Shadow raid

Shadow Banette counters

#0354

ghostShadow 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

33,885

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

191

Defense

115

Difficulty

2.22

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Banette should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,190-1,313.

Weak toghost1.6xdark1.6x

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 Dark Mega — most top counters attack with Dark

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 Banette counters are Mega Houndoom, Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Giratina (Origin), Shadow Salamence & Kyurem (Black).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Houndoom
S. Darkrai
S. Tyranitar
S. Giratina (Origin)
S. Salamence
Kyurem (Black)

5 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 HoundoomMegapartySnarl / Dark Pulse+1.959:14
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+2.1510:11
3Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing2.2410:34
4Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play2.2610:41
5Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing2.3010:53
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball2.3911:17
7Shadow Giratina (Origin)ShadowLegendarypartyShadow Claw / Shadow Force2.5011:47
8Mega GengarMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball2.5011:49
9Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing2.6412:28
10Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Dragon Ascent2.6612:33
11Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Freeze Shock2.6712:36

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

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Raid tier — Shadow Legendary 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 countersMega Banette

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Top 15 Shadow Banette 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.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	9:14	1.95	6.0	57.8%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	10:11	2.15	6.0	52.4%
3	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	10:34	2.24	6.0	50.5%
4	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	10:41	2.26	6.0	49.9%
5	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	10:53	2.30	6.0	49.0%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	11:17	2.39	6.0	47.2%
7	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	11:47	2.50	6.0	45.2%
8	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	11:49	2.50	6.0	45.1%
9	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,749	12:28	2.64	6.0	42.8%
10	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	12:33	2.66	6.0	42.5%
11	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	ghostShadow ClawiceFreeze Shock	4,605	12:36	2.67	6.0	42.3%
12	Mega Salamencedragonflying	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,031	12:36	2.67	6.0	42.3%
13	Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	12:38	2.68	6.0	42.2%
14	Mega Greninjawaterdark	darkFeint AttackwaterSurf+	3,784	12:41	2.69	6.0	42.0%
15	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	12:43	2.69	6.0	41.9%

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 Banette.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Banette'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 % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	17%	46%	47.3%	11:17	6.0	2.39
Shadow Claw / Dazzling Gleam	17%	39%	46.0%	11:35	6.0	2.45
Hex / Dazzling Gleam	17%	41%	46.2%	11:33	6.0	2.44
Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	17%	47%	47.5%	11:13	6.0	2.37
Hex / Shadow Ball	17%	50%	47.8%	11:09	6.0	2.36
Shadow Claw / Thunder	17%	57%	48.2%	11:03	6.0	2.34
Hex / Thunder	17%	59%	48.2%	11:03	6.0	2.34

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 2 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…

Banette 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.

ghost1.6x dark1.6x flying1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x poison0.63x bug0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xpoison0.625xbug0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Banette throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow ClawSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.05s
ghostHexSTAB	8	+13	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
electricThunder	100	-100	2.5s	1.30s
fairyDazzling Gleam	100	-50	3.5s	2.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,190	1,488
7/7/7	1,203	1,504
8/8/8	1,217	1,521
9/9/9	1,230	1,538
10/10/10	1,244	1,555
11/11/11	1,258	1,572
12/12/12	1,271	1,590
13/13/13	1,285	1,607
14/14/14	1,299	1,624
15/15/15hundo	1,313	1,642

Caught CP range 1,190 - 1,313, or 1,488 - 1,642 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 1,190, not at the 1,244 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 54 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.

Banette 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 191 / Defense 115 (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

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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	57.8%	1.95	9:14	22.0	100%	3,842	28.6	641
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	89%	52.4%	2.15	10:11	25.9	48%	6,428	26.1	594
3	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	89%	50.5%	2.24	10:34	19.0	0%	5,347	24.6	758
4	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	83%	49.9%	2.26	10:41	33.2	0%	3,739	25.1	442
5	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	83%	49.0%	2.30	10:53	28.4	0%	3,834	24.4	522
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	78%	47.2%	2.39	11:17	33.9	0%	6,112	23.8	445
7	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	74%	45.2%	2.50	11:47	34.8	0%	3,683	22.7	466
8	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	72%	45.1%	2.50	11:49	45.6	18%	4,336	23.6	407
9	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	69%	42.8%	2.64	12:28	43.6	0%	3,749	21.8	328
10	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	70%	42.5%	2.66	12:33	33.6	0%	5,713	21.2	449
11	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	70%	42.3%	2.67	12:36	32.0	0%	4,605	21.0	494
12	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	70%	42.3%	2.67	12:36	31.3	0%	5,031	21.0	465
13	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	69%	42.2%	2.68	12:38	36.5	0%	3,739	21.1	402
14	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	69%	42.0%	2.69	12:41	37.4	0%	3,784	21.1	393
15	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	66%	41.9%	2.69	12:43	51.8	0%	3,625	22.1	433
16	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	69%	40.5%	2.78	13:09	25.9	0%	4,429	19.9	581
17	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	67%	40.5%	2.79	13:11	33.8	0%	4,783	20.2	464
18	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	62%	39.9%	2.83	13:21	63.8	0%	3,301	21.8	288
19	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	63%	39.3%	2.87	13:34	42.6	0%	3,780	19.9	353
20	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	63%	39.2%	2.88	13:36	45.4	0%	2,635	19.9	316
21	Tyranitar rockdark Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	64%	38.9%	2.90	13:42	34.0	0%	3,834	19.3	452
22	Shadow Alolan Muk poisondarkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+17 more movesets	63%	38.5%	2.93	13:51	38.6	0%	2,757	19.2	376
23	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	59%	38.5%	2.94	13:52	70.9	0%	2,878	21.0	250
24	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Shadow Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Shadow Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	63%	38.4%	2.94	13:54	35.7	0%	4,099	19.1	442
25	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	64%	38.3%	2.95	13:55	28.7	0%	4,172	18.8	497
26	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	59%	38.2%	2.96	13:58	67.0	0%	3,594	20.6	276
27	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Bite / Wildbolt Storm	Bite / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	61%	38.2%	2.96	13:58	46.3	0%	3,659	19.3	312
28	Gholdengo steelghost Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	61%	37.9%	2.98	14:05	40.1	0%	3,517	19.0	395
29	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	59%	37.9%	2.98	14:05	61.7	48%	4,099	22.4	416
30	Kingambit darksteel Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+19 more movesets	63%	37.8%	2.99	14:06	29.5	0%	3,614	18.6	488

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