Best Shadow Perrserker counters

The best Shadow Perrserker counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Blaziken, Mega Y Charizard, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Blaziken, and Reshiram. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Perrserker in a 3-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Blaziken

Counter / Blast Burn

Mega Y Charizard

Fire Spin / Blast Burn

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Blaziken

Counter / Blast Burn

Reshiram

Fire Fang / Fusion Flare

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	36.87	1089.4	3	113s	73.1
2.	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	38.71	710.6	5	109s	69.6
3.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	36.01	895.4	4	116s	68.9
4.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	34.35	729.5	5	122s	63.7
5.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	35.03	556.8	7	122s	61.2
6.	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	35.82	473.3	8	121s	60.3
7.	Reshiram	Fire Fang	Fusion Flare *	31.74	741.9	5	132s	60.0
8.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Close Combat	32.46	658.3	6	130s	59.6
9.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	35.47	463.7	8	122s	59.6
10.	Standard Mode Shadow Darmanitan	Fire Fang	Overheat	35.21	467.8	8	123s	59.3
11.	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	34.96	463.8	8	124s	58.9
12.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	31.49	678.3	5	133s	58.5
13.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	33.57	527.2	7	127s	58.5
14.	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Overheat	31.85	640.4	6	132s	58.4
15.	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Overheat	31.40	637.6	6	134s	57.7
16.	Apex Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire+	29.53	797.6	5	141s	57.5
17.	Keldeo (Ordinary Forme)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	32.03	561.5	7	132s	57.1
18.	Keldeo	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	32.03	561.5	7	132s	57.1
19.	Shadow Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	31.84	557.0	7	133s	56.7
20.	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	34.10	415.5	9	127s	56.4
21.	Shadow Chandelure	Fire Spin	Overheat	33.24	435.4	9	130s	55.8
22.	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	33.11	430.2	9	131s	55.5
23.	Shadow Infernape	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	32.54	441.0	9	133s	55.0
24.	Heatran	Fire Spin	Magma Storm *	28.32	743.4	5	147s	54.8
25.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	30.64	537.3	7	139s	54.6
26.	Shadow Typhlosion	Incinerate	Blast Burn *	31.32	485.6	8	136s	54.4
27.	Shadow Ho-Oh	Incinerate	Sacred Fire *	27.95	755.1	5	149s	54.4
28.	Mega Houndoom	Fire Fang	Flamethrower	30.04	558.0	7	141s	54.2
29.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	33.58	340.9	11	131s	53.6
30.	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	31.67	420.2	9	136s	53.3

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Group size

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

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

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.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%
Fire	160.0%
Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Poison	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Dragon	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%
Rock	62.5%
Steel	62.5%

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 Perrserker

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Fire	172.0%	Sunny
Fighting	126.0%	Cloudy
Ground	88.0%	Sunny
Psychic	4.0%	Windy
Water	4.0%	Rain
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ghost	2.0%	Fog
Rock	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.