Best Shadow Shuppet counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Shuppet 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 👑

Mega Tyranitar

Bite

Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

44.0%
26.5%
5.0%
5.0%
4.0%
3.5%
3.0%
3.0%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	100.50	10453.72	0	37.2s	257.7
2	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	100.54	7071.40	0	37.8s	238.0
3	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	120.39	2992.59	1	34.7s	230.4
4	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	92.97	5795.44	0	41.2s	214.7
5	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	94.53	5235.72	0	40.8s	213.0
6	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	95.26	4336.42	0	41.1s	206.2
7	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	83.45	6890.75	0	45.2s	204.1
8	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	109.82	2348.13	1	38.9s	203.8
9	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	81.18	7255.01	0	46.3s	201.8
10	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	85.31	5976.30	0	44.6s	201.7
11	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	87.48	5290.31	0	43.9s	200.7
12	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	93.95	3831.50	0	42.1s	198.9
13	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	101.21	2584.95	1	41.1s	194.7
14	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	105.22	2032.62	1	41.3s	191.2
15	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	90.24	3461.61	1	44.1s	188.7
16	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	88.80	3671.38	0	44.5s	188.5
17	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	98.02	2345.22	1	42.9s	186.1
18	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	75.70	6044.12	0	49.9s	183.9
19	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	90.12	2907.83	1	44.9s	181.9
20	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	84.54	3499.70	1	46.7s	179.5
21	Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	79.15	4245.64	0	48.9s	177.2
22	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	83.04	3295.27	1	47.7s	174.8
23	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	92.59	2128.17	1	45.6s	174.4
24	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	87.29	2671.63	1	46.6s	174.3
25	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	78.99	3898.89	0	49.3s	173.9
26	Guzzlord	Snarl	Brutal Swing	70.85	5916.67	0	53.2s	173.7
27	Zarude	Bite	Dark Pulse	70.35	6033.38	0	53.6s	173.4
28	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Shadow Ball	85.34	2642.73	1	47.6s	170.8
29	Zoroark	Snarl	Foul Play	81.64	3119.61	1	48.7s	170.5
30	Shadow Shiftry	Snarl	Foul Play	80.67	3268.72	1	49.0s	170.5
31	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	93.13	1797.45	2	46.7s	169.2
32	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	72.23	4738.41	0	52.9s	168.5
33	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	71.82	4712.04	0	53.2s	167.6
34	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	79.06	3185.61	1	50.1s	167.0
35	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	97.24	1417.22	2	47.2s	166.9
36	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	83.10	2525.66	1	49.0s	165.7
37	Mega Salamence	Bite	Draco Meteor	70.80	4356.06	0	54.2s	163.0
38	Muk (Alola Shadow)	Snarl	Dark Pulse	70.71	4290.14	0	54.3s	162.4
39	Lunala	Confusion	Shadow Ball	84.56	2132.22	1	49.3s	162.3
40	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	88.67	1754.57	2	48.8s	162.0
41	Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	73.73	3600.36	0	52.8s	161.9
42	Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	74.76	3400.09	1	52.4s	161.8
43	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	90.68	1509.18	2	49.2s	159.9
44	Shadow Salamence	Bite	Draco Meteor	76.73	2828.55	1	52.0s	159.1
45	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse	78.42	2566.52	1	51.5s	158.7
46	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	89.92	1499.13	2	49.6s	158.6
47	Shadow Drifblim	Hex	Shadow Ball	84.30	1893.53	1	50.3s	158.0
48	Bisharp	Snarl	Dark Pulse	70.24	3769.23	0	55.1s	157.3
49	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	72.92	3177.76	1	53.9s	156.5
50	Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	74.81	2857.29	1	53.2s	156.3

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About the results

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

Shadow Shuppet type chart

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

Weaknesses

Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	39.1%
Normal	39.1%
Bug	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 Shuppet Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Dark	44.0%	Fog
Ghost	26.5%	Fog
Dragon	5.0%	Windy
Psychic	5.0%	Windy
Fire	4.0%	Sunny
Flying	3.5%	Windy
Electric	3.0%	Rainy
Water	3.0%	Rainy
Rock	2.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ground	1.5%	Sunny
Grass	1.0%	Sunny
Steel	1.0%	Snow
Fairy	0.5%	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.