Best Shadow Ampharos counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Ampharos 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

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

Attacker typing

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot Precipice Blades *

Best performing move types

• 42.5%
• 12.5%
• 10.0%
• 8.0%
• 4.5%
• 4.0%
• 3.5%
• 3.0%
• 3.0%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	50.63	2693.94	1	76.5s	113.2
2	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	42.55	1697.68	2	93.1s	89.7
3	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	39.58	1683.22	2	99.5s	84.5
4	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	43.99	1106.46	3	94.9s	84.4
5	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	40.85	1273.17	2	99.4s	81.9
6	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	35.23	1667.75	2	110.8s	76.9
7	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	37.65	1225.06	2	107.4s	76.1
8	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	36.67	1286.08	2	109.4s	75.3
9	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	38.97	998.10	3	106.8s	75.0
10	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Earthquake	37.20	1177.11	3	109.0s	74.8
11	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	37.80	1000.53	3	109.6s	73.3
12	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	36.47	1093.10	3	111.9s	72.5
13	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	35.08	1260.66	2	114.0s	72.4
14	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot	Earth Power	35.64	1144.34	3	113.6s	71.8
15	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	36.08	1085.94	3	113.0s	71.8
16	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	33.97	1260.05	2	117.4s	70.5
17	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	35.05	1078.73	3	116.1s	70.1
18	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	37.18	789.65	4	115.1s	68.9
19	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	34.74	991.01	3	118.2s	68.4
20	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	35.49	884.30	4	117.7s	67.9
21	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Earthquake	32.87	1023.52	3	123.6s	65.9
22	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	32.18	1017.14	3	126.0s	64.7
23	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	34.09	800.99	4	123.6s	64.5
24	Shadow Nidoking	Fury Cutter *	Earth Power	33.03	903.91	3	124.9s	64.5
25	Shadow Hippowdon	Ice Fang	Scorching Sands	31.23	1106.04	3	128.3s	64.2
26	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	32.20	981.26	3	126.5s	64.2
27	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	32.73	908.59	3	125.8s	64.0
28	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	33.37	808.94	4	125.7s	63.5
29	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	33.58	781.50	4	125.6s	63.4
30	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	31.45	991.45	3	129.0s	63.2
31	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	33.84	743.92	4	125.7s	63.2
32	Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	29.21	1248.39	2	134.8s	62.4
33	Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	30.09	1076.07	3	133.0s	62.0
34	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Psychic	30.15	1048.90	3	133.1s	61.8
35	Shadow Magmortar	Fire Spin	Scorching Sands	34.60	602.15	5	128.0s	61.6
36	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	30.10	1031.35	3	133.6s	61.5
37	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	33.43	667.30	5	129.3s	61.2
38	Shadow Sandslash	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	31.33	792.65	4	133.1s	60.2
39	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Earth Power	32.84	646.03	5	131.9s	59.9
40	Shadow Arcanine	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	32.81	626.65	5	132.7s	59.5
41	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	32.30	652.73	5	133.5s	59.3
42	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	32.54	633.36	5	133.4s	59.2
43	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	28.83	993.11	3	139.3s	59.0
44	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	30.63	775.65	4	136.1s	58.8
45	Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	29.61	877.67	4	138.0s	58.7
46	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite *	Drill Run *	32.82	586.64	6	134.2s	58.7
47	Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	28.79	975.80	3	139.8s	58.7
48	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	29.74	851.97	4	138.0s	58.6
49	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	31.04	688.93	5	136.9s	58.0
50	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Psychic	29.84	779.49	4	139.1s	57.7

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Shadow Ampharos type chart

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

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	62.5%
Flying	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 Ampharos in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Ampharos 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 Ampharos counter is Primal Groudon, followed by Shadow Garchomp, Groudon, and Shadow Mamoswine. The table also includes Shadow Rhyperior, Garchomp, Excadrill, and Mega Swampert, 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 Ampharos 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.