Best Shadow Ekans counters

The best Shadow Ekans counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Mewtwo, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Excadrill, Dusk Mane Necrozma, and Mega Alakazam. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Ekans in a 3-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Mewtwo

Psycho Cut / Psystrike

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earthquake

Shadow Excadrill

Mud Shot / Scorching Sands

Dusk Mane Necrozma

Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike

Mega Alakazam

Psycho Cut / Future Sight

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	67.60	4116.2	0	61s	155.3
2.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	63.10	2688.3	1	65s	134.8
3.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	68.74	1780.0	2	61s	132.6
4.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earthquake	55.54	3149.0	1	74s	125.8
5.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	52.70	3351.8	1	78s	122.2
6.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Psycho Cut	Sunsteel Strike	50.99	3661.3	1	80s	121.2
7.	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Future Sight	61.84	1495.0	2	68s	117.7
8.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	52.74	2649.1	1	78s	116.5
9.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Psycho Cut	Moongeist Beam	51.06	2832.1	1	80s	115.1
10.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	56.84	1748.1	2	73s	113.6
11.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw	Psychic *	49.72	2843.0	1	82s	112.8
12.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	49.17	2963.8	1	83s	112.7
13.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	52.68	2247.0	1	78s	112.6
14.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	52.89	2166.6	1	78s	112.1
15.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	53.75	1887.9	2	77s	110.4
16.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	50.74	1866.7	2	81s	105.2
17.	Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	43.87	3273.7	1	93s	105.1
18.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	46.90	2474.8	1	87s	104.7
19.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	53.00	1404.4	2	79s	102.7
20.	Origin Forme Dialga	Metal Claw	Roar of Time *	42.62	3188.1	1	96s	102.2
21.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	43.50	2932.7	1	94s	102.1
22.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	54.98	1139.3	3	77s	101.4
23.	Hoopa Unbound	Confusion	Psychic	52.04	1369.9	2	80s	100.7
24.	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Psychic *	56.57	955.2	4	75s	100.0
25.	Lunala	Confusion	Psychic	42.71	2735.2	1	96s	99.2
26.	Mega Latias	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	46.41	1952.8	2	89s	98.9
27.	Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	40.92	2882.2	1	100s	96.9
28.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	43.73	2204.1	1	94s	96.7
29.	Shadow Gengar	Shadow Claw	Psychic *	45.74	1769.3	2	90s	95.8
30.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	46.79	1590.9	2	88s	95.4

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Group size

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

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

Shadow Ekans CP range from Raids

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

From 454 CP to 529 CP, with no weather boost
From 568 CP to 662 CP with Cloudy weather boost

Shadow Ekans weaknesses

Shadow Ekans type chart

When fighting Shadow Ekans, keep in mind the that Poison-type Pokémon are weak to Ground and Psychic-type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Grass, and Poison-type moves.

Weaknesses

Ground160.0%
Psychic160.0%

Resistances

Bug62.5%
Fairy62.5%
Fighting62.5%
Grass62.5%
Poison62.5%

More information

Shadow Ekans takes increased damage from Ground and Psychic type moves.
Shadow Ekans takes reduced damage from Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Grass, 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 Ekans

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Psychic	170.0%	Windy
Ground	138.0%	Sunny
Ghost	16.0%	Fog
Flying	12.0%	Windy
Steel	10.0%	Snow
Water	10.0%	Rain
Dragon	8.0%	Windy
Fire	8.0%	Sunny
Dark	8.0%	Fog
Electric	8.0%	Rain
Normal	6.0%	Partly Cloudy
Rock	6.0%	Partly Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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