Best Shadow Obstagoon counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Obstagoon 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 Blaziken

Counter

Focus Blast

Best performing move types

78.0%
4.5%
4.0%
3.5%
2.0%
2.0%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	65.65	1649.52	2	63.6s	125.9
2	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	62.13	1937.80	1	65.4s	124.5
3	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	62.79	1371.24	2	67.8s	117.0
4	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	58.23	1793.92	2	69.9s	116.4
5	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	59.19	1385.86	2	71.2s	111.9
6	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	59.69	1213.42	2	72.2s	109.6
7	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	59.11	1259.87	2	72.3s	109.6
8	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	53.81	1551.34	2	76.2s	106.1
9	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	58.78	1068.12	3	74.7s	105.5
10	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	54.16	1296.38	2	77.6s	102.8
11	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	56.79	1055.84	3	77.0s	102.4
12	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	51.74	1342.53	2	80.3s	99.9
13	Galarian Zapdos	Counter	Close Combat	48.63	1628.01	2	82.9s	98.9
14	Pheromosa	Low Kick	Focus Blast	57.63	837.21	4	79.7s	98.9
15	Buzzwole	Counter	Superpower	47.57	1709.49	2	84.1s	98.1
16	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	46.34	1762.13	2	85.9s	96.7
17	Hawlucha	Low Kick	Flying Press	49.89	1261.96	2	83.6s	95.8
18	Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	48.44	1351.10	2	85.0s	94.9
19	Virizion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	46.88	1510.14	2	86.3s	94.6
20	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	49.33	1223.33	2	84.8s	94.3
21	Breloom	Counter	Dynamic Punch	53.30	870.74	4	84.1s	93.6
22	Shadow Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	51.62	962.49	3	84.7s	93.2
23	Meloetta (Pirouette)	Low Kick	Close Combat	46.92	1352.55	2	87.4s	92.5
24	Shadow Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	53.62	759.86	4	86.1s	91.5
25	Mega Pinsir	Rock Smash	Superpower	45.67	1416.50	2	89.0s	91.4
26	Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	49.00	1059.13	3	87.1s	91.1
27	Shadow Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	48.97	1034.83	3	87.4s	90.6
28	Toxicroak	Counter	Dynamic Punch	46.80	1195.56	3	89.0s	90.0
29	Passimian	Counter	Superpower	45.74	1290.16	2	89.9s	89.8
30	Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	45.29	1336.32	2	90.3s	89.7
31	Sirfetch'd	Counter	Close Combat	47.39	1045.97	3	89.7s	88.5
32	Sneasler	Rock Smash	Close Combat	43.96	1268.46	2	93.2s	86.7
33	Bewear	Low Kick	Superpower	44.69	1150.51	3	93.1s	86.1
34	Emboar	Low Kick	Focus Blast	44.99	1114.99	3	92.9s	86.0
35	Shadow Hitmonlee	Double Kick	Close Combat	48.05	804.27	4	92.8s	84.8
36	Mega Medicham	Counter	Dynamic Punch	45.07	969.57	3	94.7s	83.7
37	Shadow Infernape	Rock Smash	Close Combat	45.99	856.54	4	95.1s	83.0
38	Shadow Ursaring	Counter	Close Combat	46.83	770.91	4	95.6s	82.4
39	Shadow Pinsir	Rock Smash	Superpower	44.54	888.48	4	97.0s	81.5
40	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Superpower	41.83	1130.23	3	98.8s	81.4
41	Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	40.74	1199.09	3	100.4s	80.7
42	Sawk	Low Kick	Focus Blast	43.14	956.12	3	98.5s	80.6
43	Shadow Hitmonchan	Counter	Power-Up Punch	44.65	804.84	4	98.5s	80.0
44	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Focus Blast	42.98	934.25	3	99.2s	80.0
45	Togekiss	Charm	Aura Sphere *	39.01	1333.18	2	103.1s	79.7
46	Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	44.88	756.57	4	99.2s	79.3
47	Shadow Throh	Low Kick	Focus Blast	40.68	1106.42	3	101.5s	79.3
48	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Dazzling Gleam	40.27	1104.38	3	102.4s	78.6
49	Shadow Magmortar	Karate Chop	Brick Break	43.38	822.15	4	100.5s	78.5
50	Gallade	Low Kick	Close Combat	40.90	1025.51	3	102.1s	78.4

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About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Shadow Obstagoon in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Obstagoon 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 Obstagoon counter is Mega Blaziken, followed by Terrakion, Shadow Machamp, and Keldeo (Ordinary). The table also includes Shadow Hariyama, Mega Alakazam, Lucario, and Conkeldurr, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Shadow Obstagoon type chart

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

Weaknesses

Fighting	256.0%
Bug	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%

Resistances

Ghost	24.4%
Psychic	39.1%
Dark	62.5%

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

Best move-types and weather for Shadow Obstagoon Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fighting	78.0%	Cloudy
Bug	4.5%	Rainy
Fairy	4.0%	Cloudy
Ground	3.5%	Sunny
Dragon	2.0%	Windy
Dark	2.0%	Fog
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy
Electric	1.5%	Rainy
Psychic	1.0%	Windy
Flying	0.5%	Windy
Ice	0.5%	Snow
Ghost	0.5%	Fog

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.