Best Shadow Purugly counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Purugly 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 👑

Mega Blaziken

Counter Focus Blast

Best performing move types

• 56.5%
• 7.5%
• 6.0%
• 5.5%
• 4.5%
• 4.5%
• 4.5%
• 3.0%
• 2.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	58.14	1306.23	2	72.9s	109.0
2	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	55.46	1546.15	2	74.2s	108.6
3	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	53.60	1674.64	2	75.8s	107.5
4	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	56.87	971.20	3	78.1s	100.8
5	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	53.66	1157.00	3	79.5s	99.7
6	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	52.81	1191.06	3	80.3s	99.1
7	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	54.21	989.63	3	81.0s	97.4
8	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	52.32	1106.09	3	81.8s	96.9
9	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	52.09	844.37	4	86.2s	91.4
10	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	48.61	1098.59	3	87.2s	91.2
11	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	39.61	2266.94	1	97.2s	89.9
12	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	47.87	1056.39	3	88.8s	89.4
13	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	46.46	1121.71	3	90.3s	88.4
14	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	50.44	734.15	4	91.0s	86.5
15	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	46.69	949.84	3	92.3s	85.8
16	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	41.03	1549.39	2	97.0s	85.5
17	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	40.02	1488.73	2	99.6s	83.1
18	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	47.46	747.27	4	95.1s	82.8
19	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	44.15	961.73	3	96.5s	82.2
20	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	42.18	1111.36	3	98.3s	81.7
21	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	46.68	739.50	4	96.6s	81.5
22	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	43.39	958.78	3	98.0s	81.1
23	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	41.71	1107.74	3	99.3s	80.9
24	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	47.96	637.48	5	97.7s	80.8
25	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Superpower	42.84	990.46	3	98.6s	80.8
26	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Superpower	37.73	1617.45	2	104.3s	80.7
27	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	43.61	919.03	3	98.2s	80.7
28	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	45.10	779.32	4	98.3s	80.1
29	Mega Gengar	Sucker Punch	Focus Blast	40.76	1123.64	3	101.1s	79.6
30	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	51.41	451.42	7	101.9s	79.6
31	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	41.69	1020.17	3	100.5s	79.5
32	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	43.43	838.38	4	100.1s	78.9
33	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	45.89	668.83	5	100.0s	78.8
34	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	36.30	1643.74	2	107.9s	78.5
35	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	38.30	1276.41	2	105.3s	77.8
36	Mega Pinsir	Rock Smash	Superpower	41.11	930.12	3	103.0s	77.2
37	Shadow Ursaluna	Rock Smash	High Horsepower *	36.38	1492.84	2	108.6s	77.1
38	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	39.12	1115.79	3	104.9s	77.0
39	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	41.19	910.90	3	103.2s	77.0
40	Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	42.43	797.89	4	102.9s	76.7
41	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	43.67	711.41	5	102.7s	76.7
42	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	38.80	1112.78	3	105.7s	76.4
43	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	40.68	914.02	3	104.3s	76.2
44	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	35.95	1471.65	2	109.9s	76.2
45	Shadow Ursaring	Counter	Close Combat	41.04	870.80	4	104.2s	76.0
46	Bewear	Low Kick	Superpower	39.93	945.45	3	105.4s	75.7
47	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Psychic	37.40	1162.99	3	108.6s	74.9
48	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	42.08	729.05	4	105.3s	74.8
49	Emboar	Low Kick	Focus Blast	40.03	885.37	4	106.2s	74.8
50	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Dynamic Punch	38.47	1000.79	3	108.0s	74.3

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Shadow Purugly type chart

When fighting Shadow Purugly, 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 Purugly in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Purugly 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 Purugly counter is Mega Blaziken, followed by Terrakion, Mega Rayquaza, 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 Purugly 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.