Best Shadow Poliwrath counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Poliwrath 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

• 35.0%
• 22.0%
• 20.5%
• 15.0%
• 4.5%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	60.06	2287.20	1	66.2s	125.4
2	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	53.29	1480.11	2	77.3s	104.3
3	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	48.59	1261.59	2	85.5s	93.8
4	Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	46.63	1391.12	2	87.6s	92.6
5	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	43.23	1634.58	2	92.1s	90.1
6	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	42.42	1712.99	2	93.3s	89.6
7	Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	43.94	1450.51	2	91.9s	89.1
8	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	45.62	1055.34	3	92.6s	86.0
9	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	41.86	1275.44	2	97.3s	83.5
10	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	43.88	964.61	3	97.0s	81.9
11	Mega Latias	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	36.63	1771.94	2	106.4s	80.3
12	Hoopa (Unbound)	Confusion	Psychic	42.46	974.34	3	99.6s	79.9
13	Shadow Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	44.51	806.04	4	98.7s	79.8
14	Shadow Lugia	Extrasensory	Aeroblast *	35.30	1869.14	1	109.7s	78.8
15	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Drill Peck	40.81	1045.90	3	102.0s	78.6
16	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	41.69	954.45	3	101.4s	78.5
17	Lunala	Confusion	Psychic	34.73	1942.24	1	111.1s	78.4
18	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	40.79	1037.96	3	102.1s	78.4
19	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	42.55	840.33	4	101.7s	77.7
20	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	36.41	1496.56	2	108.5s	77.2
21	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	43.35	747.29	4	102.3s	77.0
22	Yveltal	Gust	Oblivion Wing *	38.69	1143.68	3	105.6s	76.7
23	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	44.13	674.39	5	102.9s	76.5
24	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	41.15	875.59	4	103.9s	76.3
25	Shadow Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	38.91	1080.63	3	105.8s	76.2
26	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	38.02	1161.83	3	107.1s	75.9
27	Shadow Exeggutor	Confusion	Psychic	39.45	1005.98	3	105.6s	75.9
28	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	37.82	1167.92	3	107.5s	75.6
29	Shadow Honchkrow	Peck	Sky Attack	44.60	610.27	5	104.3s	75.6
30	Shadow Ho-Oh	Extrasensory	Brave Bird	37.82	1119.02	3	108.1s	75.0
31	Shadow Gallade	Confusion	Psychic	39.25	930.79	3	107.2s	74.4
32	Mega Pidgeot	Gust *	Brave Bird	39.52	894.97	4	107.2s	74.2
33	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Psychic *	36.06	1245.82	2	111.4s	73.8
34	Galarian Articuno	Psycho Cut	Brave Bird	35.32	1324.40	2	112.8s	73.5
35	Shadow Latias	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	35.75	1241.32	2	112.3s	73.2
36	Hoopa (Confined)	Confusion	Psychic	35.17	1301.55	2	113.4s	73.0
37	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	37.26	1026.31	3	110.7s	72.8
38	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	37.80	933.10	3	110.7s	72.2
39	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	40.60	704.35	5	109.1s	72.2
40	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	41.32	653.89	5	109.1s	72.1
41	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	39.81	730.81	4	110.1s	71.6
42	Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	34.64	1251.49	2	115.4s	71.5
43	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	37.06	941.45	3	112.4s	71.2
44	Shadow Staraptor	Gust *	Brave Bird	40.56	642.38	5	111.2s	70.8
45	Moltres	Wing Attack	Sky Attack *	36.15	946.15	3	114.8s	69.9
46	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	35.73	970.37	3	115.6s	69.6
47	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	37.88	768.26	4	113.8s	69.5
48	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	34.81	1037.42	3	117.3s	69.1
49	Shadow Unfezant	Air Slash	Sky Attack	39.58	625.90	5	114.0s	69.1
50	Mega Slowbro	Confusion	Psychic	30.45	1691.40	2	126.7s	68.7

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Shadow Poliwrath type chart

When fighting Shadow Poliwrath, keep in mind the following that Water and Fighting-type Pokémon are weak to Electric, Fairy, Flying, Grass, and Psychic type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Dark, Fire, Ice, Rock, Steel, and Water type moves.

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%
Flying	160.0%
Grass	160.0%
Psychic	160.0%

Resistances

Bug	62.5%
Dark	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Rock	62.5%
Steel	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 Shadow Poliwrath in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Poliwrath 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 Poliwrath counter is Mega Rayquaza, followed by Shadow Mewtwo, Mega Alakazam, and Rayquaza. The table also includes Mega Gardevoir, Mega Latios, Mewtwo, and Mega Sceptile, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Shadow Poliwrath 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.