"Hitmonlee/Hitmonchan counters for every charge move depending on weather"
#PokemonGO: TL;DR: Mewtwo is the best of the best, but Espeon, Alakazam, Gardevoir and sometimes Flying Rayquaza are good too. A few others are barely good as final anchors. Windy makes your anti-Machamp team viable again.I'm not good at making infographics, so as usual I'm leaving these results as a table.All calculations have been done with my Choose Your Attackers v12.0 spreadsheet, assuming Rock Smash and Counter as fast moves.Keep in mind that the Hitmons are very hard raid bosses, so you need high-level attackers (or several Mewtwo).WeatherClose Combat / Low SweepStone Edge (Lee)Ice Punch (Chan)Fire Punch (Chan)Thunder Punch (Chan)Pure DPSCloudy (WB):Gardevoir Co/DG6Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Gardevoir Co/DG6Gardevoir Co/DG6Gardevoir Co/DG6Gardevoir Co/DG6Gardevoir Co/DG6Alakazam any/DG3Alakazam any/DG3Alakazam any/DG3Rayquaza AS/AA5Alakazam any/DG3Alakazam any/DG3Rayquaza AS/AA5Espeon Co/FS2Espeon Co/FS2Alakazam any/DG3Rayquaza AS/AA5Espeon Co/FS2Espeon Co/FS2Rayquaza AS/AA5Metagross ZH/Ps4Latios ZH/Ps4Latios ZH/Ps4Rayquaza AS/AA5Latios ZH/Ps4Latios ZH/Ps4Espeon Co/FS2Espeon Co/FS2Metagross ZH/Ps4Dragonite DT/Hu4Metagross ZH/Ps4Sunny/Clear:Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Gardevoir Co/DGGardevoir Co/DGEspeon Co/FS2Rayquaza AS/AA5Rayquaza AS/AA5Alakazam Co/FS3Rayquaza AS/AA5Espeon Co/FS2Gardevoir Co/DGLatios ZH/Ps4Latios ZH/Ps4Espeon Co/FS2Espeon Co/FS2Alakazam Co/FS3Alakazam Co/FS3Moltres FS/OH7Groudon Ms/SB7Rayquaza AS/AA5Alakazam Co/FS3Metagross ZH/Ps4Entei FS/OH7Espeon Co/FS2Espeon Co/FS2Gardevoir Co/DGLatios ZH/Ps4Rayquaza AS/AA5Metagross ZH/Ps4Entei FS/OH7Gardevoir Co/DGMoltres FS/OH7Latios ZH/Ps4Moltres FS/OH7Gardevoir Co/DGAlakazam Co/FS3Partly Cloudy / Snow:Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Gardevoir Co/DGGardevoir Co/DGEspeon Co/FS2Rayquaza AS/AA5Rayquaza AS/AA5Alakazam Co/FS3Rayquaza AS/AA5Espeon Co/FS2Gardevoir Co/DGLatios ZH/Ps4Latios ZH/Ps4Espeon Co/FS2Espeon Co/FS2Alakazam Co/FS3Alakazam Co/FS3Espeon Co/FS2Espeon Co/FS2Rayquaza AS/AA5Alakazam Co/FS3Metagross ZH/Ps4Metagross ZH/Ps4Gardevoir Co/DGGardevoir Co/DGGardevoir Co/DGLatios ZH/Ps4Rayquaza AS/AA5Alakazam Co/FS3Alakazam Co/FS3Latios ZH/Ps4Dragonite DT/Hu4Metagross ZH/Ps4Windy:Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Lugia ES/SA8Espeon Co/FS2Espeon Co/FS2Rayquaza AS/AA5Rayquaza AS/AA5Alakazam Co/FS3Rayquaza AS/AA5Alakazam Co/FS3Alakazam Co/FS3Latios ZH/PsLatios ZH/PsEspeon Co/FS2Espeon Co/FS2Metagross ZH/PsMetagross ZH/PsEspeon Co/FS2Espeon Co/FS2Rayquaza AS/AA5Alakazam Co/FS3Rayquaza AS/AA5Ho-Oh ES/BBAlakazam Co/FS3Alakazam Co/FS3Latios ZH/PsGardevoir Co/DG or Co/PsLatios ZH/PsLugia ES/SA8Ho-Oh ES/BBMetagross ZH/PsGardevoir Co/DG or Co/PsLatios ZH/PsLugia ES/SA8Latios ZH/PsDragonite DT/HuDragonite DT/HuMetagross ZH/PsRain:Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Gardevoir Co/DGGardevoir Co/DGKyogre WF/HP9Rayquaza AS/AA5Rayquaza AS/AA5Alakazam Co/FS3Rayquaza AS/AA5Espeon Co/FS2Espeon Co/FS2Kyogre WF/HP9Latios ZH/Ps4Espeon Co/FS2Espeon Co/FS2Alakazam Co/FS3Gardevoir Co/DGLatios ZH/Ps4Espeon Co/FS2Rayquaza AS/AA5Alakazam Co/FS3Kyogre WF/HP9Alakazam Co/FS3Espeon Co/FS2Gardevoir Co/DGGardevoir Co/DGLatios ZH/Ps4Metagross