Best Shadow Slowpoke counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best 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

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Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

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Best overall 👑

Mega Tyranitar

Bite Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

• 23.0%
• 22.5%
• 20.5%
• 17.0%
• 10.5%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	71.95	6444.13	0	52.3s	178.9
2	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	80.26	3519.27	1	48.9s	172.4
3	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	72.17	4328.55	0	53.2s	165.3
4	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	85.29	2249.28	1	48.6s	165.2
5	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	72.02	3329.18	1	54.3s	156.4
6	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	76.19	2419.35	1	53.2s	153.3
7	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	66.89	3941.72	0	57.5s	152.7
8	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	57.54	6423.05	0	64.8s	149.7
9	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Shadow Ball	65.87	3790.80	0	58.4s	149.6
10	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	60.30	5317.36	0	62.4s	149.5
11	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	57.88	6225.76	0	64.5s	149.5
12	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	66.29	3558.82	1	58.4s	148.5
13	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	67.53	3290.12	1	57.7s	148.2
14	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	65.59	3527.65	1	59.0s	146.9
15	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	69.79	2716.91	1	56.9s	146.3
16	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	67.13	3094.34	1	58.3s	145.7
17	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	70.02	2527.51	1	57.1s	144.6
18	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	71.02	2390.45	1	56.7s	144.6
19	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	62.04	4008.41	0	61.6s	144.3
20	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	72.96	2095.98	1	56.2s	143.8
21	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	72.32	2128.07	1	56.5s	143.2
22	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	66.58	2906.95	1	59.0s	142.9
23	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	59.91	4232.67	0	63.5s	141.9
24	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	64.11	3211.44	1	60.6s	141.5
25	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	68.10	2532.85	1	58.5s	141.5
26	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	64.55	3089.22	1	60.4s	141.2
27	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	69.78	2229.67	1	58.1s	140.5
28	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	59.09	3996.73	0	64.5s	138.7
29	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	57.66	4305.19	0	65.8s	138.2
30	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	61.84	3247.86	1	62.7s	137.9
31	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	59.91	3612.03	0	64.1s	137.4
32	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	63.15	2923.65	1	61.9s	137.2
33	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	63.87	2626.86	1	61.8s	135.4
34	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	63.49	2651.95	1	62.1s	135.1
35	Shadow Luxray	Snarl	Wild Charge	67.83	2009.91	1	60.2s	134.5
36	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	55.78	4230.00	0	67.9s	134.1
37	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	60.90	2968.48	1	64.0s	133.7
38	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	63.29	2552.16	1	62.5s	133.7
39	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	64.83	2320.29	1	61.7s	133.6
40	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	62.50	2671.58	1	63.0s	133.6
41	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	61.90	2731.39	1	63.4s	133.2
42	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	53.69	4581.92	0	70.2s	132.2
43	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	59.27	3032.91	1	65.5s	131.4
44	Shadow Shiftry	Snarl	Leaf Blade	59.01	3049.36	1	65.7s	131.1
45	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	56.14	3682.06	0	68.0s	131.0
46	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	60.20	2789.51	1	65.0s	130.8
47	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	63.84	2207.56	1	62.9s	130.7
48	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	63.47	2243.65	1	63.1s	130.5
49	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	62.01	2433.40	1	64.0s	130.2
50	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	55.65	3562.31	1	68.7s	129.2

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Shadow Slowpoke type chart

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

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Dark	160.0%
Electric	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Grass	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Psychic	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 Slowpoke in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take 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 Shadow Slowpoke counter is Mega Tyranitar, followed by Mega Sceptile, Shadow Tyranitar, and Mega Gengar. The table also includes Kartana, Mega Banette, Mega Rayquaza, and Mega Gyarados, 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 Slowpoke 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.