Best Pokémon to defeat Shadow Metagross in Pokémon GO

The strongest Pokémon to use against Shadow Metagross are: Mega Y Charizard, Primal Groudon, Dawn Wings Necrozma, Mega Garchomp, Mega Tyranitar, Shadow Heatran, and Mega Blaziken. We suggest a minimum group size of 2 - 5 Trainers to defeat Shadow Metagross in a 3-Star Raid.

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Mega Y Charizard

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

#1

Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

#2

Dawn Wings Necrozma

Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam

#3

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

#4

Mega Tyranitar

Bite / Brutal Swing

#5

Shadow Heatran

Fire Spin / Magma Storm

#6

Mega Blaziken

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

#7

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	25.86	442.0	9	155s	47.8
2.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	24.81	483.6	8	162s	47.2
3.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	24.61	394.9	10	163s	44.9
4.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	23.40	393.6	10	171s	43.1
5.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	23.31	371.7	10	172s	42.4
6.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	22.87	300.5	13	175s	39.9
7.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	24.00	225.7	17	167s	39.0
8.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire+	20.61	381.9	10	195s	38.8
9.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	21.74	295.5	13	185s	38.2
10.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	21.55	294.2	13	186s	37.9
11.	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	18.56	486.6	8	216s	37.7
12.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	21.00	309.7	12	191s	37.6
13.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	20.72	311.1	12	194s	37.2
14.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	21.45	267.5	14	187s	37.0
15.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire *	19.60	363.2	11	205s	36.9
16.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	21.28	262.8	15	188s	36.7
17.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	21.40	253.9	15	187s	36.5
18.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	20.68	281.9	14	194s	36.4
19.	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	21.47	218.7	18	187s	35.5
20.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	18.72	355.9	11	214s	35.4
21.	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	19.48	306.3	13	206s	35.4
22.	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	19.50	305.0	13	206s	35.4
23.	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	22.35	176.9	22	179s	35.0
24.	Shadow Entei	Fire Spin	Overheat	19.95	245.1	16	201s	34.3
25.	Mega Salamence	Fire Fang	Fire Blast	17.96	350.7	11	223s	34.2
26.	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	19.36	262.7	15	207s	34.0
27.	Volcarona	Fire Spin	Overheat	18.96	280.8	14	211s	34.0
28.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	20.41	214.7	18	196s	34.0
29.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Shadow Ball	21.42	180.0	22	187s	33.9
30.	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	17.51	366.5	10	229s	33.8

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You need at least 2 Trainers to defeat a Shadow Metagross in a 3-Star Raid.

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Minimum group size: 2 Trainers
Optimal group size: 3 - 5 Trainers
Very easy with: 6+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 2 Trainers

Shadow Metagross CP range from Raids

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

From 2010 CP to 2166 CP, with no weather boost
From 2512 CP to 2708 CP with Snow and Windy weather boost

Shadow Metagross weaknesses

Shadow Metagross type chart

When fighting Shadow Metagross, keep in mind the that Steel and Psychic-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, Fire, Ghost, and Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Rock, Steel, Poison, and Psychic-type moves.

Shadow Metagross takes increased damage from:
160%	Dark Fire Ghost Ground

Shadow Metagross takes reduced damage from:
63%	Dragon Fairy Flying Grass Ice Normal Rock Steel
39%	Poison Psychic

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Shadow Metagross

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fire	132.0%	Sunny
Dark	90.0%	Fog
Ghost	82.0%	Fog
Ground	66.0%	Sunny
Fighting	8.0%	Cloudy
Electric	8.0%	Rain
Psychic	6.0%	Windy
Water	6.0%	Rain
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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