Shadow raid

Shadow Arcanine counters

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fireShadow Tier 5

A Shadow raid boss hits harder than its normal form (Shadow Frenzy), and the Pokemon you catch afterwards is a Shadow. Purified Gems weaken it mid-fight; the simulation does not use them.

Lobby CP

39,874

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

198

Defense

148

Difficulty

2.61

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Arcanine should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,591-1,731.

Weak toground1.6xrock1.6xwater1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy ★Partly cloudy ★Cloudy Windy Snow Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Shadow Arcanine counters are Mega Greninja, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Rhyperior & Shadow Tyrantrum.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Kyogre
S. Groudon
S. Rhyperior
S. Tyrantrum

10 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+2.3811:13
2Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+2.5011:49
3Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.5812:11
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+2.6712:38
5Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm2.6812:39
6Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse2.6912:42
7Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power2.8513:27
8Mega SwampertMegaWater Gun / Hydro Cannon2.8813:37
9Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+2.8913:40
10Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse3.0214:15
11Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades3.0814:33
12Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartyMud-Slap / Rock Wrecker3.0914:35
16Shadow TyrantrumShadowpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam3.1414:51

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Shadow Legendary Raid

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Related countersHisuian Arcanine

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Top 15 Shadow Arcanine counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	11:13	2.38	5.8	47.5%
2	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	11:49	2.50	6.0	45.1%
3	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	12:11	2.58	5.5	43.8%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	12:38	2.67	5.8	42.2%
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	12:39	2.68	6.0	42.1%
6	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	12:42	2.69	5.8	42.0%
7	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	13:27	2.85	5.4	39.6%
8	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	13:37	2.88	5.9	39.2%
9	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	13:40	2.89	6.0	39.0%
10	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	14:15	3.02	6.0	37.4%
11	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	14:33	3.08	6.0	36.7%
12	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	groundMud-SlaprockRock Wrecker	3,733	14:35	3.09	6.0	36.6%
13	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	14:41	3.11	6.0	36.3%
14	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	14:43	3.12	5.8	36.2%
15	Mega Blastoisewater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	3,941	14:47	3.13	6.0	36.0%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Shadow Arcanine.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Arcanine's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	83%	45%	39.0%	13:40	6.0	2.89
Fire Fang / Fire Blast	71%	39%	37.3%	14:18	6.0	3.03
Snarl / Fire Blast	76%	39%	37.4%	14:16	6.0	3.02
Thunder Fang / Fire Blast	81%	41%	37.5%	14:14	6.0	3.01
Snarl / Scorching Sands	61%	42%	38.4%	13:54	6.0	2.94
Thunder Fang / Scorching Sands	69%	43%	38.5%	13:50	6.0	2.93
Fire Fang / Scorching Sands	63%	40%	38.6%	13:49	6.0	2.92
Fire Fang / Flamethrower	86%	49%	38.8%	13:45	6.0	2.91
Fire Fang / Wild Charge	83%	47%	38.8%	13:45	6.0	2.91
Snarl / Wild Charge	71%	48%	38.9%	13:43	6.0	2.90
Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	85%	52%	39.0%	13:40	5.9	2.89
Thunder Fang / Flamethrower	90%	50%	39.3%	13:33	6.0	2.87
Fire Fang / Crunch	85%	51%	39.4%	13:32	6.0	2.86
Thunder Fang / Crunch	85%	53%	39.5%	13:31	6.0	2.86
Snarl / Crunch	93%	52%	39.5%	13:31	6.0	2.86
Snarl / Flamethrower	97%	49%	39.5%	13:30	6.0	2.86
Fire Fang / Psychic Fangs	100%	75%	40.8%	13:05	5.8	2.77
Snarl / Psychic Fangs	100%	79%	41.0%	13:01	5.7	2.76
Thunder Fang / Psychic Fangs	100%	78%	41.0%	13:00	5.9	2.75

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 3 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Arcanine weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

ground1.6x rock1.6x water1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ghost1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x bug0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (9)
Resists (6)

