Best Shadow Registeel counters

The best Shadow Registeel counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Shadow Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Mega Y Charizard, Mega Blaziken, Groudon, and Keldeo (Ordinary Forme). 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

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Mega Y Charizard

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

Mega Blaziken

Fire Spin / Blaze Kick

Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Keldeo (Ordinary Forme)

Low Kick / Sacred Sword

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	25.01	993.4	24	1015s	52.7
2.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	23.52	574.6	43	1096s	44.8
3.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	20.63	696.6	35	1236s	42.0
4.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	20.99	505.9	48	1228s	39.9
5.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blaze Kick	22.58	458.1	54	1150s	39.8
6.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	19.81	574.9	43	1293s	39.1
7.	Keldeo (Ordinary Forme)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	21.23	470.2	52	1219s	38.6
8.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	19.75	496.0	49	1304s	37.9
9.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	19.72	494.6	50	1306s	37.8
10.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	18.09	672.9	36	1405s	37.6
11.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	20.34	470.7	52	1270s	37.4
12.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	20.36	461.0	53	1270s	36.8
13.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw	Focus Blast	18.74	505.5	48	1370s	36.5
14.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	17.46	565.3	43	1462s	35.3
15.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	18.09	480.6	51	1420s	34.6
16.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm *	Aura Sphere	21.86	387.4	63	1196s	33.6
17.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	16.93	488.3	50	1513s	33.2
18.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	16.43	490.6	50	1558s	32.5
19.	Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	17.08	468.4	52	1502s	32.4
20.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	15.90	492.5	50	1608s	31.7
21.	Shadow Entei	Fire Spin	Overheat	18.60	417.5	59	1391s	31.6
22.	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	16.86	453.7	54	1523s	31.3
23.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	20.89	370.9	66	1252s	31.1
24.	Volcarona	Fire Spin	Overheat	16.94	446.2	55	1517s	31.0
25.	Shadow Annihilape	Low Kick	Close Combat	16.02	470.9	52	1598s	30.9
26.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	20.40	372.9	66	1280s	30.7
27.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	16.83	439.8	56	1527s	30.5
28.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	19.45	378.5	65	1338s	30.0
29.	Origin Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	13.24	624.7	39	1910s	28.9
30.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	16.38	416.9	59	1571s	28.5

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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

Fighting160.0%
Fire160.0%
Ground160.0%

Resistances

Poison39.1%
Bug62.5%
Dragon62.5%
Fairy62.5%
Flying62.5%
Grass62.5%
Ice62.5%
Normal62.5%
Psychic62.5%
Rock62.5%
Steel62.5%

More information

Shadow Registeel takes increased damage from Fighting, Fire, and Ground type moves.
Shadow Registeel takes reduced damage from Poison, Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Psychic, Rock, and Steel type moves.
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	102.0%	Cloudy
Ground	90.0%	Sunny
Ghost	30.0%	Fog
Water	8.0%	Rain
Psychic	8.0%	Windy
Dark	4.0%	Fog
Electric	4.0%	Rain
Steel	2.0%	Snow

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.