Best Shadow Misdreavus counters

The best Shadow Misdreavus counters in Pokémon GO are Dawn Wings Necrozma, Mega Gengar, Mega Tyranitar, Mega Banette, Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Gengar, and Origin Forme Giratina. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Misdreavus in a 3-Star Raid.

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Dawn Wings Necrozma

Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam

Mega Gengar

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

Mega Tyranitar

Bite / Brutal Swing

Mega Banette

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

Shadow Tyranitar

Bite / Brutal Swing

Shadow Gengar

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

Origin Forme Giratina

Shadow Claw / Shadow Force

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	51.98	723.7	5	83s	88.4
2.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	48.22	744.3	5	89s	83.7
3.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	33.35	2270.4	1	122s	78.4
4.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	43.93	587.4	6	98s	74.1
5.	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	33.61	1514.3	2	122s	72.6
6.	Shadow Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	45.13	450.5	8	98s	71.7
7.	Origin Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	36.83	956.2	4	113s	71.1
8.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	32.72	1309.8	3	126s	69.0
9.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	33.50	1164.9	3	123s	68.6
10.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Sunsteel Strike	36.69	795.2	5	115s	68.3
11.	Shadow Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	40.99	494.8	8	106s	67.7
12.	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	33.59	971.0	4	124s	66.3
13.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	37.62	603.7	6	113s	65.9
14.	Mega Absol	Snarl	Payback	33.90	875.8	4	123s	65.4
15.	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	28.17	1633.8	2	145s	64.1
16.	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	30.41	1181.8	3	135s	63.7
17.	Yveltal	Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse	28.72	1469.7	2	143s	63.7
18.	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	38.45	464.1	8	113s	63.5
19.	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	27.97	1490.7	2	146s	62.5
20.	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	36.14	546.3	7	118s	62.5
21.	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Payback	33.93	697.8	5	124s	62.5
22.	Altered Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	31.07	952.3	4	133s	62.0
23.	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	28.62	1286.0	3	143s	61.8
24.	Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	37.35	445.5	8	117s	61.6
25.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	28.83	1197.1	3	143s	61.3
26.	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	31.42	820.7	4	133s	60.7
27.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	28.58	1186.8	3	144s	60.7
28.	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	38.76	351.3	11	115s	60.4
29.	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	31.62	760.5	5	132s	60.1
30.	Blacephalon	Astonish	Shadow Ball	36.74	406.7	9	119s	59.6

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Group size

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

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

Shadow Misdreavus CP range from Raids

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

From 990 CP to 1100 CP, with no weather boost
From 1238 CP to 1376 CP with Fog weather boost

Shadow Misdreavus weaknesses

Shadow Misdreavus type chart

When fighting Shadow Misdreavus, keep in mind the that Ghost-type Pokémon are weak to Dark and Ghost-type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Poison, Fighting, and Normal-type moves.

Weaknesses

Dark160.0%
Ghost160.0%

Resistances

Fighting39.1%
Normal39.1%
Bug62.5%
Poison62.5%

More information

Shadow Misdreavus takes increased damage from Dark and Ghost type moves.
Shadow Misdreavus takes reduced damage from Fighting, Normal, Bug, and Poison 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 Misdreavus

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Dark	150.0%	Fog
Ghost	140.0%	Fog
Psychic	18.0%	Windy
Ground	14.0%	Sunny
Water	14.0%	Rain
Flying	12.0%	Windy
Steel	12.0%	Snow
Dragon	10.0%	Windy
Fire	10.0%	Sunny
Grass	8.0%	Sunny
Electric	6.0%	Rain
Rock	4.0%	Partly Cloudy
Fighting	2.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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