Best Pokémon to defeat Shadow Heatran in Pokémon GO

The strongest Pokémon to use against Shadow Heatran are: Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Mega Swampert, Shadow Rhyperior, and Therian Forme Landorus. We suggest a minimum group size of 2 - 6 Trainers to defeat Shadow Heatran in a 5-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

#1

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

#2

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

#3

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

#4

Mega Swampert

Mud Shot / Earthquake

#5

Shadow Rhyperior

Mud-Slap / Earthquake

#6

Therian Forme Landorus

Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm

#7

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	40.86	999.7	20	368s	81.7
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	38.36	928.4	21	392s	76.5
3.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	35.96	640.4	31	418s	67.1
4.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	36.02	501.8	40	417s	63.7
5.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	30.76	728.9	27	488s	61.1
6.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	32.91	516.8	39	456s	59.7
7.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	33.68	472.8	42	446s	59.7
8.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	30.09	640.8	31	499s	58.3
9.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	30.98	516.4	39	485s	57.0
10.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	26.15	681.7	29	574s	53.0
11.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	27.94	525.0	38	537s	52.7
12.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	29.19	415.9	48	514s	51.9
13.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	29.43	391.5	51	510s	51.4
14.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Earth Power	28.89	394.8	51	520s	50.8
15.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	27.05	438.8	46	555s	49.4
16.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Earth Power *	28.42	360.1	56	528s	48.9
17.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	29.64	297.9	67	507s	47.9
18.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	27.16	341.4	59	553s	46.5
19.	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	25.28	402.5	50	594s	46.0
20.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	27.45	318.5	63	547s	46.0
21.	Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Earth Power	24.42	399.4	50	615s	44.7
22.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	23.66	419.9	48	634s	44.1
23.	Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	23.01	446.5	45	652s	43.7
24.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	29.20	211.8	95	514s	43.3
25.	Flygon	Sand Attack	Earth Power *	24.15	366.2	55	622s	43.3
26.	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	25.67	308.9	65	585s	43.2
27.	Mega Kangaskhan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	23.41	388.7	52	641s	42.9
28.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Earthquake	25.41	288.7	70	591s	42.1
29.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	24.93	301.3	67	602s	42.0
30.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	27.14	236.0	85	553s	41.9

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You need at least 2 Trainers to defeat a Shadow Heatran in a 5-Star Raid.

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Minimum group size: 2 Trainers
Optimal group size: 4 - 6 Trainers
Very easy with: 7+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 2 Trainers

Shadow Heatran CP range from Raids

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

From 1990 CP to 2145 CP, with no weather boost
From 2487 CP to 2681 CP with Sunny and Snow weather boost

Shadow Heatran weaknesses

Shadow Heatran type chart

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

Shadow Heatran takes increased damage from:
256%	Ground
160%	Fighting Water

Shadow Heatran takes reduced damage from:
63%	Dragon Flying Normal Psychic
39%	Bug Fairy Grass Ice Poison Steel

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Shadow Heatran

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	230.0%	Sunny
Fighting	70.0%	Cloudy
Water	64.0%	Rain
Fire	12.0%	Sunny
Dark	10.0%	Fog
Rock	4.0%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	2.0%	Rain
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ghost	2.0%	Fog
Electric	2.0%	Rain
Dragon	2.0%	Windy

About our ranking methodology

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