Best Shadow Duskull counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Duskull 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

Extreme↓

Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

Attacker typing

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Best overall 👑

Mega Tyranitar

Bite Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

• 45.5%
• 26.0%
• 5.0%
• 4.5%
• 4.0%
• 3.5%
• 3.5%
• 3.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	45.68	7816.64	0	80.6s	129.8
2	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	45.39	5448.78	0	82.0s	119.9
3	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	53.68	2368.81	1	73.1s	115.5
4	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	42.03	4444.41	0	88.9s	108.2
5	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	42.07	4046.48	0	89.1s	106.2
6	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	42.93	3382.47	1	88.1s	104.0
7	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	37.94	5274.36	0	97.6s	103.3
8	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	36.99	5506.91	0	99.9s	102.1
9	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	38.70	4608.12	0	96.2s	102.0
10	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	48.60	1857.57	1	81.8s	101.5
11	Mega Absol	Snarl	Payback	42.73	3027.03	1	89.0s	101.3
12	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	39.56	4051.68	0	94.6s	101.1
13	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	44.19	2023.96	1	88.6s	95.8
14	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	39.95	2883.97	1	95.1s	95.1
15	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	46.41	1606.28	2	86.5s	95.0
16	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	40.31	2738.27	1	94.6s	94.7
17	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	43.61	1851.64	1	90.3s	93.1
18	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	34.20	4647.61	0	108.3s	92.7
19	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Payback	40.74	2313.91	1	94.6s	92.3
20	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	38.10	2805.88	1	99.6s	91.0
21	Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	35.82	3286.33	1	104.9s	89.5
22	Zarude	Bite	Dark Pulse	32.23	4653.70	0	114.8s	88.4
23	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	37.12	2570.46	1	102.6s	87.6
24	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	41.09	1681.66	2	96.2s	87.0
25	Guzzlord	Snarl	Brutal Swing	31.54	4633.02	0	117.3s	86.8
26	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	35.16	3019.22	1	107.2s	86.7
27	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	38.61	2100.33	1	100.1s	86.7
28	Zoroark	Snarl	Foul Play	36.86	2449.57	1	103.6s	86.2
29	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	33.03	3710.02	0	112.9s	86.1
30	Shadow Shiftry	Snarl	Foul Play	36.19	2580.67	1	105.0s	85.9
31	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	32.80	3684.27	0	113.7s	85.5
32	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	41.38	1430.67	2	97.1s	84.7
33	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Shadow Ball	37.87	2000.79	1	102.3s	84.5
34	Mega Salamence	Bite	Draco Meteor	32.74	3462.59	1	114.1s	84.3
35	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	35.29	2501.70	1	107.8s	83.7
36	Shadow Salamence	Bite	Draco Meteor	35.30	2303.15	1	108.2s	82.3
37	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	36.66	1986.05	1	105.5s	82.2
38	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	42.47	1118.58	3	97.6s	82.2
39	Muk (Alola Shadow)	Snarl	Dark Pulse	31.89	3347.54	1	117.2s	82.0
40	Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	33.33	2811.80	1	113.1s	81.9
41	Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	33.57	2681.40	1	112.6s	81.6
42	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	39.20	1388.38	2	102.2s	80.6
43	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse	35.28	2035.72	1	109.1s	80.2
44	Absol	Snarl	Payback	34.07	2269.74	1	112.0s	79.7
45	Bisharp	Snarl	Dark Pulse	31.83	2908.78	1	118.0s	79.5
46	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	32.14	2766.18	1	117.2s	79.3
47	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	39.89	1193.17	3	102.3s	79.3
48	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	32.41	2477.77	1	116.9s	78.0
49	Krookodile	Snarl	Crunch	30.18	3221.62	1	123.7s	77.8
50	Lunala	Confusion	Shadow Ball	35.95	1634.24	2	109.0s	77.8

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Shadow Duskull type chart

When fighting Shadow Duskull, 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.

About the results

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

The most effective move-types to use against Shadow Duskull are:

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.