Best Empoleon counters

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

Thunder Shock / Wild Charge

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Xurkitree

Thunder Shock / Discharge

Terrakion

Double Kick / Sacred Sword

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	40.46	763.5	4	94s	73.2
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	36.68	834.1	4	103s	68.9
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	37.74	575.6	6	102s	65.4
4.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	34.86	733.2	4	109s	64.5
5.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	38.32	492.6	7	102s	64.1
6.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	35.58	645.5	5	107s	63.8
7.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	36.88	556.4	6	105s	63.8
8.	Keldeo (Ordinary Forme)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	32.46	911.5	3	115s	63.7
9.	Keldeo	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	32.46	911.5	3	115s	63.7
10.	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	36.26	574.4	6	106s	63.3
11.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	35.00	656.6	5	109s	63.2
12.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	35.76	601.2	5	107s	63.2
13.	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	31.54	928.4	3	119s	62.5
14.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	34.25	669.6	5	111s	62.4
15.	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	36.29	528.3	6	107s	62.3
16.	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	33.26	736.8	4	114s	62.2
17.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	34.35	628.3	5	111s	61.7
18.	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	36.03	503.9	7	108s	61.3
19.	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	34.71	517.7	6	111s	59.9
20.	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	33.98	541.5	6	113s	59.4
21.	Therian Forme Thundurus	Volt Switch	Wildbolt Storm *	32.92	580.2	6	116s	58.7
22.	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	33.28	541.1	6	115s	58.4
23.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	35.74	405.3	8	110s	58.3
24.	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	32.72	537.7	6	117s	57.5
25.	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	28.81	827.3	4	130s	56.8
26.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	31.42	571.4	6	121s	56.4
27.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	33.36	444.4	8	117s	56.2
28.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	28.42	805.0	4	132s	55.8
29.	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	30.76	570.4	6	124s	55.5
30.	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	28.77	719.9	5	131s	55.1

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Group size

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

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

Empoleon CP range from Raids

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

From 1581 CP to 1657 CP, with no weather boost
From 1976 CP to 2072 CP with Rain and Snow weather boost

Empoleon weaknesses

Empoleon type chart

When fighting Empoleon, keep in mind the that Water and Steel-type Pokémon are weak to Electric, Fighting, and Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Normal, Psychic, Rock, Water, Ice, Poison, and Steel-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Ice	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Steel	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Dragon	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%
Rock	62.5%
Water	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 Empoleon

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fighting	156.0%	Cloudy
Electric	132.0%	Rain
Ground	98.0%	Sunny
Psychic	4.0%	Windy
Dark	4.0%	Fog
Grass	2.0%	Sunny
Ghost	2.0%	Fog
Fire	2.0%	Sunny

About our ranking methodology

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