Best Shadow Moltres counters

The best Shadow Moltres counters in Pokémon GO are Shadow Rampardos, Shadow Rhyperior, Mega Tyranitar, Rampardos, Shadow Tyranitar, Mega Diancie, and Rhyperior. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 3 - 9 Trainers to defeat Shadow Moltres in a 5-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Shadow Rampardos

Smack Down / Rock Slide

Shadow Rhyperior

Smack Down / Rock Wrecker

Mega Tyranitar

Smack Down / Stone Edge

Rampardos

Smack Down / Rock Slide

Shadow Tyranitar

Smack Down / Stone Edge

Mega Diancie

Rock Throw / Rock Slide

Rhyperior

Smack Down / Rock Wrecker

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	60.03	633.6	39	452s	96.5
2.	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	49.75	1035.2	23	522s	91.8
3.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	44.93	1327.1	18	570s	89.0
4.	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	49.00	618.5	40	546s	81.7
5.	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	44.93	858.8	28	580s	81.5
6.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	44.99	728.0	33	585s	78.9
7.	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	40.89	1014.7	24	630s	78.2
8.	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	41.74	762.2	32	626s	75.0
9.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	38.19	922.0	26	675s	72.6
10.	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam *	39.80	784.3	31	654s	72.6
11.	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	41.74	645.6	38	632s	72.5
12.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	40.22	726.9	34	650s	72.1
13.	Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	37.34	851.2	29	692s	70.2
14.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Ancient Power	35.71	665.3	37	731s	64.4
15.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	35.88	591.9	41	732s	63.1
16.	Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	34.76	640.9	38	751s	62.6
17.	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	39.28	463.2	53	684s	62.4
18.	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	32.92	761.6	32	785s	62.1
19.	Mega Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	35.81	545.8	45	737s	62.0
20.	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	34.46	629.8	39	758s	61.9
21.	Nihilego	Pound	Rock Slide	31.75	779.1	31	812s	60.6
22.	Shadow Alolan Golem	Rock Throw	Rock Blast	32.89	568.2	43	797s	58.4
23.	Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Rock Blast	33.02	549.6	45	795s	58.2
24.	Shadow Archeops	Wing Attack	Ancient Power	40.90	409.1	60	666s	58.2
25.	Stonjourner	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	31.64	642.7	38	821s	58.1
26.	Shadow Hippowdon	Thunder Fang	Weather Ball	35.56	466.9	53	750s	58.0
27.	Mega Ampharos	Charge Beam	Power Gem	30.65	627.3	39	847s	56.4
28.	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	30.03	651.2	38	863s	55.9
29.	Hisuian Arcanine	Snarl	Rock Slide	30.07	608.2	40	864s	55.2
30.	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	29.82	587.1	42	873s	54.4

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Group size

You need at least 3 Trainers to defeat a Shadow Moltres in a 5-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 3 Trainers
Optimal group size: 5 - 9 Trainers
Very easy with: 10+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 3 Trainers

Shadow Moltres CP range from Raids

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

From 1830 CP to 1980 CP, with no weather boost
From 2288 CP to 2475 CP with Sunny and Windy weather boost

Shadow Moltres weaknesses

Shadow Moltres type chart

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

Weaknesses

Rock256.0%
Electric160.0%
Water160.0%

Resistances

Bug39.1%
Grass39.1%
Fairy62.5%
Fighting62.5%
Fire62.5%
Ground62.5%
Steel62.5%

More information

Shadow Moltres takes increased damage from Rock, Electric, and Water type moves.
Shadow Moltres takes reduced damage from Bug, Grass, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Ground, and Steel 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 Moltres

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Rock	230.0%	Partly Cloudy
Water	78.0%	Rain
Electric	44.0%	Rain
Dragon	10.0%	Windy
Flying	8.0%	Windy
Normal	8.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ghost	8.0%	Fog
Dark	4.0%	Fog
Steel	4.0%	Snow
Ice	2.0%	Snow
Ground	2.0%	Sunny
Fire	2.0%	Sunny

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Shadow Moltres in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Moltres 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 Moltres 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.