Magneton Raid Counters Guide

Magneton

Magneton is a Tier 3 Raid boss in Pokémon GO and is one of the easiest Pokémon to solo courtesy of its quadruple weakness to the Ground type. Best Magneton counters include Ground Fire and Fighting types, with all three being common types in the meta.

Magneton can be caught with the following CP values:

• 1210- 1420 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 1513- 1775 CP at Level 25 with Rainy and Snow weather boost

Magneton evolves into the powerful Magnezone, which is a powerful pick in the Master League as well as raids. So if you don’t have a good IV Magnezone or need XL candy, this is a good opportunity to get those!

With that being said, let’s check out the raid guide for Magnezone!

Magneton Raid Counters

Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.

It should be noted that Magneton has a 4x weakness to the Ground type

The best counters for Magneton are the following:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	58.70s	0.17
2.	Swampert (Mega)	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	59.60s	0.75
3.	Blaziken (Mega)	Counter Fighting	Blast Burn Fire	69.35s	1.92
4.	Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	73.23s	1.08
5.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	73.00s	2.42
6.	Garchomp	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	81.77s	1.00
7.	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	80.70s	1.83
8.	Excadrill	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	82.66s	1.50
9.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap Ground	High Horsepower Ground	80.31s	2.17
10.	Charizard (Mega X)	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	84.70s	1.50
11.	Landorus	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	84.15s	2.25
12.	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	84.46s	2.08
13.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	89.23s	1.92
14.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	89.32s	2.25
15.	Houndoom (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Fire Blast Fire	88.32s	2.58
16.	Golurk	Mud-Slap Ground	Earth Power Ground	91.91s	2.17
17.	Donphan	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	94.69s	1.83
18.	Kangaskhan (Mega)	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	92.40s	2.33
19.	Rhydon	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	93.61s	2.50
20.	Sceptile (Mega)	Fury Cutter Bug	Earthquake Ground	95.64s	2.25
21.	Steelix (Mega)	Thunder Fang Electric	Earthquake Ground	105.55s	0.75
22.	Lopunny (Mega)	Low Kick Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	94.60s	3.17
23.	Reshiram	Fire Fang Fire	Fusion Flare Fire	103.70s	1.75
24.	Golem	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	99.94s	2.67
25.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Bite Dark	Earth Power Ground	96.65s	4.08
26.	Flygon	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	105.01s	2.08
27.	Beedrill (Mega)	Bug Bite Bug	Drill Run Ground	94.92s	4.42
28.	Heatran	Fire Spin Fire	Earth Power Ground	108.28s	1.91
29.	Swampert	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	106.00s	2.33
30.	Alakazam (Mega)	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	103.08s	3.83
31.	Seismitoad	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	110.42s	2.33
32.	Terrakion	Double Kick Fighting	Earthquake Ground	103.79s	3.83
33.	Haxorus	Counter Fighting	Earthquake Ground	107.27s	3.33
34.	Nidoking	Double Kick Fighting	Earthquake Ground	114.05s	1.67
35.	Sandslash	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	119.35s	1.00

* denotes a legacy move

Stats and Max CP

Magneton ElectricSteel
Max CP at Level 40 2485| Max CP at Level 50 2810
ATK 223		DEF 169		HP 137
Weak to			Strong Against
Fire Fighting Ground			Flying Water Fairy Ice Rock

Magnezone Moveset Analysis

Garchomp, with its triple resistance to Electric type moves simply shrugs off all its Electric attacks and can finish the raid in no time. That said, Magnet Bomb does decent damage to your counters. Zap Cannon hits very hard but can be easily dodged.

Conclusion

All in all, Magneton is an easy raid. The fact that it lacks bulk is a huge bonus to you.

A Pokémon that evolves into an absolute beast that has the highest number of resistances in the meta. You can check out our Magnezone meta analysis article for more!

Let’s go!