Best Raticate (Alola Shadow) counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Raticate (Alola Shadow) 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)↓

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Best overall 👑

Terrakion

Double Kick Sacred Sword *

Best performing move types

• 78.0%
• 4.5%
• 4.0%
• 3.0%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	74.25	3816.55	0	52.3s	164.8
2	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	80.79	2440.15	1	50.5s	160.9
3	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	76.32	2004.00	1	54.4s	147.7
4	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	70.52	2611.17	1	56.6s	146.4
5	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	70.60	2380.98	1	57.0s	143.8
6	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	71.43	2012.01	1	57.6s	140.2
7	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	73.63	1626.77	2	57.7s	137.5
8	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	66.89	2161.08	1	60.5s	135.0
9	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	72.27	1579.30	2	58.9s	134.7
10	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	65.47	2269.22	1	61.3s	134.1
11	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	69.83	1560.93	2	60.8s	130.8
12	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	55.75	3319.61	1	68.9s	127.5
13	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	62.99	1964.87	1	64.5s	126.2
14	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	59.81	2165.06	1	66.8s	123.6
15	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	70.90	1110.48	3	63.7s	123.5
16	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	58.42	2270.77	1	68.0s	122.5
17	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	56.65	2441.73	1	69.4s	121.3
18	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	64.42	1413.60	2	66.1s	120.2
19	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	57.09	2224.00	1	69.5s	119.7
20	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	58.62	1966.33	1	68.7s	119.2
21	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	60.01	1789.35	2	68.0s	119.2
22	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	60.97	1666.25	2	67.7s	118.9
23	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	63.37	1421.04	2	66.9s	118.7
24	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	60.23	1565.31	2	69.0s	116.3
25	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	66.13	1017.03	3	68.6s	114.7
26	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	55.75	1890.47	1	72.2s	113.7
27	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	60.09	1405.36	2	70.2s	113.6
28	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	58.25	1545.41	2	71.1s	113.0
29	Mega Pinsir	Rock Smash	Superpower	56.32	1752.84	2	72.1s	112.8
30	Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	55.69	1776.52	2	72.7s	112.1
31	Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	57.72	1461.86	2	72.2s	110.9
32	Bewear	Low Kick	Superpower	53.47	1864.24	1	75.0s	109.6
33	Emboar	Low Kick	Focus Blast	55.00	1639.00	2	74.2s	109.2
34	Shadow Hitmonlee	Double Kick	Close Combat	59.26	1192.44	3	72.8s	108.6
35	Sneasler	Rock Smash	Close Combat	54.21	1553.04	2	75.7s	106.8
36	Shadow Ursaring	Counter	Close Combat	57.07	1235.72	2	74.7s	106.2
37	Shadow Infernape	Rock Smash	Close Combat	56.40	1263.07	2	75.2s	105.6
38	Mega Medicham	Counter	Dynamic Punch	55.22	1315.18	2	76.1s	104.7
39	Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	52.93	1410.38	2	78.2s	102.7
40	Shadow Hitmonchan	Counter	Close Combat	54.90	1189.40	3	77.7s	102.1
41	Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	49.63	1755.66	2	80.7s	102.1
42	Shadow Pinsir	Rock Smash	Superpower	54.68	1164.62	3	78.2s	101.4
43	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Superpower	51.18	1476.88	2	80.1s	101.0
44	Shadow Throh	Low Kick	Focus Blast	49.67	1624.45	2	81.3s	100.5
45	Togekiss	Charm	Aura Sphere *	47.56	1861.00	1	83.4s	99.8
46	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	52.73	1244.48	2	79.8s	99.8
47	Crabominable	Rock Smash	Power-Up Punch	50.43	1468.62	2	81.2s	99.7
48	Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	55.31	1012.54	3	79.3s	99.4
49	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	49.31	1574.24	2	82.2s	99.3
50	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Superpower	46.04	2041.47	1	85.3s	99.1

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Raticate (Alola Shadow) type chart

When fighting Raticate (Alola Shadow), keep in mind the following that Dark and Normal-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting, Bug, and Fairy type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Psychic, and Ghost type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	256.0%
Bug	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%

Resistances

Ghost	24.4%
Psychic	39.1%
Dark	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 Raticate (Alola Shadow) in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Raticate (Alola Shadow) down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Raticate (Alola Shadow) counter is Terrakion, followed by Mega Blaziken, Shadow Machamp, and Keldeo (Ordinary). The table also includes Lucario, Shadow Hariyama, Mega Alakazam, and Mega Lopunny, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Raticate (Alola Shadow) 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.