Best Shadow Drowzee counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Shadow Drowzee 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

Raid Difficulty

Attacker typing

Attacker moves type

Best overall 👑

Mega Tyranitar

Bite

Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

35.0%
26.0%
20.0%
3.5%
3.0%
2.5%
2.0%
2.0%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	53.33	8735.88	0	69.1s	150.2
2	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	53.02	6070.02	0	70.3s	138.7
3	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	63.73	1894.54	1	64.1s	126.5
4	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	49.21	4738.91	0	76.2s	124.2
5	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	50.28	3592.58	1	75.6s	119.4
6	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	44.26	5876.70	0	83.8s	119.4
7	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	56.73	2221.18	1	69.9s	119.1
8	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	43.21	5881.86	0	85.8s	117.1
9	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	45.21	4901.71	0	82.6s	116.9
10	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	46.31	4321.93	0	81.1s	116.2
11	Mega Absol	Snarl	Payback	49.96	3206.93	1	76.6s	116.0
12	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	50.03	3181.57	1	76.5s	116.0
13	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	42.89	5158.80	0	86.7s	113.3
14	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	54.25	1923.31	1	73.8s	111.6
15	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	47.50	3119.41	1	80.4s	110.9
16	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	44.53	3742.74	0	84.7s	109.3
17	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	46.80	3057.65	1	81.6s	109.1
18	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	47.28	2897.65	1	81.1s	108.8
19	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	47.08	2835.10	1	81.5s	107.9
20	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	44.41	3348.38	1	85.4s	106.6
21	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	40.04	4952.20	0	92.8s	106.4
22	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Payback	47.63	2444.18	1	81.5s	105.7
23	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	44.06	3101.85	1	86.3s	104.3
24	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Shadow Ball	43.39	3237.98	1	87.4s	103.9
25	Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	46.87	2375.78	1	82.9s	103.7
26	Mega Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	41.78	3567.10	1	90.2s	102.9
27	Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	41.92	3496.53	1	90.0s	102.7
28	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	48.02	2012.43	1	82.1s	102.2
29	Zarude	Bite	Dark Pulse	37.59	4951.58	0	98.7s	101.2
30	Guzzlord	Snarl	Brutal Swing	36.99	4909.84	0	100.3s	99.7
31	Zoroark	Snarl	Foul Play	43.15	2597.72	1	89.0s	98.9
32	Shadow Shiftry	Snarl	Foul Play	42.41	2732.05	1	90.2s	98.6
33	Volcarona	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	44.20	2263.19	1	87.8s	98.0
34	Shadow Scizor	Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	43.22	2429.26	1	89.2s	97.7
35	Bisharp	Snarl	Dark Pulse	37.10	4383.52	0	100.3s	97.7
36	Pheromosa	Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	55.62	855.30	4	81.6s	96.5
37	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	49.54	1337.55	2	83.4s	96.4
38	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	39.47	3046.49	1	95.9s	95.2
39	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	41.81	2370.62	1	92.2s	94.7
40	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	45.80	1661.77	2	87.3s	94.7
41	Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	39.00	2985.23	1	97.1s	93.9
42	Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	39.33	2839.92	1	96.6s	93.6
43	Lunala	Air Slash	Shadow Ball	36.22	3848.15	0	103.1s	93.3
44	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	49.30	1139.96	3	85.7s	92.9
45	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	37.43	3296.54	1	100.5s	92.8
46	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	38.66	2906.04	1	98.1s	92.8
47	Shadow Pinsir	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	45.14	1581.70	2	88.8s	92.6
48	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	38.54	2897.01	1	98.4s	92.5
49	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash *	35.93	3783.66	0	104.0s	92.4
50	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse	41.30	2152.41	1	93.9s	91.9

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About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Shadow Drowzee in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Shadow Drowzee 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 Drowzee counter is Mega Tyranitar, followed by Shadow Tyranitar, Mega Gengar, and Mega Houndoom. The table also includes Shadow Weavile, Tyranitar, Mega Banette, and Mega Gyarados, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Shadow Drowzee type chart

When fighting Shadow Drowzee, keep in mind the following that Psychic-type Pokémon are weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost type moves. They take reduced damage from Fighting, and Psychic type moves.

Weaknesses

Bug	160.0%
Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	62.5%
Psychic	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 Drowzee Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Dark	35.0%	Fog
Ghost	26.0%	Fog
Bug	20.0%	Rainy
Water	3.5%	Rainy
Dragon	3.0%	Windy
Psychic	2.5%	Windy
Grass	2.0%	Sunny
Electric	2.0%	Rainy
Steel	2.0%	Snow
Flying	1.5%	Windy
Ground	1.0%	Sunny
Fire	1.0%	Sunny
Poison	0.5%	Cloudy

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.