Best Shadow Girafarig counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Girafarig 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 👑

Mega Tyranitar

Bite Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

• 45.5%
• 25.0%
• 8.0%
• 4.0%
• 3.0%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	56.73	2940.84	1	68.4s	126.1
2	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	57.66	1968.44	1	69.8s	117.7
3	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	52.75	1979.58	1	75.5s	109.8
4	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	51.32	1992.88	1	77.4s	107.6
5	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	47.72	2269.74	1	81.8s	104.2
6	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	53.18	1286.38	2	78.9s	101.2
7	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	47.62	1926.72	1	83.1s	100.6
8	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	52.12	1213.11	2	80.9s	98.4
9	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	45.61	1927.45	1	86.4s	97.3
10	Darkrai	Snarl	Dark Pulse	46.98	1643.22	2	85.4s	96.4
11	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	49.00	1357.88	2	84.1s	95.9
12	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	49.40	1256.31	2	84.3s	95.0
13	Pheromosa	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	59.99	576.69	6	85.0s	94.6
14	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	50.82	1096.77	3	84.0s	94.5
15	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	43.43	1895.42	1	90.5s	93.2
16	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	46.22	1392.87	2	88.2s	92.0
17	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	41.99	1925.50	1	93.2s	91.0
18	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	50.27	919.68	3	87.3s	90.4
19	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	43.97	1531.05	2	91.3s	90.1
20	Guzzlord	Snarl	Brutal Swing	39.83	2232.83	1	96.8s	90.0
21	Zarude	Bite	Dark Pulse	39.14	2286.83	1	98.3s	89.2
22	Shadow Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	45.44	1272.38	2	90.5s	89.1
23	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite *	X-Scissor	50.91	768.66	4	89.4s	88.0
24	Shadow Shiftry	Snarl	Foul Play	44.88	1220.63	2	92.0s	87.5
25	Shadow Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	47.57	941.98	3	91.0s	86.9
26	Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	44.07	1264.76	2	93.1s	86.8
27	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	39.85	1751.19	2	98.6s	85.7
28	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	43.41	1225.75	2	94.7s	85.2
29	Zoroark	Snarl	Foul Play	45.46	990.90	3	93.7s	84.7
30	Mega Gengar	Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse *	46.73	888.37	4	93.2s	84.7
31	Shadow Scyther	Fury Cutter	Bug Buzz *	46.86	877.41	4	93.2s	84.6
32	Mega Salamence	Bite	Draco Meteor	39.19	1639.11	2	100.6s	83.4
33	Genesect (Shock)	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	39.93	1451.10	2	100.1s	82.6
34	Genesect (Normal)	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	39.93	1451.10	2	100.1s	82.6
35	Genesect (Douse)	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	39.93	1451.10	2	100.1s	82.6
36	Genesect (Chill)	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	39.93	1451.10	2	100.1s	82.6
37	Genesect (Burn)	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	39.93	1451.10	2	100.1s	82.6
38	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	40.13	1382.00	2	100.1s	82.1
39	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse	43.74	960.27	3	97.3s	81.6
40	Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	40.94	1235.13	2	99.6s	81.5
41	Shadow Salamence	Bite	Draco Meteor	42.53	1055.80	3	98.3s	81.4
42	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	40.93	1204.33	2	99.9s	81.1
43	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Dark Pulse	38.33	1553.11	2	103.2s	81.0
44	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	37.73	1637.39	2	104.2s	80.9
45	Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	41.92	1077.05	3	99.3s	80.7
46	Vikavolt	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	42.09	1041.18	3	99.4s	80.5
47	Muk (Alola Shadow)	Snarl	Dark Pulse	39.53	1293.57	2	102.2s	80.0
48	Deoxys (Attack)	Poison Jab	Dark Pulse	52.79	412.02	8	103.1s	79.8
49	Bisharp	Snarl	Dark Pulse	38.67	1365.13	2	103.6s	79.5
50	Yanmega	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	41.58	988.07	3	101.2s	78.8

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Shadow Girafarig type chart

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

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Dark	160.0%

Resistances

Ghost	62.5%
Psychic	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 Shadow Girafarig in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Girafarig 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 Girafarig counter is Mega Tyranitar, followed by Shadow Tyranitar, Mega Rayquaza, and Mega Houndoom. The table also includes Hydreigon, Shadow Weavile, Tyranitar, and Mega Absol, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Shadow Girafarig 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.