Shadow Pinsir counters
bugBug-type Male Grunt · slot 2Grunt
CP
6,367
Attack
431.8
x1.2 Shadow
Defense
201.5
x0.83 Shadow
HP
107
You 2 shields, Rocket 0. Grunts never shield.
Its movesetAny of 12 (averaged)Rock Smash / Vice GripBug Bite / Vice GripFury Cutter / Vice GripRock Smash / X-ScissorBug Bite / X-ScissorFury Cutter / X-ScissorRock Smash / Close CombatBug Bite / Close CombatFury Cutter / Close CombatRock Smash / SuperpowerBug Bite / SuperpowerFury Cutter / Superpower
Best counters, averaged over every moveset
Level 45, 15/15/15, no Megas; each counter on its best moveset.
| # | Pokemon | Moves | Power | Wins | Time | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Marshadow | ghostShadow Claw rockRock SlidefireFire Punch | 5.968 | 100% | 5.5 s 1.2 charged | 83% HP left on average |
| 2 |  Enamorus (Therian) | fairyFairy Wind flyingFlyfairyMoonblast | 5.552 | 100% | 5.5 s 1.2 charged | 81% HP left on average |
| 3 |  Lugia | dragonDragon Tail flyingAeroblast++flyingFly | 5.307 | 100% | 6.6 s 1.2 charged | 73% HP left on average |
| 4 |  Togekiss | flyingPeck fireFlamethrowerflyingAerial Ace | 4.910 | 100% | 6.6 s 1.2 charged | 79% HP left on average |
| 5 |  Shadow Giratina (Altered) | dragonDragon Breath ghostShadow ForcerockAncient Power | 4.894 | 100% | 6.6 s 1.2 charged | 76% HP left on average |
| 6 |  Skeledirge | ghostHex fireBlast BurnfireFlamethrower | 4.653 | 100% | 6.6 s 1.2 charged | 77% HP left on average |
| 7 |  Giratina (Origin) | ghostShadow Claw ghostShadow ForceghostShadow Ball | 4.550 | 100% | 7.6 s 1.2 charged | 73% HP left on average |
| 8 | Giratina (Altered) | dragonDragon Breath ghostShadow ForcerockAncient Power | 4.532 | 100% | 8.7 s 1.7 charged | 74% HP left on average |
| 9 | Shadow Lugia | dragonDragon Tail flyingAeroblast++flyingFly | 4.499 | 100% | 6.6 s 1.2 charged | 69% HP left on average |
| 10 |  Hisuian Typhlosion | fireEmber fireOverheatfireFire Punch | 4.491 | 100% | 5.5 s 1.2 charged | 76% HP left on average |
| 11 |  Annihilape | fightingLow Kick ghostShadow BallfightingClose Combat | 4.452 | 100% | 7.6 s 1.2 charged | 75% HP left on average |
| 12 |  Shadow Drifblim | ghostHex ghostShadow BallfireMystical Fire | 4.418 | 100% | 6.6 s 1.2 charged | 74% HP left on average |
| 13 |  Necrozma (Dawn Wings) | psychicPsycho Cut ghostMoongeist BeamdragonOutrage | 4.392 | 100% | 7.5 s 1.0 charged | 54% HP left on average |
| 14 | Drifblim | ghostAstonish ghostShadow BallfireMystical Fire | 4.277 | 100% | 8.1 s 1.2 charged | 73% HP left on average |
| 15 |  Galarian Articuno | psychicPsycho Cut flyingBrave BirdflyingFly | 4.207 | 100% | 5.5 s 1.0 charged | 63% HP left on average |
| 16 |  Lunala | psychicConfusion ghostShadow BallpsychicFuture Sight | 4.091 | 100% | 8.5 s 1.0 charged | 54% HP left on average |
| 17 | Shadow Annihilape | fightingLow Kick ghostShadow BallfightingClose Combat | 4.016 | 100% | 7.6 s 1.2 charged | 74% HP left on average |
| 18 |  Crobat | flyingGust flyingAir CutterpoisonSludge Bomb | 4.005 | 100% | 6.6 s 1.2 charged | 73% HP left on average |
| 19 |  Eternatus | dragonDragon Tail fireFlamethrowerdragonDynamax Cannon | 3.985 | 100% | 6.6 s 1.2 charged | 74% HP left on average |
| 20 |  Galarian Weezing | fairyFairy Wind fireOverheatpoisonSludge | 3.769 | 100% | 7.6 s 1.2 charged | 71% HP left on average |
Power = share of the Rocket Pokemon's HP you remove per share of your own HP lost (2 = you win with half your HP left; under 1 = you faint first; capped at 10), to three decimals so near-ties show. Wins = share of fights won over every Pokemon and moveset counted. Time = fast-attack time (turns x 0.5 s) and the charged attacks thrown by both sides. Each charged attack also pauses the battle for its minigame, so a counter that needs three charged attacks takes longer in real time than one that wins on fast attacks alone, even when its seconds look similar.