Best Shadow Hippowdon counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Hippowdon 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

Raid Difficulty

Attacker typing

Attacker moves type

Best overall 👑

Primal Kyogre

Waterfall

Origin Pulse *

Best performing move types

39.0%
28.0%
15.5%
4.0%
2.5%
2.0%
1.5%
1.5%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	45.98	1618.75	2	87.2s	94.5
2	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	41.68	1425.95	2	96.5s	85.1
3	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	44.08	1025.20	3	95.7s	83.2
4	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	38.64	1223.91	2	104.9s	77.7
5	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	39.03	1073.47	3	105.6s	76.2
6	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	42.08	745.61	4	104.9s	75.2
7	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	40.95	771.59	4	106.6s	74.1
8	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	39.00	924.10	3	107.9s	73.9
9	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	42.63	614.78	5	107.9s	73.0
10	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	37.03	961.87	3	112.2s	71.5
11	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	35.13	1153.42	3	115.0s	71.2
12	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	35.83	1031.80	3	114.4s	70.6
13	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	36.09	992.79	3	114.3s	70.5
14	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	38.54	760.61	4	112.3s	70.4
15	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	33.85	1198.45	3	118.4s	69.6
16	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	38.73	694.13	5	113.7s	69.3
17	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	35.54	938.65	3	116.6s	68.9
18	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	35.92	890.63	4	116.4s	68.7
19	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Triple Axel	35.56	853.92	4	118.1s	67.6
20	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	37.37	682.78	5	117.4s	67.2
21	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	33.95	980.46	3	120.7s	67.0
22	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	39.39	542.25	6	118.0s	66.8
23	Shadow Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	35.15	796.33	4	120.5s	66.0
24	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	35.79	719.57	5	120.6s	65.6
25	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	37.31	564.22	6	122.0s	64.5
26	Mega Abomasnow	Leafage	Weather Ball	33.92	803.14	4	124.1s	64.3
27	Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon *	35.95	635.57	5	122.8s	64.2
28	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	34.44	739.44	4	124.0s	64.0
29	Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	32.14	906.34	3	127.9s	63.1
30	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	33.48	752.46	4	126.7s	62.8
31	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	34.36	667.12	5	126.3s	62.5
32	Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	35.15	603.87	5	126.3s	62.4
33	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	31.85	885.71	4	129.3s	62.3
34	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	33.91	689.35	5	127.1s	62.3
35	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	30.43	1013.33	3	132.5s	61.8
36	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	31.78	848.35	4	130.3s	61.7
37	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	33.13	695.14	5	129.4s	61.2
38	Samurott	Fury Cutter	Hydro Cannon *	32.83	713.98	5	129.8s	61.1
39	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	34.21	600.34	5	129.2s	61.0
40	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	34.12	604.34	5	129.3s	60.9
41	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	34.81	558.41	6	129.2s	60.9
42	Shadow Victreebel	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	36.01	488.50	7	129.5s	60.9
43	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	34.55	556.21	6	130.1s	60.5
44	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	29.77	986.39	3	135.5s	60.4
45	Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	31.75	746.28	4	132.7s	60.1
46	Shadow Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	32.41	664.26	5	132.7s	59.6
47	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	31.17	770.04	4	134.2s	59.6
48	Shadow Meganium	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	31.56	726.10	4	133.9s	59.4
49	Shadow Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	34.27	525.34	6	132.5s	59.4
50	Clawitzer	Water Gun	Crabhammer	32.74	627.91	5	132.9s	59.4

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About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Shadow Hippowdon in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Hippowdon 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 Hippowdon counter is Primal Kyogre, followed by Mega Swampert, Mega Sceptile, and Mega Rayquaza. The table also includes Mega Blastoise, Kartana, Shadow Mamoswine, and Shadow Swampert, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Shadow Hippowdon type chart

When fighting Shadow Hippowdon, keep in mind the following that Ground-type Pokémon are weak to Grass, Ice, and Water type moves. They take reduced damage from Poison, Rock, and Electric type moves.

Weaknesses

Grass	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	39.1%
Poison	62.5%
Rock	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and weather for Shadow Hippowdon Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	39.0%	Sunny
Water	28.0%	Rainy
Ice	15.5%	Snow
Dragon	4.0%	Windy
Psychic	2.5%	Windy
Bug	2.0%	Rainy
Normal	1.5%	Partly Cloudy
Dark	1.5%	Fog
Fire	1.5%	Sunny
Flying	1.0%	Windy
Ground	1.0%	Sunny
Fighting	1.0%	Cloudy
Ghost	1.0%	Fog
Electric	0.5%	Rainy

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.