Best Shaymin (Sky) counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shaymin (Sky) 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

• 44.5%
• 27.0%
• 10.0%
• 5.0%
• 3.5%
• 3.0%
• 2.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	53.91	2711.82	1	72.1s	119.1
2	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	69.16	699.96	5	72.6s	110.2
3	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	59.68	796.12	4	78.4s	100.6
4	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	50.51	1478.72	2	81.0s	99.9
5	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	56.84	812.59	4	81.1s	97.2
6	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	46.74	1394.86	2	87.3s	92.8
7	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	52.25	891.29	4	85.1s	92.6
8	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	55.56	673.01	5	86.2s	91.8
9	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	51.82	862.08	4	86.2s	91.4
10	Shadow Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	51.80	779.21	4	88.0s	89.5
11	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	41.70	1756.59	2	94.5s	88.9
12	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	41.73	1645.44	2	95.0s	87.7
13	Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	48.83	778.14	4	92.2s	85.3
14	Glaceon	Frost Breath	Avalanche	47.78	825.49	4	92.8s	84.9
15	Shadow Articuno	Frost Breath	Ice Beam	42.62	1290.48	2	95.6s	84.9
16	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	44.57	1046.88	3	94.5s	84.3
17	Mega Gardevoir	Charge Beam	Triple Axel	45.78	921.86	3	94.3s	83.9
18	Shadow Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	44.00	930.93	3	97.3s	81.5
19	Shadow Piloswine	Ice Shard	Avalanche	52.28	469.84	7	99.5s	81.3
20	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack *	39.83	1358.83	2	101.0s	81.3
21	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	37.12	1704.75	2	105.4s	80.5
22	Kyurem	Dragon Breath	Glaciate *	39.78	1253.88	2	102.0s	79.9
23	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Blizzard	47.15	616.37	5	99.7s	79.2
24	Shadow Walrein	Frost Breath	Icicle Spear *	47.71	571.42	6	100.7s	78.7
25	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	42.56	866.97	4	101.2s	78.2
26	Jynx	Frost Breath	Avalanche	46.20	619.29	5	101.2s	78.0
27	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Brave Bird	35.70	1634.52	2	109.7s	77.4
28	Avalugg	Ice Fang	Avalanche	39.85	1030.49	3	104.3s	76.9
29	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	36.04	1524.41	2	109.3s	76.9
30	Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	42.29	759.83	4	104.1s	75.7
31	Genesect (Chill)	Fury Cutter	Techno Blast *	35.60	1461.91	2	111.0s	75.5
32	Shadow Regice	Frost Breath	Blizzard	39.58	959.57	3	106.0s	75.3
33	Shadow Cloyster	Frost Breath	Avalanche	46.86	468.08	7	107.6s	74.5
34	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	Ice Punch	43.77	610.96	5	105.8s	74.5
35	Aurorus	Frost Breath	Weather Ball	43.10	636.98	5	106.1s	74.2
36	Ninetales (Alola Shadow)	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	43.01	635.67	5	106.3s	74.0
37	Beartic	Powder Snow	Ice Punch	41.36	709.18	5	107.3s	73.4
38	Shadow Gardevoir	Charge Beam	Triple Axel	42.58	621.09	5	107.7s	73.1
39	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Sludge Bomb	38.46	915.79	3	109.3s	73.0
40	Articuno	Frost Breath	Ice Beam	35.26	1269.99	2	113.4s	72.8
41	Shadow Lapras	Frost Breath	Ice Beam *	42.96	578.64	6	108.7s	72.6
42	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	40.97	690.86	5	108.7s	72.4
43	Mega Lopunny	Pound	Triple Axel	40.64	707.33	5	108.9s	72.3
44	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	37.57	960.63	3	110.8s	72.3
45	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	36.42	1081.34	3	112.2s	72.3
46	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing *	34.96	1252.35	2	114.5s	72.1
47	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	46.65	404.65	8	112.8s	72.1
48	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Overheat	36.97	1005.38	3	111.7s	72.1
49	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	32.33	1668.81	2	120.0s	71.8
50	Sandslash (Alola Shadow)	Powder Snow	Blizzard	36.91	886.07	4	113.8s	70.1

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Shaymin (Sky) type chart

When fighting Shaymin (Sky), keep in mind the following that Grass and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Ice, Fire, Flying, Poison, and Rock type moves. They take reduced damage from Fighting, Water, Grass, and Ground type moves.

Weaknesses

Ice	256.0%
Fire	160.0%
Flying	160.0%
Poison	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

Ground	24.4%
Grass	39.1%
Fighting	62.5%
Water	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 Shaymin (Sky) in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shaymin (Sky) down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Shaymin (Sky) counter is Mega Rayquaza, followed by Shadow Mamoswine, Shadow Weavile, and Baxcalibur. The table also includes Galarian Standard Darmanitan, Mega Abomasnow, Shadow Mewtwo, and Mamoswine, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Shaymin (Sky) 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.