Best Shadow Swampert counters

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

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Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant

Kartana

Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade

Sky Forme Shaymin

Magical Leaf / Grass Knot

Mega Venusaur

Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant

Shadow Sceptile

Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant

Zarude

Vine Whip / Power Whip

Shadow Tangrowth

Vine Whip / Power Whip

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	52.88	979.7	4	80s	95.3
2.	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	50.94	668.5	5	85s	85.6
3.	Sky Forme Shaymin	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	44.57	893.0	4	95s	81.6
4.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	43.26	915.8	4	97s	80.1
5.	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	47.74	561.4	7	91s	78.4
6.	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	41.16	947.3	4	102s	77.5
7.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	44.16	719.0	5	97s	77.5
8.	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	45.78	618.1	6	94s	77.4
9.	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	45.25	636.1	6	95s	77.1
10.	Shadow Victreebel	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Blade	44.68	466.3	8	99s	71.7
11.	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	40.14	650.2	6	106s	70.4
12.	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	43.81	456.1	8	101s	70.2
13.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Power Whip	44.68	412.5	9	100s	69.9
14.	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Seed Bomb	41.32	536.9	7	105s	69.3
15.	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	40.90	557.4	7	105s	69.3
16.	Decidueye	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	38.65	695.0	5	110s	69.2
17.	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	40.60	552.2	7	106s	68.7
18.	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	37.38	724.9	5	113s	68.0
19.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	39.28	587.7	6	109s	67.8
20.	Shadow Cacturne	Sand Attack	Grass Knot	43.99	369.1	10	102s	67.5
21.	Shadow Meganium	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	38.66	584.3	6	111s	66.8
22.	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	38.95	546.1	7	111s	66.3
23.	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	37.75	613.6	6	113s	66.3
24.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	36.19	702.0	5	117s	65.8
25.	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	37.07	620.8	6	115s	65.5
26.	Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	37.16	598.5	6	115s	65.1
27.	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Fury Cutter	Leaf Blade	41.72	362.5	11	107s	64.5
28.	Shadow Tangela	Vine Whip	Power Whip *	39.09	437.6	9	112s	63.6
29.	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	34.02	741.9	5	123s	63.4
30.	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	40.30	373.8	10	110s	63.1

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Group size

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

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

Shadow Swampert CP range from Raids

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

From 1561 CP to 1699 CP, with no weather boost
From 1952 CP to 2124 CP with Rain and Sunny weather boost

Shadow Swampert weaknesses

Shadow Swampert type chart

When fighting Shadow Swampert, 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

Weaknesses

Grass	256.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Electric	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Poison	62.5%
Rock	62.5%
Steel	62.5%

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 Swampert

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	320.0%	Sunny
Normal	14.0%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	12.0%	Rain
Ground	10.0%	Sunny
Psychic	10.0%	Windy
Dragon	8.0%	Windy
Flying	6.0%	Windy
Fighting	6.0%	Cloudy
Electric	4.0%	Rain
Fairy	4.0%	Cloudy
Ghost	4.0%	Fog
Dark	2.0%	Fog

About our ranking methodology

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