Shadow raid

Shadow Articuno counters

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ice flyingShadow Tier 1

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

8,033

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

123

Defense

149

Difficulty

0.13

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Articuno should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,604-1,743.

Weak torock2.56xsteel1.6xfire1.6xelectric1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

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 Rock Mega — most top counters attack with Rock

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 Articuno counters are Shadow Rampardos, Mega Diancie, Rampardos, Shadow Rhyperior, Necrozma (Dusk Mane) & Shadow Gigalith.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Rampardos
M. Diancie
Rampardos
S. Rhyperior
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
S. Gigalith

2 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 %

1Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.120:21
2Mega DiancieMegaLegendarypartyRock Throw / Rock Slide0.120:22
3Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.130:23
4Mega AerodactylMegaRock Throw / Rock Slide0.130:23
5RampardospartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.130:24
6Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker0.130:24
7Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.140:24
8Shadow GigalithShadowpartyLock-On / Meteor Beam0.140:24
9Mega Raichu YMegaThunder Shock / Zap Cannon+0.140:25
10Shadow TyrantrumShadowRock Throw / Meteor Beam0.140:25

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

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Raid tier — Easy Shadow Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersGalarian Articuno

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Top 15 Shadow Articuno 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	Shadow Rampardosrockjoint top pick	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:21	0.12	0.4	2075.0%
2	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	0:22	0.12	0.0	2024.3%
3	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:23	0.13	0.0	1871.3%
4	Mega Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,118	0:23	0.13	0.3	1863.4%
5	Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:24	0.13	0.3	1845.1%
6	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	0:24	0.13	0.3	1816.9%
7	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	0:24	0.14	0.0	1790.3%
8	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	0:24	0.14	0.1	1790.3%
9	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:25	0.14	0.4	1775.4%
10	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	0:25	0.14	0.7	1752.8%
11	Glimmorarockpoison	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,273	0:25	0.14	0.1	1742.2%
12	Shadow Aurorusrockice	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	2,802	0:25	0.14	0.1	1734.0%
13	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	0:25	0.14	0.0	1722.4%
14	Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	0:25	0.14	0.1	1718.3%
15	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	5,347	0:26	0.14	0.0	1694.3%

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 Articuno.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Articuno'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 % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	292%	1891.0%	0:23	0.2	0.13
Frost Breath / Blizzard	100%	266%	1842.9%	0:24	0.4	0.13
Ice Shard / Ice Beam	100%	270%	1859.6%	0:23	0.3	0.13
Powder Snow / Ice Beam	100%	281%	1861.3%	0:23	0.3	0.13
Ice Shard / Blizzard	100%	271%	1863.8%	0:23	0.3	0.13
Frost Breath / Ice Beam	100%	267%	1865.7%	0:23	0.3	0.13
Powder Snow / Blizzard	100%	283%	1888.3%	0:23	0.3	0.13
Ice Shard / Ancient Power	100%	344%	1898.3%	0:23	0.0	0.13
Powder Snow / Triple Axel	100%	299%	1898.8%	0:23	0.2	0.13
Frost Breath / Ancient Power	100%	340%	1902.9%	0:23	0.0	0.13
Powder Snow / Icy Wind	100%	325%	1906.7%	0:23	0.1	0.13
Ice Shard / Triple Axel	100%	291%	1910.5%	0:23	0.2	0.13
Powder Snow / Ancient Power	100%	359%	1915.0%	0:23	0.0	0.13
Ice Shard / Icy Wind	100%	314%	1919.2%	0:23	0.1	0.13
Frost Breath / Triple Axel	100%	289%	1919.2%	0:23	0.2	0.13
Frost Breath / Icy Wind	100%	315%	1930.2%	0:23	0.0	0.13

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 1 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…

Articuno 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.

rock2.56x steel1.6x fire1.6x electric1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ghost1x water1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x bug0.63x grass0.63x ground0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (3)
Neutral (11)
Resists (3)

