Best Shadow Politoed counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Politoed 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 Sceptile

Bullet Seed

Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

45.5%
35.5%
5.5%
3.5%
3.0%
2.0%
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	46.97	1034.69	3	90.6s	87.7
2	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	43.93	955.12	3	97.0s	81.8
3	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	41.31	1205.11	2	99.1s	81.7
4	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	43.28	871.97	4	99.7s	79.3
5	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	44.24	768.79	4	100.1s	78.7
6	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	45.05	683.38	5	101.0s	78.0
7	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	42.12	831.02	4	102.8s	76.9
8	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	42.57	797.28	4	102.6s	76.9
9	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	37.86	1207.42	2	107.0s	76.2
10	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	39.11	1055.91	3	105.7s	76.1
11	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	39.53	952.28	3	106.2s	75.2
12	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	42.14	702.89	5	105.9s	74.3
13	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	35.78	1314.93	2	111.6s	74.2
14	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	40.81	770.80	4	106.9s	73.8
15	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	37.90	989.94	3	109.5s	73.2
16	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	42.24	644.67	5	107.6s	73.2
17	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	38.94	839.17	4	109.6s	72.4
18	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	39.01	830.37	4	109.6s	72.3
19	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	39.52	751.16	4	110.3s	71.6
20	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	39.70	685.56	5	111.7s	70.5
21	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	35.72	940.60	3	116.1s	69.2
22	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	35.64	854.72	4	117.9s	67.7
23	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	33.62	1052.95	3	120.8s	67.4
24	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	36.37	760.10	4	117.9s	67.2
25	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	40.85	474.94	7	118.4s	67.0
26	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	37.03	669.43	5	118.7s	66.4
27	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	36.54	700.72	5	119.1s	66.3
28	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	35.86	738.67	4	119.9s	66.0
29	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	33.62	931.57	3	122.5s	65.8
30	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	34.71	815.37	4	121.4s	65.7
31	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	39.18	506.86	7	120.3s	65.6
32	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	36.03	693.86	5	120.7s	65.4
33	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	35.01	763.81	4	121.7s	65.2
34	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	37.35	591.77	6	120.7s	65.2
35	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Volt Switch	Wild Charge	38.78	510.16	7	121.1s	65.2
36	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	36.82	622.40	5	120.9s	65.1
37	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	32.41	1004.50	3	125.4s	64.9
38	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	31.47	1096.61	3	127.5s	64.5
39	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	36.43	610.99	5	122.4s	64.3
40	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	32.96	856.73	4	126.0s	63.6
41	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	34.72	689.55	5	124.6s	63.5
42	Shadow Meganium	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	33.32	807.19	4	125.9s	63.4
43	Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	33.67	756.41	4	126.0s	63.1
44	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	31.33	972.69	3	129.7s	62.7
45	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	37.06	501.21	7	125.9s	62.7
46	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	32.93	775.79	4	127.9s	62.3
47	Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	34.67	630.76	5	126.7s	62.3
48	Shadow Arcanine	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	36.23	520.86	6	127.0s	62.0
49	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	30.23	1053.28	3	132.8s	62.0
50	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	32.22	815.39	4	129.4s	61.9

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About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Shadow Politoed in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Politoed 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 Politoed counter is Mega Sceptile, followed by Kartana, Mega Rayquaza, and Shadow Raikou. The table also includes Xurkitree, Shadow Electivire, Shadow Zapdos, and Mega Manectric, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Shadow Politoed type chart

When fighting Shadow Politoed, keep in mind the following that Water-type Pokémon are weak to Electric, and Grass type moves. They take reduced damage from Fire, Ice, Steel, and Water type moves.

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Grass	160.0%

Resistances

Fire	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Steel	62.5%
Water	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 Politoed Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	45.5%	Sunny
Electric	35.5%	Rainy
Dragon	5.5%	Windy
Psychic	3.5%	Windy
Dark	3.0%	Fog
Bug	2.0%	Rainy
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy
Flying	1.0%	Windy
Ghost	1.0%	Fog
Ground	0.5%	Sunny
Fighting	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.