Best Shadow Raikou counters

The best Shadow Raikou counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Shadow Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Garchomp, Groudon, Shadow Excadrill, and Therian Forme Landorus. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 5 - 12 Trainers to defeat Shadow Raikou in a 5-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Excadrill

Mud Shot / Scorching Sands

Therian Forme Landorus

Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	35.22	1346.9	18	722s	73.6
2.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	32.99	868.7	28	779s	63.9
3.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	28.79	1283.8	19	879s	62.1
4.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	27.43	912.0	27	930s	55.7
5.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	27.67	866.1	28	923s	55.5
6.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	29.38	557.1	44	887s	53.2
7.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	27.86	526.9	46	936s	50.4
8.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	22.81	900.6	27	1113s	48.0
9.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	24.60	605.4	40	1047s	47.0
10.	Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	24.23	548.1	45	1067s	45.5
11.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	24.55	508.7	48	1057s	45.3
12.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	22.73	627.4	39	1129s	44.4
13.	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	23.03	547.2	45	1120s	43.7
14.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	21.02	756.6	32	1211s	43.4
15.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	22.09	573.5	43	1164s	42.6
16.	Shadow Golem	Mud Shot	Earthquake	22.27	491.4	50	1162s	41.4
17.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	23.60	452.8	54	1104s	40.8
18.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	23.60	452.8	54	1104s	40.8
19.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	21.05	493.3	50	1227s	39.7
20.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	20.35	502.7	49	1266s	38.9
21.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	18.93	621.5	39	1348s	38.3
22.	Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	17.63	754.1	32	1437s	37.7
23.	Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	19.19	542.0	45	1336s	37.7
24.	Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	18.33	566.4	43	1395s	36.7
25.	Golem	Mud Shot	Earthquake	18.77	492.7	50	1369s	36.2
26.	Origin Forme Dialga	Metal Claw	Roar of Time *	19.54	459.9	53	1321s	35.6
27.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	20.13	444.1	55	1286s	35.4
28.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	17.92	489.2	50	1432s	34.7
29.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Brutal Swing	19.19	453.1	54	1345s	34.7
30.	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	17.53	489.4	50	1463s	34.2

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Group size

You need at least 5 Trainers to defeat a Shadow Raikou in a 5-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 5 Trainers
Optimal group size: 7 - 12 Trainers
Very easy with: 13+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 5 Trainers

Shadow Raikou CP range from Raids

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

From 1823 CP to 1972 CP, with no weather boost
From 2280 CP to 2466 CP with Rain weather boost

Shadow Raikou weaknesses

Shadow Raikou type chart

When fighting Shadow Raikou, keep in mind the that Electric-type Pokémon are weak to Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Flying, and Steel-type moves.

Weaknesses

Ground160.0%

Resistances

Electric62.5%
Flying62.5%
Steel62.5%

More information

Shadow Raikou takes increased damage from Ground type moves.
Shadow Raikou takes reduced damage from Electric, Flying, 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 Raikou

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	188.0%	Sunny
Dragon	54.0%	Windy
Ghost	28.0%	Fog
Fire	24.0%	Sunny
Fighting	20.0%	Cloudy
Dark	18.0%	Fog
Grass	14.0%	Sunny
Psychic	14.0%	Windy
Rock	10.0%	Partly Cloudy
Water	8.0%	Rain
Normal	6.0%	Partly Cloudy
Steel	6.0%	Snow
Ice	6.0%	Snow
Electric	4.0%	Rain

About our ranking methodology

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