ZH/Ps4Metagross ZH/Ps4Gardevoir Co/DGAlakazam Co/FS3Rayquaza AS/AA5Alakazam Co/FS3Raikou TS/WC9Fog:Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Mewtwo Co/Ps1Gardevoir Co/DGGardevoir Co/DGEspeon Co/FS2Rayquaza AS/AA5Rayquaza AS/AA5Alakazam Co/FS3Rayquaza AS/AA5Espeon Co/FS2Gardevoir Co/DGLatios ZH/Ps4Latios ZH/Ps4Espeon Co/FS2Gengar SC/SB10Alakazam Co/FS3Alakazam Co/FS3Espeon Co/FS2Espeon Co/FS2Rayquaza AS/AA5Espeon Co/FS2Metagross ZH/Ps4Metagross ZH/Ps4Gardevoir Co/DGGardevoir Co/DGGardevoir Co/DGAlakazam Co/FS3Rayquaza AS/AA5Alakazam Co/FS3Alakazam Co/FS3Gengar SC/SB10Latios ZH/Ps4Latios ZH/Ps4Dragonite DT/Hu4Metagross ZH/Ps4In italics the weather-boosted attackers.Glossary of moves abbreviations:Psychic: Co = Confusion, PC = Psycho Cut, ZH = Zen Headbutt, ES = Extrasensory, FS = Future Sight, Ps = Psychic, Pb = PsybeamFairy: DG = Dazzling GleamFire: FS = Fire Spin, FF = Fire Fang, OH = OverheatFlying: AS = Air Slash, AA = Aerial Ace, Hu = Hurricane, SA = Sky Attack, BB = Brave BirdGhost: Hx = Hex, SC = Shadow Claw, SB = Shadow BallElectric: CB = Charge Beam, TS = Thunder Shock, WC = Wild ChargeOther: DT = Dragon Tail (Dragonite, Rayquaza), OR = Outrage (Rayquaza), Ms = Mud Shot (Groudon), SB = Solar Beam (Groudon), HB = Hyper Beam (Mewtwo), FB = Focus Blast (Mewtwo)Notes:These rankings are based on my "Raid Score" metric, where DPS is weighed exponentially and tankiness only proportionally, because raids are mainly a fight against the clock.1 Mewtwo: Co/Ps is best but PC/Ps is also great and even Co/SB, Co/FB and Co/HB are better than any other counter without weather boost.2 Alakazam: PC/FS and legacy Co/DG are not optimal but still acceptable, except for Cloudy weather where both PC/DG and Co/DG are optimal (even better than Co/FS).3 Espeon: ZH/FS and Co/Ps are quite suboptimal but still borderline acceptable.4 Metagross, Dragonite and Latios have DPS below the threshold needed for a Hitmonlee/-chan clear (except when Windy), but you can put one of them as a final anchor against the appropriate charge move in case your first 5 are glass cannons (e.g. Alakazam, Espeon) and are fainting too soon.5 Rayquaza: AS/OR and DT/AA are not optimal but still acceptable. Don't use Ancient Power, not even when boosted by weather.6 Gardevoir: CB/DG is not optimal but still OK in Cloudy weather.7 Groudon, Moltres and Entei have DPS below the threshold needed for a Hitmonlee/-chan clear, but in Sunny/Clear weather you can put one of them as a final anchor against the appropriate charge move in case your first 5 are glass cannons (e.g. Alakazam, Espeon) and are fainting too soon.8 Lugia: ES/FS is not optimal but still good in Windy weather. Lugia without wind is far too slow.9 Kyogre and Raikou have DPS below the threshold needed for a Hitmonlee/-chan clear, but in Rain you can put one of them as a final anchor against the appropriate charge move in case your first 5 are glass cannons (e.g. Alakazam, Espeon) and are fainting too soon.10 Gengar: legacy SC/SB is slightly better than Hx/SB.More in the Weather / Moveset counter series:Groudon countersKyogre countersRayquaza countersJynx countersLugia countersLati@s countersGranbull countersEDIT: Minor Text Fixes™. via /r/TheSilphRoad https://ift.tt/2FDupwI
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