Best Shadow Combusken counters

The best Shadow Combusken counters in Pokémon GO are Mega Rayquaza, Primal Kyogre, Primal Groudon, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Groudon, and Mega Garchomp. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Combusken in a 3-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Mega Rayquaza

Air Slash / Dragon Ascent

Primal Kyogre

Waterfall / Origin Pulse

Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Mewtwo

Psycho Cut / Psystrike

Shadow Kyogre

Waterfall / Origin Pulse

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	69.70	2358.5	1	60s	142.0
2.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	58.71	2799.2	1	70s	128.3
3.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	58.38	2783.5	1	70s	127.6
4.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	59.84	1300.8	3	70s	111.4
5.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	54.88	1807.1	2	76s	111.2
6.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	54.76	1535.6	2	76s	107.4
7.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	47.96	2384.2	1	86s	105.7
8.	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	54.01	1428.9	2	77s	104.7
9.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Hydro Cannon *	48.16	2226.6	1	85s	104.6
10.	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Psychic *	53.45	1091.0	3	79s	98.2
11.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	45.96	1756.6	2	90s	96.0
12.	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	45.71	1786.1	2	90s	95.9
13.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	49.40	1279.6	3	85s	95.3
14.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	45.62	1691.5	2	91s	94.7
15.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	45.75	1525.0	2	91s	92.9
16.	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	43.02	1893.3	2	96s	92.5
17.	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	49.52	973.0	4	85s	90.3
18.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	46.65	1190.8	3	90s	89.8
19.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Hydro Cannon *	44.36	1426.4	2	93s	89.5
20.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	45.26	1302.0	3	92s	89.2
21.	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Fly	46.88	1043.7	3	90s	87.7
22.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	45.96	1126.9	3	91s	87.7
23.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	50.53	776.8	5	85s	87.7
24.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Psycho Cut	Moongeist Beam	44.15	1303.2	3	94s	87.5
25.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Fly	41.36	1564.4	2	100s	86.2
26.	Mega Latias	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	39.71	1822.5	2	103s	86.1
27.	Shadow Empoleon	Waterfall	Hydro Cannon *	45.34	1076.6	3	92s	86.0
28.	Shadow Feraligatr	Waterfall	Hydro Cannon *	43.97	1181.8	3	95s	85.5
29.	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	40.81	1522.1	2	101s	84.8
30.	Hoopa Unbound	Confusion	Psychic	45.03	999.5	4	93s	84.2

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Group size

You need at least 1 Trainers to defeat a Shadow Combusken in a 3-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 1 Trainers
Optimal group size: 2 - 3 Trainers
Very easy with: 4+ Trainers

Shadow Combusken CP range from Raids

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

From 841 CP to 944 CP, with no weather boost
From 1052 CP to 1180 CP with Sunny and Cloudy weather boost

Shadow Combusken weaknesses

Shadow Combusken type chart

When fighting Shadow Combusken, keep in mind the that Fire and Fighting-type Pokémon are weak to Flying, Ground, Psychic, and Water-type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Fire, Grass, Ice, Steel, and Bug-type moves.

Weaknesses

Flying160.0%
Ground160.0%
Psychic160.0%
Water160.0%

Resistances

Bug39.1%
Dark62.5%
Fire62.5%
Grass62.5%
Ice62.5%
Steel62.5%

More information

Shadow Combusken takes increased damage from Flying, Ground, Psychic, and Water type moves.
Shadow Combusken takes reduced damage from Bug, Dark, Fire, Grass, Ice, 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 Combusken

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Psychic	124.0%	Windy
Water	102.0%	Rain
Ground	84.0%	Sunny
Flying	68.0%	Windy
Dragon	10.0%	Windy
Ghost	6.0%	Fog
Normal	4.0%	Partly Cloudy
Electric	2.0%	Rain

About our ranking methodology

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