Best Shadow Raikou counters

The best Shadow Raikou counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Excadrill, Shadow Mamoswine, and Groudon. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 5 - 13 Trainers to defeat Shadow Raikou in a 5-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Shadow Mamoswine

Mud-Slap / High Horsepower

Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	29.85	1141.4	21	851s	62.4
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	26.20	1168.2	21	966s	56.5
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	28.00	737.4	33	918s	54.2
4.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	25.08	833.7	29	1017s	50.9
5.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	27.34	518.6	47	953s	49.5
6.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	25.74	533.4	46	1008s	47.5
7.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	23.46	734.1	33	1089s	47.0
8.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	23.72	654.6	37	1082s	46.4
9.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	24.97	472.1	52	1044s	44.1
10.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	20.79	820.8	30	1221s	43.7
11.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	20.84	749.9	33	1221s	43.0
12.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	22.45	507.8	48	1152s	42.1
13.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	21.97	514.8	48	1175s	41.5
14.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	21.70	534.0	46	1187s	41.4
15.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	21.38	555.1	44	1203s	41.3
16.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	21.36	527.7	46	1206s	40.8
17.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	21.37	507.7	48	1207s	40.5
18.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	19.76	649.0	38	1291s	40.0
19.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	21.03	464.0	53	1230s	38.0
20.	Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	17.48	747.4	33	1450s	37.4
21.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	20.60	454.6	54	1256s	36.8
22.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	18.73	511.2	48	1371s	36.5
23.	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	18.31	511.1	48	1400s	35.9
24.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	21.72	416.8	59	1199s	35.7
25.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	21.72	416.8	59	1199s	35.7
26.	Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	17.74	548.3	45	1441s	35.5
27.	Flygon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	17.79	502.5	49	1441s	34.9
28.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	23.48	371.2	66	1121s	34.1
29.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Earthquake	19.57	434.9	56	1322s	34.1
30.	Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	17.57	461.3	53	1463s	32.7

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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: 8 - 13 Trainers
Very easy with: 14+ 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

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Electric	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Steel	62.5%

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	200.0%	Sunny
Dragon	54.0%	Windy
Fire	26.0%	Sunny
Psychic	22.0%	Windy
Ghost	18.0%	Fog
Dark	16.0%	Fog
Grass	12.0%	Sunny
Bug	10.0%	Rain
Fighting	10.0%	Cloudy
Normal	8.0%	Partly Cloudy
Water	8.0%	Rain
Rock	8.0%	Partly Cloudy
Poison	4.0%	Cloudy
Ice	2.0%	Snow
Electric	2.0%	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.