Best Shadow Drapion counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Drapion 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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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot Precipice Blades *

Best performing move types

• 41.5%
• 11.5%
• 8.5%
• 7.5%
• 6.0%
• 5.5%
• 5.5%
• 4.5%
• 3.5%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	43.43	1780.44	2	91.0s	92.0
2	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	35.98	1453.90	2	110.0s	76.0
3	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	36.83	1182.76	3	109.9s	74.2
4	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	37.47	913.77	3	111.8s	71.4
5	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	33.92	1214.80	2	118.0s	69.9
6	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	34.82	996.60	3	117.8s	68.6
7	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	31.16	1334.15	2	126.3s	66.6
8	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	32.02	1037.24	3	126.3s	64.7
9	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	30.44	1160.87	3	130.7s	63.6
10	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Earthquake	31.76	951.93	3	128.5s	63.1
11	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	33.53	731.01	4	127.1s	62.5
12	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	32.22	783.38	4	130.1s	61.4
13	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	31.07	902.41	3	131.8s	61.4
14	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	30.23	987.39	3	133.7s	61.2
15	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot	Earth Power	30.48	926.83	3	133.7s	60.8
16	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	27.33	1321.15	2	142.6s	59.9
17	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	30.79	779.50	4	135.4s	59.1
18	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	28.97	986.10	3	138.9s	59.1
19	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	30.22	691.45	5	139.9s	56.9
20	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	30.12	691.14	5	140.4s	56.7
21	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	28.33	843.98	4	144.1s	56.2
22	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	27.93	885.21	4	145.2s	56.2
23	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	28.38	807.67	4	144.7s	55.8
24	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	28.12	829.19	4	145.4s	55.7
25	Shadow Hippowdon	Thunder Fang	Scorching Sands	27.89	830.82	4	146.4s	55.4
26	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Earth Power	26.65	901.30	3	151.1s	54.3
27	Shadow Nidoking	Fury Cutter *	Earth Power	28.57	669.32	5	147.5s	54.0
28	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	26.71	849.13	4	151.8s	53.7
29	Shadow Magmortar	Fire Spin	Scorching Sands	28.86	608.30	5	148.4s	53.4
30	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	27.66	717.85	5	150.2s	53.4
31	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	27.48	729.01	4	150.8s	53.3
32	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	26.52	811.24	4	153.5s	52.9
33	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	26.82	776.17	4	152.8s	52.9
34	Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	25.19	978.23	3	157.7s	52.8
35	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	24.21	1090.55	3	161.9s	52.3
36	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite *	Drill Run *	27.35	675.98	5	152.9s	52.3
37	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	26.85	717.77	5	154.2s	52.1
38	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Earthquake	28.17	590.96	6	152.2s	52.1
39	Shadow Arcanine	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	27.35	632.84	5	154.4s	51.6
40	Mega Kangaskhan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	24.50	940.01	3	162.2s	51.2
41	Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	25.68	772.81	4	158.8s	51.1
42	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Outrage	25.32	758.03	4	161.2s	50.3
43	Shadow Sandslash	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	27.08	576.43	6	157.9s	50.2
44	Heatran	Fire Spin	Earth Power	23.24	1044.22	3	168.7s	50.2
45	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack *	25.70	661.52	5	161.8s	49.5
46	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	23.61	913.19	3	168.3s	49.4
47	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Earthquake *	24.13	833.81	4	166.4s	49.4
48	Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	25.23	686.27	5	163.7s	49.2
49	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	23.71	872.45	4	168.3s	49.1
50	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	24.99	694.10	5	164.8s	48.9

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Shadow Drapion type chart

When fighting Shadow Drapion, keep in mind the following 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

Ground	160.0%

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.

About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Shadow Drapion in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Drapion 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 Drapion counter is Primal Groudon, followed by Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Garchomp, and Shadow Mamoswine. The table also includes Groudon, Shadow Rhyperior, Mega Swampert, and Excadrill, 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 Drapion 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.