Best Shadow Exploud counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Exploud 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

Extreme↓

Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

Attacker typing

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Attacker moves type

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Best overall 👑

Mega Blaziken

Counter Focus Blast

Best performing move types

• 60.5%
• 7.0%
• 6.0%
• 5.0%
• 4.0%
• 4.0%
• 3.0%
• 3.0%
• 3.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	56.46	1600.75	2	72.8s	111.0
2	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	52.84	1970.42	1	75.4s	109.8
3	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	51.76	1777.15	2	77.6s	105.8
4	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	50.08	1595.82	2	80.9s	100.8
5	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	54.29	1134.28	3	79.0s	100.3
6	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	51.29	1145.45	3	82.8s	96.0
7	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	50.91	1089.76	3	83.9s	94.5
8	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	51.42	1006.27	3	84.3s	93.7
9	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	50.55	1034.53	3	85.1s	93.0
10	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	46.51	1285.80	2	88.6s	90.9
11	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	46.68	1253.52	2	88.6s	90.7
12	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	48.98	872.14	4	90.0s	87.6
13	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	44.72	1112.74	3	93.4s	85.6
14	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	38.78	1812.98	1	100.8s	84.4
15	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	45.41	946.60	3	94.5s	83.8
16	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	39.93	1533.74	2	99.5s	83.5
17	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	38.77	1719.42	2	101.2s	83.5
18	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	42.08	1218.37	2	97.4s	83.1
19	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	42.40	1085.13	3	98.2s	81.6
20	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	41.58	1162.18	3	99.0s	81.5
21	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	40.35	1303.81	2	100.3s	81.4
22	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	41.95	1118.01	3	98.7s	81.4
23	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	43.70	952.12	3	97.5s	81.4
24	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	40.53	1260.94	2	100.2s	81.2
25	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	49.89	554.90	6	98.1s	81.1
26	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	42.17	1027.51	3	99.4s	80.4
27	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	46.06	722.62	4	98.1s	80.3
28	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	44.57	794.84	4	98.9s	79.7
29	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Superpower	41.36	1049.48	3	100.8s	79.5
30	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	34.93	1963.48	1	110.4s	79.0
31	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	40.21	1080.37	3	102.8s	78.2
32	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	46.20	627.33	5	100.9s	78.2
33	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Superpower	37.18	1372.85	2	107.3s	77.1
34	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	39.53	1069.23	3	104.5s	76.9
35	Mega Gengar	Sucker Punch	Focus Blast	39.70	1029.49	3	104.7s	76.6
36	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	37.78	1241.83	2	106.9s	76.5
37	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	42.41	788.51	4	103.2s	76.5
38	Mega Pinsir	Rock Smash	Superpower	39.81	990.85	3	105.0s	76.2
39	Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	40.80	893.22	4	104.4s	76.1
40	Emboar	Low Kick	Focus Blast	38.69	1080.39	3	106.4s	75.8
41	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	40.88	866.53	4	104.7s	75.7
42	Bewear	Low Kick	Superpower	38.12	1098.17	3	107.6s	75.2
43	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	39.67	883.99	4	107.0s	74.2
44	Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	39.28	899.50	4	107.6s	73.9
45	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	35.23	1342.90	2	112.9s	73.6
46	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	35.40	1309.65	2	112.7s	73.5
47	Shadow Ursaring	Counter	Close Combat	40.08	796.03	4	107.9s	73.3
48	Shadow Infernape	Rock Smash	Close Combat	39.48	828.42	4	108.6s	73.0
49	Sneasler	Rock Smash	Close Combat	38.03	943.42	3	109.9s	72.7
50	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	38.18	928.50	3	109.8s	72.7

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Shadow Exploud type chart

When fighting Shadow Exploud, keep in mind the following that Normal-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting type moves. They take reduced damage from Ghost type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%

Resistances

Ghost	39.1%

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 Exploud in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Exploud 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 Exploud counter is Mega Blaziken, followed by Terrakion, Mega Rayquaza, and Keldeo (Ordinary). The table also includes Shadow Machamp, Shadow Hariyama, Lucario, and Mega Alakazam, 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 Exploud 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.