Best Zygarde (Complete Shadow) counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Zygarde (Complete 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

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Raid Difficulty

5-Star Raid (15000 HP)↓

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Best overall 👑

Shadow Mamoswine

Powder Snow Avalanche

Best performing move types

• 53.0%
• 29.0%
• 5.5%
• 4.0%
• 2.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	56.03	1057.47	14	324.5s	101.4
2	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	52.56	912.56	16	351.1s	93.5
3	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	50.05	877.31	17	368.1s	89.2
4	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	47.26	992.96	15	377.8s	87.4
5	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	45.76	1030.81	14	386.0s	85.8
6	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	42.92	1313.59	11	395.2s	85.7
7	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	46.60	890.26	16	389.3s	84.5
8	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	46.01	935.58	16	390.2s	84.5
9	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	42.65	1196.01	12	401.9s	83.6
10	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Triple Axel	42.17	1225.47	12	404.7s	83.3
11	Shadow Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	46.28	779.71	19	401.1s	81.8
12	Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	43.22	894.30	16	414.2s	79.7
13	Kyurem	Dragon Breath	Glaciate *	42.27	956.44	15	417.6s	79.4
14	Glaceon	Frost Breath	Avalanche	42.64	898.52	16	418.6s	78.9
15	Shadow Articuno	Frost Breath	Ice Beam	38.61	1200.83	12	438.5s	77.3
16	Shadow Piloswine	Ice Shard	Avalanche	42.20	707.68	21	440.3s	74.5
17	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Blizzard	42.57	681.97	21	440.3s	74.5
18	Shadow Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	40.22	800.50	18	447.9s	73.6
19	Shadow Walrein	Frost Breath	Icicle Spear *	39.21	873.54	17	451.2s	73.4
20	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	39.55	794.95	18	454.7s	72.5
21	Shadow Cloyster	Frost Breath	Avalanche	40.24	742.54	20	453.5s	72.5
22	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	35.28	1208.28	12	474.8s	72.1
23	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	38.08	867.58	17	463.1s	71.6
24	Avalugg	Ice Fang	Avalanche	35.61	1121.09	13	474.8s	71.5
25	Jynx	Frost Breath	Avalanche	41.41	621.51	24	458.8s	71.5
26	Shadow Gardevoir	Charm	Triple Axel	38.60	817.80	18	462.0s	71.5
27	Shadow Regice	Frost Breath	Blizzard	35.76	1054.73	14	476.4s	70.9
28	Ninetales (Alola Shadow)	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	37.22	853.16	17	473.3s	70.1
29	Shadow Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Outrage	37.81	784.60	19	473.2s	69.7
30	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Outrage	37.14	838.29	17	475.4s	69.7
31	Mr. Rime	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	37.88	761.39	19	474.8s	69.4
32	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Triple Axel	37.02	830.62	18	477.4s	69.4
33	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Blizzard	33.63	1178.81	12	496.9s	69.0
34	Aurorus	Frost Breath	Weather Ball	36.07	867.76	17	485.0s	68.6
35	Shadow Lapras	Frost Breath	Ice Beam *	35.50	889.40	16	490.0s	68.0
36	Beartic	Powder Snow	Ice Punch	36.62	768.17	19	487.7s	67.7
37	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	35.61	818.94	18	494.5s	67.1
38	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	Ice Punch	34.52	895.86	16	501.5s	66.6
39	Articuno	Frost Breath	Ice Beam	31.96	1180.92	12	520.1s	66.3
40	Hisuian Avalugg	Powder Snow	Blizzard	33.80	941.24	15	507.5s	66.2
41	Vanilluxe	Frost Breath	Blizzard	35.79	727.37	20	501.6s	65.7
42	Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Blizzard	35.63	681.14	22	509.1s	64.6
43	Genesect (Chill)	Fury Cutter	Techno Blast *	32.63	870.53	17	528.6s	63.3
44	Mega Latias	Dragon Breath	Outrage	32.31	897.54	16	531.1s	63.2
45	Shadow Feraligatr	Ice Fang	Ice Beam	34.66	678.80	22	521.2s	63.2
46	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Outrage	33.27	795.26	18	526.3s	63.2
47	Shadow Latios	Dragon Breath	Dragon Claw	35.58	611.13	24	519.8s	63.1
48	Piloswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	34.46	690.02	21	522.2s	63.1
49	Primal Groudon	Dragon Tail	Precipice Blades *	31.68	933.65	16	537.8s	62.8
50	Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	33.00	782.99	19	531.2s	62.5

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Zygarde (Complete Shadow) type chart

When fighting Zygarde (Complete Shadow), keep in mind the following that Dragon and Ground-type Pokémon are weak to Ice, Dragon, and Fairy type moves. They take reduced damage from Fire, Poison, Rock, and Electric type moves.

Weaknesses

Ice	256.0%
Dragon	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	24.4%
Fire	62.5%
Poison	62.5%
Rock	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 Zygarde (Complete Shadow) in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Zygarde (Complete 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 Zygarde (Complete Shadow) counter is Shadow Mamoswine, followed by Shadow Weavile, Galarian Standard Darmanitan, and Baxcalibur. The table also includes Mamoswine, Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Mewtwo, and Mega Glalie, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Zygarde (Complete 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.