Ho-Oh is a flying and fire type Pokemon. Fire is weak to ground, rock and water while flying is weak to electric, ice and rock (again). How does the list of top DO@20 counters for Ho-Oh look like? Especially with the increased type effectiveness bonuses, we should see lots of rock type Pokemon.
- Tyranitar : Smack Down / Stone Edge
- Rhyperior : Smack Down / Stone Edge
- Golem Alola : Rock Throw / Stone Edge
- Regirock : Rock Throw / Stone Edge
- Rayquaza : Dragon Tail / Ancient Power
- Golem Normal : Rock Throw / Stone Edge
- Omastar : Rock Throw / Rock Slide
- Melmetal : Thunder Shock / Rock Slide
- Electivire : Thunder Shock / Whild Charge
- Lunatone : Rock Throw / Rock Slide
Other Lists
Lets take a look at Gamepress's Ho-Oh raid counter guide. It looks very close to DO@15 list for Ho-Oh Raids. 7 of the top 8 Pokemon are the same. DO@15 adds Alolan Golem so take a second look at that one. Completing the top 10 are Rayquaza and Armaldo.
I also would like to compare with Pokebattler's default recommendations for Ho-Oh. In this case, it seems to match up with DO@20. Take a longer look at these Pokemon that DO@20 has these ranked higher
- Rayquaza (↑ 5)
- Zapdos (↑ 5)
- Togekiss (↑ 5)
- Mew (↑ 6)
- Mewtwo (↑ 5)
More Damage!
Lets take a look at list of top DO@5 counters for Ho-Oh. It looks like there isn't much you can do for more damage. The top 6 of DO@5 are already known. #7 thur #10 are different, but that's not useful when you're looking for the highest DPS.
- Tyranitar
- Rhyperior
- Omastar
- Golem Normal
- Golem Alola
- Lunatone
- Solrock
- Deoxys Normal
- Graveler Normal
- Kabutops
Alternate move sets
The links above only show the best move set for each Pokemon, including legacy moves. However, if you don't have the legacy move or running short of TMs, you can unselect the two checkboxes: "Include Legacy Moves" and "Only best move set for each Pokemon"
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