Best Shadow Kirlia counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Kirlia 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

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

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Best overall 👑

Shadow Metagross

Bullet Punch Meteor Mash *

Best performing move types

• 33.0%
• 28.0%
• 13.5%
• 6.0%
• 5.0%
• 3.0%
• 2.5%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	82.70	5311.40	0	46.2s	192.1
2	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	90.54	3083.15	1	44.4s	184.7
3	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	81.84	2652.24	1	49.4s	165.3
4	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	68.70	5189.28	0	55.2s	165.0
5	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	78.40	2297.64	1	52.2s	155.1
6	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	70.17	3103.01	1	55.9s	151.0
7	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	76.10	2234.67	1	53.7s	150.7
8	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	69.54	3051.84	1	56.5s	149.4
9	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	64.33	4048.19	0	59.5s	148.8
10	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	68.86	2809.74	1	57.4s	145.8
11	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	68.25	2786.47	1	57.9s	144.5
12	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	63.98	3465.12	1	60.4s	143.5
13	Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	61.18	4066.03	0	62.4s	143.1
14	Mega Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	57.04	5289.21	0	65.8s	142.9
15	Mega Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	59.25	4474.27	0	64.0s	142.3
16	Nihilego	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	63.08	3488.61	1	61.2s	142.1
17	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Shadow Ball	62.93	3201.31	1	61.7s	139.4
18	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	62.81	3120.62	1	61.9s	138.4
19	Melmetal	Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash *	55.64	4879.86	0	67.7s	137.8
20	Mega Tyranitar	Iron Tail	Brutal Swing	56.19	4678.61	0	67.1s	137.7
21	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	64.42	2557.38	1	61.5s	135.6
22	Genesect (Shock)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	58.47	3696.39	0	65.5s	135.4
23	Genesect (Normal)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	58.47	3696.39	0	65.5s	135.4
24	Genesect (Douse)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	58.47	3696.39	0	65.5s	135.4
25	Genesect (Chill)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	58.47	3696.39	0	65.5s	135.4
26	Genesect (Burn)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	58.47	3696.39	0	65.5s	135.4
27	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	69.80	1849.66	1	59.4s	135.3
28	Shadow Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	61.33	3004.75	1	63.5s	134.8
29	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	71.70	1591.08	2	59.3s	134.1
30	Jirachi	Charge Beam	Doom Desire	54.59	4509.75	0	69.1s	133.5
31	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	54.94	4187.43	0	69.0s	132.2
32	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	66.13	1984.54	1	61.7s	131.5
33	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	59.24	3006.10	1	65.6s	131.1
34	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	55.15	3867.22	0	69.0s	130.4
35	Shadow Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	56.13	3513.94	1	68.2s	129.7
36	Shadow Ho-Oh	Steel Wing	Brave Bird	56.88	3321.14	1	67.6s	129.6
37	Excadrill	Metal Claw	Iron Head	57.91	3073.21	1	66.9s	129.4
38	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	60.19	2615.68	1	65.3s	129.1
39	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	57.46	2988.96	1	67.5s	127.9
40	Muk (Alola Shadow)	Poison Jab	Gunk Shot	56.54	3020.62	1	68.4s	126.5
41	Shadow Tyranitar	Iron Tail	Brutal Swing	56.09	3095.79	1	68.8s	126.3
42	Overqwil	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	56.17	3035.09	1	68.8s	125.9
43	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	53.75	3421.00	1	71.2s	124.6
44	Shadow Victreebel	Acid	Sludge Bomb	64.90	1566.06	2	64.7s	123.4
45	Shadow Drifblim	Hex	Shadow Ball	61.64	1913.53	1	65.9s	123.4
46	Roserade	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	61.51	1925.30	1	66.0s	123.4
47	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	62.60	1792.89	2	65.5s	123.3
48	Lunala	Air Slash	Shadow Ball	53.82	3229.00	1	71.4s	123.3
49	Shadow Skuntank	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	57.80	2434.06	1	68.2s	123.2
50	Mega Steelix	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	49.64	4370.25	0	75.8s	123.0

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Shadow Kirlia type chart

When fighting Shadow Kirlia, keep in mind the following that Psychic and Fairy-type Pokémon are weak to Ghost, Poison, and Steel type moves. They take reduced damage from Psychic, Dragon, and Fighting type moves.

Weaknesses

Ghost	160.0%
Poison	160.0%
Steel	160.0%

Resistances

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

The top-ranked Shadow Kirlia counter is Shadow Metagross, followed by Mega Gengar, Mega Banette, and Metagross. The table also includes Shadow Cursola, Mega Rayquaza, Mega Beedrill, and Shadow Mewtwo, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Shadow Kirlia 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.