Best Shadow Ambipom counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Ambipom 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 👑

Terrakion

Double Kick Sacred Sword *

Best performing move types

• 57.5%
• 7.5%
• 5.0%
• 4.5%
• 4.5%
• 4.0%
• 4.0%
• 3.5%
• 3.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	51.51	1615.05	2	78.8s	103.3
2	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	49.58	1805.13	1	80.6s	102.5
3	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	54.57	1145.90	3	78.5s	100.9
4	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	52.97	963.28	3	82.9s	95.1
5	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	49.27	1271.32	2	84.4s	95.0
6	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	49.53	1136.83	3	85.3s	93.3
7	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	50.34	978.33	3	86.2s	91.6
8	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	49.22	1003.85	3	87.5s	90.5
9	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	45.31	1090.85	3	92.6s	86.1
10	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	48.92	739.30	4	93.1s	84.6
11	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	44.88	954.79	3	95.3s	83.2
12	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	43.58	1069.35	3	96.1s	83.2
13	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	47.26	732.64	4	95.8s	82.1
14	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	43.54	943.49	3	97.9s	81.0
15	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	38.57	1410.35	2	103.5s	79.9
16	Mega Gengar	Sucker Punch	Focus Blast	38.30	1435.50	2	104.0s	79.7
17	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	37.50	1517.85	2	105.5s	79.3
18	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	37.44	1515.04	2	105.7s	79.1
19	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	40.60	1089.93	3	101.9s	78.9
20	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	44.52	712.12	5	101.1s	77.9
21	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	42.44	857.49	4	101.6s	77.9
22	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	41.06	952.49	3	102.8s	77.5
23	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Superpower	39.60	1067.74	3	104.4s	77.0
24	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	40.41	979.22	3	103.8s	76.9
25	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	41.55	859.77	4	103.4s	76.6
26	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	39.68	1015.98	3	104.9s	76.4
27	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	48.16	463.66	7	105.8s	76.0
28	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	38.49	1098.36	3	106.6s	75.7
29	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	45.11	581.29	6	104.6s	75.5
30	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	39.23	1003.33	3	106.1s	75.5
31	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	43.02	667.76	5	105.2s	74.8
32	Mega Pinsir	Rock Smash	Superpower	38.16	1020.31	3	108.5s	74.1
33	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	40.85	757.05	4	107.1s	73.6
34	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Superpower	36.05	1224.70	2	111.6s	73.5
35	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	34.22	1467.85	2	115.0s	73.2
36	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	40.79	734.95	4	107.9s	73.1
37	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	35.92	1201.61	2	112.2s	73.0
38	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	36.53	1113.97	3	111.5s	72.9
39	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	38.44	905.47	3	109.6s	72.8
40	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	36.41	1062.11	3	112.4s	72.0
41	Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	39.82	744.30	4	109.8s	71.9
42	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Dynamic Punch	35.46	1119.92	3	114.4s	71.2
43	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Psychic	34.97	1167.25	3	115.3s	71.1
44	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	39.44	728.07	4	111.1s	71.0
45	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	38.42	804.70	4	111.6s	71.0
46	Bewear	Low Kick	Superpower	37.64	856.96	4	112.4s	70.7
47	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	36.95	889.29	4	113.6s	70.2
48	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	33.19	1347.53	2	119.2s	70.2
49	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	34.20	1189.61	3	117.4s	70.1
50	Emboar	Low Kick	Focus Blast	37.68	777.48	4	114.1s	69.4

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Shadow Ambipom type chart

When fighting Shadow Ambipom, keep in mind the following that Normal-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting type moves. They take reduced damage from Ghost type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%

Resistances

Ghost	39.1%

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 Ambipom in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Ambipom 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 Ambipom counter is Terrakion, followed by Mega Rayquaza, Mega Blaziken, and Shadow Machamp. The table also includes Keldeo (Ordinary), Mega Alakazam, Shadow Hariyama, and Lucario, 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 Ambipom 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.