Pokemon Go will have you facing off against difficult raid Pokemon throughout your journey outdoors. If one of these is Mawile, you are going to need to have a strong team by your side, because they can be a difficult fight if you don’t have the right setup available. If you are getting ready for a battle with Mawile, we’ll walk you through the best counters and all of its weaknesses in this guide!
Mawile Weaknesses
Mawile is a Steel and Fairy-type Pokemon, which means Mawile has a weakness to Fire and Ground-type moves. You will want to bring a team full of Pokemon who can utilize those move types to take down Mawile quickly!
If you are running out of Pokemon to throw at Mawile, you will just want to make sure to avoid bringing any Pokemon that have Dragon, Bug, Dark, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Poison, Psychic, or Rock-type moves. Mawile is resistant to all of these, particularly Dragon and Bug.
Best Mawile Counters
The best counters for Mawile in Pokemon Go are the following Pokemon: Darmanitan, Ho-Oh, Flareon, Entei, Moltres, Chandelure, Blaziken, Reshiram, and Excadrill. If you have shadow or mega versions of the ones on these list, they are generally going to be the best option.
Here’s an extended list of the Pokemon you can use with the best moves that they have available to them for the fight. You don’t have to have the exact moveset, but make sure you have the right type of moves to take advantage of Mawile’s weaknesses.
Mawile Counters List
- Darmanitan – Fire Fang/Overheat
- Ho-Oh – Incinerate/Sacred Fire++
- Flareon – Fire Spin/Overheat
- Entei – Fire Fang/Overheat
- Moltres – Fire Spin/Overheat
- Chandelure – Fire Spin/Overheat
- Blaziken – Fire Spin/Overheat
- Reshiram – Fire Fang/Overheat
- Excadrill – Mud Slap/Earthquake
- Heatran – Fire Spin/Fire Blast
- Landorus – Mud Shot/Earth Power
- Garchomp – Mud Shot/Earth Power
- Emboar – Ember/Blast Burn
- Charizard – Ember/Blast Burn
- Typhlosion – Ember/Blast Burn
- Pyroar – Fire Fang/Overheat
- Infernape – Fire Spin/Blast Burn
- Rhyperior – Mud Slap/Earthquake
- Krookodile – Mud Slap/Earthquake
- Magmortar – Fire Spin/Fire Blast
If you run out of the best counters on the list then running pretty much any high level Fire and Ground-type Pokemon should get the job done. You don’t always have to have the ideal Pokemon to win the battle!
Those are all of the weaknesses and best counters for Mawile in Pokemon Go. We have more detailed guides for you to checkout in the Pokemon Go section of our website.
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