Best Shadow Marshtomp counters

The best Shadow Marshtomp counters in Pokémon GO are Mega Sceptile, Mega Venusaur, Zarude, Shadow Tangrowth, Shadow Venusaur, Decidueye, and Kartana. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Marshtomp in a 3-Star Raid.

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Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant

Mega Venusaur

Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant

Zarude

Vine Whip / Power Whip

Shadow Tangrowth

Vine Whip / Power Whip

Shadow Venusaur

Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant

Decidueye

Leafage / Frenzy Plant

Kartana

Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	70.77	1805.7	2	59s	136.1
2.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	60.43	1942.3	2	69s	121.8
3.	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	57.24	1961.8	2	72s	116.9
4.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	60.43	1474.1	2	69s	115.2
5.	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	61.84	1332.0	3	68s	114.9
6.	Decidueye	Leafage	Frenzy Plant *	58.22	1668.5	2	72s	114.7
7.	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	61.86	1290.7	3	68s	114.2
8.	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	60.93	1241.3	3	69s	112.0
9.	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	62.24	1098.1	3	68s	111.1
10.	Sky Forme Shaymin	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	54.26	1664.8	2	77s	108.4
11.	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	55.18	1283.6	3	76s	104.2
12.	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	51.78	1497.1	2	80s	102.2
13.	Xurkitree	Spark	Power Whip	59.24	880.5	4	73s	102.1
14.	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	53.60	1202.1	3	78s	100.4
15.	Shadow Meganium	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	53.13	1201.5	3	79s	99.7
16.	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	54.43	1063.0	3	78s	99.2
17.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	49.98	1448.0	2	83s	98.7
18.	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	51.15	1308.0	3	82s	98.4
19.	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	58.60	740.9	5	74s	97.7
20.	Rillaboom	Razor Leaf	Grass Knot	50.05	1340.0	2	83s	97.2
21.	Mega Abomasnow	Leafage	Energy Ball	49.33	1365.5	2	85s	96.5
22.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	52.14	1098.6	3	81s	96.5
23.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	52.33	1034.3	3	81s	95.6
24.	Shadow Tangela	Vine Whip	Power Whip *	53.71	902.1	4	79s	94.9
25.	Lurantis	Leafage	Leaf Storm	51.28	1075.4	3	82s	94.8
26.	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	51.22	1074.0	3	82s	94.7
27.	Roserade	Bullet Seed *	Grass Knot	50.40	1049.0	3	84s	93.0
28.	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	52.21	838.7	4	82s	91.4
29.	Simisage	Vine Whip	Grass Knot	50.38	900.7	4	84s	90.1
30.	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	51.49	807.2	4	83s	89.7

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Group size

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

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

Shadow Marshtomp CP range from Raids

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

From 909 CP to 1015 CP, with no weather boost
From 1136 CP to 1269 CP with Rain and Sunny weather boost

Shadow Marshtomp weaknesses

Shadow Marshtomp type chart

When fighting Shadow Marshtomp, keep in mind the that Water and Ground-type Pokémon are weak to Grass (2x)-type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock, and Steel-type moves.

Weaknesses

Grass256.0%

Resistances

Electric62.5%
Fire62.5%
Poison62.5%
Rock62.5%
Steel62.5%

More information

Shadow Marshtomp takes increased damage from Grass type moves.
Shadow Marshtomp takes reduced damage from Electric, Fire, Poison, Rock, 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 Marshtomp

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	324.0%	Sunny
Psychic	22.0%	Windy
Ghost	14.0%	Fog
Electric	6.0%	Rain
Dark	6.0%	Fog
Ground	6.0%	Sunny
Flying	6.0%	Windy
Bug	4.0%	Rain
Fighting	4.0%	Cloudy
Water	4.0%	Rain
Fairy	2.0%	Cloudy
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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