Best Shadow Xatu counters in Pokémon GO

This table 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.

Simulation settings

Weather

Raid Difficulty

Attacker typing

Attacker moves type

Best overall 👑

Mega Tyranitar

Bite

Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

25.5%
23.0%
17.0%
16.5%
10.5%
2.5%
2.0%
1.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	51.29	3846.03	0	73.9s	123.0
2	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	51.63	2578.03	1	75.3s	113.9
3	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	61.81	1103.46	3	71.3s	110.6
4	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	52.78	1553.52	2	77.5s	104.5
5	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	49.88	1728.73	2	80.5s	102.1
6	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	48.84	1701.56	2	82.2s	100.1
7	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	55.88	987.85	3	79.0s	99.8
8	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Avalanche	51.37	1344.31	2	80.8s	99.3
9	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	50.26	1462.53	2	81.5s	99.3
10	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	51.22	1286.96	2	81.5s	98.2
11	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	47.36	1718.27	2	84.4s	97.9
12	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	48.07	1619.80	2	83.8s	97.9
13	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	42.86	2526.18	1	89.7s	97.8
14	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	52.17	1145.05	3	81.6s	97.3
15	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	50.00	1350.85	2	82.7s	97.3
16	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	46.60	1709.25	2	85.7s	96.5
17	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	49.05	1362.69	2	84.0s	96.0
18	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	51.02	1152.19	3	83.1s	95.7
19	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	46.15	1597.28	2	87.0s	94.5
20	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	44.42	1808.93	1	89.0s	94.0
21	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	53.34	851.56	4	84.4s	93.3
22	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	41.61	2189.51	1	93.1s	92.8
23	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	48.62	1131.17	3	86.8s	91.8
24	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	44.41	1589.25	2	90.1s	91.5
25	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	44.45	1565.71	2	90.2s	91.3
26	Shadow Luxray	Snarl	Wild Charge	48.83	1078.88	3	87.1s	91.2
27	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	47.95	1121.39	3	87.9s	90.6
28	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	46.37	1240.44	2	89.2s	90.1
29	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Rollout *	Wild Charge	44.66	1372.66	2	91.1s	89.2
30	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	47.32	1062.36	3	89.6s	88.7
31	Mega Gardevoir	Charge Beam	Shadow Ball	45.00	1290.88	2	91.2s	88.7
32	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	43.07	1475.50	2	93.3s	88.0
33	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	43.52	1403.92	2	93.0s	87.8
34	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	41.10	1691.74	2	96.1s	87.2
35	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	46.74	1016.59	3	91.2s	87.0
36	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	46.62	1016.78	3	91.4s	86.9
37	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	40.80	1694.27	2	96.7s	86.7
38	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	45.66	1079.49	3	92.2s	86.5
39	Weavile	Snarl	Avalanche	42.56	1321.84	2	95.5s	85.2
40	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	41.57	1436.36	2	96.6s	85.1
41	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	46.87	891.29	4	93.0s	84.9
42	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	42.06	1340.31	2	96.3s	84.7
43	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	45.62	957.12	3	94.0s	84.3
44	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	42.72	1233.54	2	95.9s	84.3
45	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	39.90	1590.65	2	99.3s	84.1
46	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	38.63	1791.58	2	101.2s	84.0
47	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	47.36	798.36	4	94.1s	83.7
48	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	41.35	1337.02	2	97.8s	83.5
49	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	43.08	1124.76	3	96.4s	83.3
50	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	46.25	849.18	4	94.8s	83.2

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About the results

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.

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

Shadow Xatu type chart

When fighting Shadow Xatu, keep in mind the following 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

Dark	160.0%
Electric	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	39.1%
Ground	39.1%
Grass	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Shadow Xatu Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Dark	25.5%	Fog
Electric	23.0%	Rainy
Ghost	17.0%	Fog
Rock	16.5%	Partly Cloudy
Ice	10.5%	Snow
Dragon	2.5%	Windy
Psychic	2.0%	Windy
Flying	1.5%	Windy
Water	0.5%	Rainy
Normal	0.5%	Partly Cloudy
Poison	0.5%	Cloudy

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.