Best Pokémon to defeat Shadow Luxio in Pokémon GO

The strongest Pokémon to use against Shadow Luxio are: Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Rhyperior, Shadow Excadrill, and Therian Forme Landorus. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Luxio in a 3-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades *

#1

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power *

#2

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades *

#3

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power *

#4

Shadow Rhyperior

Mud-Slap / Earthquake

#5

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

#6

Therian Forme Landorus

Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm *

#7

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	55.99	3544.8	1	72s	137.6
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	50.72	3554.6	1	79s	127.5
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	52.12	2274.5	1	77s	118.1
4.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	47.98	2506.9	1	84s	113.1
5.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	46.54	2131.4	1	86s	106.6
6.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	50.11	1578.1	2	80s	105.8
7.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	48.89	1615.6	2	82s	104.3
8.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	48.16	1655.0	2	84s	103.6
9.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	43.52	2255.8	1	92s	102.4
10.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	39.83	2471.4	1	101s	97.5
11.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	42.15	1810.7	2	95s	95.2
12.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	42.97	1671.3	2	94s	95.0
13.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	38.73	2110.0	1	104s	92.1
14.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	41.57	1561.4	2	97s	91.2
15.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	41.20	1506.6	2	98s	89.9
16.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	40.13	1643.6	2	100s	89.7
17.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Earth Power	39.36	1694.1	2	102s	88.9
18.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	40.44	1480.5	2	99s	88.2
19.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	43.85	1089.2	3	92s	87.9
20.	Black Kyurem	Dragon Tail	Freeze Shock	39.48	1572.1	2	102s	87.7
21.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe *	41.44	1299.7	3	97s	87.4
22.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	37.72	1779.9	2	107s	87.0
23.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Earth Power *	39.66	1480.8	2	101s	86.9
24.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	40.22	1348.9	2	100s	86.1
25.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	36.66	1742.1	2	110s	84.7
26.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Earthquake	38.69	1425.1	2	104s	84.5
27.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm *	Aura Sphere	42.35	980.6	4	95s	83.6
28.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Earthquake	39.03	1215.0	3	103s	82.2
29.	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	35.80	1657.6	2	112s	82.2
30.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	38.00	1126.1	3	106s	79.2

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

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

Shadow Luxio CP range from Raids

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

From 750 CP to 849 CP, with no weather boost
From 938 CP to 1061 CP with Rain weather boost

Shadow Luxio weaknesses

Shadow Luxio type chart

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

Shadow Luxio takes increased damage from:
+60.0%	Ground

Shadow Luxio takes reduced damage from:
-37.5%	Electric Flying Steel

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Shadow Luxio

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	198.0%	Sunny
Dragon	58.0%	Windy
Psychic	36.0%	Windy
Fire	28.0%	Sunny
Fighting	14.0%	Cloudy
Grass	14.0%	Sunny
Bug	10.0%	Rain
Dark	10.0%	Fog
Rock	8.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ice	6.0%	Snow
Normal	6.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ghost	6.0%	Fog
Water	4.0%	Rain
Poison	2.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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