Best Shadow Shinx counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Shinx 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

Extreme↓

Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot Precipice Blades *

Best performing move types

• 46.0%
• 12.5%
• 9.5%
• 7.5%
• 4.0%
• 3.0%
• 3.0%
• 2.5%
• 2.5%
• 2.5%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	114.75	11253.67	0	32.7s	290.8
2	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	94.15	7920.28	0	40.1s	231.2
3	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	92.37	8113.34	0	40.7s	228.8
4	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	98.53	5607.80	0	39.1s	223.3
5	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	89.20	7286.19	0	42.3s	217.7
6	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	85.50	6440.90	0	44.3s	205.2
7	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	85.98	6076.28	0	44.2s	203.7
8	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	83.44	6109.80	0	45.5s	199.1
9	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	78.23	7669.97	0	47.9s	198.2
10	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	76.95	7877.52	0	48.6s	196.7
11	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	82.81	5718.49	0	46.0s	195.3
12	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	81.92	5486.52	0	46.6s	192.0
13	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	81.07	5668.80	0	46.9s	191.6
14	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Earthquake	84.34	4543.14	0	45.9s	189.0
15	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	82.48	4919.39	0	46.6s	188.7
16	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	76.23	5874.83	0	49.7s	183.8
17	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot	Earth Power	79.33	4331.76	0	48.7s	178.3
18	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	71.24	6269.24	0	52.8s	176.5
19	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	76.46	4649.96	0	50.2s	175.7
20	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	71.46	5891.09	0	52.8s	174.7
21	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	78.59	4029.86	0	49.4s	174.3
22	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	73.37	4705.13	0	52.1s	170.4
23	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	82.01	2979.85	1	48.7s	169.6
24	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Earthquake	74.17	4385.65	0	51.8s	169.4
25	Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	67.60	5505.07	0	55.9s	164.9
26	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	74.86	3663.77	0	52.0s	164.5
27	Shadow Hippowdon	Ice Fang	Scorching Sands	68.83	4820.70	0	55.3s	162.8
28	Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	68.74	4804.40	0	55.4s	162.5
29	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	73.87	3254.14	1	53.2s	158.9
30	Shadow Nidoking	Fury Cutter *	Earth Power	72.53	3492.76	1	53.8s	158.8
31	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	74.86	3071.92	1	52.8s	158.7
32	Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	63.49	5736.03	0	59.2s	158.2
33	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	74.26	2970.98	1	53.3s	156.6
34	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	75.03	2698.50	1	53.3s	154.8
35	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Psychic	66.52	4256.94	0	57.5s	154.4
36	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	65.10	4608.49	0	58.4s	154.3
37	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	75.46	2543.27	1	53.4s	153.6
38	Shadow Sandslash	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	68.89	3467.05	1	56.4s	152.2
39	Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	63.56	4518.61	0	59.8s	150.8
40	Shadow Magmortar	Fire Spin	Scorching Sands	76.00	2251.61	1	53.8s	150.7
41	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	64.93	3693.55	0	59.3s	147.1
42	Mega Kangaskhan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	65.86	3460.75	1	58.8s	146.8
43	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Earth Power	71.90	2427.83	1	56.0s	146.5
44	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	71.53	2447.79	1	56.2s	146.1
45	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Earthquake	67.94	2978.43	1	57.8s	146.0
46	Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	67.78	2914.04	1	58.1s	145.0
47	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	72.35	2242.93	1	56.2s	144.8
48	Shadow Arcanine	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	71.61	2330.99	1	56.4s	144.8
49	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	62.75	3868.07	0	61.1s	144.6
50	Haxorus	Dragon Tail	Earthquake	66.31	3110.98	1	58.9s	144.5

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Shadow Shinx type chart

When fighting Shadow Shinx, keep in mind the following that Electric-type Pokémon are weak to Ground type moves. They take reduced damage from Electric, Flying, and Steel type moves.

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Steel	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 Shinx in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Shinx 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 Shinx counter is Primal Groudon, followed by Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Rhyperior, and Shadow Mamoswine. The table also includes Groudon, Shadow Rhydon, Shadow Golurk, and Excadrill, 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 Shinx 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.