Best Shadow Skuntank counters

The best Shadow Skuntank counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Excadrill, Shadow Garchomp, and Therian Forme Landorus. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Skuntank in a 3-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Rayquaza

Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Therian Forme Landorus

Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	44.14	1469.2	2	94s	89.6
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	39.84	1224.0	3	104s	79.6
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	41.74	787.6	5	101s	75.5
4.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	37.62	1027.6	3	111s	73.4
5.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	41.76	646.3	6	102s	72.6
6.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	38.47	877.7	4	109s	72.3
7.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	36.59	743.2	5	115s	67.2
8.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	39.45	525.6	7	110s	66.5
9.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	34.77	781.1	5	121s	65.2
10.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	35.72	682.1	5	118s	64.8
11.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	31.62	858.5	4	132s	61.6
12.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	34.09	629.6	6	124s	61.4
13.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	35.86	453.8	8	121s	59.8
14.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	32.02	682.4	5	131s	59.4
15.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	32.63	606.3	6	130s	58.8
16.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	31.84	656.3	6	132s	58.6
17.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	31.84	656.3	6	132s	58.6
18.	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	31.88	648.9	6	132s	58.6
19.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	33.03	535.1	7	129s	57.9
20.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	32.53	529.7	7	131s	57.1
21.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	32.52	517.4	7	131s	56.8
22.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	29.65	674.8	5	141s	55.7
23.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Earthquake	29.92	634.1	6	141s	55.4
24.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Metal Claw	Sunsteel Strike *	29.66	637.2	6	142s	55.1
25.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	31.46	496.5	8	136s	54.9
26.	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	29.94	598.9	6	141s	54.8
27.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	28.23	733.8	5	148s	54.5
28.	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	29.36	627.0	6	143s	54.5
29.	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	29.20	590.1	6	144s	53.6
30.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	30.74	469.5	8	139s	53.3

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Group size

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

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

Shadow Skuntank CP range from Raids

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

From 1223 CP to 1347 CP, with no weather boost
From 1529 CP to 1684 CP with Cloudy and Fog weather boost

Shadow Skuntank weaknesses

Shadow Skuntank type chart

When fighting Shadow Skuntank, keep in mind the that Poison and Dark-type Pokémon are weak to Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Ghost, Grass, Poison, and Psychic-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Dark	62.5%
Ghost	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Poison	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%

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 Skuntank

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	186.0%	Sunny
Fire	42.0%	Sunny
Dragon	40.0%	Windy
Fighting	22.0%	Cloudy
Flying	20.0%	Windy
Water	16.0%	Rain
Rock	16.0%	Partly Cloudy
Electric	16.0%	Rain
Steel	14.0%	Snow
Normal	12.0%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	10.0%	Rain
Fairy	6.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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