Best Shadow Manectric counters

The best Shadow Manectric counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Shadow Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Garchomp, Groudon, Shadow Excadrill, and Therian Forme Landorus. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Manectric in a 3-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Excadrill

Mud Shot / Scorching Sands

Therian Forme Landorus

Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	53.53	2328.0	1	77s	114.8
2.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	50.26	1279.3	3	83s	96.6
3.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	44.04	2009.0	1	93s	95.4
4.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	41.94	1427.4	2	99s	85.6
5.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	42.00	1270.8	3	99s	83.6
6.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	46.27	702.8	5	93s	80.1
7.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	42.24	887.7	4	100s	78.1
8.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	37.22	1169.5	3	111s	74.7
9.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	34.78	1405.0	2	118s	73.5
10.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	38.93	740.5	5	109s	70.5
11.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	34.79	1092.0	3	119s	69.8
12.	Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	37.87	686.9	5	112s	68.0
13.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	38.45	616.9	6	111s	67.3
14.	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	35.06	853.1	4	119s	66.8
15.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	35.76	762.7	5	118s	66.3
16.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	35.76	762.7	5	118s	66.3
17.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	34.73	767.8	5	121s	64.9
18.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	33.78	847.7	4	124s	64.8
19.	Shadow Golem	Mud Shot	Earthquake	33.72	846.0	4	124s	64.7
20.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	32.29	888.2	4	129s	63.1
21.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	33.81	734.5	5	124s	62.9
22.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	35.23	607.6	6	121s	62.6
23.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	32.19	858.7	4	129s	62.5
24.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	32.66	797.1	5	128s	62.3
25.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	35.85	541.1	7	119s	62.0
26.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	36.61	491.5	8	118s	61.8
27.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	28.93	1079.2	3	142s	60.1
28.	Shadow Entei	Fire Spin	Scorching Sands	33.10	619.6	6	128s	59.8
29.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Brutal Swing	28.55	986.7	4	145s	58.4
30.	Shadow Magmortar	Fire Spin	Scorching Sands	33.93	470.5	8	127s	57.7

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Group size

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

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

Shadow Manectric CP range from Raids

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

From 1213 CP to 1337 CP, with no weather boost
From 1517 CP to 1672 CP with Rain weather boost

Shadow Manectric weaknesses

Shadow Manectric type chart

When fighting Shadow Manectric, keep in mind the that Electric-type Pokémon are weak to Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Flying, and Steel-type moves.

Weaknesses

Ground160.0%

Resistances

Electric62.5%
Flying62.5%
Steel62.5%

More information

Shadow Manectric takes increased damage from Ground type moves.
Shadow Manectric takes reduced damage from Electric, Flying, and Steel type moves.
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 Manectric

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	184.0%	Sunny
Dragon	38.0%	Windy
Fire	34.0%	Sunny
Ghost	30.0%	Fog
Psychic	30.0%	Windy
Water	20.0%	Rain
Fighting	18.0%	Cloudy
Rock	10.0%	Partly Cloudy
Dark	10.0%	Fog
Grass	10.0%	Sunny
Normal	6.0%	Partly Cloudy
Steel	4.0%	Snow
Bug	2.0%	Rain
Electric	2.0%	Rain
Ice	2.0%	Snow

About our ranking methodology

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