It resists ground0.39xbug0.625xgrass0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Articuno throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceFrost BreathSTAB	11	+9	1.0s	0.55s
iceIce ShardSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.40s
icePowder SnowSTAB	6	+15	1.0s	0.85s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceBlizzardSTAB	130	-100	3.0s	1.40s
iceTriple AxelSTAB	60	-33	2.0s	1.50s
iceIce BeamSTAB	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s
iceIcy WindSTAB	65	-33	3.5s	2.20s
rockAncient Power	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,604	2,005
7/7/7	1,619	2,024
8/8/8	1,634	2,043
9/9/9	1,650	2,062
10/10/10	1,665	2,082
11/11/11	1,681	2,101
12/12/12	1,696	2,121
13/13/13	1,712	2,140
14/14/14	1,728	2,160
15/15/15hundo	1,743	2,179

Caught CP range 1,604 - 1,743, or 2,005 - 2,179 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 1,604, not at the 1,665 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.

Articuno 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 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 123 / Defense 149 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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

Share these exact settings

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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	97%	2075.0%	0.12	0:21	0.4	100%	3,298	30.9	520
2	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	100%	2024.3%	0.12	0:22	0.0	100%	4,346	30.5	652
3	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	100%	1871.3%	0.13	0:23	0.0	100%	4,783	27.9	650
4	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	86%	1863.4%	0.13	0:23	0.3	100%	4,118	26.3	507
5	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	85%	1845.1%	0.13	0:24	0.3	100%	3,298	26.3	513
6	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	86%	1816.9%	0.13	0:24	0.3	100%	3,733	28.4	571
7	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	97%	1790.3%	0.14	0:24	0.0	100%	4,099	25.1	610
8	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	87%	1790.3%	0.14	0:24	0.1	100%	3,228	25.3	573
9	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	82%	1775.4%	0.14	0:25	0.4	100%	3,780	24.5	476
10	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	78%	1752.8%	0.14	0:25	0.6	100%	3,128	27.4	473
11	Glimmora rockpoison Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+7 more movesets	84%	1742.2%	0.14	0:25	0.1	100%	3,273	26.6	630
12	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	88%	1734.0%	0.14	0:25	0.1	100%	2,802	25.1	604
13	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	94%	1722.4%	0.14	0:25	0.0	100%	4,979	26.0	658
14	Rhyperior groundrock Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	82%	1718.3%	0.14	0:25	0.1	100%	3,733	24.8	582
15	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	87%	1694.3%	0.14	0:26	0.0	100%	5,347	25.3	651
16	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	81%	1678.5%	0.14	0:26	0.2	100%	3,834	26.1	615
17	Shadow Omastar rockwatershadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	79%	1629.5%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	2,786	23.0	602
18	Terrakion rockfighting Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	79%	1625.6%	0.15	0:27	0.1	100%	3,698	23.1	589
19	Gigalith rock Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	79%	1621.3%	0.15	0:27	0.0	100%	3,228	24.3	639
20	Tyrantrum rockdragon Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	74%	1619.4%	0.15	0:27	0.5	100%	3,128	23.9	475
21	Shadow Aerodactyl rockflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	69%	1613.4%	0.15	0:27	1.0	100%	2,783	23.3	339
22	Shadow Hisuian Arcanine firerockshadow Fire Fang / Rock Slide	Fire Fang / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	76%	1581.8%	0.15	0:28	0.1	100%	3,145	22.5	595
23	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	74%	1579.7%	0.15	0:28	0.3	100%	4,038	22.0	520
24	Tyranitar rockdark Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	77%	1572.6%	0.15	0:28	0.0	100%	3,834	22.5	624
25	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+8 more movesets	72%	1564.1%	0.16	0:28	0.4	100%	2,949	22.1	499
26	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	84%	1545.3%	0.16	0:28	0.0	100%	4,172	22.1	624
27	Shadow Aggron steelrockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+23 more movesets	79%	1526.4%	0.16	0:29	0.0	100%	3,000	25.4	725
28	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	74%	1502.1%	0.16	0:29	0.0	100%	6,428	20.7	595
29	Shadow Sudowoodo rockshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+11 more movesets	67%	1498.1%	0.16	0:29	0.6	100%	2,148	21.5	420
30	Shadow Golem rockgroundshadow Rock Throw / Stone Edge	Rock Throw / Stone Edge+11 more movesets	65%	1496.7%	0.16	0:29	0.8	100%	2,949	22.0	402

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