ground	88.0%	Sunny
Dark	44.0%	Fog
Psychic	6.0%	Windy
Electric	6.0%	Rain
Fighting	4.0%	Cloudy
Normal	4.0%	Partly Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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