Pokémon GO Mega Victreebel Super Mega Raid: Best Counters & DPS Ranking

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Recommended Counter Teams vs Mega Victreebel

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Five attackers + one Shield-Phase Mega across 4 sort axes (DPS / TDO x Legendaries inclusion) with an XL Candy Bonus toggle. Selecting weather re-ranks both Top 5 and the Mega 6th slot.

Pattern: DPS (Legendaries allowed) DPS (no Legendaries) TDO (Legendaries allowed) TDO (no Legendaries)

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Weather:

Note: When XL Candy Bonus is on, only slot 6 may change.

Pattern: DPS (Legendaries allowed) / Weather: None / XL Candy Bonus: Off

Shadow MewtwoDPS 39.8

Confusion

Psystrike

BlacephalonDPS 37.1

Incinerate

Surprise Attack

Shadow ChandelureDPS 35.8

Fire Spin

Overheat

Shadow SalamenceDPS 35.4

Fire Fang

Fly

Shadow MoltresDPS 35.1

Fire Spin

Fly

Shield-Phase Mega

Mega Mewtwo YShield DPS 47.2

Confusion

Psystrike

Note: a non-Mega and its Mega form may appear together (e.g., Rayquaza + Mega Rayquaza). With JavaScript enabled, radio + checkbox + weather buttons let you switch dynamically.

Best Megas vs Mega Victreebel in the Shield Phase

Mega candidate ranking for clearing the Shield Phase of a Super Mega Raid. Compare candidates with two sort axes (DPS / TDO), an XL Candy Bonus filter, and optional Weather adjustment. Switch axes with the radio buttons on the chart above.

How to read the axesDPS = damage during Shield PhaseTDO = cumulative damage (DPS × Time To Faint)XL Candy Bonus = boosted Candy reward

DPS Rank	TDO Rank	Mega Evolution	Type	Fast	Heavy	Quick	DPS	TDO	XL Candy Bonus
13	1	Mega Metagross	Psychic / Steel	Zen Headbutt	↑ Quick & Heavy share	Psychic	53	100	−
1	2	Mega Y Mewtwo	Psychic	Confusion	↑ Quick & Heavy share	Psystrike	100	95	−
2	3	Mega X Mewtwo	Fighting / Psychic	Confusion	↑ Quick & Heavy share	Psystrike	95	89	−
3	4	Mega Rayquaza	Flying / Dragon	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	Breaking Swipe	91	80	−
18	5	Mega Garchomp	Ground / Dragon	Dragon Tail	Fire Blast	Breaking Swipe	41	65	−
16	6	Mega Gengar	Poison / Ghost	Lick	Psychic	Shadow Punch	46	63	✓
9	7	Mega Salamence	Flying / Dragon	Fire Fang	Fly	Crunch	62	63	−
24	8	Mega Tyranitar	Rock / Dark	Bite	Fire Blast	Crunch	33	63	−
10	9	Mega Latios	Psychic / Dragon	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Dragon Claw	62	54	−
6	10	Mega Y Charizard	Fire / Flying	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	Dragon Claw	71	53	−
15	11	Mega Latias	Psychic / Dragon	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Aura Sphere	50	52	−
42	12	Mega Aggron	Steel	Metal Sound	Meteor Beam	Heavy Slam	15	52	−
28	13	Mega Lucario	Fighting / Steel	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	Blaze Kick	30	48	−
45	14	Mega Steelix	Ground / Steel	Iron Tail	Earthquake	Psychic Fangs	10	47	−
17	15	Mega Camerupt	Fire / Ground	Incinerate	Overheat	Scorching Sands	45	45	−
8	16	Mega Gallade	Fighting / Psychic	Confusion	Psychic	Leaf Blade	64	44	−
5	17	Mega Blaziken	Fire / Fighting	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	Blaze Kick	74	43	−
12	18	Mega X Charizard	Fire / Dragon	Fire Spin	Blast Burn	Dragon Claw	57	43	−
4	19	Mega Alakazam	Psychic	Confusion	Psychic	Fire Punch	75	42	−
41	20	Mega Scizor	Bug / Steel	Fury Cutter	↑ Quick & Heavy share	X Scissor	15	41	−

