Best Shadow Cloyster counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Cloyster 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

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Raid Difficulty

3-Star Raid (3600 HP)↓

Attacker typing

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Best overall 👑

Mega Sceptile

Fury Cutter Frenzy Plant *

Best performing move types

• 27.0%
• 26.5%
• 25.0%
• 14.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 1.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	36.54	440.91	8	131.2s	60.4
2	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	32.18	694.84	5	132.6s	59.8
3	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	28.18	1125.79	3	140.5s	59.4
4	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	31.46	681.02	5	135.6s	58.5
5	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	31.91	623.54	5	135.9s	58.1
6	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	32.42	570.68	6	136.3s	57.8
7	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	31.03	677.12	5	137.3s	57.8
8	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	33.83	458.06	7	137.9s	57.2
9	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	31.64	595.33	6	138.0s	57.2
10	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	32.26	529.84	6	138.8s	56.7
11	Shadow Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	29.45	738.97	4	141.7s	56.5
12	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	31.95	532.71	6	139.7s	56.4
13	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	31.21	567.82	6	140.7s	56.0
14	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	30.48	618.46	5	141.4s	56.0
15	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	27.35	878.61	4	148.0s	55.1
16	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Thunderbolt	31.34	477.59	7	145.0s	54.3
17	Shadow Hariyama	Counter	Dynamic Punch	29.66	576.02	6	146.4s	54.0
18	Lucario	Counter	Aura Sphere	28.92	633.59	5	147.2s	53.9
19	Mega Alakazam	Counter *	Focus Blast	29.25	581.30	6	147.9s	53.5
20	Shadow Luxray	Spark	Wild Charge	30.22	499.26	7	148.0s	53.2
21	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	28.01	669.53	5	150.0s	53.2
22	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	28.39	634.52	5	149.5s	53.2
23	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Thunderbolt	28.23	597.49	6	151.6s	52.3
24	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	30.99	404.39	8	151.8s	52.0
25	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	26.67	683.27	5	156.1s	51.3
26	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	29.17	480.67	7	153.4s	51.3
27	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	30.41	406.64	8	153.8s	51.3
28	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	28.49	514.93	6	154.3s	51.1
29	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	30.00	412.33	8	154.9s	50.9
30	Conkeldurr	Counter	Dynamic Punch	26.75	644.77	5	156.9s	50.9
31	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	29.14	460.78	7	154.8s	50.8
32	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	27.47	571.48	6	156.3s	50.7
33	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	30.84	347.37	10	158.2s	50.2
34	Shadow Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	28.88	448.22	8	156.8s	50.2
35	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch	Thunderbolt	29.12	427.94	8	157.3s	50.1
36	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	26.24	627.10	5	160.2s	49.8
37	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick	Focus Blast	26.51	599.93	6	159.8s	49.8
38	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Rock Throw	Wild Charge	28.07	479.28	7	158.3s	49.8
39	Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	25.64	666.38	5	162.0s	49.5
40	Shadow Sirfetch'd	Counter	Leaf Blade	28.47	441.85	8	159.0s	49.5
41	Shadow Manectric	Thunder Fang	Wild Charge	29.16	366.88	9	162.7s	48.6
42	Magnezone	Spark	Wild Charge	24.44	728.65	4	167.0s	48.5
43	Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	26.61	521.08	6	162.9s	48.5
44	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	27.39	443.41	8	163.9s	48.0
45	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Zap Cannon	25.75	560.96	6	165.5s	48.0
46	Shadow Poliwrath	Counter *	Dynamic Punch	23.78	764.55	4	170.2s	48.0
47	Cobalion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	22.78	896.04	4	174.1s	47.9
48	Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	25.71	558.01	6	165.8s	47.9
49	Shadow Zebstrika	Spark	Wild Charge	28.03	392.36	9	165.1s	47.7
50	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	24.86	606.72	5	168.6s	47.4

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Shadow Cloyster type chart

When fighting Shadow Cloyster, keep in mind the following that Water and Ice-type Pokémon are weak to Electric, Fighting, Grass, and Rock type moves. They take reduced damage from Water, and Ice type moves.

Weaknesses

Electric	160.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Grass	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Resistances

Ice	39.1%
Water	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 Shadow Cloyster in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Cloyster 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 Cloyster counter is Mega Sceptile, followed by Mega Blaziken, Keldeo (Ordinary), and Terrakion. The table also includes Kartana, Mega Diancie, Shadow Raikou, and Shadow Rhyperior, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Shadow Cloyster 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.