Best Shadow Charizard counters

The best Shadow Charizard counters in Pokémon GO are Shadow Rampardos, Shadow Rhyperior, Mega Tyranitar, Shadow Gigalith, Shadow Tyranitar, Rampardos, and Mega Diancie. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Charizard in a 3-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Shadow Rampardos

Smack Down / Rock Slide

Shadow Rhyperior

Smack Down / Rock Wrecker

Mega Tyranitar

Smack Down / Stone Edge

Shadow Gigalith

Smack Down / Meteor Beam

Shadow Tyranitar

Smack Down / Stone Edge

Rampardos

Smack Down / Rock Slide

Mega Diancie

Rock Throw / Rock Slide

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	64.21	738.3	5	68s	105.0
2.	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	53.69	1145.3	3	78s	99.6
3.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	48.48	1553.3	2	86s	97.7
4.	Shadow Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam *	51.66	928.0	4	82s	92.5
5.	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	48.42	1006.4	3	87s	89.3
6.	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	52.50	721.5	5	82s	89.0
7.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	47.95	961.5	4	88s	87.8
8.	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	44.14	1122.3	3	95s	84.8
9.	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	44.71	929.1	4	94s	82.5
10.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	41.01	1182.1	3	101s	80.9
11.	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam *	42.89	918.1	4	98s	79.6
12.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	42.76	916.2	4	98s	79.4
13.	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	45.15	688.4	5	95s	78.2
14.	Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	40.25	996.9	4	104s	77.0
15.	Shadow Excadrill	Metal Claw	Rock Slide	47.29	348.6	11	97s	70.7
16.	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	41.43	580.9	6	104s	70.6
17.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	38.47	760.1	5	110s	70.2
18.	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Ancient Power	37.78	813.8	4	111s	70.2
19.	Shadow Archeops	Wing Attack	Ancient Power	42.10	501.2	7	103s	69.4
20.	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	36.79	776.0	5	114s	68.1
21.	Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	37.58	683.0	5	113s	67.5
22.	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	35.59	815.3	4	118s	67.0
23.	Mega Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	38.71	585.7	6	111s	67.0
24.	Shadow Crustle	Smack Down	Rock Slide	40.93	445.1	8	107s	66.2
25.	Nihilego	Pound	Rock Slide	33.91	903.9	4	123s	65.8
26.	Shadow Hippowdon	Thunder Fang	Weather Ball	37.99	533.9	7	113s	64.7
27.	Standard Mode Shadow Darmanitan	Tackle	Rock Slide	38.67	465.3	8	113s	63.8
28.	Stonjourner	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	33.88	748.0	5	124s	63.3
29.	Shadow Alolan Golem	Rock Throw	Rock Blast	35.51	621.4	6	120s	63.3
30.	Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Rock Blast	35.61	607.4	6	119s	63.1

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Group size

You need at least 1 Trainers to defeat a Shadow Charizard in a 3-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 1 Trainers
Optimal group size: 2 - 3 Trainers
Very easy with: 4+ Trainers

Shadow Charizard CP range from Raids

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

From 1515 CP to 1651 CP, with no weather boost
From 1893 CP to 2064 CP with Sunny and Windy weather boost

Shadow Charizard weaknesses

Shadow Charizard type chart

When fighting Shadow Charizard, keep in mind the that Fire and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Rock (2x), Electric, and Water-type moves. They take reduced damage from Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Ground, Steel, Bug, and Grass-type moves.

Weaknesses

Rock256.0%
Electric160.0%
Water160.0%

Resistances

Bug39.1%
Grass39.1%
Fairy62.5%
Fighting62.5%
Fire62.5%
Ground62.5%
Steel62.5%

More information

Shadow Charizard takes increased damage from Rock, Electric, and Water type moves.
Shadow Charizard takes reduced damage from Bug, Grass, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Ground, and Steel type moves.
Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Shadow Charizard

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Rock	234.0%	Partly Cloudy
Water	58.0%	Rain
Electric	54.0%	Rain
Flying	12.0%	Windy
Normal	8.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ghost	6.0%	Fog
Fighting	6.0%	Cloudy
Steel	4.0%	Snow
Dark	4.0%	Fog
Psychic	4.0%	Windy
Ground	2.0%	Sunny
Ice	2.0%	Snow
Bug	2.0%	Rain
Fire	2.0%	Sunny
Grass	2.0%	Sunny

About our ranking methodology

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