Show ranks 21+ (30 more)

20	21	Mega Slowbro	Water / Psychic	Confusion	Psychic	Drain Punch	36	39	−
21	22	Mega Dragonite	Flying / Dragon	Dragon Tail	Hurricane	Dragon Claw	36	38	−
11	23	Mega Pidgeot	Normal / Flying	Gust	Brave Bird	Aerial Ace	61	37	−
38	24	Mega Swampert	Water / Ground	Mud Shot	Earthquake	Muddy Water	18	34	−
14	25	Mega Houndoom	Fire / Dark	Fire Fang	Fire Blast	Crunch	52	32	−
37	26	Mega Aerodactyl	Flying / Rock	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	Ancient Power	19	30	−
7	27	Mega Gardevoir	Psychic / Fairy	Confusion	Psychic	Triple Axel	64	24	−
27	28	Mega Heracross	Fighting / Bug	Fury Cutter	Megahorn	Rock Blast	31	24	−
19	29	Mega Glalie	Ice	Frost Breath	↑ Quick & Heavy share	Avalanche	40	22	−
31	30	Mega Banette	Ghost	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	Dazzling Gleam	28	22	−
35	31	Mega Blastoise	Water	Rollout	Ice Beam	Hydro Cannon	23	22	−
32	32	Mega Beedrill	Poison / Bug	Bug Bite	Aerial Ace	X Scissor	27	20	✓
40	33	Mega Gyarados	Water / Dark	Bite	Outrage	Crunch	15	19	−
22	34	Mega Manectric	Electric	Snarl	Overheat	Psychic Fangs	35	19	−
26	35	Mega Lopunny	Normal / Fighting	Pound	Triple Axel	Fire Punch	31	19	−
30	36	Mega Diancie	Rock / Fairy	Rock Throw	↑ Quick & Heavy share	Rock Slide	29	16	−
39	37	Mega Malamar	Psychic / Dark	Psycho Cut	↑ Quick & Heavy share	Psybeam	17	15	−
36	38	Mega Pinsir	Flying / Bug	Bug Bite	↑ Quick & Heavy share	X Scissor	21	14	−
29	39	Mega Medicham	Fighting / Psychic	Psycho Cut	Psychic	Ice Punch	29	12	−
46	40	Mega Mawile	Steel / Fairy	Fire Fang	Iron Head	Vice Grip	9	12	−
47	41	Mega Kangaskhan	Normal	Mud Slap	Earthquake	Brick Break	8	11	−
44	42	Mega Ampharos	Electric / Dragon	Charge Beam	Dragon Pulse	Brutal Swing	12	11	−
23	43	Mega Abomasnow	Grass / Ice	Powder Snow	Blizzard	Weather Ball Ice	34	11	✓
25	44	Mega Absol	Dark	Psycho Cut	↑ Quick & Heavy share	Brutal Swing	32	8	−
34	45	Mega Altaria	Dragon / Fairy	Peck	Sky Attack	Flamethrower	25	7	−
48	46	Mega Venusaur	Grass / Poison	Vine Whip	Sludge Bomb	Sludge	4	7	✓
50	47	Mega Sableye	Ghost / Dark	Shadow Claw	Foul Play	Drain Punch	0	4	−
33	48	Mega Sceptile	Grass / Dragon	Fury Cutter	↑ Quick & Heavy share	Breaking Swipe	26	3	✓
43	49	Mega Sharpedo	Water / Dark	Bite	Crunch	Poison Fang	14	2	−
49	50	Mega Audino	Normal / Fairy	Pound	Hyper Beam	Body Slam	2	0	−

Scores are estimates from an approximate model (boss attack during the Shield Phase is assumed to be roughly ×1.50 of normal; game constants are not officially published). Real-world values may differ; we will re-evaluate once official data is released.
Fast Move is auto-selected to charge the recommended Low-Energy Charged Move in the shortest time (it may be slightly less efficient when paired with the High-DPS Charged Move, since the energy bar counts differ).
Use the chart above (JavaScript required) to switch sort axes, apply the XL Candy Bonus filter, and jump to rank N+.

