Best Shadow Lileep counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Lileep 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 Metagross

Bullet Punch

Meteor Mash *

Best performing move types

37.0%
23.0%
14.5%
12.0%
2.5%
2.5%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	52.66	3956.34	0	72.0s	126.3
2	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	51.85	2361.69	1	75.5s	112.3
3	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	43.84	3846.27	0	85.9s	108.6
4	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	45.73	3061.43	1	83.4s	107.1
5	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	48.15	2206.79	1	81.3s	104.4
6	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	47.56	1952.89	1	83.1s	100.8
7	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	44.59	2429.79	1	86.7s	100.1
8	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	48.06	1806.37	1	82.9s	100.1
9	Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	39.02	3824.08	0	96.0s	98.8
10	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	47.79	1643.45	2	84.1s	97.7
11	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	45.06	1990.37	1	87.1s	97.0
12	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	Iron Head	38.48	3196.43	1	98.1s	94.2
13	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	46.35	1536.97	2	87.0s	94.1
14	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	44.50	1800.41	1	88.9s	94.1
15	Mega Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	36.52	3818.95	0	102.3s	93.8
16	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	43.16	1981.37	1	90.7s	93.6
17	Pheromosa	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	49.33	1153.99	3	85.5s	93.2
18	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	43.24	1870.36	1	91.0s	92.6
19	Kyurem	Steel Wing	Glaciate *	41.13	2224.50	1	94.0s	92.2
20	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	45.72	1428.40	2	88.8s	91.7
21	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	41.37	2047.66	1	94.0s	91.1
22	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	44.90	1434.86	2	90.2s	90.4
23	Shadow Dragonite	Steel Wing	Superpower	40.76	2037.54	1	95.4s	90.0
24	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	41.62	1843.56	1	94.3s	89.6
25	Shadow Scizor	Fury Cutter	Iron Head	39.75	2173.94	1	97.2s	89.3
26	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	35.46	3356.50	1	105.8s	89.2
27	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	40.24	2022.29	1	96.6s	88.9
28	Genesect (Shock)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	37.43	2621.87	1	101.7s	88.5
29	Genesect (Normal)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	37.43	2621.87	1	101.7s	88.5
30	Genesect (Douse)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	37.43	2621.87	1	101.7s	88.5
31	Genesect (Chill)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	37.43	2621.87	1	101.7s	88.5
32	Genesect (Burn)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	37.43	2621.87	1	101.7s	88.5
33	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite *	X-Scissor	43.41	1464.38	2	92.8s	88.4
34	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	40.80	1778.87	2	96.3s	87.6
35	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Focus Blast	40.10	1885.80	1	97.4s	87.4
36	Melmetal	Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash *	34.01	3437.97	1	110.0s	86.7
37	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	42.73	1402.57	2	94.5s	86.5
38	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	38.37	2089.79	1	100.7s	86.2
39	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	39.86	1775.26	2	98.4s	85.9
40	Mega Tyranitar	Iron Tail	Brutal Swing	36.21	2550.81	1	105.1s	85.7
41	Excadrill	Metal Claw	Iron Head	37.04	2311.67	1	103.4s	85.5
42	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	35.50	2709.93	1	106.7s	85.4
43	Jirachi	Confusion	Doom Desire	33.75	3248.58	1	111.1s	85.2
44	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Blizzard	37.02	2253.96	1	103.6s	85.1
45	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Triple Axel	38.31	1957.72	1	101.3s	84.9
46	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	42.78	1237.70	2	95.8s	84.4
47	Shadow Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	41.54	1376.97	2	97.1s	84.3
48	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	37.13	2130.13	1	103.7s	84.3
49	Heatran	Bug Bite	Iron Head	33.65	3029.35	1	111.7s	83.8
50	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	38.26	1824.81	1	102.0s	83.6

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About the results

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

Shadow Lileep type chart

When fighting Shadow Lileep, keep in mind the following that Rock and Grass-type Pokémon are weak to Bug, Fighting, Ice, and Steel type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, and Normal type moves.

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Steel	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	62.5%
Normal	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 Lileep Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fighting	37.0%	Cloudy
Steel	23.0%	Snow
Ice	14.5%	Snow
Bug	12.0%	Rainy
Dragon	2.5%	Windy
Psychic	2.5%	Windy
Flying	2.0%	Windy
Dark	1.5%	Fog
Electric	1.0%	Rainy
Ground	1.0%	Sunny
Fire	1.0%	Sunny
Ghost	0.5%	Fog
Water	0.5%	Rainy
Grass	0.5%	Sunny
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.