Shadow Lairon Weaknesses and Strengths

Shadow Lairon is a dual-type Pokemon of types Steel and Rock. When dealing damage with moves of those types, they will deal an additional 20% damage.

Weak Against
Types	Damage
Water	160%
Fighting	256%
Ground	256%

Resistant Against
Types	Damage
Poison	24.4%
Normal	39.1%
Flying	39.1%
Rock	62.5%
Bug	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Dragon	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%

Best Moves for Shadow Lairon in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best Fast Move and Charge Move combo for Shadow Lairon.

We simulate the damage (DPS) of two moves combined and then rank them based on how much damage they deal over a period of time (CDPS).

Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	CDPS
Metal Claw	Heavy Slam	53.71	339.15
Metal Claw	Rock Slide	49.27	338.38
Iron Tail	Heavy Slam	56.36	337.65
Iron Tail	Rock Slide	51.92	337.64
Iron Tail	Return	66.36	320.38
Metal Claw	Return	63.71	317.42
Iron Tail	Rock Tomb	42.61	304.46
Iron Tail	Body Slam	42.68	301.31
Metal Claw	Rock Tomb	39.96	293.63
Metal Claw	Body Slam	40.03	289.04

All Moves for Shadow Lairon

Below are all the moves that Shadow Lairon can learn. Some moves are only available using Elite TM items.

Move	Type	Power	DPS	Duration	Energy
Body Slam	Charged	50	26.32	1900ms	-33
Rock Slide	Charged	80	29.63	2700ms	-50
Heavy Slam	Charged	70	40	2100ms	-50
Rock Tomb	Charged	70	21.88	3200ms	-50
Frustration	Charged	10	5	2000ms	-33
Return	Charged	35	50	700ms	-33
Metal Claw	Quick	8	13.71	700ms	7
Iron Tail	Quick	15	16.36	1100ms	7

Shadow Lairon Evolution

Aron	Requires 25x Candy	Lairon
Lairon	Requires 100x Candy	Aggron
Aggron	Requires 200x Mega Energy	Mega Aggron

Best Shadow Lairon Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Shadow Lairon Raids and the best movesets to use. We run a simulation with every Pokemon GO in our database to figure out the quickest time to defeat (TTK) Shadow Lairon in a raid.

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