Shadow raid

Shadow Blaziken 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

39,007

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

209

Defense

127

Difficulty

1.97

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Blaziken should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,490-1,627.

Weak toflying1.6xground1.6xwater1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 Flying Mega — most top counters attack with Flying

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 Blaziken counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Galarian Articuno, Rayquaza, Shadow Moltres & Shadow Salamence.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Galarian Articuno
Rayquaza
S. Moltres
S. Salamence

6 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 YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.537:14
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent1.878:51
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.898:55
4Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+2.109:56
5Mega StaraptorMegaSand Attack / Brave Bird+2.1410:08
6Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike2.2510:37
7Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse2.3010:51
8Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.4311:29
9Shadow Galarian ArticunoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Fly2.4311:29
10RayquazaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent2.4711:39
11Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly2.4711:39
12Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyDragon Tail / Fly2.4911:46

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 countersMega Blaziken

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Top 15 Shadow Blaziken 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 Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	7:14	1.53	6.0	73.7%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	8:51	1.87	6.0	60.3%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	8:55	1.89	6.0	59.8%
4	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	9:56	2.10	6.0	53.7%
5	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	10:08	2.14	6.0	52.6%
6	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	10:37	2.25	6.0	50.2%
7	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	10:51	2.30	5.9	49.1%
8	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	11:29	2.43	5.9	46.4%
9	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	11:29	2.43	6.0	46.4%
10	Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	3,835	11:39	2.47	6.0	45.8%
11	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	11:39	2.47	6.0	45.8%
12	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingFly	3,749	11:46	2.49	6.0	45.3%
13	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	11:53	2.52	6.0	44.8%
14	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	11:53	2.52	6.0	44.8%
15	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	5,007	12:06	2.56	6.0	44.0%

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 Blaziken.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Blaziken'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	25%	51%	49.5%	10:46	6.0	2.28
Counter / Overheat	17%	42%	45.5%	11:44	6.0	2.48
Ember / Overheat	17%	42%	45.6%	11:41	6.0	2.47
Fire Spin / Overheat	17%	42%	46.1%	11:34	6.0	2.45
Fire Spin / Brave Bird	25%	45%	49.4%	10:47	6.0	2.28
Counter / Brave Bird	28%	48%	49.8%	10:43	6.0	2.27
Ember / Focus Blast	24%	57%	49.8%	10:42	6.0	2.27
Ember / Brave Bird	24%	47%	49.9%	10:41	6.0	2.26
Fire Spin / Focus Blast	24%	54%	50.1%	10:38	6.0	2.25
Counter / Focus Blast	25%	59%	50.2%	10:38	6.0	2.25
Ember / Aura Sphere	33%	56%	51.0%	10:28	6.0	2.22
Fire Spin / Aura Sphere	33%	53%	51.2%	10:25	6.0	2.20
Counter / Aura Sphere	33%	57%	51.3%	10:24	6.0	2.20
Ember / Blaze Kick	33%	70%	51.7%	10:19	6.0	2.18
Fire Spin / Blaze Kick	29%	66%	51.8%	10:17	6.0	2.18
Counter / Blaze Kick	33%	69%	52.0%	10:16	6.0	2.17

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…

Blaziken 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.

flying1.6x ground1.6x water1.6x psychic1.6x normal1x fighting1x poison1x rock1x ghost1x electric1x dragon1x fairy1x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x dark0.63x bug0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (8)
Resists (6)

It resists bug0.39xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Blaziken throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fightingCounterSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.80s
fireFire SpinSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.75s
fireEmberSTAB	10	+10	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingBrave Bird	130	-100	2.0s	1.00s
fightingAura SphereSTAB	100	-50	2.0s	1.20s
fightingFocus BlastSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	3.00s
fireOverheatSTAB	160	-100	4.0s	2.60s
fireBlaze KickSTAB	40	-33	1.0s	0.25s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,490	1,862
7/7/7	1,505	1,881
8/8/8	1,520	1,900
9/9/9	1,535	1,919
10/10/10	1,550	1,938
11/11/11	1,565	1,957
12/12/12	1,581	1,976
13/13/13	1,596	1,995
14/14/14	1,611	2,015
15/15/15hundo	1,627	2,034

Caught CP range 1,490 - 1,627, or 1,862 - 2,034 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 1,490, not at the 1,550 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 60 CP higher than this one.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Blaziken 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 209 / Defense 127 (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 % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	73.7%	1.53	7:14	15.5	100%	6,428	36.4	906
2	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	80%	60.3%	1.87	8:51	18.5	100%	5,713	29.7	802
3	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	78%	59.8%	1.89	8:55	21.5	100%	6,112	29.7	680
4	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	70%	53.7%	2.10	9:56	22.3	58%	3,701	26.6	651
5	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	67%	52.6%	2.14	10:08	27.7	56%	3,979	26.4	536
6	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	62%	50.2%	2.25	10:37	35.8	50%	4,178	25.8	428
7	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	64%	49.1%	2.30	10:51	22.9	0%	5,902	24.2	678
8	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	60%	46.4%	2.43	11:29	24.2	0%	5,902	22.8	646
9	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	58%	46.4%	2.43	11:29	34.9	0%	3,590	23.4	461
10	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	58%	45.8%	2.47	11:39	29.2	0%	3,835	22.7	506
11	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	57%	45.8%	2.47	11:39	32.8	0%	3,465	22.9	450
12	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	57%	45.3%	2.49	11:46	33.0	0%	3,749	22.7	442
13	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	57%	44.8%	2.52	11:53	29.6	0%	4,401	22.2	522
14	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	56%	44.8%	2.52	11:53	34.1	0%	4,178	22.5	428
15	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	56%	44.0%	2.56	12:06	27.1	0%	5,007	21.7	557
16	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	55%	44.0%	2.56	12:07	33.3	0%	3,143	22.0	437
17	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	54%	44.0%	2.57	12:07	42.6	0%	4,510	22.6	364
18	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	54%	43.9%	2.57	12:09	35.7	0%	4,115	22.0	440
19	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	56%	43.8%	2.58	12:10	28.4	0%	4,783	21.7	529
20	Shadow Lugia psychicflyingshadow Extrasensory / Aeroblast++	Extrasensory / Aeroblast+++15 more movesets	57%	43.4%	2.60	12:17	21.0	0%	3,703	21.2	728
21	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	51%	43.2%	2.61	12:21	53.7	26%	3,784	23.4	396
22	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	54%	42.8%	2.64	12:27	28.2	0%	5,424	21.1	545
23	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	42.7%	2.64	12:28	31.5	0%	4,512	21.2	489
24	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	55%	42.6%	2.65	12:31	23.6	0%	5,031	20.8	628
25	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	52%	42.0%	2.69	12:42	34.0	0%	3,812	20.9	433
26	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	51%	41.5%	2.72	12:51	42.0	0%	4,115	21.0	356
27	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm	Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	49%	40.7%	2.77	13:06	46.0	0%	3,922	21.1	347
28	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	49%	39.8%	2.84	13:24	39.5	0%	3,922	20.0	377
29	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	47%	39.3%	2.87	13:34	51.4	0%	3,741	20.7	309
30	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	46%	38.6%	2.93	13:49	46.9	0%	4,521	19.8	350

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