Best Galarian Shadow Slowpoke counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Galarian Shadow Slowpoke 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 Tyranitar

Bite

Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

33.5%
25.5%
20.0%
5.0%
3.5%
2.5%
2.0%
2.0%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	72.18	5936.65	0	52.3s	176.4
2	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	85.25	2269.94	1	48.6s	165.4
3	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	72.54	3972.75	0	53.3s	163.1
4	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	76.24	2391.38	1	53.2s	153.0
5	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	67.00	3825.80	0	57.5s	152.0
6	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	66.20	3752.74	0	58.2s	149.9
7	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	57.57	6279.61	0	64.8s	149.1
8	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	60.51	4825.13	0	62.5s	147.0
9	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	67.85	2821.54	1	58.2s	144.2
10	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	73.00	2071.39	1	56.3s	143.5
11	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	62.11	3800.57	0	61.8s	142.9
12	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	66.69	2748.32	1	59.2s	141.5
13	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	64.25	3114.03	1	60.7s	140.9
14	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	60.16	3889.22	0	63.5s	139.9
15	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	59.16	3861.18	0	64.6s	137.9
16	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	59.87	3679.45	0	64.0s	137.8
17	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	63.23	2837.00	1	62.0s	136.5
18	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	57.78	4000.86	0	65.9s	136.3
19	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	64.04	2480.42	1	62.0s	134.1
20	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	62.52	2649.70	1	63.0s	133.4
21	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	63.33	2366.80	1	62.9s	131.7
22	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	53.76	4342.84	0	70.3s	130.9
23	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	59.35	2929.13	1	65.6s	130.6
24	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Shadow Ball	58.48	3012.20	1	66.3s	129.9
25	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	64.69	2027.34	1	62.8s	129.8
26	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	55.62	3636.21	0	68.7s	129.7
27	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	63.96	2084.53	1	63.2s	129.3
28	Pheromosa	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	74.68	1049.52	3	61.9s	127.2
29	Zarude	Bite	Dark Pulse	50.06	4879.33	0	74.9s	126.7
30	Guzzlord	Snarl	Brutal Swing	49.97	4772.57	0	75.1s	125.9
31	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	59.31	2361.92	1	66.8s	124.9
32	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	55.86	2973.64	1	69.3s	124.9
33	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	66.83	1437.96	2	63.9s	124.2
34	Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	56.39	2769.30	1	69.0s	124.0
35	Shadow Shiftry	Snarl	Foul Play	57.02	2642.71	1	68.6s	123.9
36	Shadow Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	57.78	2447.50	1	68.2s	123.3
37	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	61.58	1789.04	2	66.5s	121.6
38	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	65.95	1363.98	2	65.1s	121.6
39	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	51.29	3626.25	0	74.2s	121.5
40	Zoroark	Snarl	Foul Play	58.01	2239.80	1	68.5s	121.4
41	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	53.16	3045.46	1	72.4s	120.6
42	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	49.76	3802.51	0	76.1s	119.8
43	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite *	X-Scissor	64.41	1366.53	2	66.4s	119.3
44	Shadow Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	60.38	1758.28	2	67.8s	119.3
45	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	56.27	2264.36	1	70.3s	118.8
46	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	55.42	2314.63	1	71.2s	117.9
47	Lunala	Air Slash	Shadow Ball	49.21	3668.98	0	77.1s	117.9
48	Mega Salamence	Bite	Draco Meteor	50.57	3208.72	1	75.7s	117.2
49	Shadow Scyther	Fury Cutter	Bug Buzz *	59.27	1709.11	2	69.2s	116.9
50	Bisharp	Snarl	Dark Pulse	49.70	3381.58	1	76.7s	116.8

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About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Galarian Shadow Slowpoke in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Galarian Shadow Slowpoke 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 Slowpoke counter is Mega Tyranitar, followed by Mega Gengar, Shadow Tyranitar, and Mega Banette. The table also includes Mega Rayquaza, Mega Houndoom, Mega Gyarados, and Hydreigon, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Galarian Shadow Slowpoke type chart

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

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	62.5%
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 Slowpoke Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Dark	33.5%	Fog
Ghost	25.5%	Fog
Bug	20.0%	Rainy
Dragon	5.0%	Windy
Water	3.5%	Rainy
Electric	2.5%	Rainy
Psychic	2.0%	Windy
Grass	2.0%	Sunny
Fire	2.0%	Sunny
Flying	1.5%	Windy
Steel	1.0%	Snow
Ground	1.0%	Sunny
Poison	0.5%	Cloudy

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.