Best Shadow Omanyte counters

The best Shadow Omanyte counters in Pokémon GO are Mega Sceptile, Mega Venusaur, Zarude, Kartana, Shadow Tangrowth, Shadow Venusaur, and Xurkitree. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Omanyte in a 3-Star Raid.

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Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant

Mega Venusaur

Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant

Zarude

Vine Whip / Power Whip

Kartana

Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade

Shadow Tangrowth

Vine Whip / Power Whip

Shadow Venusaur

Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant

Xurkitree

Spark / Power Whip

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	61.87	1710.8	2	67s	121.0
2.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	53.06	1792.7	2	78s	108.1
3.	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	50.18	1857.8	2	82s	104.2
4.	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	53.70	1355.2	2	78s	103.1
5.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	52.90	1392.5	2	79s	102.4
6.	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	54.24	1225.4	3	78s	101.8
7.	Xurkitree	Spark	Power Whip	56.60	1019.9	3	75s	101.4
8.	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	53.43	1174.8	3	79s	99.7
9.	Decidueye	Leafage	Frenzy Plant *	51.46	1345.2	2	81s	99.5
10.	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	54.33	1034.3	3	78s	98.5
11.	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	44.84	1787.0	2	92s	94.5
12.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	49.91	1086.5	3	84s	92.9
13.	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	47.75	1286.7	3	87s	92.9
14.	Sky Forme Shaymin	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	49.26	1058.8	3	85s	91.5
15.	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	47.04	1142.1	3	89s	89.6
16.	Shadow Meganium	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	46.54	1136.1	3	90s	88.7
17.	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	47.76	1006.0	3	88s	88.4
18.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	45.00	1256.1	3	93s	88.2
19.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	43.82	1370.7	2	95s	87.9
20.	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	44.91	1205.7	3	93s	87.3
21.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	46.09	1066.7	3	91s	86.9
22.	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	51.07	696.2	5	85s	86.5
23.	Rillaboom	Razor Leaf	Grass Knot	43.70	1263.1	3	95s	86.2
24.	Lurantis	Leafage	Leaf Storm	45.16	1022.1	3	93s	84.8
25.	Shadow Tangela	Vine Whip	Power Whip *	47.06	852.7	4	90s	84.4
26.	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	44.77	1013.4	3	94s	84.0
27.	Roserade	Bullet Seed *	Grass Knot	44.18	965.2	4	95s	82.3
28.	Breloom	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot *	43.71	1004.3	3	96s	82.3
29.	Mega Abomasnow	Leafage	Energy Ball	43.58	966.6	4	96s	81.5
30.	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	45.63	768.0	5	93s	80.6

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Group size

You need at least 1 Trainers to defeat a Shadow Omanyte in a 3-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 1 Trainers
Optimal group size: 2 - 3 Trainers
Very easy with: 4+ Trainers

Shadow Omanyte CP range from Raids

Shadow Omanyte can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 783 CP to 882 CP, with no weather boost
From 979 CP to 1103 CP with Partly Cloudy and Rain weather boost

Shadow Omanyte weaknesses

Shadow Omanyte type chart

When fighting Shadow Omanyte, keep in mind the that Rock and Water-type Pokémon are weak to Grass (2x), Electric, Fighting, and Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Flying, Ice, Normal, Poison, and Fire-type moves.

Weaknesses

Grass256.0%
Electric160.0%
Fighting160.0%
Ground160.0%

Resistances

Fire39.1%
Flying62.5%
Ice62.5%
Normal62.5%
Poison62.5%

More information

Shadow Omanyte takes increased damage from Grass, Electric, Fighting, and Ground type moves.
Shadow Omanyte takes reduced damage from Fire, Flying, Ice, Normal, and Poison type moves.
Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Shadow Omanyte

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	274.0%	Sunny
Electric	42.0%	Rain
Ground	26.0%	Sunny
Fighting	24.0%	Cloudy
Psychic	10.0%	Windy
Ghost	10.0%	Fog
Steel	6.0%	Snow
Dark	4.0%	Fog
Fairy	4.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Shadow Omanyte in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Omanyte down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

This guide displays a list of best Shadow Omanyte counters in Pokémon GO with their Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, DPS (damage per second), TDO (total damage output), faints, TTW (time to win), and score. The list is sorted by the score, which is calculated based on the DPS and TDO. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

When calculating the best counters for any Pokémon, our simulator takes into account various factors, such as the defender's typing and average DPS against each attacker, the weather's influence, energy left over from using charge attacks, Shadow Pokémon attack and defense stat changes, and more. During the initial phase of simulations, we calculate DPS and TDO for each attacker that is currently available in the game, and then we continue to rank them.

We use a ranking method developed by a Reddit user named /u/Elastic_Space, which is described in detail in this Reddit post. It is a fairly complicated, but very well thought-out mathematical model for predicting simulation results without actually running the simulations. It also correlates with field data almost too well not to be used. Reddit

Our Time to Win (TTW) and Faint numbers are also estimated, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we do not account for factors like Friendship and Mega damage boost, they will differ from actual experience in the field.