Best Shadow Runerigus counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Runerigus 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

Extreme↓

Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

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Best overall 👑

Primal Kyogre

Waterfall Origin Pulse *

Best performing move types

• 30.0%
• 19.0%
• 17.5%
• 17.0%
• 9.0%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	37.27	1958.71	1	103.9s	83.1
2	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	33.61	2060.41	1	114.1s	77.3
3	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	33.48	1632.97	2	116.3s	73.5
4	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	39.42	837.14	4	108.5s	73.0
5	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	33.99	1369.69	2	116.4s	71.8
6	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	35.30	1164.45	3	114.3s	71.6
7	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	31.31	1287.72	2	126.2s	66.4
8	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	30.89	1357.36	2	127.2s	66.4
9	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Hydro Pump	28.96	1732.97	2	132.6s	66.3
10	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	33.51	912.86	3	123.2s	65.3
11	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	35.72	708.64	5	121.1s	65.3
12	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Avalanche	33.07	857.16	4	125.6s	63.8
13	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	31.02	1052.25	3	129.7s	63.2
14	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	33.97	736.74	4	125.5s	63.2
15	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	32.02	918.43	3	128.1s	63.1
16	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	33.05	781.26	4	127.3s	62.6
17	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	27.06	1689.36	2	141.5s	62.5
18	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	28.67	1327.78	2	136.4s	62.3
19	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	29.07	1252.58	2	135.3s	62.2
20	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	28.94	1241.69	2	136.0s	61.9
21	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	30.69	985.54	3	131.9s	61.9
22	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	28.24	1349.52	2	138.2s	61.7
23	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	29.67	1083.37	3	134.6s	61.4
24	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	33.98	608.84	5	129.6s	60.8
25	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	30.53	905.60	3	133.8s	60.6
26	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	27.61	1306.99	2	141.4s	60.2
27	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	28.51	1142.27	3	138.9s	60.1
28	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Shadow Ball	30.64	849.93	4	134.4s	60.0
29	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	31.96	709.15	5	132.9s	59.8
30	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	30.69	816.60	4	134.9s	59.5
31	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	28.77	1015.92	3	139.3s	59.1
32	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	30.70	784.06	4	135.6s	59.1
33	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	28.33	1066.63	3	140.6s	59.0
34	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	29.58	848.43	4	138.7s	58.3
35	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	27.81	1069.43	3	142.9s	58.2
36	Shadow Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	28.46	903.72	3	142.4s	57.3
37	Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon *	28.28	922.69	3	142.9s	57.2
38	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	29.81	734.07	4	140.4s	56.9
39	Mega Salamence	Bite	Hydro Pump	25.85	1267.11	2	150.6s	56.8
40	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	29.95	696.79	5	140.9s	56.5
41	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	27.43	979.90	3	145.9s	56.5
42	Mega Abomasnow	Leafage	Weather Ball	27.06	962.23	3	148.0s	55.7
43	Shadow Salamence	Bite	Hydro Pump	28.19	818.44	4	145.3s	55.7
44	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	28.31	781.56	4	145.6s	55.3
45	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	24.78	1301.43	2	156.3s	55.3
46	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	27.22	890.80	4	148.4s	55.1
47	Crawdaunt	Snarl	Crabhammer	28.00	789.75	4	146.8s	55.0
48	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	28.95	688.39	5	145.3s	54.9
49	Weavile	Snarl	Avalanche	27.44	845.19	4	148.2s	54.9
50	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	29.68	617.38	5	144.6s	54.8

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About the results

Shadow Runerigus type chart

When fighting Shadow Runerigus, keep in mind the following that Ground and Ghost-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, Ghost, Grass, Ice, and Water type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Rock, Electric, Fighting, Normal, and Poison type moves.

Weaknesses

Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Grass	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	39.1%
Fighting	39.1%
Normal	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Rock	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 Runerigus Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	30.0%	Sunny
Water	19.0%	Rainy
Ghost	17.5%	Fog
Dark	17.0%	Fog
Ice	9.0%	Snow
Psychic	2.5%	Windy
Dragon	2.0%	Windy
Flying	1.0%	Windy
Normal	1.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ground	0.5%	Sunny
Electric	0.5%	Rainy

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.