Best Rotom counters

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

Bite / Brutal Swing

Lick / Shadow Ball

Bite / Brutal Swing

Mud Shot / Earth Power

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	44.63	2855.6	1	82s	103.6
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	38.92	2747.8	1	94s	92.2
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	41.72	1869.2	1	89s	90.0
4.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	40.91	1897.7	1	90s	88.9
5.	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	47.75	893.9	4	80s	86.2
6.	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	41.71	1270.2	2	90s	83.2
7.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	36.95	1974.2	1	100s	82.7
8.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	39.81	1282.7	2	94s	80.3
9.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	38.25	1368.8	2	97s	78.8
10.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	34.90	1842.7	1	106s	77.9
11.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	35.70	1655.3	2	104s	77.6
12.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	43.67	702.4	5	88s	76.5
13.	Shadow Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	44.35	644.3	5	87s	76.1
14.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	37.01	1272.0	2	101s	75.7
15.	Shadow Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	45.30	551.4	6	86s	75.0
16.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	40.59	794.3	4	94s	74.0
17.	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	34.45	1485.3	2	107s	73.8
18.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	37.12	1035.3	3	101s	72.7
19.	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	41.59	604.2	5	93s	71.3
20.	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	34.47	1245.3	2	108s	71.2
21.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	30.71	1932.3	1	120s	71.0
22.	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	38.33	769.0	4	99s	70.2
23.	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	38.91	714.3	5	98s	70.0
24.	Origin Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	33.27	1308.1	2	111s	69.9
25.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	32.32	1435.1	2	114s	69.6
26.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	33.06	1306.1	2	112s	69.5
27.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	32.89	1257.3	2	113s	68.7
28.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	31.81	1348.9	2	116s	67.9
29.	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	34.78	941.9	3	108s	67.7
30.	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	37.63	674.4	5	102s	67.4

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Group size

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

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

Rotom CP range from Raids

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

From 1096 CP to 1160 CP, with no weather boost
From 1371 CP to 1451 CP with Rain and Fog weather boost

Rotom weaknesses

Rotom type chart

When fighting Rotom, keep in mind the that Electric and Ghost-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, Ghost, and Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Electric, Flying, Poison, Steel, Fighting, and Normal-type moves.

Weaknesses

Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	39.1%
Normal	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Electric	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Poison	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 Rotom

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	144.0%	Sunny
Dark	112.0%	Fog
Ghost	94.0%	Fog
Psychic	18.0%	Windy
Dragon	10.0%	Windy
Fire	8.0%	Sunny
Electric	4.0%	Rain
Water	4.0%	Rain
Bug	4.0%	Rain
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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