Best Muk (Alola Shadow) counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Muk (Alola Shadow) 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 Groudon

Mud Shot Precipice Blades *

Best performing move types

• 46.0%
• 10.0%
• 8.5%
• 7.5%
• 5.0%
• 4.5%
• 4.5%
• 3.5%
• 3.5%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 1.0%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	49.92	2481.74	1	77.9s	110.0
2	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	42.35	1457.37	2	94.9s	86.6
3	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	42.37	1386.34	2	95.3s	85.8
4	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	39.84	1754.06	2	98.6s	85.7
5	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	43.12	1177.60	3	95.7s	84.1
6	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	39.00	1592.64	2	101.3s	82.6
7	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	36.45	1535.02	2	108.2s	77.7
8	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	35.96	1541.16	2	109.5s	76.9
9	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	36.88	1382.77	2	108.0s	76.7
10	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Earthquake	36.59	1212.39	2	110.3s	74.2
11	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	35.00	1428.94	2	112.9s	74.1
12	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	33.18	1728.75	2	116.8s	73.9
13	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	38.64	895.91	4	109.2s	72.9
14	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	35.77	1161.88	3	113.0s	72.3
15	Shadow Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	34.46	1288.83	2	115.7s	71.7
16	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	34.78	1223.04	2	115.3s	71.4
17	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot	Earth Power	34.97	1175.50	3	115.2s	71.2
18	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	35.54	1030.15	3	115.3s	70.2
19	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	31.79	1241.14	2	124.8s	66.7
20	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	30.73	1365.04	2	127.7s	66.2
21	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	34.59	851.17	4	121.0s	66.0
22	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	31.58	1175.65	3	126.3s	65.6
23	Shadow Hippowdon	Thunder Fang	Scorching Sands	31.86	1086.49	3	126.3s	65.0
24	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	32.67	975.37	3	125.0s	64.9
25	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	33.26	839.18	4	125.4s	63.8
26	Shadow Nidoking	Fury Cutter *	Earth Power	32.44	916.15	3	126.7s	63.7
27	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	32.96	844.12	4	126.3s	63.5
28	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Blast Burn *	32.78	853.55	4	126.7s	63.3
29	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Earth Power	30.68	1103.85	3	130.4s	63.3
30	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	31.89	879.31	4	129.3s	62.3
31	Ursaluna	Tackle	High Horsepower *	28.71	1274.53	2	136.7s	61.8
32	Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	29.04	1207.65	2	135.9s	61.7
33	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	30.68	926.30	3	132.9s	61.1
34	Shadow Magmortar	Fire Spin	Scorching Sands	33.79	631.41	5	129.3s	61.0
35	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin	Blast Burn *	31.18	854.33	4	132.3s	60.9
36	Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	29.63	1019.34	3	135.6s	60.6
37	Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite *	Drill Run *	31.71	721.66	4	133.5s	59.6
38	Shadow Sandslash	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	30.93	753.99	4	135.5s	58.9
39	Shadow Arcanine	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	32.03	656.94	5	134.3s	58.9
40	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	31.60	681.64	5	135.0s	58.7
41	Heatran	Fire Spin	Earth Power	26.76	1293.57	2	145.7s	58.7
42	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage *	28.29	1033.56	3	141.2s	58.6
43	Terrakion	Double Kick	Earthquake	27.12	1176.69	3	145.0s	58.1
44	Mega Kangaskhan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	28.42	952.87	3	141.8s	57.8
45	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Earthquake	32.44	545.62	6	137.4s	57.3
46	Mega Steelix	Thunder Fang	Earthquake	24.21	1684.27	2	157.3s	57.2
47	Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	28.62	836.49	4	143.0s	56.6
48	Shadow Dragonite	Dragon Tail	Outrage	29.72	718.79	5	141.2s	56.5
49	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	24.42	1543.98	2	156.8s	56.5
50	Shadow Moltres	Fire Spin	Sky Attack *	30.09	666.08	5	141.3s	56.2

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Muk (Alola Shadow) type chart

When fighting Muk (Alola Shadow), keep in mind the following that Poison and Dark-type Pokémon are weak to Ground type moves. They take reduced damage from Dark, Ghost, Grass, Poison, and Psychic type moves.

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Dark	62.5%
Ghost	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Poison	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%

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

About the results

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

The top-ranked Muk (Alola Shadow) counter is Primal Groudon, followed by Shadow Garchomp, Mega Rayquaza, and Shadow Rhyperior. The table also includes Shadow Mamoswine, Groudon, Excadrill, and Mega Swampert, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Muk (Alola Shadow) are:

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.