Best Pokémon to defeat Shadow Perrserker in Pokémon GO

The strongest Pokémon to use against Shadow Perrserker are: Mega Lucario, Primal Groudon, Mega Y Charizard, Mega Blaziken, Shadow Heatran, Mega Garchomp, and Reshiram. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Perrserker in a 3-Star Raid.

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Mega Lucario

Force Palm * / Aura Sphere

#1

Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades *

#2

Mega Y Charizard

Fire Spin / Blast Burn *

#3

Mega Blaziken

Fire Spin / Blast Burn *

#4

Shadow Heatran

Fire Spin / Magma Storm *

#5

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power *

#6

Reshiram

Fire Fang / Fusion Flare *

#7

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm *	Aura Sphere	41.26	752.4	5	97s	77.4
2.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	34.80	1243.1	3	115s	75.5
3.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	35.88	1084.7	3	112s	75.1
4.	Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	37.11	805.7	4	108s	72.3
5.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	32.71	840.4	4	123s	66.1
6.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	32.38	819.5	4	124s	65.2
7.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	30.65	852.2	4	131s	63.0
8.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	31.02	794.9	5	129s	62.6
9.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	31.32	761.0	5	128s	62.5
10.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire+	29.22	958.9	4	137s	62.2
11.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	30.92	751.1	5	130s	61.7
12.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	31.78	607.4	6	126s	60.2
13.	Shadow Emboar	Low Kick	Blast Burn *	32.15	571.5	6	125s	59.9
14.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	30.89	652.6	6	130s	59.8
15.	Shadow Entei	Fire Spin	Overheat	29.97	725.0	5	134s	59.8
16.	Shadow Blaziken	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	32.83	510.5	7	122s	59.5
17.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire *	27.71	909.4	4	145s	59.0
18.	Standard Mode Shadow Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	32.35	509.8	7	124s	58.8
19.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	32.15	516.9	7	125s	58.7
20.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	30.02	637.7	6	134s	58.2
21.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	30.48	568.0	7	132s	57.4
22.	Lucario	Force Palm *	Aura Sphere	31.69	485.7	8	127s	57.2
23.	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	27.18	832.9	4	148s	57.0
24.	Volcarona	Fire Spin	Overheat	27.39	791.8	5	147s	56.8
25.	Shadow Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	31.10	496.8	8	129s	56.7
26.	Shadow Typhlosion	Incinerate	Blast Burn *	29.88	551.9	7	134s	56.2
27.	Shadow Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	30.45	486.0	8	132s	55.5
28.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	30.72	468.6	8	131s	55.4
29.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	30.52	476.8	8	132s	55.3
30.	Keldeo (Ordinary Forme)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	28.59	595.5	6	140s	55.2

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

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

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Shadow Perrserker CP range from Raids

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

From 1240 CP to 1363 CP, with no weather boost
From 1550 CP to 1704 CP with Snow weather boost

Shadow Perrserker weaknesses

Shadow Perrserker type chart

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

Shadow Perrserker takes increased damage from:
+60.0%	Fighting Fire Ground

Shadow Perrserker takes reduced damage from:
-37.5%	Bug Dragon Fairy Flying Grass Ice Normal Psychic Rock Steel
-60.9%	Poison

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Shadow Perrserker

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fire	194.0%	Sunny
Fighting	118.0%	Cloudy
Ground	72.0%	Sunny
Psychic	6.0%	Windy
Ghost	4.0%	Fog
Water	4.0%	Rain
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Shadow Perrserker in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Perrserker 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 Perrserker 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.