🏆 Recommended Counters Ranking (Top 20)

Ranked by DPS vs Boss. Click the "DPS" or "TDO" column header in each table to re-sort. Consider both DPS and TDO (cumulative damage = DPS × Time To Faint) for a balanced view. The DPS Rank / TDO Rank columns are fixed annotations showing original rank in the source data even after sorting.

Mega Victreebel — ⚡ Top 6 aura-matched Megas

Megas whose aura type overlaps with this boss's type. Top pick: Mega Gengar.

⚡ Mega-Evolution raid bonuses:
・Damage: while a Mega is on the field, all allies get +10% damage (regardless of type). Moves whose type matches the Mega's type are upgraded to +30% instead.
・Catch candy bonus: while you have a Mega evolved, every Pokémon caught gives +1 candy at Base Mega level, or +2 candies at High / Max Mega level (regardless of type).
・Candy XL chance: only triggers when your Mega is at High level or above AND you catch a Pokémon that shares a type with the Mega (type-matched only).
⚡-badged Megas trigger the same-type +30% damage bonus / XL Candy chance against this boss.
Primal Kyogre (Water/Electric/Bug), Primal Groudon (Fire/Ground/Grass) and Mega Rayquaza (Dragon/Flying/Psychic) emit a 3-type aura instead of the standard own-types only.

DPS Rank ?	TDO Rank ?	Pokémon	Moveset	DPS vs Boss ?	TDO (Total Damage Output) ?
1	1	Mega Gengar Mega⚡ Mega Aura (Poison)	Lick* / Psychic*	27.3	1235.0
2	4	Mega Abomasnow Mega⚡ Mega Aura (Grass)	Powder Snow / Blizzard	22.9	368.1
3	2	Mega Beedrill Mega⚡ Mega Aura (Poison)	Bug Bite* / Aerial Ace	20.4	518.0
4	6	Mega Sceptile Mega⚡ Mega Aura (Grass)	Fury Cutter / Aerial Ace	20.0	268.1
5	3	Mega Victreebel Mega⚡ Mega Aura (Grass, Poison)	Acid / Sludge Bomb	17.9	418.5

Show ranks 6-6 (remaining 1)

Mega
Venusaur

Mega⚡ Mega Aura (Grass, Poison)

Vine Whip /

Sludge Bomb

12.1

356.3

Mega Victreebel — Top 20 Mega counters (with Mega Aura badges)

All Mega-tier counters. Top pick: Mega Mewtwo Y. ⚡ badge marks Megas whose aura matches this boss's type.

DPS Rank ?	TDO Rank ?	Pokémon	Moveset	DPS vs Boss ?	TDO (Total Damage Output) ?
1	2	Mega Mewtwo Y Mega	Confusion / Psystrike*	47.2	1555.8
2	3	Mega Mewtwo X Mega	Confusion / Psystrike*	45.4	1465.0
3	4	Mega Rayquaza Mega	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent*	43.9	1327.4
4	16	Mega Alakazam Mega	Confusion / Psychic*	37.9	761.8
5	15	Mega Blaziken Mega	Fire Spin / Blast Burn*	37.8	784.5

Show ranks 6-20 (remaining 15)

