Best Galarian Shadow Rapidash counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Galarian Shadow Rapidash 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 Gengar

Lick *

Shadow Ball

Best performing move types

30.5%
29.0%
16.0%
6.0%
4.5%
3.0%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	56.25	1022.36	3	78.1s	101.0
2	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	52.39	1214.54	2	80.6s	98.8
3	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	50.92	900.44	3	86.7s	90.9
4	Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash	Dragon Ascent	43.92	1179.10	3	94.2s	85.4
5	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	48.56	776.19	4	92.7s	84.9
6	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	43.18	1187.65	3	95.5s	84.3
7	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	46.00	822.77	4	95.8s	82.3
8	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	47.92	690.03	5	96.0s	82.1
9	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	39.95	1146.33	3	102.7s	78.7
10	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	39.65	1167.48	3	103.1s	78.5
11	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	42.65	821.96	4	101.9s	77.5
12	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	43.52	729.98	4	102.4s	76.9
13	Nihilego	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	40.41	896.25	4	105.1s	75.6
14	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	45.38	547.95	6	105.6s	75.0
15	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	43.88	619.00	5	105.3s	74.8
16	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	39.90	886.25	4	106.5s	74.6
17	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Shadow Ball	39.26	916.11	3	107.4s	74.2
18	Melmetal	Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash *	36.58	1148.07	3	111.0s	73.4
19	Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	38.41	949.24	3	108.9s	73.4
20	Mega Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	36.48	1150.57	3	111.2s	73.3
21	Shadow Drifblim	Hex	Shadow Ball	38.27	879.11	4	110.5s	72.1
22	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	40.96	670.54	5	109.4s	72.0
23	Mega Aggron	Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	35.16	1201.58	2	114.4s	71.8
24	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	40.83	610.96	5	111.7s	70.5
25	Genesect (Shock)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	36.42	953.09	3	114.0s	70.4
26	Genesect (Normal)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	36.42	953.09	3	114.0s	70.4
27	Genesect (Douse)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	36.42	953.09	3	114.0s	70.4
28	Genesect (Chill)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	36.42	953.09	3	114.0s	70.4
29	Genesect (Burn)	Metal Claw	Magnet Bomb	36.42	953.09	3	114.0s	70.4
30	Jirachi	Charge Beam	Doom Desire	35.38	1060.15	3	115.3s	70.3
31	Shadow Scizor	Bullet Punch	Iron Head	38.31	769.75	4	112.7s	70.2
32	Lunala	Air Slash	Shadow Ball	34.34	1153.06	3	117.3s	69.9
33	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	39.57	657.39	5	112.9s	69.7
34	Shadow Ho-Oh	Steel Wing	Brave Bird	34.68	1090.77	3	117.0s	69.6
35	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	37.51	798.92	4	114.0s	69.6
36	Shadow Victreebel	Acid	Sludge Bomb	41.86	501.37	7	114.7s	69.0
37	Mega Tyranitar	Iron Tail	Brutal Swing	35.47	942.34	3	116.8s	68.8
38	Excadrill	Metal Claw	Iron Head	37.04	765.11	4	116.0s	68.3
39	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	33.90	1069.54	3	119.7s	68.1
40	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	33.25	1152.69	3	120.7s	68.1
41	Shadow Vileplume	Acid	Sludge Bomb	39.83	549.93	6	116.6s	67.6
42	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	33.85	1032.62	3	120.3s	67.5
43	Mega Aerodactyl	Steel Wing	Iron Head	34.80	915.76	3	119.2s	67.4
44	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	40.95	477.17	7	118.1s	67.2
45	Roserade	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	38.50	601.19	5	117.5s	67.0
46	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	37.91	631.96	5	117.8s	66.9
47	Shadow Skuntank	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	38.59	540.07	6	119.9s	65.7
48	Overqwil	Poison Jab	Sludge Bomb	36.14	657.75	5	121.5s	64.9
49	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	32.79	948.52	3	125.0s	64.7
50	Shadow Tyranitar	Iron Tail	Brutal Swing	36.37	627.10	5	121.9s	64.6

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About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Galarian Shadow Rapidash in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Galarian Shadow Rapidash down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Galarian Shadow Rapidash counter is Mega Gengar, followed by Shadow Metagross, Mega Banette, and Mega Rayquaza. The table also includes Shadow Cursola, Metagross, Shadow Mewtwo, and Mega Beedrill, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Galarian Shadow Rapidash type chart

When fighting Galarian Shadow Rapidash, keep in mind the following that Psychic and Fairy-type Pokémon are weak to Ghost, Poison, and Steel type moves. They take reduced damage from Psychic, Dragon, and Fighting type moves.

Weaknesses

Ghost	160.0%
Poison	160.0%
Steel	160.0%

Resistances

Dragon	39.1%
Fighting	39.1%
Psychic	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Galarian Shadow Rapidash Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Steel	30.5%	Snow
Ghost	29.0%	Fog
Poison	16.0%	Cloudy
Flying	6.0%	Windy
Fire	4.5%	Sunny
Grass	3.0%	Sunny
Psychic	2.5%	Windy
Electric	2.5%	Rainy
Water	2.5%	Rainy
Dark	1.5%	Fog
Ground	1.0%	Sunny
Bug	0.5%	Rainy
Ice	0.5%	Snow

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.