Best Shadow Magnezone counters

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

Simulation settings

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Mamoswine

Mud-Slap / High Horsepower

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	46.23	2005.1	1	89s	99.1
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	41.51	1505.7	2	100s	85.8
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	43.65	1028.7	3	96s	82.6
4.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	42.36	918.0	4	99s	78.8
5.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	39.92	1075.7	3	104s	77.7
6.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	36.40	1020.5	3	114s	71.4
7.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	41.57	571.7	6	104s	70.5
8.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	38.73	725.8	5	109s	70.0
9.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	37.83	690.1	5	112s	68.0
10.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	34.79	898.7	4	120s	67.1
11.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	33.47	989.9	4	124s	66.4
12.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	32.89	1054.5	3	126s	66.3
13.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	36.59	624.8	6	116s	64.9
14.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	33.60	780.2	5	125s	63.4
15.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	33.92	645.0	6	125s	61.4
16.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	33.92	645.0	6	125s	61.4
17.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	33.79	649.9	6	125s	61.4
18.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	34.97	541.1	7	122s	60.8
19.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	33.04	651.6	6	128s	60.3
20.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	34.27	563.2	7	124s	60.3
21.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	31.38	683.2	5	134s	58.4
22.	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	32.56	540.2	7	131s	57.4
23.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	30.51	623.2	6	138s	56.1
24.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Earthquake	31.77	530.7	7	134s	56.1
25.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	32.51	474.5	8	132s	55.8
26.	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	30.08	612.4	6	140s	55.3
27.	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	31.79	477.7	8	135s	54.9
28.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	29.48	627.1	6	143s	54.6
29.	Shadow Magmortar	Fire Spin	Scorching Sands	32.86	403.8	9	132s	54.5
30.	Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	27.72	766.6	5	150s	54.2

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Group size

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

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

Shadow Magnezone CP range from Raids

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

From 1687 CP to 1831 CP, with no weather boost
From 2109 CP to 2289 CP with Rain and Snow weather boost

Shadow Magnezone weaknesses

Shadow Magnezone type chart

When fighting Shadow Magnezone, keep in mind the that Electric and Steel-type Pokémon are weak to Ground (2x), Fighting, and Fire-type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Dragon, Electric, Fairy, Grass, Ice, Normal, Psychic, Rock, Flying, Poison, and Steel-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Ground	256.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Fire	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Flying	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Steel	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Dragon	62.5%
Electric	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Psychic	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 best weather for defeating Shadow Magnezone

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	246.0%	Sunny
Fire	84.0%	Sunny
Fighting	54.0%	Cloudy
Dark	8.0%	Fog
Bug	6.0%	Rain
Electric	2.0%	Rain

About our ranking methodology

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