Best Shadow Politoed counters

The best Shadow Politoed counters in Pokémon GO are Mega Sceptile, Xurkitree, Shadow Raikou, Shadow Magnezone, Shadow Electivire, Shadow Luxray, and Mega Rayquaza. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Politoed in a 3-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant

Xurkitree

Spark / Power Whip

Shadow Raikou

Thunder Shock / Wild Charge

Shadow Magnezone

Spark / Wild Charge

Shadow Electivire

Thunder Shock / Wild Charge

Shadow Luxray

Spark / Wild Charge

Mega Rayquaza

Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	34.90	609.0	6	122s	62.1
2.	Xurkitree	Spark	Power Whip	34.84	451.3	8	124s	58.4
3.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	33.72	506.9	7	127s	58.2
4.	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	34.95	436.2	9	124s	58.1
5.	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	35.10	396.6	10	125s	57.2
6.	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	34.91	396.6	10	125s	57.0
7.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	30.28	686.8	5	138s	56.9
8.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	29.72	731.6	5	141s	56.7
9.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	32.95	461.0	8	131s	56.1
10.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	32.22	474.6	8	133s	55.4
11.	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	28.08	792.9	5	148s	55.1
12.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	29.71	593.4	6	142s	54.4
13.	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	30.61	499.8	8	139s	53.8
14.	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	28.99	605.2	6	145s	53.5
15.	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	30.20	498.9	8	141s	53.2
16.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	28.59	611.4	6	147s	53.1
17.	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	29.80	497.3	8	143s	52.6
18.	Decidueye	Leafage	Frenzy Plant *	28.75	566.0	7	147s	52.5
19.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	29.94	477.6	8	142s	52.3
20.	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	30.43	439.1	9	141s	52.1
21.	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	32.34	311.2	12	137s	51.0
22.	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	28.93	430.9	9	148s	49.9
23.	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	27.81	498.7	8	152s	49.8
24.	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	30.89	318.0	12	143s	49.4
25.	Sky Forme Shaymin	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	27.24	508.4	7	155s	49.2
26.	Therian Forme Thundurus	Volt Switch	Wildbolt Storm *	28.77	408.5	9	149s	49.1
27.	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	31.69	273.8	14	141s	48.9
28.	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	28.89	389.8	10	149s	48.8
29.	Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	28.79	390.8	10	150s	48.7
30.	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	28.85	377.9	10	150s	48.5

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Group size

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

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

Shadow Politoed CP range from Raids

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

From 1275 CP to 1399 CP, with no weather boost
From 1594 CP to 1749 CP with Rain weather boost

Shadow Politoed weaknesses

Shadow Politoed type chart

When fighting Shadow Politoed, keep in mind the 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

Electric160.0%
Grass160.0%

Resistances

Fire62.5%
Ice62.5%
Steel62.5%
Water62.5%

More information

Shadow Politoed takes increased damage from Electric and Grass type moves.
Shadow Politoed takes reduced damage from Fire, Ice, Steel, and Water 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 Politoed

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	168.0%	Sunny
Electric	140.0%	Rain
Ghost	20.0%	Fog
Dragon	16.0%	Windy
Psychic	16.0%	Windy
Flying	12.0%	Windy
Dark	8.0%	Fog
Ground	6.0%	Sunny
Rock	6.0%	Partly Cloudy
Steel	4.0%	Snow
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy
Fairy	2.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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.

This guide 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. 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.