Best Shadow Xatu counters

The best Shadow Xatu counters in Pokémon GO are Dawn Wings Necrozma, Mega Tyranitar, Mega Gengar, Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Rampardos, Mega Banette, and Shadow Magnezone. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Xatu in a 3-Star Raid.

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Dawn Wings Necrozma

Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam

Mega Tyranitar

Smack Down / Brutal Swing

Mega Gengar

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

Shadow Tyranitar

Smack Down / Brutal Swing

Shadow Rampardos

Smack Down / Rock Slide

Mega Banette

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

Shadow Magnezone

Spark / Wild Charge

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	54.14	994.9	4	78s	97.4
2.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Brutal Swing	38.88	2169.7	1	105s	87.8
3.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	51.10	662.9	6	85s	85.7
4.	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Brutal Swing	39.09	1435.2	2	106s	81.0
5.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	46.30	631.7	6	93s	78.4
6.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	46.23	593.5	6	94s	77.3
7.	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	40.40	997.6	4	104s	77.2
8.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Sunsteel Strike	38.33	1084.8	3	109s	75.3
9.	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	38.92	982.9	4	107s	74.7
10.	Origin Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	38.70	964.3	4	108s	74.1
11.	Shadow Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	48.05	402.5	9	94s	73.7
12.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	39.33	833.9	4	107s	72.8
13.	Xurkitree	Spark	Discharge	40.20	735.1	5	105s	72.3
14.	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	40.80	655.2	6	105s	71.4
15.	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	40.83	651.7	6	105s	71.4
16.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	38.87	766.6	5	109s	71.0
17.	Shadow Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	43.21	500.6	7	101s	70.8
18.	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Avalanche	38.97	744.0	5	109s	70.7
19.	Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Brutal Swing	32.42	1410.9	2	127s	69.5
20.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	36.12	918.3	4	116s	69.4
21.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	37.71	763.0	5	112s	69.2
22.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	34.89	928.1	4	119s	67.7
23.	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	34.68	931.0	4	120s	67.4
24.	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	38.01	619.4	6	112s	66.7
25.	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	37.93	621.1	6	112s	66.7
26.	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	33.63	986.2	4	123s	66.6
27.	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	40.53	469.6	8	108s	66.4
28.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	37.39	631.9	6	114s	66.1
29.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	35.20	760.5	5	119s	65.5
30.	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	32.78	1002.5	3	127s	65.4

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Group size

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

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

Shadow Xatu CP range from Raids

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

From 1132 CP to 1250 CP, with no weather boost
From 1415 CP to 1563 CP with Windy weather boost

Shadow Xatu weaknesses

Shadow Xatu type chart

When fighting Shadow Xatu, keep in mind the that Psychic and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock-type moves. They take reduced damage from Grass, Psychic, Fighting, and Ground-type moves.

Weaknesses

Dark160.0%
Electric160.0%
Ghost160.0%
Ice160.0%
Rock160.0%

Resistances

Fighting39.1%
Ground39.1%
Grass62.5%
Psychic62.5%

More information

Shadow Xatu takes increased damage from Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock type moves.
Shadow Xatu takes reduced damage from Fighting, Ground, Grass, and Psychic 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 Xatu

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Electric	104.0%	Rain
Ghost	102.0%	Fog
Dark	70.0%	Fog
Rock	52.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ice	46.0%	Snow
Psychic	8.0%	Windy
Steel	6.0%	Snow
Flying	6.0%	Windy
Water	4.0%	Rain
Dragon	2.0%	Windy

About our ranking methodology

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