Best Shadow Gastly counters

The best Shadow Gastly counters in Pokémon GO are Shadow Mewtwo, Primal Groudon, Mega Tyranitar, Dawn Wings Necrozma, Shadow Tyranitar, Mega Gengar, and Mega Garchomp. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Shadow Gastly in a 3-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Shadow Mewtwo

Confusion / Psystrike

Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Tyranitar

Bite / Brutal Swing

Dawn Wings Necrozma

Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam

Shadow Tyranitar

Bite / Brutal Swing

Mega Gengar

Lick / Shadow Ball

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Shadow Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	99.06	1251.9	3	44s	165.2
2.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	79.96	2685.2	1	52s	162.7
3.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	71.73	3563.5	1	57s	158.1
4.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Psycho Cut	Moongeist Beam *	89.69	1099.2	3	49s	148.6
5.	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	73.03	2383.7	1	57s	147.7
6.	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	86.73	1206.3	3	50s	147.5
7.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	72.51	2245.6	1	57s	145.1
8.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	86.61	1032.0	3	51s	142.7
9.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	74.92	1730.3	2	56s	141.2
10.	Mewtwo	Confusion	Psystrike *	80.50	1215.0	3	53s	139.2
11.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	76.70	1335.4	2	56s	136.5
12.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	74.61	1389.3	2	57s	134.6
13.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	77.70	1140.6	3	55s	133.6
14.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	69.28	1757.9	2	61s	133.1
15.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	70.03	1608.7	2	60s	131.9
16.	Hoopa Unbound	Confusion	Psychic	73.23	1326.6	3	58s	131.4
17.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	80.40	912.7	4	55s	131.2
18.	Shadow Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	81.86	838.7	4	54s	130.8
19.	Shadow Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	83.35	749.8	5	54s	129.7
20.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	77.26	1003.6	3	56s	129.6
21.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	66.12	1688.0	2	63s	127.2
22.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	72.39	1143.6	3	59s	126.3
23.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	70.29	1275.9	3	61s	126.2
24.	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	60.20	2330.8	1	69s	126.1
25.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	64.44	1664.8	2	65s	124.3
26.	Shadow Alakazam	Confusion	Psychic *	80.95	665.7	6	56s	123.7
27.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	65.95	1461.9	2	64s	123.3
28.	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	62.54	1791.0	2	67s	123.2
29.	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	68.39	1253.4	3	62s	123.0
30.	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	76.74	786.3	5	58s	122.6

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Group size

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

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

Shadow Gastly CP range from Raids

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

From 608 CP to 702 CP, with no weather boost
From 760 CP to 878 CP with Fog and Cloudy weather boost

Shadow Gastly weaknesses

Shadow Gastly type chart

When fighting Shadow Gastly, keep in mind the that Ghost and Poison-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, Ghost, Ground, and Psychic-type moves. They take reduced damage from Fairy, Grass, Bug, Normal, Poison, and Fighting-type moves.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%
Ground	160.0%
Psychic	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Fighting	24.4%
Bug	39.1%
Normal	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Fairy	62.5%
Grass	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 Gastly

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Psychic	112.0%	Windy
Ground	100.0%	Sunny
Dark	92.0%	Fog
Ghost	74.0%	Fog
Dragon	4.0%	Windy
Flying	4.0%	Windy
Fire	4.0%	Sunny
Electric	4.0%	Rain
Water	4.0%	Rain
Steel	2.0%	Snow

About our ranking methodology

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