Best Shadow Haunter counters

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

Simulation settings

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Dawn Wings Necrozma

Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam

Shadow Mewtwo

Psycho Cut / Psystrike

Mega Gengar

Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Mega Tyranitar

Bite / Brutal Swing

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	63.25	1588.9	2	66s	121.3
2.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Moongeist Beam	73.17	705.5	5	61s	115.5
3.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	70.20	693.2	5	63s	111.3
4.	Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	68.62	722.9	5	64s	110.3
5.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	59.46	942.9	4	72s	103.8
6.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	54.85	1039.1	3	77s	99.3
7.	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	48.01	1712.8	2	86s	98.9
8.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	63.05	548.0	7	71s	97.4
9.	Shadow Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	64.96	441.5	9	71s	95.5
10.	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Psychic *	60.23	561.5	7	74s	94.4
11.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	57.09	673.8	5	76s	93.9
12.	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	49.40	1148.2	3	85s	93.2
13.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	55.05	732.7	5	79s	92.8
14.	Origin Forme Giratina	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	52.22	830.7	4	82s	91.2
15.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	53.35	745.9	5	81s	90.8
16.	Shadow Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	59.48	485.1	8	76s	90.7
17.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	49.51	936.2	4	86s	89.6
18.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	53.32	687.7	5	81s	89.3
19.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	50.63	816.3	4	84s	88.7
20.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Shadow Claw	Sunsteel Strike	51.13	773.1	5	84s	88.4
21.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	46.87	953.0	4	90s	86.1
22.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Psychic	52.71	599.8	6	83s	86.0
23.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	53.91	517.6	7	82s	85.0
24.	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	56.04	439.4	9	81s	84.8
25.	Hoopa Unbound	Confusion	Psychic	49.68	688.2	5	87s	84.4
26.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	49.88	674.1	5	87s	84.3
27.	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	48.54	706.7	5	89s	83.3
28.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	49.97	623.6	6	87s	83.1
29.	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Psychic *	56.60	363.5	11	82s	82.3
30.	Gengar	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	53.37	433.7	9	85s	81.4

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Group size

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

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

Shadow Haunter CP range from Raids

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

From 1005 CP to 1121 CP, with no weather boost
From 1257 CP to 1402 CP with Fog and Cloudy weather boost

Shadow Haunter weaknesses

Shadow Haunter type chart

When fighting Shadow Haunter, 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

Dark160.0%
Ghost160.0%
Ground160.0%
Psychic160.0%

Resistances

Fighting24.4%
Bug39.1%
Normal39.1%
Poison39.1%
Fairy62.5%
Grass62.5%

More information

Shadow Haunter takes increased damage from Dark, Ghost, Ground, and Psychic type moves.
Shadow Haunter takes reduced damage from Fighting, Bug, Normal, Poison, Fairy, and Grass type moves.
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 Haunter

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ghost	100.0%	Fog
Psychic	100.0%	Windy
Dark	92.0%	Fog
Ground	78.0%	Sunny
Water	10.0%	Rain
Dragon	4.0%	Windy
Flying	4.0%	Windy
Steel	4.0%	Snow
Electric	4.0%	Rain
Fire	4.0%	Sunny

About our ranking methodology

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