Best Mega Gengar counters

The best Mega Gengar counters in Pokémon GO are Shadow Mewtwo, Primal Groudon, Mega Tyranitar, Mega Gengar, Shadow Tyranitar, Mega Garchomp, and Mewtwo. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 3 - 6 Trainers to defeat Mega Gengar in a Mega Raid.

Simulation settings

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Shadow Mewtwo

Psycho Cut / Psystrike

Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Bite / Brutal Swing

Lick / Shadow Ball

Bite / Brutal Swing

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Mewtwo

Psycho Cut / Psystrike

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	42.41	384.8	23	236s	66.1
2.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	33.19	689.8	13	285s	61.2
3.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	31.22	732.0	12	301s	59.0
4.	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	36.58	346.9	25	272s	57.5
5.	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	32.78	496.3	18	293s	56.7
6.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	30.81	588.3	15	308s	55.9
7.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	34.25	371.5	24	288s	55.4
8.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	35.76	306.6	29	282s	55.1
9.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	31.26	443.9	20	309s	53.4
10.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	32.06	402.1	22	304s	53.4
11.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	32.41	349.6	25	304s	52.3
12.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	29.49	482.2	18	324s	51.8
13.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	34.01	273.2	32	298s	51.7
14.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	32.27	331.7	27	307s	51.6
15.	Shadow Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	35.84	219.0	41	293s	51.6
16.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	30.23	425.9	21	319s	51.5
17.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	32.67	305.0	29	305s	51.2
18.	Shadow Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	34.38	249.1	36	298s	51.2
19.	Hoopa Unbound	Confusion	Psychic	30.40	370.2	24	321s	50.3
20.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	30.41	344.0	26	323s	49.6
21.	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Psychic *	34.15	201.5	44	309s	48.8
22.	Lunala	Confusion	Shadow Ball	29.68	325.5	27	331s	48.1
23.	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	32.25	233.7	38	318s	48.0
24.	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	26.77	483.7	18	355s	48.0
25.	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	27.45	438.1	20	349s	48.0
26.	Shadow Exeggutor	Extrasensory	Psychic	32.62	220.0	40	317s	47.9
27.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	27.77	395.4	22	347s	47.4
28.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	29.67	304.1	29	333s	47.4
29.	Mega Latias	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	27.23	413.8	21	353s	47.1
30.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	27.43	393.7	22	351s	46.9

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Group size

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

Minimum group size: 3 Trainers
Optimal group size: 4 - 6 Trainers
Very easy with: 7+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 3 Trainers

Mega Gengar CP range from Raids

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

From 2379 CP to 2477 CP, with no weather boost
From 2974 CP to 3097 CP with Fog and Cloudy weather boost

Mega Gengar weaknesses

Mega Gengar type chart

When fighting Mega Gengar, keep in mind the that Ghost and Poison-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, Ghost, Ground, and Psychic-type moves. They take reduced damage from Fairy, Grass, Bug, Normal, Poison, and Fighting-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Ground	160.0%
Psychic	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Fighting	24.4%
Bug	39.1%
Normal	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Fairy	62.5%
Grass	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 Gengar

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Psychic	116.0%	Windy
Dark	96.0%	Fog
Ground	90.0%	Sunny
Ghost	70.0%	Fog
Dragon	8.0%	Windy
Fire	6.0%	Sunny
Electric	6.0%	Rain
Flying	4.0%	Windy
Water	4.0%	Rain

About our ranking methodology

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