6	10	Mega Charizard Y Mega	Fire Spin / Blast Burn*	36.5	933.8
7	19	Mega Gardevoir Mega	Confusion / Psychic	33.9	529.5
8	12	Mega Gallade Mega	Confusion / Psychic	33.9	811.8
9	7	Mega Salamence Mega	Fire Fang / Fly	33.4	1133.1
10	9	Mega Latios Mega	Zen Headbutt / Psychic	33.3	978.9
11	17	Mega Pidgeot Mega	Gust* / Brave Bird	32.9	711.5
12	14	Mega Charizard X Mega	Fire Spin / Blast Burn*	31.6	807.3
13	1	Mega Metagross Mega	Zen Headbutt / Psychic	30.0	2124.7
14	18	Mega Houndoom Mega	Fire Fang / Fire Blast	29.6	654.0
15	8	Mega Latias Mega	Zen Headbutt / Psychic	28.8	990.0
16	6	Mega Gengar Mega⚡ Mega Aura (Poison)	Lick* / Psychic*	27.3	1235.0
17	11	Mega Camerupt Mega	Incinerate / Overheat	27.2	879.6
18	5	Mega Garchomp Mega	Dragon Tail / Fire Blast	25.7	1321.6
19	20	Mega Glalie Mega	Frost Breath / Avalanche	25.3	525.1
20	13	Mega Slowbro Mega	Confusion / Psychic	23.9	811.0

Mega Victreebel — Top 20 counters (Normal + Shadow, excluding Mega)

Mega Victreebel is a super mega raid boss. Weak to Fire, Ice, Flying, Psychic. Top DPS counters sorted by per-second damage against this boss. Attackers assumed at Level 50 IV15, including Shadow attack bonus; no weather/aura boost applied. Best overall: Mega Mewtwo Y. Megas are excluded in this section. Top pick: Shadow Mewtwo.

DPS Rank ?	TDO Rank ?	Pokémon	Moveset	DPS vs Boss ?	TDO (Total Damage Output) ?
1	6	Shadow Mewtwo Shadow	Confusion / Psystrike*	39.8	848.3
2	8	Blacephalon Legendary	Incinerate / Surprise Attack*	37.1	830.0
3	5	Shadow Chandelure Shadow	Fire Spin / Overheat	35.8	888.4
4	12	Shadow Salamence Shadow	Fire Fang / Fly	35.4	696.2
5	11	Shadow Moltres Shadow	Fire Spin / Fly	35.1	714.6

Show ranks 6-20 (remaining 15)

6	17	Shadow Darmanitan Shadow	Fire Fang / Overheat	34.5	540.1
7	16	Shadow Toucannon Shadow	Peck / Beak Blast*	34.4	545.0
8	20	Shadow Alakazam Shadow	Confusion / Psychic*	33.9	464.1
9	10	Rayquaza Legendary	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent*	33.5	772.8
10	7	Mewtwo Legendary	Confusion / Psystrike*	33.4	847.3
11	19	Shadow Blaziken Shadow	Fire Spin / Blast Burn*	33.3	500.6
12	2	Kyurem White Legendary	Ice Fang / Ice Burn	33.2	975.2
13	18	Shadow Staraptor Shadow	Gust* / Brave Bird	33.0	514.0
14	9	Shadow Regigigas Shadow	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip*	33.0	802.4
15	13	Hoopa Unbound Legendary	Confusion / Psychic	32.7	690.4
16	1	Shadow Heatran Shadow	Fire Spin / Magma Storm*	32.6	1866.2
17	4	Reshiram Legendary	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare*	32.3	904.0
18	3	Kyurem Black Legendary	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	32.1	943.1
19	14	Shadow Latios Shadow	Zen Headbutt / Psychic	31.9	673.6
20	15	Shadow Delphox Shadow	Fire Spin / Blast Burn*	31.8	579.3

Mega Victreebel — Top 20 additional picks (no Mega, no Shadow; legendaries OK)

Other strong picks (legendaries included) not already listed in the sections above. Top pick: Necrozma Dawn Wings.

