Best Shadow Quagsire counters

The best Shadow Quagsire counters in Pokémon GO are Mega Sceptile, Kartana, Mega Venusaur, Sky Forme Shaymin, Zarude, Shadow Tangrowth, and Shadow Torterra. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Quagsire in a 3-Star Raid.

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Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant

Kartana

Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade

Mega Venusaur

Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant

Sky Forme Shaymin

Magical Leaf / Grass Knot

Zarude

Vine Whip / Power Whip

Shadow Tangrowth

Vine Whip / Power Whip

Shadow Torterra

Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	63.07	1639.5	2	66s	131.3
2.	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	57.57	1294.8	3	73s	116.0
3.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	51.67	1717.5	2	80s	113.7
4.	Sky Forme Shaymin	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	52.40	1598.2	2	79s	113.1
5.	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	48.95	1814.4	2	84s	110.3
6.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	51.85	1365.7	2	81s	108.2
7.	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	50.46	1458.9	2	83s	107.6
8.	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	55.33	1053.6	3	77s	107.4
9.	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	53.19	1180.4	3	79s	106.8
10.	Rillaboom	Razor Leaf	Grass Knot	46.50	1344.8	2	90s	99.1
11.	Decidueye	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	45.29	1349.9	2	92s	97.2
12.	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	44.08	1473.2	2	94s	97.1
13.	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	48.25	1036.1	3	87s	96.2
14.	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	47.54	1083.0	3	88s	96.1
15.	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	48.22	1015.8	3	87s	95.7
16.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	46.20	1078.0	3	91s	93.8
17.	Shadow Meganium	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	45.51	1111.8	3	92s	93.4
18.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	42.83	1341.1	2	97s	93.0
19.	Shadow Victreebel	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Blade	49.40	816.1	4	86s	92.9
20.	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	44.42	1164.5	3	94s	92.6
21.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Power Whip	49.60	792.1	5	86s	92.5
22.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	44.42	1144.1	3	94s	92.3
23.	Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	41.55	1426.2	2	100s	92.1
24.	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	45.90	1009.8	3	92s	92.0
25.	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	45.51	1030.9	3	92s	91.8
26.	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	43.92	1158.6	3	95s	91.7
27.	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	47.67	805.7	4	89s	90.1
28.	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	39.95	1404.0	2	103s	89.0
29.	Shadow Tangela	Vine Whip	Power Whip *	46.08	835.3	4	92s	88.4
30.	Shadow Cacturne	Sand Attack	Grass Knot	49.00	667.9	5	88s	88.2

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Group size

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

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

Shadow Quagsire CP range from Raids

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

From 1025 CP to 1138 CP, with no weather boost
From 1282 CP to 1423 CP with Rain and Sunny weather boost

Shadow Quagsire weaknesses

Shadow Quagsire type chart

When fighting Shadow Quagsire, keep in mind the that Water and Ground-type Pokémon are weak to Grass (2x)-type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock, and Steel-type moves.

Weaknesses

Grass256.0%

Resistances

Electric62.5%
Fire62.5%
Poison62.5%
Rock62.5%
Steel62.5%

More information

Shadow Quagsire takes increased damage from Grass type moves.
Shadow Quagsire takes reduced damage from Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock, and Steel 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 Quagsire

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	326.0%	Sunny
Psychic	14.0%	Windy
Bug	12.0%	Rain
Ground	10.0%	Sunny
Normal	10.0%	Partly Cloudy
Dragon	8.0%	Windy
Electric	4.0%	Rain
Flying	4.0%	Windy
Fighting	4.0%	Cloudy
Ghost	4.0%	Fog
Fairy	2.0%	Cloudy
Dark	2.0%	Fog

About our ranking methodology

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