Best Apex Shadow Lugia counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Apex Shadow Lugia 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

5-Star Raid (15000 HP)↓

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Best overall 👑

Mega Tyranitar

Bite Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

• 26.0%
• 20.5%
• 17.0%
• 17.0%
• 10.5%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	25.49	864.81	17	657.8s	52.0
2	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	30.19	346.71	43	669.9s	49.4
3	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	26.27	578.43	25	674.7s	49.0
4	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	25.29	423.96	35	734.7s	44.7
5	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	25.25	425.60	35	735.0s	44.6
6	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	27.39	306.09	49	743.8s	44.5
7	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	24.74	434.31	34	744.4s	44.1
8	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	24.27	466.20	32	746.6s	44.1
9	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	25.24	381.93	39	751.3s	43.7
10	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	25.77	340.10	44	758.6s	43.3
11	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	23.13	518.54	28	764.2s	43.3
12	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	26.28	308.06	48	765.6s	43.2
13	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	24.16	404.45	37	769.3s	42.6
14	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	24.06	392.98	38	776.2s	42.3
15	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	24.38	362.52	41	780.6s	42.0
16	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	21.69	568.86	26	797.1s	42.0
17	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Avalanche	25.33	308.98	48	786.3s	41.9
18	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	25.94	261.63	57	807.6s	41.3
19	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	22.12	483.01	31	802.2s	41.2
20	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	22.74	427.65	35	800.0s	41.1
21	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	24.16	320.78	46	807.9s	40.7
22	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	22.43	427.53	35	809.2s	40.7
23	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	23.23	368.17	40	808.8s	40.6
24	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	21.50	457.45	32	828.9s	39.9
25	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	20.39	535.86	27	847.8s	39.5
26	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	20.74	489.04	30	845.9s	39.3
27	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	23.71	289.10	51	840.3s	39.2
28	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	22.39	361.40	41	835.9s	39.2
29	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	21.09	450.72	33	844.4s	39.1
30	Mega Gardevoir	Charge Beam	Shadow Ball	21.61	404.60	37	842.5s	39.0
31	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	22.87	320.26	46	843.4s	38.9
32	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Rock Throw	Wild Charge	21.77	386.14	38	844.3s	38.9
33	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	23.47	255.38	58	874.0s	38.0
34	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	21.52	357.21	41	865.1s	37.9
35	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	23.07	268.14	55	873.8s	37.8
36	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	20.59	414.41	36	873.2s	37.7
37	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	20.41	427.29	35	875.3s	37.7
38	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	23.68	237.47	63	886.0s	37.7
39	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	24.91	188.48	79	920.6s	37.4
40	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	19.21	512.01	29	897.9s	37.3
41	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	22.83	257.74	58	889.8s	37.2
42	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	23.91	211.72	70	910.8s	37.1
43	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	23.23	234.66	63	901.4s	37.0
44	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	21.21	334.19	44	886.7s	37.0
45	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	21.19	335.64	44	886.8s	37.0
46	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	19.37	473.78	31	901.1s	36.9
47	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	22.98	233.66	64	909.6s	36.7
48	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	21.22	316.72	47	896.5s	36.6
49	Shadow Drifblim	Hex	Shadow Ball	22.32	259.64	57	903.2s	36.6
50	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	22.47	252.64	59	905.0s	36.6

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Apex Shadow Lugia type chart

When fighting Apex Shadow Lugia, keep in mind the following that Psychic and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock type moves. They take reduced damage from Grass, Psychic, Fighting, and Ground type moves.

Weaknesses

Dark	160.0%
Electric	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	39.1%
Ground	39.1%
Grass	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 Apex Shadow Lugia in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Apex Shadow Lugia down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Apex Shadow Lugia counter is Mega Tyranitar, followed by Mega Gengar, Shadow Tyranitar, and Mega Diancie. The table also includes Shadow Rhyperior, Mega Banette, Shadow Raikou, and Mega Rayquaza, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Apex Shadow Lugia 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.