Best Apex Shadow Ho-Oh counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Apex Shadow Ho-Oh 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 👑

Shadow Rhyperior

Smack Down Rock Wrecker *

Best performing move types

• 52.0%
• 17.5%
• 17.0%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	50.85	790.67	18	370.9s	88.4
2	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	50.58	692.37	21	383.2s	85.7
3	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	42.24	1147.33	13	407.4s	82.3
4	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	43.79	942.11	15	406.2s	81.4
5	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	47.64	532.96	28	427.5s	77.5
6	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	42.56	745.93	20	432.9s	75.8
7	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	41.26	766.75	19	441.8s	74.4
8	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	42.04	590.75	25	458.4s	71.6
9	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	38.83	786.78	19	462.5s	71.3
10	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	39.83	645.01	23	469.6s	69.9
11	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Ancient Power	35.01	951.82	15	491.5s	68.2
12	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	34.51	894.28	16	501.7s	66.6
13	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	38.84	557.61	26	493.8s	66.5
14	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam *	37.24	652.44	22	494.7s	66.4
15	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	39.22	522.40	28	497.4s	66.1
16	Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	35.24	737.32	20	507.0s	65.1
17	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	37.19	498.93	30	523.6s	62.8
18	Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Rock Blast	37.42	465.52	32	529.8s	62.2
19	Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	34.55	579.76	25	537.7s	61.0
20	Aurorus	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	35.12	538.44	27	538.6s	60.9
21	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	33.01	650.25	23	546.7s	60.2
22	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Power Gem	32.20	701.06	21	551.4s	60.0
23	Landorus (Incarnate)	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	34.18	550.46	27	547.8s	59.9
24	Archeops	Wing Attack	Ancient Power	34.94	497.82	30	549.8s	59.7
25	Mega Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	32.93	614.66	24	553.1s	59.4
26	Shadow Hippowdon	Thunder Fang	Weather Ball	34.08	485.73	30	563.7s	58.2
27	Shadow Regirock	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	31.50	659.12	22	567.2s	58.2
28	Nihilego	Acid	Rock Slide	31.54	646.08	23	568.5s	58.0
29	Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	32.25	552.68	27	573.6s	57.2
30	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	Ancient Power *	36.89	323.48	46	592.1s	57.1
31	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Ancient Power	32.93	504.54	29	574.5s	57.1
32	Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	32.29	513.50	29	581.4s	56.4
33	Lycanroc (Dusk)	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	34.21	396.53	37	589.8s	56.1
34	Lycanroc	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	33.80	394.26	38	596.0s	55.4
35	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	30.00	605.76	24	599.0s	55.0
36	Kleavor	Quick Attack	Rock Slide	33.12	403.18	37	601.7s	54.8
37	Shadow Armaldo	Fury Cutter	Rock Blast	33.98	362.72	41	606.8s	54.8
38	Lycanroc (Midnight)	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	32.27	439.95	34	601.3s	54.6
39	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Ancient Power	30.35	551.06	27	603.1s	54.5
40	Hisuian Arcanine	Snarl	Rock Slide	30.37	547.71	27	603.5s	54.4
41	Alolan Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	30.91	495.31	30	606.4s	54.1
42	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	31.78	436.27	34	609.5s	53.9
43	Shadow Machamp	Karate Chop *	Rock Slide	33.72	340.15	44	621.2s	53.7
44	Shadow Kabutops	Waterfall	Ancient Power	32.90	371.44	40	617.4s	53.6
45	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	32.59	385.26	38	616.0s	53.6
46	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	31.65	427.59	35	614.3s	53.5
47	Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	31.01	461.00	32	613.8s	53.4
48	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	33.21	342.29	43	627.0s	53.1
49	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	32.59	342.56	43	635.4s	52.3
50	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	27.53	614.99	24	642.4s	51.5

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Apex Shadow Ho-Oh type chart

When fighting Apex Shadow Ho-Oh, keep in mind the following that Fire and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Rock, Electric, and Water type moves. They take reduced damage from Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Ground, Steel, Bug, and Grass type moves.

Weaknesses

Rock	256.0%
Electric	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Bug	39.1%
Grass	39.1%
Fairy	62.5%
Fighting	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Ground	62.5%
Steel	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 Ho-Oh in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Apex Shadow Ho-Oh 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 Ho-Oh counter is Shadow Rhyperior, followed by Mega Diancie, Mega Tyranitar, and Mega Aerodactyl. The table also includes Rampardos, Shadow Tyranitar, Rhyperior, and Shadow Aerodactyl, 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 Ho-Oh 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.