It resists bug0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Arcanine throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire FangSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.74s
darkSnarl	11	+13	1.0s	0.75s
electricThunder Fang	10	+13	1.0s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire BlastSTAB	140	-100	4.0s	2.90s
fireFlamethrowerSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
electricWild Charge	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
groundScorching Sands	90	-50	3.0s	1.40s
psychicPsychic Fangs	25	-33	1.0s	0.20s
darkCrunch	65	-33	3.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,591	1,989
7/7/7	1,606	2,008
8/8/8	1,622	2,027
9/9/9	1,637	2,047
10/10/10	1,652	2,066
11/11/11	1,668	2,085
12/12/12	1,684	2,105
13/13/13	1,699	2,124
14/14/14	1,715	2,144
15/15/15hundo	1,731	2,164

Caught CP range 1,591 - 1,731, or 1,989 - 2,164 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 6/6/6 — a Shadow raid's floor is 6, not the usual 10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

Shadow raid floor. A Shadow Raid encounter rolls a minimum of 6/6/6, so this band starts at 1,591, not at the 1,652 a 10/10/10 catch would give. pokebattler.com's own page for a Shadow boss prints that 10/10/10 value as its floor — it is applying the standard-raid rule — so expect its range to start 61 CP higher than this one. LeekDuck's published band agrees with the table above.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Arcanine is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Shadow Tier 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 198 / Defense 148 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	100%	47.5%	2.38	11:13	27.1	100%	3,784	23.6	640
2	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	94%	45.1%	2.50	11:49	29.9	100%	3,701	22.5	545
3	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	97%	43.8%	2.58	12:11	17.4	100%	5,902	21.2	886
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	89%	42.2%	2.67	12:38	26.3	100%	6,428	20.8	602
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	87%	42.1%	2.68	12:39	33.1	100%	3,922	21.0	484
6	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	90%	42.0%	2.69	12:42	22.0	100%	5,902	20.5	702
7	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	87%	39.6%	2.85	13:27	18.4	100%	5,424	19.2	855
8	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	84%	39.2%	2.88	13:37	22.7	100%	4,401	19.0	639
9	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	82%	39.0%	2.89	13:40	27.8	100%	6,112	19.2	543
10	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	77%	37.4%	3.02	14:15	34.6	82%	4,115	18.6	459
11	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	76%	36.7%	3.08	14:33	31.5	70%	4,115	18.1	501
12	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker	Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	76%	36.6%	3.09	14:35	29.3	80%	3,733	17.9	545
13	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	74%	36.3%	3.11	14:41	37.0	58%	4,346	18.0	426
14	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	77%	36.2%	3.12	14:43	24.5	84%	5,713	17.6	617
15	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	74%	36.0%	3.13	14:47	32.9	82%	3,941	17.8	491
16	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	74%	35.9%	3.14	14:51	33.0	66%	3,128	17.7	468
17	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	74%	35.6%	3.17	14:58	32.1	58%	3,922	17.6	482
18	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	74%	35.0%	3.22	15:13	27.2	28%	3,962	17.1	578
19	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	67%	35.0%	3.22	15:13	61.8	76%	3,298	18.3	274
20	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon	Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	72%	35.0%	3.22	15:14	35.5	28%	2,974	17.3	420
21	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	74%	34.3%	3.29	15:33	22.6	12%	5,347	16.6	774
22	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	68%	33.7%	3.35	15:50	40.3	24%	3,228	16.8	384
23	Shadow Samurott watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	66%	33.5%	3.37	15:55	47.9	0%	2,826	16.9	325
24	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	69%	33.4%	3.38	15:57	30.3	0%	4,115	16.4	526
25	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	65%	33.2%	3.40	16:03	55.9	18%	2,964	17.0	297
26	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	68%	33.1%	3.41	16:07	33.8	0%	3,834	16.3	539
27	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	65%	32.7%	3.45	16:19	46.1	0%	2,857	16.3	336
28	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	68%	32.6%	3.47	16:22	27.9	0%	4,717	15.9	654
29	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	63%	32.5%	3.47	16:23	63.4	66%	2,654	17.2	353
30	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	60%	30.9%	3.65	17:15	62.0	32%	3,244	16.0	321

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com (its Shadow boss page; the ordinary boss's page is a different, easier fight). Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 1.3 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.