Updated Pokemon vs Deoxys (Normal)

With type effectiveness increased, fewer generalist Pokemon

Posted by eric654256 on December 13, 2018

With the release of PvP, they also increased type effectiveness bonuses:

  • Super Effective: 1.4 -> 1.6
  • Not Very Effective: 0.714 -> 0.625
  • Immune: 0.51 -> 0.390625

With these changes, we should see general Pokemon drop down from the top of the list. Since Deoxys is a psychic type, we should see bug, ghost and dark types dominate the DO@20 list of Deoxys counters.

  1. Mewtwo / Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball
  2. Tyranitar / Bite / Crunch
  3. Weavile / Feint Attack / Foul Play ( ↑ 1 )
  4. Scizor / Fury Cutter / X Scissor ( ↑ 3 )
  5. Mismagius / Hex / Shadow Ball ( ↑ 4 )
  6. Shiftry / Feint Attack / Foul Play ( ↑ 13 )
  7. Gengar / Lick / Shadow Ball ( ↑ 3 )
  8. Muk Alola / Bullet Punch / Dark Pulse ( ↑ 6 )
  9. Houndoom / Snarl / Foul Play ( ↑ 6 )
  10. Metagross / Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash ( ↓ 7 )

Within the top 10, only Mewtwo and Metagross are not bug, dark or grass types. Even then, Mewtwo has a dark type charge move.

If you would like to compare yourself, the outdated list of top DO@20 counters against Deoxys (Normal) is still available.

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