Shadow raid

Shadow Darkrai counters

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darkShadow 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

53,623

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

245

Defense

174

Difficulty

2.91

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Darkrai should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,979-2,136.

Weak tofighting1.6xbug1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

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 Darkrai counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Keldeo, Shadow Conkeldurr, Shadow Blaziken, Zacian (Crowned Sword) & Shadow Vikavolt.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Keldeo
S. Conkeldurr
S. Blaziken
Zacian (Crowned Sword)
S. Vikavolt

9 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+2.3311:00
2Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere2.8513:27
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere3.0214:17
4Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+3.0414:21
5Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+3.0714:30
6Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword3.1614:56
7KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword3.1714:58
8Mega HeracrossMegaCounter / Megahorn3.5016:31
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Focus Blast3.6417:11
10Shadow ConkeldurrShadowpartyForce Palm / Dynamic Punch3.7117:32
11Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere3.7417:39
13Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Play Rough3.7917:55
15Shadow VikavoltShadowpartyBug Bite / X-Scissor3.8818:20

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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Top 15 Shadow Darkrai 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	11:00	2.33	6.0	48.4%
2	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	13:27	2.85	6.0	39.7%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	14:17	3.02	6.0	37.3%
4	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	14:21	3.04	6.0	37.1%
5	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugInfestationbugFell Stinger+	3,383	14:30	3.07	6.0	36.8%
6	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	14:56	3.16	6.0	35.7%
7	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	14:58	3.17	6.0	35.6%
8	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	fightingCounterbugMegahorn	4,814	16:31	3.50	6.0	32.3%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	17:11	3.64	6.0	31.0%
10	Shadow Conkeldurrfighting	fightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch	3,337	17:32	3.71	6.0	30.4%
11	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	17:39	3.74	6.0	30.2%
12	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	dragonDragon BreathfightingAura Sphere	5,007	17:43	3.75	6.0	30.1%
13	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteel	steelMetal ClawfairyPlay Rough	4,979	17:55	3.79	6.0	29.8%
14	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	18:05	3.83	6.0	29.5%
15	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	3,117	18:20	3.88	6.0	29.1%

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 Darkrai.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Darkrai'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	29%	30%	32.9%	16:12	6.0	3.43
Sucker Punch / Focus Blast	29%	31%	30.7%	17:23	6.0	3.68
Snarl / Focus Blast	33%	30%	31.2%	17:05	6.0	3.62
Feint Attack / Focus Blast	33%	30%	31.2%	17:05	6.0	3.62
Snarl / Shadow Ball	17%	26%	32.6%	16:22	6.0	3.47
Feint Attack / Shadow Ball	17%	26%	32.6%	16:21	6.0	3.46
Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball	17%	26%	32.9%	16:14	6.0	3.44
Sucker Punch / Foul Play	33%	34%	33.8%	15:45	6.0	3.34
Feint Attack / Foul Play	33%	34%	33.9%	15:45	6.0	3.33
Snarl / Foul Play	33%	34%	33.9%	15:44	6.0	3.33
Snarl / Dark Pulse	33%	36%	33.9%	15:43	6.0	3.33
Feint Attack / Dark Pulse	33%	36%	33.9%	15:42	6.0	3.33
Sucker Punch / Dark Pulse	33%	37%	34.1%	15:39	6.0	3.31

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…

Darkrai 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 bug1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x ghost0.63x dark0.63x psychic0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)

It resists psychic0.39xghost0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Darkrai throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkSnarlSTAB	11	+13	1.0s	0.75s
darkFeint AttackSTAB	11	+10	1.0s	0.85s
darkSucker PunchSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.10s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkFoul PlaySTAB	70	-50	2.0s	1.70s
fightingFocus Blast	140	-100	3.5s	3.00s
ghostShadow Ball	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
darkDark PulseSTAB	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	1,979	2,473
7/7/7	1,996	2,495
8/8/8	2,013	2,517
9/9/9	2,030	2,538
10/10/10	2,048	2,560
11/11/11	2,065	2,582
12/12/12	2,083	2,604
13/13/13	2,101	2,626
14/14/14	2,118	2,648
15/15/15hundo	2,136	2,671

Caught CP range 1,979 - 2,136, or 2,473 - 2,671 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 1,979, not at the 2,048 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 69 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.

Darkrai 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 245 / Defense 174 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.82).

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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 Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	48.4%	2.33	11:00	30.3	100%	6,112	24.2	490
2	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	79%	39.7%	2.85	13:27	41.6	100%	4,161	20.0	355
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	73%	37.3%	3.02	14:17	51.7	74%	3,826	19.3	319
4	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	74%	37.1%	3.04	14:21	39.4	94%	3,670	18.6	377
5	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / Fell Stinger+	Infestation / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	71%	36.8%	3.07	14:30	54.9	80%	3,383	18.9	273
6	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	70%	35.7%	3.16	14:56	51.3	64%	4,521	18.1	282
7	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	71%	35.6%	3.17	14:58	40.6	70%	3,698	17.8	373
8	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Megahorn	Counter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	65%	32.3%	3.50	16:31	40.2	0%	4,814	16.0	369
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	60%	31.0%	3.64	17:11	58.2	0%	6,428	15.8	264
10	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	59%	30.4%	3.71	17:32	57.4	0%	3,337	15.4	264
11	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	57%	30.2%	3.74	17:39	76.0	0%	2,848	16.0	206
12	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	57%	30.1%	3.75	17:43	63.9	0%	5,007	15.4	238
13	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Play Rough	Metal Claw / Play Rough+7 more movesets	59%	29.8%	3.79	17:55	43.2	0%	4,979	14.8	342
14	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	58%	29.5%	3.83	18:05	47.0	0%	5,713	14.7	310
15	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	54%	29.1%	3.88	18:20	77.0	0%	3,117	15.1	189
16	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	54%	28.6%	3.95	18:39	73.4	0%	2,703	14.9	214
17	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	54%	28.3%	3.99	18:50	59.0	0%	4,182	14.3	257
18	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	54%	28.2%	4.01	18:55	55.3	0%	3,548	14.1	264
19	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	53%	27.8%	4.05	19:09	69.4	0%	3,698	14.4	270
20	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	53%	27.8%	4.06	19:10	64.3	0%	4,512	14.2	251
21	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword	Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	50%	27.3%	4.13	19:30	92.1	0%	3,677	14.5	169
22	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere	Dragon Breath / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	49%	27.1%	4.17	19:41	94.4	0%	3,812	14.3	165
23	Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	50%	26.9%	4.19	19:48	76.4	0%	2,848	14.1	219
24	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	52%	26.7%	4.22	19:56	48.8	0%	4,429	13.3	299
25	Mega Latias dragonpsychicmega Charm / Aura Sphere	Charm / Aura Sphere+14 more movesets	51%	26.7%	4.23	19:60	66.6	0%	4,801	13.5	232
26	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	48%	26.3%	4.28	20:14	98.2	0%	3,093	14.3	179
27	Shadow Latias dragonpsychicshadow Charm / Aura Sphere	Charm / Aura Sphere+14 more movesets	48%	26.2%	4.31	20:22	82.5	0%	3,510	13.5	181
28	Urshifu (Rapid Strike) fightingwater Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	50%	26.2%	4.31	20:23	56.8	0%	3,606	13.1	265
29	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Low Kick / Seed Bomb+	Low Kick / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	51%	25.9%	4.36	20:35	44.2	0%	4,093	12.8	349
30	Shadow Hariyama fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+14 more movesets	47%	25.4%	4.44	20:59	76.2	0%	2,829	13.1	214

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