Best Meowth (Alola Shadow) counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Meowth (Alola Shadow) 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

Extreme↓

Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

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Best overall 👑

Mega Blaziken

Counter Focus Blast

Best performing move types

• 47.0%
• 20.0%
• 15.5%
• 5.5%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	91.18	4818.04	0	42.5s	203.5
2	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	83.22	5612.49	0	45.8s	195.3
3	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	88.13	3742.94	0	44.7s	188.1
4	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	83.75	3899.79	0	46.7s	182.2
5	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	81.71	4246.38	0	47.4s	181.8
6	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	77.15	4955.90	0	49.6s	179.2
7	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	76.00	4228.75	0	50.8s	171.5
8	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	81.41	3172.14	1	48.8s	170.7
9	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	77.09	3904.21	0	50.4s	170.6
10	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	78.95	3536.08	1	49.7s	170.4
11	Pheromosa	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	85.71	2420.88	1	48.0s	168.3
12	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	72.11	4387.99	0	53.2s	165.7
13	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	78.77	3106.10	1	50.3s	165.6
14	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Dazzling Gleam *	86.63	1993.16	1	48.8s	163.2
15	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	75.72	3133.65	1	52.1s	160.8
16	Shadow Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	79.20	2492.46	1	51.2s	159.0
17	Xerneas	Geomancy *	Moonblast	66.64	4842.79	0	57.0s	158.8
18	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	69.48	3803.73	0	55.6s	156.2
19	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	67.17	4223.39	0	57.0s	155.4
20	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	71.66	3001.43	1	55.0s	152.5
21	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	64.93	4372.70	0	58.7s	152.3
22	Shadow Granbull	Charm	Play Rough	72.18	2867.71	1	54.9s	152.0
23	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Moonblast	67.71	3630.97	0	57.1s	151.6
24	Togekiss	Charm	Aura Sphere *	64.52	4343.25	0	59.1s	151.3
25	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	62.57	4845.59	0	60.5s	151.0
26	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite *	X-Scissor	76.54	2183.18	1	53.6s	150.6
27	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	71.41	2844.55	1	55.5s	150.4
28	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	63.81	4318.92	0	59.8s	149.8
29	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	62.67	4628.39	0	60.6s	149.8
30	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	71.19	2756.23	1	55.8s	149.1
31	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	67.89	3256.62	1	57.4s	148.6
32	Heracross	Counter	Megahorn	65.41	3636.29	0	59.0s	147.5
33	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	66.11	3469.27	1	58.6s	147.4
34	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	67.90	3116.67	1	57.6s	147.3
35	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	63.74	3814.22	0	60.3s	146.0
36	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	66.40	3191.27	1	58.7s	145.4
37	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Dazzling Gleam	71.51	2351.87	1	56.5s	144.9
38	Zacian (Hero)	Quick Attack	Play Rough	60.97	4261.14	0	62.4s	144.1
39	Shadow Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	73.11	2099.16	1	56.1s	144.1
40	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	62.33	3818.96	0	61.5s	143.4
41	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	62.07	3802.85	0	61.8s	142.8
42	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	65.74	3042.50	1	59.5s	142.8
43	Shadow Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	70.92	2203.49	1	57.3s	142.0
44	Shadow Scyther	Fury Cutter	Bug Buzz *	71.82	2044.06	1	57.2s	141.3
45	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	61.69	3669.57	0	62.3s	141.1
46	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	67.39	2445.18	1	59.3s	139.3
47	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Dazzling Gleam *	79.52	1278.34	2	56.5s	139.2
48	Shadow Ursaring	Counter	Play Rough	70.34	2064.50	1	58.2s	139.2
49	Shadow Hitmonlee	Double Kick	Close Combat	67.28	2385.03	1	59.5s	138.4
50	Tapu Bulu	Rock Smash	Dazzling Gleam	60.26	3535.23	1	63.8s	137.4

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Meowth (Alola Shadow) type chart

When fighting Meowth (Alola Shadow), keep in mind the following that Dark-type Pokémon are weak to Bug, Fairy, and Fighting type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Ghost, and Psychic type moves.

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%
Fighting	160.0%

Resistances

Psychic	39.1%
Dark	62.5%
Ghost	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 Meowth (Alola Shadow) in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Meowth (Alola Shadow) down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Meowth (Alola Shadow) counter is Mega Blaziken, followed by Terrakion, Mega Gardevoir, and Shadow Machamp. The table also includes Mega Rayquaza, Keldeo (Ordinary), Mega Lopunny, and Shadow Blaziken, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Meowth (Alola Shadow) 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.