Best Luxray counters

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

Shadow Rhyperior

Mud-Slap / Earthquake

Shadow Mamoswine

Mud-Slap / High Horsepower

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	45.73	2056.5	1	81s	98.8
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	40.56	1783.4	2	91s	87.2
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	42.82	1330.1	2	87s	85.7
4.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	41.01	1126.5	3	91s	80.1
5.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	38.83	1272.4	2	96s	78.6
6.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	36.52	1345.6	2	102s	75.7
7.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	39.57	969.8	3	95s	75.5
8.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	35.76	1318.2	2	104s	74.2
9.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	37.86	1037.7	3	99s	73.9
10.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	33.80	1104.9	3	110s	68.4
11.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	33.00	1173.5	3	113s	67.9
12.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	33.80	1059.2	3	110s	67.8
13.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	32.09	1248.9	2	116s	67.3
14.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	35.27	813.4	4	107s	66.5
15.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	30.40	1329.8	2	122s	65.3
16.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	32.81	957.7	3	114s	64.9
17.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	32.45	995.0	3	115s	64.8
18.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	31.80	1069.0	3	117s	64.7
19.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	32.40	901.0	3	116s	63.4
20.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	32.40	901.0	3	116s	63.4
21.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	31.82	936.8	3	117s	63.0
22.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	31.49	968.0	3	119s	62.9
23.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	32.51	847.1	4	115s	62.8
24.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	32.92	770.7	4	115s	62.2
25.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	33.70	667.8	5	113s	61.6
26.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Earthquake	31.12	857.2	4	120s	60.8
27.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	28.86	1024.2	3	129s	59.4
28.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	26.33	1400.4	2	140s	58.8
29.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	29.29	911.7	3	127s	58.7
30.	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	28.16	1048.2	3	132s	58.5

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Group size

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

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

Luxray CP range from Raids

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

From 1573 CP to 1650 CP, with no weather boost
From 1967 CP to 2063 CP with Rain weather boost

Luxray weaknesses

Luxray type chart

When fighting Luxray, 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

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%

Resistances

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 Luxray

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	198.0%	Sunny
Fire	42.0%	Sunny
Dragon	34.0%	Windy
Psychic	28.0%	Windy
Dark	16.0%	Fog
Water	14.0%	Rain
Ghost	14.0%	Fog
Normal	12.0%	Partly Cloudy
Rock	12.0%	Partly Cloudy
Fighting	10.0%	Cloudy
Bug	10.0%	Rain
Grass	6.0%	Sunny
Poison	2.0%	Cloudy
Ice	2.0%	Snow

About our ranking methodology

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