Best Shadow Tyranitar counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Tyranitar 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 👑

Terrakion

Double Kick Sacred Sword *

Best performing move types

• 68.5%
• 8.5%
• 8.5%
• 4.0%
• 3.5%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	59.16	1628.31	2	69.7s	115.6
2	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	62.01	1305.15	2	69.1s	114.7
3	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	55.03	1654.07	2	74.1s	109.5
4	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	60.04	1121.37	3	72.8s	108.4
5	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	57.00	1137.33	3	75.8s	104.3
6	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	56.78	985.16	3	78.0s	101.0
7	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	51.36	1269.99	2	81.4s	98.2
8	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	51.03	1182.80	3	82.7s	96.3
9	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	55.58	841.35	4	81.9s	96.1
10	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	53.65	854.24	4	84.0s	93.8
11	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	56.08	670.36	5	85.7s	92.5
12	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	49.36	1098.47	3	86.0s	92.3
13	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	44.30	1384.20	2	91.7s	88.8
14	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	46.59	1124.26	3	90.1s	88.6
15	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	46.50	1107.51	3	90.4s	88.2
16	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	44.77	1227.79	2	92.1s	87.4
17	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	49.21	838.10	4	90.3s	87.2
18	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	46.34	1050.32	3	91.4s	87.0
19	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	44.31	1235.30	2	92.9s	86.8
20	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	50.93	703.12	5	91.2s	86.5
21	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	46.27	1011.70	3	92.0s	86.3
22	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	43.00	1287.02	2	94.9s	85.4
23	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	42.92	1284.68	2	95.1s	85.3
24	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	48.79	777.64	4	92.3s	85.3
25	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	54.76	474.09	7	96.1s	84.6
26	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	46.32	836.26	4	94.9s	83.0
27	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	43.58	1054.32	3	96.3s	82.9
28	Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	45.39	817.89	4	96.9s	81.3
29	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	44.76	848.68	4	97.4s	81.0
30	Bewear	Low Kick	Superpower	42.30	1050.15	3	98.8s	80.9
31	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	46.57	709.13	5	97.6s	80.7
32	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Superpower	42.92	952.26	3	99.0s	80.2
33	Shadow Dragonite	Steel Wing	Superpower	45.64	691.91	5	99.7s	79.0
34	Emboar	Low Kick	Focus Blast	42.73	883.23	4	100.6s	78.7
35	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	44.76	708.18	5	100.8s	78.1
36	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	39.39	1139.88	3	104.0s	77.7
37	Shadow Hitmonlee	Double Kick	Close Combat	45.26	649.06	5	101.7s	77.4
38	Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	43.24	773.84	4	101.9s	77.4
39	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	50.33	415.08	8	106.2s	77.0
40	Sneasler	Rock Smash	Close Combat	41.84	855.21	4	102.9s	76.9
41	Mega Pinsir	Fury Cutter	Superpower	46.48	555.77	6	103.4s	76.6
42	Shadow Infernape	Rock Smash	Close Combat	43.62	677.33	5	103.8s	75.8
43	Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	38.47	1104.01	3	106.6s	75.8
44	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	44.18	638.39	5	104.0s	75.7
45	Mega Medicham	Counter	Dynamic Punch	43.44	674.98	5	104.2s	75.5
46	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Dynamic Punch	45.92	533.37	6	105.4s	75.3
47	Shadow Ursaluna	Rock Smash	High Horsepower *	39.99	903.91	3	106.0s	75.0
48	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Superpower	41.57	747.86	4	105.8s	74.5
49	Shadow Ursaring	Counter	Close Combat	44.73	560.66	6	106.2s	74.5
50	Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	40.77	774.54	4	106.9s	73.8

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Shadow Tyranitar type chart

When fighting Shadow Tyranitar, keep in mind the following that Rock and Dark-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting, Bug, Fairy, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Normal, Poison, and Psychic type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	256.0%
Bug	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%
Grass	160.0%
Ground	160.0%
Steel	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Psychic	39.1%
Dark	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Ghost	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Poison	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 Tyranitar in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Tyranitar 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 Tyranitar counter is Terrakion, followed by Mega Blaziken, Keldeo (Ordinary), and Shadow Machamp. The table also includes Shadow Hariyama, Lucario, Conkeldurr, and Mega Lopunny, 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 Tyranitar 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.