Best Shadow Magneton counters

The best Shadow Magneton counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Shadow Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Excadrill, Groudon, and Therian Forme Landorus. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Magneton in a 3-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Excadrill

Mud Shot / Scorching Sands

Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Therian Forme Landorus

Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	65.16	2908.2	1	63s	140.5
2.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	61.29	1462.8	2	68s	116.3
3.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	54.40	1968.7	2	76s	112.4
4.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	52.02	1398.5	2	80s	101.1
5.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	53.97	1205.1	3	78s	101.0
6.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	51.14	1451.8	2	81s	100.5
7.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	51.52	994.7	4	82s	93.6
8.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	45.30	1403.8	2	92s	90.7
9.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	42.97	1374.6	2	96s	86.6
10.	Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	44.45	1182.6	3	94s	86.2
11.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	47.62	653.1	6	91s	80.7
12.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	43.91	860.3	4	96s	80.0
13.	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	43.47	834.1	4	97s	78.9
14.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	41.42	974.0	4	101s	78.4
15.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	43.52	791.5	5	97s	78.1
16.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	43.05	744.1	5	99s	76.5
17.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	41.12	880.7	4	102s	76.3
18.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Earth Power	39.83	827.2	4	106s	73.5
19.	Shadow Entei	Fire Spin	Scorching Sands	40.74	721.3	5	104s	72.7
20.	Shadow Golem	Mud Shot	Earthquake	41.25	599.9	6	104s	70.8
21.	Shadow Magmortar	Fire Spin	Scorching Sands	41.73	547.2	7	104s	70.1
22.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	40.22	620.2	6	106s	69.8
23.	Shadow Sandslash	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	39.25	658.8	6	108s	69.3
24.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	37.86	756.2	5	111s	69.3
25.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	39.18	642.0	6	109s	68.9
26.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blaze Kick	38.77	621.6	6	110s	67.9
27.	Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	35.93	821.1	4	117s	67.6
28.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	36.05	782.2	5	117s	67.1
29.	Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	34.12	955.7	4	122s	66.9
30.	Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	34.38	877.2	4	121s	66.1

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Group size

You need at least 1 Trainers to defeat a Shadow Magneton in a 3-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 1 Trainers
Optimal group size: 2 - 3 Trainers
Very easy with: 4+ Trainers

Shadow Magneton CP range from Raids

Shadow Magneton can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 1292 CP to 1420 CP, with no weather boost
From 1616 CP to 1775 CP with Rain and Snow weather boost

Shadow Magneton weaknesses

Shadow Magneton type chart

When fighting Shadow Magneton, keep in mind the that Electric and Steel-type Pokémon are weak to Ground (2x), Fighting, and Fire-type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Dragon, Electric, Fairy, Grass, Ice, Normal, Psychic, Rock, Flying, Poison, and Steel-type moves.

Weaknesses

Ground256.0%
Fighting160.0%
Fire160.0%

Resistances

Flying39.1%
Poison39.1%
Steel39.1%
Bug62.5%
Dragon62.5%
Electric62.5%
Fairy62.5%
Grass62.5%
Ice62.5%
Normal62.5%
Psychic62.5%
Rock62.5%

More information

Shadow Magneton takes increased damage from Ground, Fighting, and Fire type moves.
Shadow Magneton takes reduced damage from Flying, Poison, Steel, Bug, Dragon, Electric, Fairy, Grass, Ice, Normal, Psychic, and Rock type moves.
Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Shadow Magneton

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	238.0%	Sunny
Fire	88.0%	Sunny
Fighting	44.0%	Cloudy
Dark	10.0%	Fog
Ghost	8.0%	Fog
Normal	4.0%	Partly Cloudy
Electric	2.0%	Rain
Grass	2.0%	Sunny
Bug	2.0%	Rain
Psychic	2.0%	Windy

About our ranking methodology

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

This guide displays a list of best Shadow Magneton 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. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

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 attacks, 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. Reddit

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.