Best Shadow Absol counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Absol 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

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Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

Attacker typing

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Mega Blaziken

Counter Focus Blast

Best performing move types

• 45.0%
• 20.0%
• 16.5%
• 5.5%
• 3.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	63.64	1435.57	2	66.6s	119.4
2	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	60.99	1613.63	2	68.0s	118.2
3	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	63.38	1253.44	2	68.3s	115.8
4	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	60.00	1520.17	2	69.5s	115.2
5	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	61.77	1138.42	3	70.9s	111.2
6	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	58.17	1345.85	2	72.6s	109.7
7	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	58.67	1156.72	3	73.8s	107.1
8	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	57.75	1111.14	3	75.3s	104.9
9	Pheromosa	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	64.51	706.91	5	76.2s	104.5
10	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Dazzling Gleam *	62.99	696.42	5	77.8s	102.2
11	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	52.84	1287.81	2	79.3s	100.7
12	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	57.02	928.00	3	78.7s	100.1
13	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	55.07	1010.54	3	79.6s	99.1
14	Shadow Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	57.81	832.36	4	79.6s	99.0
15	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	52.42	1195.28	3	80.7s	98.5
16	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	55.13	865.66	4	81.9s	96.1
17	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	52.05	1057.51	3	82.8s	95.6
18	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite *	X-Scissor	56.46	744.34	4	83.1s	95.0
19	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	50.77	1113.74	3	83.8s	94.7
20	Shadow Granbull	Charm	Play Rough	53.60	875.58	4	83.6s	94.2
21	Xerneas	Geomancy *	Moonblast	46.80	1444.34	2	86.9s	93.6
22	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	49.05	1161.34	3	85.8s	92.9
23	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Dazzling Gleam	53.34	833.12	4	84.8s	92.9
24	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	45.17	1556.08	2	88.9s	92.4
25	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	46.77	1281.66	2	88.2s	91.3
26	Togekiss	Charm	Aura Sphere *	46.77	1261.44	2	88.4s	91.0
27	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	45.63	1373.54	2	89.4s	90.8
28	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	47.85	1125.20	3	88.0s	90.5
29	Shadow Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	54.14	693.09	5	87.3s	90.5
30	Shadow Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	52.30	781.67	4	87.3s	90.2
31	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	47.52	1132.29	3	88.5s	90.1
32	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	50.20	900.27	3	87.7s	89.9
33	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	51.88	790.28	4	87.6s	89.9
34	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	43.88	1486.49	2	91.7s	89.4
35	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	45.53	1249.86	2	90.6s	88.9
36	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Dazzling Gleam *	59.05	450.75	7	92.9s	88.9
37	Shadow Scyther	Fury Cutter	Bug Buzz *	53.41	657.59	5	89.3s	88.6
38	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	49.00	909.26	3	89.3s	88.3
39	Zacian (Hero)	Quick Attack	Play Rough	44.33	1341.88	2	91.9s	88.3
40	Shadow Ursaring	Counter	Play Rough	52.59	682.30	5	89.6s	88.2
41	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Moonblast	46.87	1052.92	3	90.5s	87.8
42	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	50.12	788.42	4	90.1s	87.4
43	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Superpower	48.02	898.08	4	91.0s	86.7
44	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	47.52	921.05	3	91.4s	86.4
45	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	49.33	795.55	4	91.1s	86.4
46	Heracross	Counter	Megahorn	46.00	1033.36	3	92.2s	86.2
47	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	44.48	1142.24	3	93.5s	85.7
48	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	46.80	927.04	3	92.5s	85.5
49	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	44.82	1068.76	3	93.8s	85.0
50	Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	47.50	814.41	4	93.5s	84.3

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Shadow Absol type chart

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

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%
Fighting	160.0%

Resistances

Psychic	39.1%
Dark	62.5%
Ghost	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 Absol in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Absol 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 Absol counter is Mega Blaziken, followed by Terrakion, Mega Gardevoir, and Mega Rayquaza. The table also includes Shadow Machamp, Keldeo (Ordinary), Shadow Hariyama, and Lucario, 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 Absol 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.