Shadow raid

Shadow Bibarel counters

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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

5,018

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

105

Defense

Difficulty

0.08

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Bibarel should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 933-1,041.

Weak tofighting1.6xgrass1.6xelectric1.6x

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 an Electric Mega — most top counters attack with Electric

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 Bibarel counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Regieleki, Shadow Thundurus (Therian), Shadow Blaziken, Xurkitree & Shadow Electivire.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Regieleki
S. Thundurus (Therian)
S. Blaziken
Xurkitree
S. Electivire

7 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 Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.060:11
2Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.080:14
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.080:15
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Future Sight+0.090:15
5Mega Raichu YMegaVolt Switch / Zap Cannon+0.090:15
6Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.090:16
7Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.090:16
8Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.090:16
9RegielekiLegendarypartyLock-On / Thunder Cage0.090:17
10Shadow Thundurus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyVolt Switch / Thunderbolt0.090:17
11Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.100:17
12XurkitreeLegendarypartyThunder Shock / Discharge0.100:17
13Shadow ElectivireShadowpartyThunder Shock / Wild Charge0.100:18

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

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Raid tier — Easy Shadow Raid

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Top 15 Shadow Bibarel 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 Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:11	0.06	0.0	3830.4%
2	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:14	0.08	0.0	3062.1%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:15	0.08	0.0	2922.0%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:15	0.09	0.0	2812.6%
5	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:15	0.09	0.0	2812.6%
6	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:16	0.09	0.0	2764.5%
7	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:16	0.09	0.0	2716.2%
8	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:16	0.09	0.0	2642.1%
9	Regielekielectric	normalLock-OnelectricThunder Cage	2,803	0:17	0.09	0.0	2602.7%
10	Shadow Thundurus (Therian)electricflying	electricVolt SwitchelectricThunderbolt	3,659	0:17	0.09	0.0	2572.0%
11	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	0:17	0.10	0.2	2541.9%
12	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricDischarge	3,937	0:17	0.10	0.0	2494.0%
13	Shadow Electivireelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricWild Charge	3,079	0:18	0.10	0.0	2479.8%
14	Mega Manectricelectric	electricThunder FangelectricWild Charge	3,580	0:18	0.10	0.0	2453.1%
15	Shadow Galladepsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingSacred Sword	3,093	0:18	0.10	0.0	2433.7%

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 Bibarel.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Bibarel'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%	457%	2680.0%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Take Down / Hyper Beam	100%	492%	2656.3%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Water Gun / Surf	100%	448%	2675.6%	0:16	0.1	0.09
Water Gun / Hyper Beam	100%	445%	2675.9%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Rollout / Hyper Beam	100%	431%	2680.4%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Rollout / Surf	100%	464%	2680.9%	0:16	0.1	0.09
Take Down / Surf	100%	493%	2684.8%	0:16	0.1	0.09
Rollout / Hyper Fang	100%	469%	2696.6%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Take Down / Hyper Fang	100%	485%	2697.7%	0:16	0.0	0.09
Water Gun / Hyper Fang	100%	478%	2719.9%	0:16	0.0	0.09

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…

Bibarel 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.

fighting1.6x grass1.6x electric1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x bug1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x water0.63x ice0.63x ghost0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (10)
Resists (5)

It resists ghost0.39xsteel0.625xfire0.625xwater0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Bibarel throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterWater GunSTAB	5	+5	0.5s	0.30s
rockRollout	15	+19	1.5s	1.06s
normalTake DownSTAB	7	+8	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterSurfSTAB	60	-50	1.5s	1.20s
normalHyper BeamSTAB	150	-100	4.0s	3.50s
normalHyper FangSTAB	80	-50	2.5s	1.50s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	933	1,167
7/7/7	945	1,181
8/8/8	957	1,196
9/9/9	969	1,211
10/10/10	981	1,226
11/11/11	993	1,241
12/12/12	1,005	1,256
13/13/13	1,017	1,271
14/14/14	1,029	1,287
15/15/15hundo	1,041	1,302

Caught CP range 933 - 1,041, or 1,167 - 1,302 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 933, not at the 981 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 48 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.

Bibarel 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 105 / Defense 80 (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	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	3830.4%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	6,112	61.3	695
2	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	68%	3062.1%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	4,161	44.2	623
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	70%	2922.0%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	3,826	46.4	692
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Future Sight+	Counter / Future Sight++26 more movesets	68%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	6,428	39.0	605
5	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Volt Switch / Zap Cannon+	Volt Switch / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	63%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	0.0	100%	3,780	39.5	612
6	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	62%	2764.5%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,521	38.5	607
7	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	61%	2716.2%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	4,056	38.3	614
8	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	60%	2642.1%	0.09	0:16	0.0	100%	3,670	37.4	617
9	Regieleki electric Lock-On / Thunder Cage	Lock-On / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	57%	2602.7%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	2,803	40.1	671
10	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Thunderbolt	Volt Switch / Thunderbolt+9 more movesets	54%	2572.0%	0.09	0:17	0.0	100%	3,659	38.8	656
11	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	51%	2541.9%	0.10	0:17	0.2	100%	2,848	40.5	634
12	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Discharge	Thunder Shock / Discharge+7 more movesets	52%	2494.0%	0.10	0:17	0.0	100%	3,937	34.8	608
13	Shadow Electivire electricshadow Thunder Shock / Wild Charge	Thunder Shock / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	51%	2479.8%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,079	34.6	602
14	Mega Manectric electricmega Thunder Fang / Wild Charge	Thunder Fang / Wild Charge+14 more movesets	52%	2453.1%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,580	34.6	609
15	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Psycho Cut / Sacred Sword	Psycho Cut / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	51%	2433.7%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,093	34.2	605
16	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Focus Blast	Force Palm / Focus Blast+11 more movesets	52%	2403.2%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,337	36.4	659
17	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Volt Switch / Wild Charge	Volt Switch / Wild Charge+9 more movesets	52%	2398.0%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,452	33.4	607
18	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	54%	2371.6%	0.10	0:18	0.0	100%	3,510	48.3	887
19	Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	48%	2362.4%	0.10	0:18	0.1	100%	2,848	34.7	620
20	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch	Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets	49%	2352.5%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,056	32.4	595
21	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	54%	2341.3%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,698	39.8	739
22	Thundurus (Therian) electricflying Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	50%	2318.9%	0.10	0:19	0.0	100%	3,659	37.7	706
23	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword	Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	50%	2296.9%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,677	33.9	643
24	Zekrom dragonelectric Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt	Charge Beam / Fusion Bolt+9 more movesets	53%	2294.5%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	4,038	31.8	605
25	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	52%	2294.5%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	5,713	31.6	600
26	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	50%	2294.5%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	2,703	36.8	698
27	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	51%	2284.8%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,698	33.7	641
28	Shadow Magnezone electricsteelshadow Spark / Wild Charge	Spark / Wild Charge+15 more movesets	50%	2277.7%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	3,205	31.8	609
29	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Upper Hand	Counter / Upper Hand+17 more movesets	50%	2263.5%	0.11	0:19	0.0	100%	4,814	34.0	654
30	Shadow Zapdos electricflyingshadow Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+11 more movesets	47%	2227.6%	0.11	0:20	0.0	100%	3,527	34.0	664

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.