Best Shadow Metagross counters

The best Shadow Metagross counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Y Charizard, Mega Blaziken, Mega Tyranitar, Mega Gengar, Shadow Tyranitar, and Mega Garchomp. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 2 - 4 Trainers to defeat Shadow Metagross in a 3-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Y Charizard

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

Mega Blaziken

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

Bite / Brutal Swing

Lick / Shadow Ball

Bite / Brutal Swing

Mud Shot / Earth Power

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	27.48	568.0	7	153s	50.6
2.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	27.02	471.6	8	157s	48.1
3.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	30.09	298.7	13	147s	47.8
4.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	27.01	456.2	8	157s	47.8
5.	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	30.73	256.6	15	146s	47.1
6.	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	28.91	313.7	12	152s	46.7
7.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	25.72	448.6	8	165s	45.8
8.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Shadow Ball	28.26	255.4	15	158s	44.0
9.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	26.04	337.4	11	166s	43.6
10.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	26.38	301.3	13	165s	43.1
11.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	27.46	252.2	15	162s	42.9
12.	Shadow Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	30.33	162.9	24	157s	42.5
13.	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	28.62	203.0	19	160s	42.5
14.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	25.32	325.4	12	171s	42.4
15.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	23.62	370.6	10	181s	41.1
16.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	23.87	345.2	11	180s	40.9
17.	Standard Mode Shadow Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	26.41	225.7	17	170s	40.7
18.	Mega Houndoom	Fire Fang	Foul Play	22.90	371.8	10	186s	40.2
19.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	24.20	294.6	13	179s	40.0
20.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	23.50	329.1	12	183s	40.0
21.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	24.03	298.2	13	180s	39.9
22.	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	22.65	371.1	10	188s	39.8
23.	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	26.00	215.4	18	173s	39.8
24.	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	23.55	309.3	12	183s	39.6
25.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire+	21.75	411.8	9	194s	39.4
26.	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	23.42	303.9	13	184s	39.3
27.	Shadow Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	26.18	190.7	20	174s	39.0
28.	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	19.86	545.4	7	209s	38.8
29.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	22.78	314.9	12	189s	38.7
30.	Shadow Typhlosion	Shadow Claw	Blast Burn *	24.27	243.4	16	182s	38.6

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Group size

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

Minimum group size: 2 Trainers
Optimal group size: 3 - 4 Trainers
Very easy with: 5+ 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.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Dark	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Poison	39.1%
Psychic	39.1%
Dragon	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Rock	62.5%
Steel	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Shadow Metagross

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fire	132.0%	Sunny
Ghost	92.0%	Fog
Ground	74.0%	Sunny
Dark	74.0%	Fog
Fighting	6.0%	Cloudy
Electric	6.0%	Rain
Psychic	4.0%	Windy
Water	4.0%	Rain
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy
Rock	2.0%	Partly Cloudy
Poison	2.0%	Cloudy
Flying	2.0%	Windy

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.