Stantler Raid Counters Guide

Stantler

Stantler is a pure Normal type Tier 3 raid boss in Pokémon GO. Like all Normal types, it’s only weak to Fighting types, so bring your best punchy lads.

Stantler Raid Counters

The best counters for Stantler are the following:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm Fighting	Aura Sphere Fighting	1	59s
2.	Mega Blaziken	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	2	75s
3.	Mega Heracross	Counter Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	2	79s
4.	Lucario	Force Palm Fighting	Aura Sphere Fighting	2	76s
5.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail Dragon	Dragon Ascent Flying	2	83s
6.	Terrakion	Double Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	2	81s
7.	Shadow Conkeldurr	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	3	79s
8.	Shadow Machamp	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	3	82s
9.	Ordinary Keldeo	Low Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	3	87s
10.	Shadow Hariyama	Force Palm Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	3	84s
11.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Psycho Cut Psychic	Sunsteel Strike Steel	2	96s
12.	Marshadow	Counter Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	2	98s
13.	Shadow Annihilape	Counter Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	2	96s
14.	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	3	90s
15.	Mega Alakazam	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	4	84s
16.	Shadow Blaziken	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	4	85s
17.	Conkeldurr	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	3	94s
18.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	1	112s
19.	Cobalion	Double Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	2	109s
20.	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	4	89s
21.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Focus Blast Fighting	4	93s
22.	Hisuian Decidueye	Psycho Cut Psychic	Aura Sphere Fighting	3	99s
23.	Mega Gengar	Sucker Punch Dark	Focus Blast Fighting	3	102s
24.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail Dragon	Fly Flying	2	110s
25.	Machamp	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	3	99s
26.	Shadow Toxicroak	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	5	90s
27.	Mega Garchomp	Dragon Tail Dragon	Outrage Dragon	2	114s
28.	Buzzwole	Counter Fighting	Superpower Fighting	3	105s
29.	Hariyama	Force Palm Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	3	101s
30.	Virizion	Double Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	2

Stantler Shiny

Released as part of the Holiday 2019 event, you can catch the shiny version of Stantler from a raid.

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite

Stantler Stats

Stantler Normal
Max CP at Level 40 2164 | Max CP at Level 50 2447
ATK 191		DEF 131		HP 177
Weak to			Strong Against
Fighting			–

Stantler Moveset Analysis

Stantler only gets STAB bonus from Tackle and Stomp, but neither of them are going to make an impact due to being fairly weak moves that aren’t super effective against anything, and that’s before taking Stantler’s meagre attack stat into account.

Their other moves pack more of a punch, but Stantler is a Pokémon just not built for battle.

Conclusion

This poor buck finally got some attention with the Hisuian evolution, Wydeer! But with GO releasing this Pokemon with it’s own Raid Day, I doubt we’ll have the option to evolve our existing Stantler into the more majestic deer. Trainers with decent Fighting type powered up counters shouldn’t struggle too badly here, but lower level trainers with more budget options might want to pair up to ensure success.

Good luck out there Trainers!