DPS Rank ?	TDO Rank ?	Pokémon	Moveset	DPS vs Boss ?	TDO (Total Damage Output) ?
1	3	Necrozma Dawn Wings Legendary	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	30.9	1340.7
2	1	Necrozma Dusk Mane Legendary	Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike	30.9	2160.0
3	20	Deoxys Attack Legendary	Zen Headbutt / Psycho Boost	30.7	162.4
4	5	Chandelure	Fire Spin / Overheat	29.9	850.2
5	8	Moltres Legendary	Fire Spin / Fly	29.9	733.9

Show ranks 6-20 (remaining 15)

6	9	Salamence	Fire Fang / Fly	29.9	699.5
7	12	Cinderace	Fire Spin / Pyro Ball	29.6	613.9
8	13	Toucannon	Peck / Beak Blast*	29.3	551.8
9	7	Articuno Galarian Legendary	Confusion / Fly	29.1	743.5
10	11	Tornadus Therian Legendary	Gust / Bleakwind Storm*	29.0	664.6
11	10	Volcarona	Fire Spin / Overheat	28.8	690.4
12	14	Darmanitan	Fire Fang / Overheat	28.8	516.8
13	18	Alakazam	Confusion / Psychic*	28.7	467.1
14	4	Zacian Crowned Sword Legendary	Air Slash / Behemoth Blade	28.7	1239.8
15	19	Enamorus Legendary	Zen Headbutt / Fly	28.6	351.2
16	17	Blaziken	Fire Spin / Blast Burn*	28.2	492.2
17	6	Yveltal Legendary	Gust / Oblivion Wing*	27.9	821.8
18	15	Staraptor	Gust* / Brave Bird	27.8	502.6
19	16	Azelf Legendary	Confusion / Futuresight	27.8	498.5
20	2	Heatran Legendary	Fire Spin / Magma Storm*	27.7	2024.6

Mega Victreebel — Top 20 additional picks (no Mega, no Shadow, no Legendary)

Alternatives if you don't have a Mega, Shadow, or Legendary roster. Top pick: Espeon.

DPS Rank ?	TDO Rank ?	Pokémon	Moveset	DPS vs Boss ?	TDO (Total Damage Output) ?
1	13	Espeon	Confusion / Psychic	27.7	506.2
2	9	Flareon	Fire Spin / Overheat	27.1	533.8
3	5	Delphox	Fire Spin / Blast Burn*	26.9	594.9
4	8	Emboar	Ember / Blast Burn*	26.7	535.9
5	7	Charizard	Fire Spin / Blast Burn*	26.4	545.1

Show ranks 6-20 (remaining 15)

6	14	Infernape	Fire Spin / Blast Burn*	26.4	479.7
7	17	Honchkrow	Peck / Brave Bird	26.2	424.5
8	1	Metagross	Zen Headbutt / Psychic	25.7	1716.8
9	3	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang / Blizzard	25.5	631.5
10	12	Magmortar	Fire Spin / Fire Blast	25.5	513.6
11	16	Darmanitan Galarian Standard	Ice Fang / Avalanche	25.4	457.1
12	6	Braviary	Air Slash / Fly	25.3	565.8
13	4	Incineroar	Fire Fang / Blast Burn*	25.3	601.9
14	10	Typhlosion	Ember / Blast Burn*	25.2	519.4
15	2	Typhlosion Hisuian	Ember / Overheat	25.1	807.3
16	19	Gardevoir	Confusion / Psychic	25.0	332.7
17	11	Gallade	Confusion / Psychic	25.0	518.3
18	20	Hatterene	Confusion / Psychic	25.0	278.8
19	18	Exeggutor	Confusion / Psychic	24.8	339.9
20	15	Weavile	Ice Shard / Avalanche	24.7	475.6

Super Mega Raid Past Boss

Types

Grass

Poison

Boss HP
Unknown (shield battle)

Boss Fast Moves

Acid

Razor Leaf

Magical Leaf ★

Boss Charge Moves

Acid Spray

Leaf Blade

Leaf Tornado

Sludge Bomb

Solar Beam

Weakness (×1.6)

Fire

Ice

Flying

Psychic

Resistance (×0.625)

Water

Electric

Fighting

Fairy

Double Resistance (×0.39)

Grass

⚡ Super Mega Raid is special: the boss deploys shields that can only be broken with Mega-Evolved Pokémon. Boss HP and time-to-kill are not standard, so they are hidden. Use the DPS rankings on this page as a reference only.