Best Shadow Nidoqueen counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Nidoqueen 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 👑

Shadow Mewtwo

Confusion

Psystrike *

Best performing move types

39.0%
21.5%
20.5%
10.5%
3.0%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	58.19	1148.43	3	74.4s	106.2
2	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	50.33	1749.70	2	79.8s	103.1
3	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	50.26	1634.67	2	80.4s	101.6
4	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	52.28	966.82	3	83.7s	94.2
5	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	45.23	1671.97	2	88.2s	93.9
6	Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	47.75	1121.44	3	88.2s	90.3
7	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	46.01	1238.51	2	89.9s	89.5
8	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	47.32	927.89	3	91.6s	86.3
9	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	Avalanche	45.84	1008.98	3	92.8s	85.6
10	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	42.09	1400.32	2	95.8s	85.5
11	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	42.67	1265.88	2	95.8s	84.6
12	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	45.76	925.64	3	94.2s	84.0
13	Hoopa (Unbound)	Confusion	Psychic	45.20	941.48	3	94.9s	83.4
14	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	42.67	1160.04	3	96.8s	83.1
15	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	43.43	1015.53	3	97.1s	82.1
16	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	42.19	1085.79	3	98.6s	81.3
17	Shadow Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	48.23	620.23	5	97.9s	80.7
18	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	38.94	1371.69	2	102.9s	80.0
19	Mega Latias	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	39.55	1279.78	2	102.3s	79.9
20	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	46.68	667.68	5	98.7s	79.8
21	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	40.19	1078.03	3	102.9s	78.1
22	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	38.43	1260.53	2	105.1s	77.8
23	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	39.20	1116.36	3	104.7s	77.1
24	Lunala	Confusion	Psychic	37.98	1249.53	2	106.3s	76.9
25	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	42.13	824.57	4	102.9s	76.8
26	Shadow Exeggutor	Confusion	Psychic	43.89	672.32	5	103.4s	76.1
27	Shadow Gallade	Confusion	Psychic	42.20	779.98	4	103.8s	76.0
28	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Earthquake	36.36	1292.16	2	110.1s	74.8
29	Shadow Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	43.12	615.45	5	106.9s	73.7
30	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	42.73	633.28	5	107.0s	73.6
31	Shadow Latias	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	38.91	898.69	4	108.5s	73.4
32	Shadow Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	38.34	922.12	3	109.5s	72.9
33	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	Avalanche	37.63	985.70	3	110.3s	72.8
34	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	38.46	884.78	4	109.9s	72.4
35	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	35.20	1239.05	2	113.9s	72.3
36	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	37.75	921.08	3	111.0s	72.0
37	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Psychic *	39.51	767.59	4	109.9s	71.9
38	Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	37.66	905.53	3	111.5s	71.6
39	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot	Earth Power	34.64	1248.27	2	115.5s	71.5
40	Hoopa (Confined)	Confusion	Psychic	38.23	832.06	4	111.5s	71.2
41	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	40.46	652.20	5	111.1s	70.9
42	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	37.56	834.01	4	113.1s	70.2
43	Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon *	39.31	697.06	5	112.2s	70.2
44	Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	35.83	994.20	3	115.0s	70.1
45	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	34.65	1117.31	3	116.8s	69.9
46	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	37.18	847.48	4	113.8s	69.9
47	Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	34.80	1063.49	3	117.0s	69.4
48	Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	39.75	608.70	5	114.2s	68.9
49	Espeon	Confusion	Psychic	38.52	679.53	5	114.6s	68.7
50	Shadow Mr. Rime	Confusion	Psychic	39.16	628.13	5	114.8s	68.5

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About the results

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

Shadow Nidoqueen type chart

When fighting Shadow Nidoqueen, keep in mind the following that Poison and Ground-type Pokémon are weak to Ground, Ice, Psychic, and Water type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Rock, Electric, and Poison type moves.

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Psychic	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Fighting	62.5%
Rock	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 Nidoqueen Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Psychic	39.0%	Windy
Water	21.5%	Rainy
Ground	20.5%	Sunny
Ice	10.5%	Snow
Dragon	3.0%	Windy
Dark	2.0%	Fog
Normal	1.5%	Partly Cloudy
Flying	1.0%	Windy
Ghost	0.5%	Fog
Fire	0.5%	Sunny

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.