Best Shadow Registeel counters

The best Shadow Registeel counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Y Charizard, Mega Garchomp, Mega Blaziken, Shadow Groudon, Reshiram, and Mega Heracross. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 6 - 15 Trainers to defeat Shadow Registeel in a 5-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Y Charizard

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Mega Blaziken

Counter / Blast Burn

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Reshiram

Fire Fang / Fusion Flare

Mega Heracross

Counter / Close Combat

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	21.18	841.5	29	1198s	44.6
2.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	20.57	495.8	49	1253s	39.1
3.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	18.85	636.4	38	1353s	38.4
4.	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	21.88	443.9	55	1187s	37.9
5.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	19.97	488.0	50	1290s	37.8
6.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	18.16	523.7	47	1411s	35.8
7.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	18.57	485.3	51	1384s	35.5
8.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	18.99	439.5	56	1360s	33.6
9.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	17.71	470.4	52	1451s	33.4
10.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	18.15	455.8	54	1418s	33.3
11.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	16.80	487.4	50	1525s	32.9
12.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	17.62	441.9	56	1461s	31.7
13.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	15.36	497.4	49	1661s	31.0
14.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire+	16.81	439.9	56	1529s	30.5
15.	Marshadow	Counter	Close Combat	15.12	482.3	51	1689s	30.0
16.	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Overheat	17.95	403.1	61	1441s	29.8
17.	Keldeo (Ordinary Forme)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	18.04	399.7	61	1434s	29.7
18.	Keldeo	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	18.04	399.7	61	1434s	29.7
19.	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	16.17	435.3	56	1588s	29.3
20.	Mega Salamence	Fire Fang	Fire Blast	14.67	479.5	51	1739s	29.2
21.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam *	14.03	521.8	47	1812s	29.1
22.	Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	15.95	437.3	56	1609s	29.1
23.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	15.04	449.1	55	1701s	28.3
24.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	15.76	421.0	58	1629s	27.9
25.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire *	15.92	416.7	59	1615s	27.9
26.	Volcarona	Fire Spin	Overheat	15.86	417.6	59	1620s	27.9
27.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	19.18	350.7	70	1361s	27.4
28.	Victini	Quick Attack	V-create	13.96	454.0	54	1828s	26.9
29.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	19.32	343.0	72	1354s	26.9
30.	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Focus Blast	15.25	411.4	60	1683s	26.7

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Group size

You need at least 6 Trainers to defeat a Shadow Registeel in a 5-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 6 Trainers
Optimal group size: 9 - 15 Trainers
Very easy with: 16+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 6 Trainers

Shadow Registeel CP range from Raids

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

From 1269 CP to 1398 CP, with no weather boost
From 1587 CP to 1748 CP with Snow weather boost

Shadow Registeel weaknesses

Shadow Registeel type chart

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

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Poison	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Dragon	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Psychic	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 Registeel

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fire	152.0%	Sunny
Fighting	112.0%	Cloudy
Ground	106.0%	Sunny
Ghost	18.0%	Fog
Water	4.0%	Rain
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy
Dark	2.0%	Fog
Psychic	2.0%	Windy
Electric	2.0%	Rain

About our ranking methodology

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