Best Shadow Zapdos counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Zapdos 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.

Simulation settings

Weather

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Raid Difficulty

5-Star Raid (15000 HP)↓

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Best overall 👑

Shadow Rhyperior

Smack Down Rock Wrecker *

Best performing move types

• 35.0%
• 30.0%
• 8.5%
• 6.5%
• 5.0%
• 4.5%
• 4.0%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	37.00	1426.37	10	447.4s	77.4
2	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	37.96	904.64	16	461.5s	72.0
3	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	40.61	669.16	22	459.0s	71.5
4	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	34.20	1028.14	14	497.0s	68.0
5	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	30.56	1396.86	10	533.8s	66.2
6	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	37.83	487.02	30	519.8s	63.3
7	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	38.67	429.23	34	527.7s	62.8
8	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	37.17	498.94	30	523.8s	62.7
9	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	34.38	669.87	22	525.8s	62.6
10	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	35.40	542.96	27	534.2s	61.4
11	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	31.18	884.89	16	548.9s	61.3
12	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	32.76	726.68	20	540.5s	61.2
13	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	36.81	452.83	33	540.0s	61.0
14	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	31.33	800.15	18	553.8s	60.3
15	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Ancient Power	32.06	661.07	22	558.7s	59.0
16	Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	29.45	906.90	16	575.5s	58.9
17	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	31.69	626.96	23	569.0s	57.9
18	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	33.48	478.84	31	573.3s	57.2
19	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	31.15	634.58	23	576.0s	57.2
20	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Triple Axel	31.66	572.16	26	578.7s	56.8
21	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	30.88	620.61	24	582.4s	56.6
22	Kyurem	Dragon Breath	Glaciate *	29.70	709.40	21	589.7s	56.4
23	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	36.41	318.07	47	600.6s	56.3
24	Shadow Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	33.65	426.57	35	586.5s	56.1
25	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	29.67	688.99	21	592.7s	56.0
26	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam *	30.06	603.48	24	598.4s	55.1
27	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Blizzard	29.89	566.85	26	607.7s	54.1
28	Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	28.52	662.37	22	616.5s	53.8
29	Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	31.57	418.48	35	618.5s	53.2
30	Glaceon	Frost Breath	Avalanche	30.78	456.87	32	618.6s	53.0
31	Shadow Piloswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	28.61	606.30	24	623.2s	53.0
32	Shadow Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Outrage	25.12	985.64	15	658.0s	52.8
33	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	32.80	339.32	44	634.2s	52.5
34	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	Ice Punch	25.48	895.79	16	655.7s	52.3
35	Mega Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	26.46	763.20	19	645.4s	52.2
36	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Power Gem	25.17	920.32	16	661.2s	52.1
37	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	28.94	529.81	28	631.5s	52.0
38	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Blizzard	31.44	377.42	39	636.0s	51.9
39	Nihilego	Acid	Rock Slide	27.05	676.18	22	643.2s	51.8
40	Shadow Hippowdon	Ice Fang	Weather Ball	25.71	824.39	18	656.2s	51.8
41	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	25.62	810.97	18	659.4s	51.5
42	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	29.85	445.93	33	637.1s	51.5
43	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Psychic	26.24	732.86	20	653.5s	51.4
44	Aurorus	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	27.80	567.87	26	645.2s	51.1
45	Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	24.62	898.65	16	676.0s	51.0
46	Landorus (Incarnate)	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	26.92	629.24	23	652.5s	50.9
47	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	29.80	412.25	36	648.9s	50.6
48	Shadow Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	29.50	419.62	35	651.5s	50.4
49	Primal Groudon	Dragon Tail	Fire Punch *	23.41	1023.28	14	699.3s	50.3
50	Mega Lopunny	Pound	Triple Axel	28.74	445.60	33	656.7s	49.9

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Shadow Zapdos type chart

When fighting Shadow Zapdos, keep in mind the following that Electric and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Ice, and Rock type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Fighting, Flying, Grass, Ground, and Steel type moves.

Weaknesses

Ice	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

Bug	62.5%
Fighting	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ground	62.5%
Steel	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

About the results

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

The top-ranked Shadow Zapdos counter is Shadow Rhyperior, followed by Shadow Mamoswine, Mega Diancie, and Mega Tyranitar. The table also includes Rhyperior, Rampardos, Shadow Weavile, and Mega Aerodactyl, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Shadow Zapdos are:

About our ranking methodology

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 moves, 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.

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.