Best Shadow Empoleon counters

The best Shadow Empoleon counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Excadrill, Terrakion, Shadow Raikou, Shadow Garchomp, and Shadow Groudon. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Empoleon in a 3-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Terrakion

Double Kick / Sacred Sword

Shadow Raikou

Thunder Shock / Wild Charge

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	33.97	446.8	8	127s	57.1
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	31.50	498.8	8	135s	55.0
3.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	33.52	299.2	13	133s	52.1
4.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	32.14	336.5	11	137s	51.6
5.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	29.83	432.7	9	144s	51.1
6.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	31.15	363.5	11	140s	51.1
7.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	31.72	335.5	11	139s	51.0
8.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	30.55	381.9	10	142s	50.8
9.	Keldeo (Ordinary Forme)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	27.86	541.7	7	151s	50.7
10.	Keldeo	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	27.86	541.7	7	151s	50.7
11.	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	31.14	339.6	11	141s	50.4
12.	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	31.15	300.6	13	142s	49.2
13.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	29.47	372.9	10	147s	49.2
14.	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	30.71	315.3	12	143s	49.1
15.	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	28.12	433.8	9	152s	48.8
16.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	28.88	390.0	10	149s	48.8
17.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	29.04	379.2	10	149s	48.7
18.	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	26.12	533.5	7	161s	48.0
19.	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	29.95	302.4	13	147s	47.7
20.	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	29.26	320.9	12	150s	47.4
21.	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	28.52	322.3	12	153s	46.5
22.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	30.49	237.8	16	149s	46.1
23.	Therian Forme Thundurus	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	27.24	332.4	12	159s	45.1
24.	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	26.45	339.0	11	164s	44.2
25.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	26.68	321.6	12	163s	44.1
26.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	26.36	333.2	12	164s	44.0
27.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	28.01	259.5	15	159s	43.9
28.	Shadow Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	29.01	225.9	17	156s	43.9
29.	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	26.74	303.9	13	163s	43.6
30.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	27.01	288.4	13	162s	43.5

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Group size

You need at least 1 Trainers to defeat a Shadow Empoleon in a 3-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 1 Trainers
Optimal group size: 2 - 3 Trainers
Very easy with: 4+ Trainers

Shadow Empoleon CP range from Raids

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

From 1521 CP to 1657 CP, with no weather boost
From 1902 CP to 2072 CP with Rain and Snow weather boost

Shadow Empoleon weaknesses

Shadow Empoleon type chart

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

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Ice	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Steel	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Dragon	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%
Rock	62.5%
Water	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 Empoleon

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fighting	156.0%	Cloudy
Electric	124.0%	Rain
Ground	96.0%	Sunny
Dark	8.0%	Fog
Ghost	6.0%	Fog
Psychic	4.0%	Windy
Grass	2.0%	Sunny
Fire	2.0%	Sunny
Dragon	2.0%	Windy

About our ranking methodology

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