Best Shadow Torterra counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Torterra 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)↓

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Best overall 👑

Mega Rayquaza

Air Slash Dragon Ascent

Best performing move types

• 46.0%
• 23.5%
• 11.0%
• 8.5%
• 3.0%
• 2.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	58.54	2391.43	1	67.5s	124.0
2	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	70.48	896.68	4	67.1s	117.7
3	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	64.03	831.43	4	73.5s	107.4
4	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	55.08	1294.63	2	76.5s	104.2
5	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	60.89	860.82	4	75.9s	103.9
6	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	55.72	964.28	3	79.5s	99.0
7	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	57.00	866.56	4	79.8s	98.7
8	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	50.41	1357.68	2	82.0s	98.1
9	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	55.48	910.62	3	80.7s	97.6
10	Shadow Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	55.87	790.24	4	82.7s	95.3
11	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	45.40	1455.16	2	89.2s	91.5
12	Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	52.36	811.19	4	86.5s	91.0
13	Glaceon	Frost Breath	Avalanche	51.14	870.34	4	86.9s	90.6
14	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Triple Axel	48.02	1007.88	3	89.3s	88.8
15	Shadow Articuno	Frost Breath	Ice Beam	46.17	1163.71	3	90.3s	88.6
16	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	45.79	1200.06	2	90.6s	88.6
17	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	48.67	902.02	3	89.9s	87.7
18	Shadow Piloswine	Ice Shard	Avalanche	53.18	601.03	5	91.7s	86.7
19	Shadow Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	47.59	910.99	3	91.4s	86.3
20	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Blizzard	50.16	701.39	5	92.3s	85.4
21	Shadow Walrein	Frost Breath	Icicle Spear *	49.40	698.59	5	93.5s	84.3
22	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	45.39	936.72	3	94.7s	83.6
23	Kyurem	Dragon Breath	Glaciate *	43.33	1096.61	3	96.2s	83.2
24	Jynx	Frost Breath	Avalanche	49.75	626.84	5	95.3s	82.9
25	Avalugg	Ice Fang	Avalanche	42.66	1085.14	3	97.7s	82.0
26	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack *	44.17	934.28	3	96.9s	81.8
27	Genesect (Chill)	Fury Cutter	Techno Blast *	41.70	1137.93	3	99.0s	81.3
28	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Triple Axel	43.99	903.92	3	97.8s	81.0
29	Shadow Cloyster	Frost Breath	Avalanche	49.20	578.23	6	98.1s	80.8
30	Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	45.55	768.69	4	97.8s	80.6
31	Shadow Regice	Frost Breath	Blizzard	42.30	1008.22	3	99.4s	80.2
32	Aurorus	Frost Breath	Weather Ball	45.63	706.06	5	99.3s	79.3
33	Ninetales (Alola Shadow)	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	45.93	682.49	5	99.5s	79.1
34	Beartic	Powder Snow	Ice Punch	44.28	749.60	4	100.5s	78.4
35	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	Ice Punch	43.60	795.19	4	100.7s	78.3
36	Shadow Lapras	Frost Breath	Ice Beam *	44.56	708.63	5	101.1s	77.9
37	Shadow Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Triple Axel	44.60	680.54	5	101.9s	77.3
38	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Blizzard	40.61	965.76	3	103.6s	77.0
39	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	40.31	994.55	3	103.8s	77.0
40	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing *	37.49	1286.00	2	107.2s	76.6
41	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Brave Bird	38.64	1100.02	3	106.3s	76.0
42	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	45.06	599.80	6	103.9s	75.9
43	Articuno	Frost Breath	Ice Beam	38.11	1141.61	3	107.1s	75.7
44	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	40.00	909.30	3	105.8s	75.2
45	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	42.65	680.55	5	105.6s	74.6
46	Vanilluxe	Frost Breath	Blizzard	42.34	694.63	5	105.8s	74.4
47	Mega Pidgeot	Gust *	Brave Bird	38.63	988.53	3	107.8s	74.4
48	Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Blizzard	41.88	698.84	5	106.6s	73.9
49	Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	39.00	889.24	4	108.5s	73.3
50	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	40.42	743.70	4	108.4s	72.7

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Shadow Torterra type chart

When fighting Shadow Torterra, keep in mind the following that Grass and Ground-type Pokémon are weak to Ice, Bug, Fire, and Flying type moves. They take reduced damage from Ground, Rock, and Electric type moves.

Weaknesses

Ice	256.0%
Bug	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Flying	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	24.4%
Ground	62.5%
Rock	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 Torterra in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Torterra 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 Torterra counter is Mega Rayquaza, followed by Shadow Mamoswine, Shadow Weavile, and Baxcalibur. The table also includes Galarian Standard Darmanitan, Shadow Mewtwo, Mamoswine, and Mega Abomasnow, 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 Torterra 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.