Best Shadow Nosepass counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Nosepass 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

Raid Difficulty

Attacker typing

Attacker moves type

Best overall 👑

Primal Groudon

Mud Shot

Precipice Blades *

Best performing move types

26.5%
21.5%
21.0%
13.0%
12.5%
2.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	40.42	3733.21	0	92.9s	101.2
2	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	40.54	2714.38	1	94.1s	95.0
3	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	35.41	3491.83	1	105.8s	89.8
4	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	38.16	2528.78	1	100.0s	89.2
5	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	37.72	2088.88	1	102.3s	85.0
6	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	32.84	3170.47	1	114.2s	83.0
7	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	34.10	2516.08	1	111.3s	81.5
8	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	37.45	1740.16	2	104.4s	81.4
9	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	32.10	3061.74	1	116.9s	80.9
10	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	31.54	3249.26	1	118.6s	80.7
11	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	35.56	1997.36	1	108.4s	80.4
12	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	34.36	1823.21	1	112.7s	76.8
13	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	31.79	2459.40	1	119.1s	76.7
14	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	32.34	2297.41	1	117.6s	76.7
15	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	34.20	1795.36	2	113.3s	76.2
16	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	33.73	1776.44	2	114.8s	75.2
17	Excadrill	Metal Claw	Scorching Sands	28.79	3012.25	1	129.8s	73.9
18	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	34.38	1491.05	2	114.4s	73.7
19	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	32.16	1925.36	1	119.4s	73.6
20	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	32.15	1925.55	1	119.5s	73.6
21	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	31.00	2191.18	1	122.7s	73.4
22	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	29.70	2554.96	1	126.8s	73.3
23	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	29.74	2434.72	1	126.9s	72.6
24	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	31.21	1959.33	1	122.7s	72.2
25	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	36.65	1032.60	3	112.2s	71.9
26	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	31.03	1924.80	1	123.5s	71.6
27	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	27.42	3076.01	1	136.0s	71.4
28	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	31.44	1794.36	2	122.5s	71.3
29	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	31.59	1745.52	2	122.2s	71.2
30	Shadow Ursaluna	Rock Smash	High Horsepower *	27.97	2752.44	1	134.0s	70.9
31	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	29.32	2249.01	1	129.2s	70.6
32	Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	28.36	2551.89	1	132.6s	70.6
33	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	29.92	2031.00	1	127.4s	70.3
34	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	32.42	1441.49	2	121.0s	69.8
35	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	26.81	2976.78	1	139.1s	69.7
36	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	29.53	2026.53	1	129.0s	69.5
37	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	30.66	1704.49	2	125.8s	69.2
38	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	32.71	1319.73	2	121.0s	69.1
39	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	28.67	2182.79	1	132.1s	69.0
40	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	31.37	1523.12	2	124.2s	68.8
41	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	32.68	1258.20	2	121.6s	68.4
42	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	33.50	1138.07	3	120.1s	68.3
43	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	32.30	1285.92	2	122.7s	68.0
44	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	28.24	2143.63	1	134.2s	67.9
45	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Earthquake	29.77	1744.97	2	129.2s	67.9
46	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	28.19	1960.11	1	135.0s	66.6
47	Mega Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	26.47	2488.80	1	141.8s	66.5
48	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Power Whip	30.44	1425.51	2	128.4s	66.3
49	Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	27.04	2248.13	1	139.5s	66.2
50	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	28.64	1791.67	2	133.7s	66.2

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About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Shadow Nosepass in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Nosepass 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 Nosepass counter is Primal Groudon, followed by Primal Kyogre, Mega Swampert, and Shadow Metagross. The table also includes Mega Sceptile, Shadow Garchomp, Terrakion, and Mega Blaziken, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Shadow Nosepass type chart

When fighting Shadow Nosepass, keep in mind the following that Rock-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water type moves. They take reduced damage from Fire, Flying, Normal, and Poison type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%
Grass	160.0%
Ground	160.0%
Steel	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Fire	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Poison	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and weather for Shadow Nosepass Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fighting	26.5%	Cloudy
Grass	21.5%	Sunny
Ground	21.0%	Sunny
Water	13.0%	Rainy
Steel	12.5%	Snow
Electric	2.0%	Rainy
Dragon	1.0%	Windy
Bug	0.5%	Rainy
Psychic	0.5%	Windy
Dark	0.5%	Fog
Ghost	0.5%	Fog
Normal	0.5%	Partly Cloudy

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.