Best Shadow Drifblim counters

The best Shadow Drifblim counters in Pokémon GO are Dawn Wings Necrozma, Mega Gengar, Mega Tyranitar, Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Rampardos, Mega Banette, and Shadow Gengar. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Drifblim in a 3-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Dawn Wings Necrozma

Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam

Mega Gengar

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

Mega Tyranitar

Smack Down / Brutal Swing

Shadow Tyranitar

Smack Down / Brutal Swing

Shadow Rampardos

Smack Down / Rock Slide

Mega Banette

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

Shadow Gengar

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	75.31	1061.2	3	57s	128.4
2.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	70.23	1019.5	3	61s	120.4
3.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Brutal Swing	53.92	2845.8	1	76s	120.3
4.	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Brutal Swing	54.29	1875.4	2	76s	111.1
5.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	63.75	920.4	4	68s	109.2
6.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	64.04	795.9	5	68s	106.4
7.	Shadow Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	65.84	617.2	6	68s	103.3
8.	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	54.05	1325.4	3	78s	103.1
9.	Origin Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	53.29	1277.3	3	79s	101.2
10.	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	56.77	992.7	4	75s	101.1
11.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	54.34	1135.5	3	78s	100.4
12.	Xurkitree	Spark	Discharge	55.64	1002.4	3	76s	99.7
13.	Shadow Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	59.56	736.8	5	73s	98.9
14.	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	56.41	892.0	4	76s	98.4
15.	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	56.44	887.2	4	76s	98.4
16.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	53.86	1047.3	3	79s	98.0
17.	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Avalanche	54.03	1007.4	3	78s	97.5
18.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	47.78	1603.9	2	87s	97.2
19.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Sunsteel Strike	53.08	1012.3	3	80s	96.2
20.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	50.02	1271.7	3	84s	96.1
21.	Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Brutal Swing	44.93	1843.6	2	92s	95.2
22.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	55.11	820.5	4	78s	95.0
23.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	52.43	964.9	4	81s	94.4
24.	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	52.33	902.7	4	81s	93.0
25.	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	47.95	1257.8	3	87s	92.8
26.	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	52.35	875.3	4	81s	92.4
27.	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	56.32	631.7	6	78s	91.7
28.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	48.62	1069.7	3	87s	90.7
29.	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	40.96	2000.3	1	100s	90.0
30.	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	52.69	739.8	5	82s	89.8

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Group size

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

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

Shadow Drifblim CP range from Raids

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

From 1230 CP to 1361 CP, with no weather boost
From 1537 CP to 1701 CP with Fog and Windy weather boost

Shadow Drifblim weaknesses

Shadow Drifblim type chart

When fighting Shadow Drifblim, keep in mind the that Ghost and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock-type moves. They take reduced damage from Grass, Poison, Bug, Ground, Normal, and Fighting-type moves.

Weaknesses

Dark160.0%
Electric160.0%
Ghost160.0%
Ice160.0%
Rock160.0%

Resistances

Fighting24.4%
Bug39.1%
Ground39.1%
Normal39.1%
Grass62.5%
Poison62.5%

More information

Shadow Drifblim takes increased damage from Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock type moves.
Shadow Drifblim takes reduced damage from Fighting, Bug, Ground, Normal, Grass, and Poison type moves.
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 Drifblim

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ghost	100.0%	Fog
Electric	96.0%	Rain
Dark	76.0%	Fog
Rock	54.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ice	46.0%	Snow
Psychic	10.0%	Windy
Steel	6.0%	Snow
Water	6.0%	Rain
Flying	4.0%	Windy
Dragon	2.0%	Windy

About our ranking methodology

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