Best Shadow Gallade counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Gallade 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 Rayquaza

Air Slash Dragon Ascent

Best performing move types

• 29.0%
• 27.5%
• 16.0%
• 7.5%
• 4.5%
• 3.0%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	58.59	1676.06	2	70.0s	115.4
2	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	45.70	1020.83	3	92.9s	85.6
3	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	47.96	792.50	4	93.2s	84.4
4	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	39.92	1185.14	3	102.3s	79.2
5	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	41.75	891.98	4	102.4s	77.5
6	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	43.25	728.73	4	103.0s	76.4
7	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	39.48	931.90	3	106.6s	74.7
8	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing *	36.26	1241.47	2	110.9s	74.1
9	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	41.28	655.72	5	109.2s	72.1
10	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	41.19	626.81	5	110.4s	71.3
11	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	38.16	844.66	4	111.4s	71.3
12	Mega Pidgeot	Gust *	Brave Bird	37.62	737.23	4	115.2s	68.6
13	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	37.34	746.83	4	115.7s	68.4
14	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	33.48	1090.59	3	120.7s	67.7
15	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	33.39	1101.49	3	120.9s	67.7
16	Lunala	Air Slash	Shadow Ball	31.71	1307.26	2	124.5s	67.3
17	Shadow Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	36.11	782.63	4	118.1s	67.2
18	Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	34.39	875.24	4	121.1s	66.1
19	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	35.91	730.43	4	120.0s	66.0
20	Shadow Staraptor	Gust *	Brave Bird	38.70	528.88	6	120.3s	65.6
21	Shadow Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	38.28	522.58	6	121.6s	64.8
22	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	33.22	905.93	3	124.3s	64.8
23	Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Aeroblast *	29.10	1415.15	2	133.9s	63.9
24	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	32.49	913.16	3	126.6s	63.7
25	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	32.84	844.61	4	126.7s	63.3
26	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	38.64	442.49	8	125.7s	63.2
27	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	37.53	479.46	7	126.0s	62.7
28	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	35.41	544.50	6	128.1s	61.4
29	Mega Y Charizard	Air Slash	Blast Burn *	31.57	836.72	4	131.2s	61.2
30	Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	33.68	638.65	5	129.4s	61.0
31	Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	30.90	889.46	4	132.7s	60.9
32	Galarian Articuno	Psycho Cut	Brave Bird	29.77	1022.68	3	135.0s	60.8
33	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	34.75	541.82	6	130.2s	60.5
34	Shadow Drifblim	Hex	Shadow Ball	33.10	655.83	5	130.7s	60.5
35	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Dazzling Gleam	34.62	536.61	6	130.8s	60.2
36	Shadow Granbull	Charm	Play Rough	35.40	487.10	7	131.3s	60.0
37	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	33.14	595.89	6	132.8s	59.4
38	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	28.06	1091.25	3	141.5s	58.8
39	Xerneas	Geomancy *	Moonblast	30.42	796.89	4	136.4s	58.8
40	Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	30.58	728.91	4	137.5s	58.0
41	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	31.46	644.74	5	136.8s	57.9
42	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	28.83	891.69	4	141.0s	57.7
43	Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	29.86	769.53	4	139.3s	57.6
44	Zacian (Hero)	Snarl	Play Rough	29.45	760.43	4	141.2s	56.8
45	Shadow Ursaring	Shadow Claw	Play Rough	34.12	413.36	8	140.3s	56.4
46	Staraptor	Gust *	Brave Bird	32.10	523.90	6	139.6s	56.4
47	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Brave Bird	33.02	467.19	7	139.8s	56.3
48	Togekiss	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	28.73	804.94	4	143.2s	56.3
49	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Hurricane	30.44	641.98	5	140.7s	56.3
50	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	28.79	787.86	4	143.3s	56.2

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Shadow Gallade type chart

When fighting Shadow Gallade, keep in mind the following that Psychic and Fighting-type Pokémon are weak to Fairy, Flying, and Ghost type moves. They take reduced damage from Fighting, and Rock type moves.

Weaknesses

Fairy	160.0%
Flying	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	62.5%
Rock	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 Gallade in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Gallade 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 Gallade counter is Mega Rayquaza, followed by Rayquaza, Mega Gengar, and Mega Gardevoir. The table also includes Shadow Moltres, Mega Banette, Shadow Mewtwo, and Yveltal, 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 Gallade 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.