Best Shadow Patrat counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Patrat 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

Raid Difficulty

Attacker typing

Attacker moves type

Best overall 👑

Mega Rayquaza

Dragon Tail

Dragon Ascent

Best performing move types

60.0%
8.0%
5.5%
5.0%
4.5%
4.0%
3.0%
2.5%
2.0%
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	84.65	6506.69	0	44.7s	204.0
2	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	96.53	3792.74	0	41.1s	202.8
3	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	89.80	3856.19	0	43.8s	192.1
4	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	89.78	3111.47	1	44.7s	183.8
5	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	88.33	3130.15	1	45.4s	181.7
6	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	83.62	3474.61	1	47.2s	177.7
7	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	84.11	3129.76	1	47.4s	174.7
8	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	83.28	3110.22	1	47.9s	173.2
9	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	80.21	3385.84	1	49.1s	171.0
10	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	86.25	2467.30	1	47.6s	169.8
11	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	77.16	3517.53	1	50.7s	167.1
12	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	83.38	2455.31	1	49.0s	165.2
13	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	70.96	4320.04	0	54.1s	163.1
14	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	84.44	2153.53	1	49.3s	162.4
15	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	76.71	2933.12	1	51.8s	160.3
16	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	68.75	4243.37	0	55.8s	158.4
17	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	74.29	3047.68	1	53.2s	157.5
18	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	66.37	4511.27	0	57.4s	156.0
19	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	75.44	2659.15	1	53.1s	155.0
20	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	66.47	4344.43	0	57.5s	155.0
21	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Superpower	67.25	3889.03	0	57.2s	152.9
22	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	70.24	3257.29	1	55.7s	152.6
23	Mega Pinsir	Rock Smash	Superpower	65.78	4168.86	0	58.2s	152.4
24	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	79.36	1981.97	1	52.6s	152.0
25	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	67.75	3458.75	1	57.3s	150.2
26	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	75.58	2237.93	1	54.1s	149.9
27	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	65.13	3976.49	0	58.9s	149.7
28	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	65.56	3872.88	0	58.6s	149.7
29	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	65.95	3727.08	0	58.4s	149.3
30	Mega Gengar	Sucker Punch	Focus Blast	67.92	3175.11	1	57.5s	147.9
31	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	68.60	3043.08	1	57.2s	147.7
32	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	71.90	2438.15	1	56.0s	146.6
33	Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	66.18	3364.86	1	58.7s	146.6
34	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	71.39	2395.18	1	56.4s	145.2
35	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	71.34	2392.49	1	56.5s	145.1
36	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	63.08	3827.62	0	60.8s	144.8
37	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	58.13	4917.79	0	64.9s	142.9
38	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	69.55	2421.56	1	57.7s	142.6
39	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	64.33	3264.96	1	60.4s	142.4
40	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	65.86	2936.54	1	59.6s	142.0
41	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	62.97	3278.26	1	61.6s	140.1
42	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	64.00	2894.07	1	61.2s	138.4
43	Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	67.97	2248.37	1	59.4s	137.9
44	Shadow Hitmonlee	Double Kick	Close Combat	71.00	1881.51	1	58.4s	137.6
45	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	62.60	3007.62	1	62.3s	137.0
46	Emboar	Low Kick	Focus Blast	65.27	2542.33	1	60.8s	136.9
47	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Psychic	60.11	3415.73	1	64.1s	136.2
48	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	58.94	3686.53	0	65.0s	136.2
49	Bewear	Low Kick	Superpower	62.69	2880.60	1	62.4s	136.0
50	Shadow Ursaring	Counter	Close Combat	67.58	2112.45	1	60.1s	135.5

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About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Shadow Patrat in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Patrat 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 Patrat counter is Mega Rayquaza, followed by Mega Blaziken, Terrakion, and Shadow Machamp. The table also includes Mega Alakazam, Keldeo (Ordinary), Lucario, and Shadow Hariyama, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Shadow Patrat type chart

When fighting Shadow Patrat, keep in mind the following that Normal-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting type moves. They take reduced damage from Ghost type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%

Resistances

Ghost	39.1%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and weather for Shadow Patrat Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fighting	60.0%	Cloudy
Dragon	8.0%	Windy
Dark	5.5%	Fog
Psychic	5.0%	Windy
Flying	4.5%	Windy
Fire	4.0%	Sunny
Ground	3.0%	Sunny
Grass	2.5%	Sunny
Water	2.0%	Rainy
Electric	2.0%	Rainy
Steel	1.0%	Snow
Rock	1.0%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	0.5%	Rainy
Fairy	0.5%	Cloudy
Normal	0.5%	Partly Cloudy

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.